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Articles
and Movie Reviews
A
library of Articles on Pola's Movies and Reviews of Pola-related
and European Silent-related movies and music.
All
articles by David Gasten unless otherwise specified.
Articles
on Pola's Movies:
"POLA
NEGRI: THE UNKNOWN YEARS 1935-1938"
by Frank Noack
An article full of rare information about Pola Negri's Nazi/Third Reich movie
period
BESTIA (1915)
"BESTIA"
by Frank Noack, edited by David Gasten
A
review of a 2007 screening of Pola’s very first film
THE EYES
OF THE MUMMY (1918)
"The
Eyes of the Mummy on TV vs. The Eyes of the Mummy on DVD"
An appreciation and comparison of two available versions of the 1918 film
GYPSY
BLOOD (aka CARMEN) (1918)
"GYPSY
BLOOD ON DVD"
A review of Sunrise Silents DVD release of Gypsy Blood; includes
discussion of the commentary in Sunrise Silents' Gypsy Blood and One
Arabian Night releases
SUMURUN
(aka ONE ARABIAN NIGHT) (1920)
"SUMURUN...At Long
Last!"
A comparison of the newly restored European version of Sumurun
with
One Arabian Night, the previously available American version; also
includes information on Sunrise Silents' DVD version of One Arabian
Night
DIE
BERGKATZE (aka THE WILDCAT) (1921)
"DIE BERGKATZE/THE
WILDCAT: The Funniest Movie You've Never Seen"
A review of Kino's DVD release of Die Bergkatze/The Wildcat
THE
SPANISH DANCER (1923)
"THE SPANISH DANCER ON DVD"
A review of Reel Classic DVD's release of The Spanish Dancer
HOTEL
IMPERIAL (1927)
"HOTEL IMPERIAL ON DVD"
A review of Grapevine Video's new improved DVD release of Hotel Imperial
THE
WOMAN HE SCORNED (1929)
"Lost
Masterpiece: A Pola Negri Silent Resurfaces"
About the Grapevine Video release of The Woman He Scorned (1929);
originally published in Classic Images, May 2003
MAZURKA
(1935)
"Pola Negri
in Mazurka: Selections from Vintage Documents"
Translated and
annotated by Frank Noack, edited by David Gasten
Vintage German texts on Mazurka, Pola's most important talking
film;
includes selections from the autobiographies of director Willi Forst,
music
director Peter Kreuder, and leading man Albrecht Schoenhals
MADAME
BOVARY (1937)
"Pola Negri in MADAME BOVARY"
by Frank Noack
An in-depth review of the little-seen screen Third Reich screen
adaptation of the Gustave Falubert novel starring Pola Negri as Emma
Bovary
HI DIDDLE DIDDLE (1943)
"Hi
Diddle Diddle: an Anti-World War II propaganda film on DVD"
A detailed review of Grapevine Video's DVD release of Hi Diddle Diddle
More
Silent Movie Reviews:
ASTA
NIELSEN
The Complete Danish Films DVD (2005)
Detailed review of the Danish Film Institute DVD containing Asta
Nielsen's foundational silent movies Afgrunden
(The Abyss, 1910), Balletdanserinden (The
Ballet Dancer, 1911), Den Sorte Drøm (The
Black Dream, 1911), and Mød Lyset (Towards The Light,
1919).
MIRIAM COOPER
Is Money
Everything? (1923)
DVD review of an extremely rare film from an actress with a largely
lost career
Modern
Films About or Inspired By Pola Negri:
POLA
NEGRI: LIFE IS A DREAM IN CINEMA (2006) documentary
Review of Life is a Dream
in Cinema Documentary
Review of Pola Negri's recent documentary film, directed by Mariusz
Kotowski
ESTHER'S
DIARY (2009) feature film
Esther's Diary: The
Holocaust Film To End All Holocaust Films
Detailed review of modern Holocaust Film whose main character is
strongly inspired by Pola Negri; also directed by Mariusz Kotowski
Period
Music Reviews:
Reconstructed
1920's German Cabaret Music
THE
OPHELIA ORCHESTRA: Sound and Smoke (2004) CD Review
A Return to Weimar Berlin's Cabaret Scene,
Sleaze and All
Commentary
Articles:
On the Neo-Burlesque
Movement
Why
The Burlesque Show Is (Almost) Over.
Originally
published by UK commentary blog "The
Thing Is...",
November 29, 2010
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