A Woman Commands (1932) Pola Negri "Paradise"

[Jopattillo]

Wow! What an electrifying, riveting, glorious performance!! I've known this song for years, but have never heard it performed like this!

[cushtichavi]

is this the first recording? i have heart bing crosby sing this before. she was fabulous .

[80stimeagain]

She must be thinking of Valentino. ;)

[ClarasBeau]

What a clip!!... So interesting that this star of the silent pictures was able to pull off this number in such a triumphant fashion. This is what separates the real stars from the pretenders. I read somewhere that she was approached to play the role of Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard"... One can only imagine... Great stuff; thank you for posting this!

[Rudipolt]

Fine Song!

Thanks for posting!

Aloha from Hawaii!

[Rudipolt]

Thanks for posting!

I hop that TMC someday will play it on her Birthday!

Aloha From Hawaii

[ducdebrabant]

I love the way she vamps the king (who of course she cannot touch) and then turns to another older man and smokes his beard so sweetly -- using him as a sort of proxy. Such excellent staging.

[4MaryAnna]

why did she smoke his beard,didn't she have any tobacco?

sorry,but I just HAD to say this...a little devil sitting on my shoulder told me to.lol

[4MaryAnna]

All kidding aside,I'm a woman,but I still say,that that was one hell of a sexy performance,and if I were a man in the audience, I'd probably have followed her from the stage...while drooling

[78timothy]

This woman had it!! Wow she was emotional, sensual, and Sexy, What I am Trying to Figure out is how Youtube is actually able to transmit Pheromones from 1932 to the present, via a downloaded 16mm duped (Probably 4x from the focus) Whatever they are doing, they have certainly achieved a technical marvel!! ;-) TD I love her whistling.

[ducdebrabant]

What instincts that woman has! Everything she does is perfect. The moment when she lets her arm fall and the cigarette go limp, and then her head follows -- everything is so perfectly judged. The appreciation for the applause and then the amused expression as she wonders why the audience is being hushed -- priceless.

[bitter69uk]

What a spectacular, fascinating clip. I love the German Expressionist stage backdrop behind Pola (check out the angle of the street lamp), her Edith Piaf-style little black dress and the way she sings her Weimar-style chanson in such a guttural Polish accent ("I luff heem!"). Her song even has a whistling solo!

[albanybeardguy]

Best part of the movie

[daughterrevolution]

I just saw the movie last night. Very nice, quality from 35mm and much nicer than this clip.

I wish her leading man had been someone a bit more romantic than Basil Rathbone -- and according to her autobiography she did too!

[GraefinVonSalamanca]

I'm shure she was thinking of Rudy. In here autobiography she said the greatest love of here live was Valentino.

[80stimeagain]

I'll tell you, this is a sexy song. I am jealous of Pola because she had Rudy, but she is sexy here. I like how the song is sung real slow. Sexy.

[beyondtheforest]

Thanks for posting this! I wish I had the whole movie!

[80stimeagain]

All i can think of when i hear her sing is if she is thinking about Rudy Valentino.

[GraefinVonSalamanca]

Me too.

[rhabarber4vanille]

I love her accent

[jurek46pink]

Sultry and divine.