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...Spanish Dancer. With the 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...
Virtually every day of the tournament there was an exchange of telegrams between Tilden and Miss Pola Negri, emotional film star, in Hollywood. Just before his crowning triumph Tilden read a long wire from Miss Negri that informed him the " entire Hollywood colony " was backing him against the Californian...
...Cheat. The spectacle of a hot iron sinking into the white contours of Pola Negri's left shoulder- blade should be 50? worth to anybody. If it isn't there is little else in the picture to make up the deficit. Pola starts out in Paris, where she makes two errors of judgment. She incurs the displeasure of a nasty old Hindu; she marries an American newspaper man. The latter's salary, served as a double portion, Pola finds unsatisfactory nourishment. The Hindu re-enters and trouble begins...
Hollywood rumor said that Pola's second break with Charlie was attributable to Tilden and an inquisitive reporter was quick to interview all concerned...
...Pola: "I can say nothing except that I admire Tilden very much. You must not ask me more...