Pola Negri
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Pola Negri was a Polish stage and film actress and singer. She achieved worldwide fame during the silent and golden eras of Hollywood and European film for her tragedienne and femme fatale roles. She
Negri in 1931
Negri in Sumurun (1920)
Negri and Rod La Rocque in a publicity portrait for Forbidden Paradise (1924)
Negri with Warner Baxter in a publicity still for Three Sinners (1928)
Sunset Boulevard (film)
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Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American black comedy film noir directed by Billy Wilder and co-written by Wilder, Charles Brackett, and D. M. Marshman Jr. It is named after a major street that runs throug
Pola Negri
…Paradise", and retired from the entertainment business altogether. In 1948, director Billy Wilder approached Negri to appear as Norma Desmond in the film Sunset Boulevard (1950), after Mae Murray, Mae West, Greta Garbo, Norma Shearer, and Mary Pickford declined the role. Negri reportedly declined the role and was aghast…
Theatrical release poster
Gloria Swanson and Billy Wilder
Wilder considered many actors for the lead roles, but chose Swanson and Holden.
Theatrical advertisement from 1950