From Wikipedia Pola Negri (born Barbara Apolonia Chałupiec, sometimes spelled Chalupec; 3 January 1897 – 1 August 1987) was a Polish stage and film actress who achieved worldwide fame during ...

Devastated, she finds solace in the sad poetry of the Italian poetess Ada Negri. Her melancholic verses inspire Pola to take on a pseudonym under which she will be known to the whole world. Pola does ...