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Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jul 11, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on July 11, 2014 in Video Review 2 Available on DVD. A gender-reversed version of The Taming of the Shrew with feminist overtones and starring Pola Negri? Yes, please! This Roaring Twenties dramedy casts Pola as a chain-smoking, tattoo-getting, couture-wearing countess who takes a
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Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Apr 14, 2013
Pola Negri and her offending cigarette. Pola Negri is a the Countess. She got dumped right after getting a tattoo of the guy’s family crest. Off she goes to the Midwest to forget. Scandal! Makeup? Tattoos? Smoking? Next thing you know, women will want jobs too! Holmes Herbert, local morals cr
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Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 9, 2013
An animated GIF from A Woman of the World, Pola Negri’s uproarious vamp comedy and the current feature of the month. Back in 1926, there was simply not a whole lot of tattooing going on with the fair sex. The look on Pola’s face is priceless. Dedicated to all you inked ladies out there.
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Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jan 31, 2013
A glamorous European countess meets small town America and it’s a novel experience for both. Tongues wag, the gentlemen preen and the town’s moral crusader finds himself unpleasantly in love. Pretend for a moment that you are a motion picture producer of the 1920’s. You have secured the
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