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1923 Herbert Brenon silent historical Spain Spanish royalty romantic love triangle gypsy melodrama. Pola Negri was born Barbara Appolonia Chalupek in Janowa, Poland on December 31st, 1894. She was born into the middle class, but her father, a furrier, was arrested by the Russians and sent to a Siberian prison camp, where he died. She and her mother became penniless. Pola initially wanted to become a ballerina, but her poverty and a bout with ill health changed her focus from dancing to acting. She attended the Warsaw Imperial Academy of Dramatic Arts ...NOTE: This piece is already mounted on linen