Acting
Pola Negri
Born January 3, 1897 · Lipno, Poland
Died August 1, 1987 · aged 90
From Wikipedia Pola Negri (born Barbara Apolonia Chałupiec, sometimes spelled Chalupec; 3 January 1897 – 1 August 1987) was a Polish stage and film actress who achieved worldwide fame during the silent and golden eras of Hollywood and European film for her tragedienne and femme fatale roles. She was the first European film star to be invited to Hollywood, and became one of the most popular actre…
Known For
Fanatisme · 1934Fanatisme
★ 9.01934
MovieDrama
After many difficulties, the seductive Italian dancer, Rosine Savelli, manages to clear herself of a plot hatched against Napoleon III...
The Red Peacock · 1920The Red Peacock
★ 10.01920
MovieDramaRomance
A modern adaptation of Dumas' Camille.
Loves of an Actress · 1928Loves of an Actress
★ 8.01928
MovieDramaRomance
Rachel becomes the leading actress in the Comédie Française through the patronage of three influential men: Baron Hartman, the wealthiest man in France; Count Vareski, a relative of Napoleon; and Dr. Durande. All three men are in love with her, but she throws them over when she falls in love with Raoul Duval. A lost film.
Moscow Shanghai · 1936Moscow Shanghai
★ 8.01936
MovieDrama
Spanning the years between the Bolshevik Revolution and 1930, this Negri vehicle focuses on an exiled Russian noblewoman who has lost track of her daughter and of a young officer she pined for.Until she finds them both again and together.
Mad Love · 1921Mad Love
★ 7.41921
MovieDramaRomance
Richard de la Croix's brother, Andreas, has been driven insane by a notorious vamp and socialite named Sappho. A friend takes Richard to the Odeon to meet her, but when Sappho actually meets him, he is unaware that she is the woman who drove Andreas to be institutionalised. Sappho genuinely falls in love with Richard, and decides to leave her vampy ways and her older lover behind her so that she can have him.
Vendetta · 1919Vendetta
★ 8.01919
MovieDrama
In Corsica, Marianna Paoli's brother is killed by an Englishman whose identity is unknown to her. She swears vengeance and tracks the killer to Monte Carlo. There she falls in love with a handsome young officer, only to discover that he is the murderer she has sworn to punish.
Bella Donna · 1923Bella Donna
★ 10.01923
MovieRomanceDrama
Bella Donna, a seductive woman snares Nigel Armine into marriage and he takes her to Egypt to live. Tired of her simple husband, Bella becomes involved with brutish Baroudi.
Slave of Her Senses · 1914Slave of Her Senses
★ 8.01914
MovieDrama
Pola is a beautiful but poor girl, a locksmith's daughter. Unexpectedly, she's successful as a stage dancer. After her success, she breaks with her fiancé and becomes the lover of a rich admirer. However, the fiancé does not accept her departure.
Movies
Fanatisme · 1934Fanatisme
★ 9.01934
MovieDrama
After many difficulties, the seductive Italian dancer, Rosine Savelli, manages to clear herself of a plot hatched against Napoleon III...
The Red Peacock · 1920The Red Peacock
★ 10.01920
MovieDramaRomance
A modern adaptation of Dumas' Camille.
Loves of an Actress · 1928Loves of an Actress
★ 8.01928
MovieDramaRomance
Rachel becomes the leading actress in the Comédie Française through the patronage of three influential men: Baron Hartman, the wealthiest man in France; Count Vareski, a relative of Napoleon; and Dr. Durande. All three men are in love with her, but she throws them over when she falls in love with Raoul Duval. A lost film.
Moscow Shanghai · 1936Moscow Shanghai
★ 8.01936
MovieDrama
Spanning the years between the Bolshevik Revolution and 1930, this Negri vehicle focuses on an exiled Russian noblewoman who has lost track of her daughter and of a young officer she pined for.Until she finds them both again and together.
Mad Love · 1921Mad Love
★ 7.41921
MovieDramaRomance
Richard de la Croix's brother, Andreas, has been driven insane by a notorious vamp and socialite named Sappho. A friend takes Richard to the Odeon to meet her, but when Sappho actually meets him, he is unaware that she is the woman who drove Andreas to be institutionalised. Sappho genuinely falls in love with Richard, and decides to leave her vampy ways and her older lover behind her so that she can have him.
Vendetta · 1919Vendetta
★ 8.01919
MovieDrama
In Corsica, Marianna Paoli's brother is killed by an Englishman whose identity is unknown to her. She swears vengeance and tracks the killer to Monte Carlo. There she falls in love with a handsome young officer, only to discover that he is the murderer she has sworn to punish.
