Memoirs of a star
by Pola Negri
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Author: Pola NegriEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Published: 1970
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 453
Publisher: Doubleday
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Book Review: "the life of a star, indeed"
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this, not recently, so I'll make it short. The lady was a star, and she did not have it easy. An interesting trip, from nowhere to somewhere, half back to nowhere. I think, however, she left alot unsaid about most of the tantalizing things we really want to know about -- Chaplin, Valentino -- and really, her life after her "Hollywood demise." She gives us a bunch, but we beg for more. Other biographies have mentioned her penchant for excess; one on Garbo mentions Miss Negri was giving a small dinner party for six... which in reality was for a hundred. And was her big-time show at Rudy's funeral truly deeply felt, or was she doing what she had always done on film...? In silents, emotions have to be exaggerated -- was she then merely playing to what she "perceived" the audience wanted? But to a disasterous conclusion. Her career thereafter began a downslide, due to the public's disapproval. (Even film clips viewed now covering the incident do put it in the realm of "too much.") A shame. Because of the many phonies in Hollywood, while she played her part... she seemed an entirely sincere person. Perhaps those who knew her later in San Antonio can vouch for that, I don't know. Nevertheless, she was A STAR! And I miss her. Though I never knew her. Like Garbo. All we have left are the legends, and the films. And those now so-called "stars" of today, in comparison... seem sadly lacking: in both taste and decorum -- not to mention style.
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