"Hotel Imperial"

From 1927. Plot: Stirring WWI romance in small Russian hotel. Gorgeous Pola Negri plays the hotel maid courted by men from both sides of the line.

The poster is ravishing, but the sparkly earring, the windblown hair, the come-hither glance? More "glamorous, gin-soaked evening at The Cocoanut Grove" than "a war is raging, and I can't decide between this officer and this general, and, oh, my stressful job, and what shall I ever do?"




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