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Bella Donna. Pola Negri's first American picture is, except for the continuously electric Pola, just another vampire-film, deodorized as much as possible to please the censor. There's a sheik and an English nobleman and a little box of poison and a desert with a prowling lion-and none of it matters very much. Except when Pola appears. Daddy. A blatant assault upon the lachrymal glands, with a few snatches of inimitable comedy by young Mr. Coogan. He is, as you may have guessed, a downtrodden little boy-violinist in search of his long-lost daddy...
Engaged. Fern Andra, American film star, to Herr Prensel, German middleweight boxing champion. Over a year ago Herr Prensel purchased a kiss from Miss Andra for 100,000 marks, which was used for charity. This transaction led eventually to their engagement...
...practical film" which will make every home its own Hollywood...
...picture of Mary Pickford over the bureau or sighed as she looked first at Valentino and then at her husband, will be more than interested in this semi-official expose (winch means whitewashing) of Hollywood and its denizens. The actual processes that go to the making of a big film-the everyday life of stars, directors and camp followers-these are entertainingly and faithfully depicted. In fact about the only thing omitted is a close-up of the interior of, say, Mr. Ince's mind. Of course the only blown-in-the-bottle villain (Landru, who has a habit...
Hall Caine, British novelist: "Harvey Fly, an American, is suing me for $5,000 as commission on the sale of the film rights of The Master of Man to the Goldwyn Co. The sale price was $50,000 and he contends that $5,000 is a fair commission...