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...prince takes place against a new and interesting background, handled with laudable control-the tea-plantations of Java. Lewis Stone's urbanity, is rewarded by his wife's decision to stay with him after all, following an episode in which Stone holds the amorous Nils Asther against a tree at the point of his double-barreled tiger-rifle, while a real, terrifying tiger snarls toward the sound-device. Best shot-Greta Garbo drying her feet...
Dream of Love has what millions of cinema fans want-a beautiful heroine (Joan Crawford) and a handsome hero (Nils Asther) making love in a romantic setting (the mythical Kingdom of Kuremme). The spirit and most of the best lines are inspired by the "legit" play, The Command to Love. A little wittier than most dramas of a prince wavering between a throne and an actress, Dream of Love leans heavily on the sex appeal of Actress Crawford, called "Venus of Hollywood." After each new film Miss Crawford receives ardent letters from thousands of high-school and college boys...
Loves of an Actress is a tragedy, with Pola Negri reclining on a soft couch most of the time. She loves them all-bankers, counts, newspaper owners-but, deep down, she is disgusted with men. Then along comes a lean-hipped young diplomat (Nils Asther) and the Lady of the Couch is stricken with love-at-first-sight. "What does it matter?" she cries, "A man-a woman-before them the highway of life." But, alas for the highway, a rejected count threatens to reveal her past and ruin the young diplomat's career. Death comes to the couch...