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All articles by David Gasten unless otherwise specified.
 

"POLA NEGRI: THE UNKNOWN YEARS 1935-1938"
by Frank Noack
An article full of rare information about Pola Negri's Nazi/Third Reich movie period
 

BESTIA (1915)
"BESTIA"
by Frank Noack, edited by David Gasten
A review of a 2007 screening of Pola’s very first film

THE EYES OF THE MUMMY (1918)
"The Eyes of the Mummy on TV vs. The Eyes of the Mummy on DVD"

An appreciation and comparison of two available versions of the 1918 film

GYPSY BLOOD (aka CARMEN) (1918)
"GYPSY BLOOD ON DVD"
A review of Sunrise Silents DVD release of Gypsy Blood; includes discussion of the commentary in Sunrise Silents' Gypsy Blood and One Arabian Night releases

SUMURUN (aka ONE ARABIAN NIGHT) (1920)
"SUMURUN...At Long Last!"
A comparison of the newly restored European version of Sumurun with
One Arabian Night, the previously available American version; also
includes information on Sunrise Silents' DVD version of One Arabian Night

DIE BERGKATZE (aka  THE WILDCAT) (1921)
"DIE BERGKATZE/THE WILDCAT: The Funniest Movie You've Never Seen"
A review of Kino's DVD release of Die Bergkatze/The Wildcat

THE SPANISH DANCER (1923)
"THE SPANISH DANCER ON DVD"
A review of Reel Classic DVD's release of The Spanish Dancer

HOTEL IMPERIAL (1927)
"HOTEL IMPERIAL ON DVD"
A review of Grapevine Video's new improved DVD release of Hotel Imperial

THE WOMAN HE SCORNED (1929)
"Lost Masterpiece: A Pola Negri Silent Resurfaces"

About the Grapevine Video release of The Woman He Scorned (1929);
originally published in Classic Images, May 2003

MAZURKA (1935)
"Pola Negri in Mazurka: Selections from Vintage Documents"
Translated and annotated by Frank Noack, edited by David Gasten
Vintage German texts on Mazurka, Pola's most important talking film;
includes selections from the autobiographies of director Willi Forst, music 
director Peter Kreuder, and leading man Albrecht Schoenhals

HI DIDDLE DIDDLE (1943)
"Hi Diddle Diddle: an Anti-World War II propaganda film on DVD"
A detailed review of Grapevine Video's DVD release of Hi Diddle Diddle

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