A WOMAN OF THE WORLD
(BEZWSTYDNA KOBIETA)



photo: Joseph Yranski

1925, 80 min.

DIRECTION:
Malcolm St. Clair
SCRIPT:
Pierre Collings from a novel by Carl van Vechten
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Bert Glennon
EDITING:
E. Lloyd Sheldon
PRODUCER:
Erich Pommer
PRODUCED BY:
Famous Players - Lasky / Paramount
CAST:
Pola Negri (Countess Elnora Natatorini), Charles Emmett Mack (Gareth Johns), Holmes Herbert (Richard Granger), Blanche Mehaffey (Lennie Porter)

SYNOPSIS:

Pola Negri stars in this sly comedy-drama as an Italian Countess Elnora Natatorini who flees Europe after the breakup of her latest love affair. The Countess ends up at a distant cousin's house in Maple Valley - somewhere in the American Midwest. No sooner does the Countess arrive in Maple Valley than trouble starts. She catches the eye of a lovesick young man and the local District Attorney who is on crusade against sin. Natatorini enjoys toying with both men as she slinks (wild costumes with tons of beads) through a series of parties where yokel guests pay 25 cents to "Meet the Countess". Wearing lots of makeup and outrageous costumes, Negri has fun at the worldly woman who drinks, smokes in public, and (gasp!) has a tattoo on her forearm. The film pokes fun at both the worldly Europeans as well as the rubes in mid-America.

Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 8:00 pm. (Portage Theatre)