Famous Film Folk

Two hundred forty-one stars of the silent screen, photographed and profiled in 1925 — Barrymores and Beerys, comedy kings and serial queens, each with the studio portrait that made their face famous.

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Pola Negri

POLA NEGRI was born in Bromberg, Poland, on January 3rd., and received her education in Warsaw. Her parents decided for her that she was to become an actress, and at 17 she became a pupil in a dramatic school in Warsaw, and so accomplished was the youthful Pola, that she completed the full three years course in less than half time. She made her debut immediately after in the Polish capital, and later played again in that city where she remained until the World War activities drove her from the city. Turning her versatile talents to the screen she wrote, directed and acted in a picture of her own, following this with a screen version of "Du Barry" which when shown in America, under the title of "Passion" brought her lasting fame. Her recreation is derived from riding her horses, and she is 5 feet 4 inches in height, weighing 122 lbs., and having black hair, and hazel eyes.

Pola Negri — from Famous Film Folk (1925)
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