Word: bazan
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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David Belasco, wizard of the realistic stage, is about to sell his collections- artistic and otherwise. There is a work table of rosewood, gift to his mother from Edwin Booth; there is a cloak worn by Booth as Don Cesar de Bazan; a French harp once belonging to the Empress EugÉnie; Staffordshire ware, vessels, plates, figurines; European and Chinese porcelains; Chinese porcelain birds; Capo di Monte figurines; English, U. S., Bohemian glass; wood carvings; furniture from France, England, Italy; early textiles, brocades, needlework panels, cushions, banners; Chinese, Persian, Caucasian, Turkish rugs; arms and armor of all periods...
...production of this picture, the Polish invasion of Hollywood shows up considerably. There was a time when prophets foresaw Pola Negri as the preponderant personage on the screens of the world. Mary Pickford, annoyed thereby, put up her curls and played Rosita. The same story (Don Cesar de Bazan) is the backbone of Miss Negri's The Spanish Dancer. Mary's acting and Mary's production were superior. (National sigh of relief...