Pola Negri. Relaxes with a book. 1931.
Probably the most exotic of the personalities of the silent days, she thrived on femme fatale roles.
(Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images).
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Pola Negri, The terrasse of the Café de la Paix in Paris, Hand-colored Photographs by Burton Holmes, 1927.
“I must urgently recommend that you spend your first leisure hour in Paris at the corner table of the terrasse of the Café de la Paix. It is a fact known and proved that … you have only to sit at this corner long enough, and a friend will appear in time.” - Burton Holmes, Travelogues.
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Hand Tinted Portrait of Pola Negri, 1920s.
Pola Negri (1897-1987) 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.
Pola Negri was the first European film star to be invited to Hollywood, and became one of the most popular actresses in American silent film.
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