Pola Aka Apolonia
Recognized her face from silent films
Not her name
Had to look her up
Born Apolonia Chalupec
Which I think is a gorgeous name
Hollywood renamed her Pola Negri
A name not half as fantastic
Or exotic or erotic and yet she was
She played two kinds of roles
Femme fatale
and tragedienne
She could do it too
Her life was filled with tragedy
Her father was sent to Siberia when she was a child
She had two marriages that lasted less than four years each
She lived to ninety, this silent film sex symbol
I would have gone back to Apolonia but not sure if she did.
Pola Negri, first European actress and singer
to be signed by Hollywood, Paramount Studio.
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