“HOTEL IMPERIAL”

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 71, 15 June 1927, Page 15

“HOTEL IMPERIAL”

PRINCESS, TIVOLI AND EVERYBODY’S The Pola Negri of "Passion” has returned. The tempestuous star, whose artistry has thrilled the world again and again, is said to achieve a triumph which not only equals, but in many respects surpasses, that portrayal in “Hotel Imperial/’ her latest vehicle for Paramount. . This new picture, based on Lajos Biro’s drama of love and war, gives Miss Negri the finest opportunity for soul-stirring dramatic action she has bad since arriving in America. She Plays the role of an Hungarian peasant girl caught in the maelstrom of war. Rivalry for her love causes the fates of armies to tremble as she is swept from her humble position as chambermaid of the Hotel Imperial on the Austro-Rus-sian frontier to heights of luxury on a wave of passion and intrigue. She brings all the force of her dynamic personality and supreme emotional talent into the part, giving one of the best portrayals the screen has known, in one of the year’s big pictures. Hotel Imperial” was produced by Erich Pommer, Europe’s greatest film maker, as his first for Paramount. Mauritz Stiller, Scandinavia’s “ace” director, also making his first complete film in the United States, wielded the megaphone. The supporting cast includes James Hall and George Siegmann, both of whom are featured.