Bella Donna · 1923Bella Donna
★ 10.01923
MovieRomanceDrama
Bella Donna, a seductive woman snares Nigel Armine into marriage and he takes her to Egypt to live. Tired of her simple husband, Bella becomes involved with brutish Baroudi.
Slave of Her Senses · 1914Slave of Her Senses
★ 8.01914
MovieDrama
Pola is a beautiful but poor girl, a locksmith's daughter. Unexpectedly, she's successful as a stage dancer. After her success, she breaks with her fiancé and becomes the lover of a rich admirer. However, the fiancé does not accept her departure.
The Eyes of the Mummy · 1918The Eyes of the Mummy
★ 5.41918
MovieDramaHorror
Egyptians Radu and Ma milk British tourists out of their money by offering phony tours of a mummy's tomb-- Radu has the girl lend her eyes to the "mummy" from inside an empty sarcophagus. When adventurer Wendland comes to visit the tomb, Ma is rescued and falls in love with him, leaving Radu in the dust. Needless to say, her former employer / captor follows them abroad in order to exact his revenge.
The Moon-Spinners · 1964The Moon-Spinners
★ 5.81964
MovieMysteryFamily
Young English girl Nikky and her aunt arrive at the Moon-Spinners, a hotel on Crete, to a less than enthusiastic welcome. The coolness of the owner is only out-done by the surliness of her brother Stratos, recently back from London. But then there is nice English lad Mark to make friends with, at least until Stratos and his pal take a shot at him one night. When Nikky helps him hide she finds the Greeks are after her too.
Arabella · 1917Arabella
★ 7.01917
MovieDrama
A silent film directed by Aleksander Hertz.
Good and Naughty · 1926Good and Naughty
★ 7.01926
MovieComedyRomance
Four middle-aged actors jointly adopt an orphaned baby girl, raising her in a backstage milieu.
The Secret Hour · 1928The Secret Hour
★ 7.01928
MovieDramaRomance
An Elderly fruit grower sends a photo of his foreman, not himself, to a waitress he wishes to marry. She falls in love with the foreman.
Hi Diddle Diddle · 1943Hi Diddle Diddle
★ 6.61943
MovieComedy
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer, while placating a jealous wife.
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons · 1995Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
★ 8.01995
MovieDocumentary
From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been a popular icon since the 1930s.
A Woman Commands · 1932A Woman Commands
★ 9.01932
MovieDrama
In order to keep his lover, Maria Draga, in luxury, Captain Alex Pastitsch contracts huge debts which threaten his military career. To save Alex's career, his superior officer, Colonel Strádimirovitsch has an idea of how to fix it.
The Spanish Dancer · 1923The Spanish Dancer
★ 5.01923
MovieHistoryRomance
The Spanish Dancer is the story of Maritana, a Romani girl who dances in courtyards and even tells people's fortunes. Despite her lowly position, Maritana wishes to be a Countess. Her ambitions are realized when she meets the handsome Count Don Cesar de Bazán, if only the King of Spain would stay out of their way!
The Polish Dancer · 1917The Polish Dancer
★ 5.71917
MovieDramaRomance
A wild young girl runs away from her parents' house to support herself and attracts the attentions of a married man, who is prepared to abandon his wife and child for her.
Men · 1924Men
★ 7.21924
MovieDrama
Cleo lives in Marseilles and works as a waitress in a waterfront dive. A stranger entices her into coming to Paris to take dancing lessons, but instead she is taken to a baron, who betrays her. In spite of this inauspicious start, Cleo becomes a successful and renowned actress, but her feelings about men have never recovered. She loathes them and uses them only for the money they offer her, which she then hands over to a penniless girl.
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino · 1961The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
★ 7.01961
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.
Yesterday and Today · 1953Yesterday and Today
★ 7.01953
MovieDocumentary
A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden Year, so proclaimed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce as 1953.
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema · 2007Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
★ 4.32007
MovieDocumentary
Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Marlene Dietrich and others relate tales of the artistic freedom that led to the draconian Production Code, which governed content from 1934 to 1968. Diane Lane narrates.
The Woman He Scorned · 1929The Woman He Scorned
★ 10.01929
MovieDrama
A lighthouse keeper's wife shelters her fugitive lover.
The Woman from Moscow · 1928The Woman from Moscow
★ 8.01928
MovieRomanceDrama
A princess falls in love with the man who killed her cousin. The lover swears it was in self-defense. A lost film.