Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
1 Pola Negri and Romance: "Ah Love! It's Not for Me"
2 Pola Negri as the Vamp: "Temptatious Pola Assailed Picture Citadel by Stor
3 Vilma Bánky and Whiteness: "The Almost Perfect Anglo-Saxon Type, More English Than the English"
4 Vilma Bánky as the Leading Lady: "Bedecked in Flowing Gowns . . . and Layers of Pearls and Jewels"
5 Vilma Bánky and Marriage: "My Mother Brought Me Up to Be a Wife"
6 Jetta Goudal and Exoticism: "She Looks Like a Beautiful Cossack. She Looks Like an Oriental Princess"
7 Jetta Goudal and Mystery: "A Riddle in the City of Eager Autobiographies"
8 Jetta Goudal and Temperament: "The Most Temperamental Actress"
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
About the Author