E! Mysteries & Scandals: Alla Nazimova (1998)
Anthony Slide (film historian), Gavid Lambert (historian), Leonard Lockwood (waiter), Vincent Sherman and Patricia Cotten (Joseph Cotten's wife) are interviewed about the troubled career of silent screen actress Alla Nazimova.
This Russian actress has been forgotten by most people today including film buffs. This is another good episode where the film historians educate us on her stage and film career and how it quickly fell apart due to some really bad personal decisions. From here we learn about the few roles she had in the sound era and The Garden of Allah, the hotel she created that catered to the Hollywood A-list. This is certainly an entertaining episode and especially the stories dealing with the hotel because we get a waiter from it who shares a few stories about what was actually going on there. If you're a fan of the show then you'll be entertained and film buffs will enjoy hearing about the actress.
Episode: B+
Anthony Slide (film historian), Gavid Lambert (historian), Leonard Lockwood (waiter), Vincent Sherman and Patricia Cotten (Joseph Cotten's wife) are interviewed about the troubled career of silent screen actress Alla Nazimova.
This Russian actress has been forgotten by most people today including film buffs. This is another good episode where the film historians educate us on her stage and film career and how it quickly fell apart due to some really bad personal decisions. From here we learn about the few roles she had in the sound era and The Garden of Allah, the hotel she created that catered to the Hollywood A-list. This is certainly an entertaining episode and especially the stories dealing with the hotel because we get a waiter from it who shares a few stories about what was actually going on there. If you're a fan of the show then you'll be entertained and film buffs will enjoy hearing about the actress.
Episode: B+