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Overview
Author Mariusz Kotowski brings the screen siren's story to English-speaking audiences for the first time in this fascinating biography. At the height of her fame, Negri often portrayed exotic and mysterious temptresses, headlining in such successes as The Spanish Dancer (1923) and Forbidden Paradise (1924), before returning to Europe in the 1930s. The devastating effects of World War II soon drove her back to the United States, where she starred in Hi Diddle Diddle (1943) and pursued her vaudeville career before retiring from the entertainment industry.
Kotowski also illuminates Negri's dramatic personal life, detailing her numerous love affairs including her engagement to Charlie Chaplin and her romance with Rudolph Valentino as well as her multiple marriages. This long-overdue biography not only paints a detailed portrait of one classic Hollywood's most intriguing stars and the film industry's original Jezebel, but also explores the link between Hollywood and European cinema during the interwar years.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780813144887 |
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Publisher: | University Press of Kentucky |
Publication date: | 04/22/2014 |
Series: | Screen Classics |
Pages: | 320 |
Product dimensions: | 6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Introduction 1
1 Early Years in Poland 5
2 The Move to Berlin 17
3 With Lubitsch in Germany 23
4 Postwar Berlin 37
5 Switzerland to Paris to New York 47
6 Coming to Hollywood 53
7 Paramount Pictures, 1922 63
8 Engagement to Chaplin 69
9 Gloria Swanson 83
10 Paramount Pictures, 1923-1924 89
11 Forbidden Paradise 99
12 Becoming a Star 105
13 Finding Valentino 119
14 Losing Valentino 129
15 Paramount Pictures, 1927 149
16 Princess Mdivani 155
17 Working in Europe 161
18 First Talkie 167
19 Return to UFA 173
20 Escape from Germany 183
21 Life with Margaret West 187
22 Final Days 195
Acknowledgments 201
Chronology 203
Filmography, Discography, and Stage Works Notes 221
Bibliography 229
Index 235