Photos courtesy Mariusz Kotowski, Joop Van Dijk, and Cole Johnson.
Portraits |
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Portrait by Hollywood photographer Eugene Richee. Pola was one of his favorite subjects to photograph. |
Two publicity portraits to coincide with the release of Hi Hiddle Diddle (1943).
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This shot was taken in 1951, when Pola was 54! The end of the line for Pola's youthful-looking glamour pictures. |
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Film Stills |
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Pola working her way up the aristocratic ladder in Madame DuBarry (1919). |
Pola with Rod La Rocque in Forbidden Paradise (1924), her final collaboration with Ernst Lubitsch. |
Pola as a half-Asian woman in East of Suez (1925), directed by Raoul Walsh. |
Pola as a blonde opposite Paul Lukas in Three Sinners (1928). |
Pola with Martha Scott In Hi Diddile Diddle (1943). |
Pola with Eli Wallach in The Moon-Spinners (1964). |
News and Publicity |
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Pola Negri with Rudolph Valentino at a costume ball early in their relationship. |
Pola with Georgian Prince Serge Mdivani on their wedding day. |
Pola with her cheetah companion during press appearances for The Moon-Spinners (1964). |
Newspaper Clippings |
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Clipping advertising Passion, the American release of Madame DuBarry (1919). This is actually for a later revival of the film, and appeared in the Arizona (Tuscon) Daily Star, October 3, 1927. |
A clipping advertising A Woman of the World (1925) from a currently unknown newspaper. |
A detail from the previous clipping. |
Another clipping for A Woman of the World (1925) in a Michigan newspaper. |
Legacy |
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Pola Negri's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA. |
Polai's hand and foot prints at Grauman's Chinese Theater. The inscription reads, "Dear Sid, I love your theatre. Pola Negri, April 21,1928." |
Pola's image on a Polish commemorative stamp, issued in 1996. |