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Nita Naldi is a Actor American born on 12 november 1894 at New York City (USA)

Nita Naldi

Nita Naldi
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Birth name Mary Dooley
Nationality USA
Birth 12 november 1894 at New York City (USA)
Death 17 february 1961 (at 66 years) at New York City (USA)

Nita Naldi (November 13, 1894 – February 17, 1961) was an American silent film actress. She was usually cast in the role of the "femme fatale"/"vamp", a persona first popularized by actress Theda Bara.

Biography

In 1929, seven years after the success of Blood and Sand, Naldi was named as a party in the divorce of then 54-year-old millionaire J. Searle Barclay from his wife of 16 years. Barclay and Naldi had met in 1919 during her stage days and had lived together with her sister in New York since 1920. The pair married in August 1929 on a visit to France. Naldi returned to the United States in 1931, alone, and filed for bankruptcy two years later. Naldi did not speak of Barclay until after his death in 1945. He died penniless.

Despite rumors, Naldi claimed to have never been romantic with either Valentino or Barrymore. In 1956 she was rumored to be engaged to a Park Avenue man named Larry Hall, but no union took place. Naldi had no children.

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Filmography of Nita Naldi (22 films)

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Actress

The Pleasure Garden, 1h15
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Virginia Valli, Carmelita Geraghty, Miles Mander, John Stuart, Georg H. Schnell, Ferdinand Martini
Rating57% 2.896742.896742.896742.896742.89674
Jill arrives in London with a letter of introduction to Mr. Hamilton, proprietor of the Pleasure Garden Theatre. The letter and all her money are stolen from her handbag as she waits to see him. Patsy, a chorus girl at the Pleasure Garden, sees her difficulty and offers to take her to her own lodgings and to try to get her a job. Next morning Jill is successful in getting a part in the show. Her fiance, Hugh, arrives with a colleague called Levet. Levet and Patsy become very close while Jill is being pursued by a number of rich men, particularly a Prince Ivan. Hugh is sent to Africa by his company.
Die Pratermizzi, 50minutes
Directed by Gustav Ucicky, Karl Hartl
Genres Drama
Actors Anny Ondra, Igo Sym, Nita Naldi, Hugo Thimig, Carl Goetz
Roles Valette - Tänzerin mit de Larve

Marie (Mizzi), a cashier in the tunnel of love Zum Walfisch on the Prater in Vienna, and Baron Christian von B. fall in love, but their relationship is disrupted by the wilful involvement of the dancer Valette, who always wears a mask. Christian eventually follows Valette to Paris. When he tears the golden mask from her face he is shocked to discover that she is disfigured by a disease. He returns to Vienna with the intention of putting an end to his life, but at the last minute Marie is able to save him.
Clothes Make the Pirate, 1h30
Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Leon Errol, Dorothy Gish, Nita Naldi, Tully Marshall, George F. Marion, Edna Murphy
Roles Madame De La Tour
Rating38% 1.91041.91041.91041.91041.9104
The film is a comedy that centers on a disgruntled 18th century Bostonian, played by Errol, who while wishing that he was a pirate, dons the clothes and play-acts the part. He is mistaken for the real pirate, Dixie Bull (played by Walter Law) whom Errol, of course, bumps into later in the film. More importantly, Errol "slays" the villain and puts his foot upon the pirate's head. This is more than enough and he heads back home to his unappreciated wife, played by Dorothy Gish.
The Mountain Eagle, 57minutes
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Nita Naldi, Bernhard Goetzke, John F. Hamilton, Ferdinand Martini
Roles Beatrice

The film is set in Kentucky. J. P. Pettigrew's (Bernhard Goetzke) wife died giving birth to his son Edward (John F. Hamilton), who was born a cripple. Pettigrew loathes John ("Fear o' God") Fulton (Malcolm Keen) who was also in love with Pettigrew's wife. Pettigrew witnesses his now grown son making love to schoolteacher Beatrice (Nita Naldi) and confronts her about the relationship. He attempts to take her in his arms but Beatrice rejects his advances. Pettigrew's son Edward sees this and flees the village.
Cobra
Cobra (1925)
, 1h10
Directed by Joseph Henabery
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Rudolph Valentino, Nita Naldi, Casson Ferguson, Gertrude Olmstead, Hector Sarno, Eileen Percy
Roles Elise Van Zile
Rating63% 3.196643.196643.196643.196643.19664
Valentino plays Count Rodrigo Torriani, an Italian noble. A charming libertine, his weakness is women – the "cobras" referred to in the title of the film.
The Ten Commandments, 2h16
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Theodore Roberts, Charles de Rochefort, Estelle Taylor, Richard Dix, Julia Faye, Rod La Rocque
Roles Sally Lung - a Eurasian
Rating67% 3.3940253.3940253.3940253.3940253.394025
Despite its epic scale, the Moses story only takes up about the first third of the film. After that, the story changes to a modern setting involving living by the lessons of the commandments. Two brothers make opposite decisions, one, John, to follow his mother's teaching of the Ten Commandments and become a poor carpenter, and the other, Danny, to break every one of them and rise to the top. The film shows his unchecked immorality to be momentarily gainful, but ultimately disastrous.
Hollywood
Hollywood (1923)

Directed by James Cruze
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about television
Actors George K. Arthur, Bess Flowers, Ruby Lafayette, Roscoe Arbuckle, Gertrude Astor, Mary Astor
Roles Nita Naldi
Rating68% 3.4472453.4472453.4472453.4472453.447245
Angela Whitaker (Hope Drown) is a young unknown who comes to Hollywood to become an actress, and brings her grandfather, Joel Whitaker (Luke Cosgrave). At the end of the first day, she has not found work, but her grandfather has.