Paradise... Pola Negri's song by Ambrose & his Orchestra (1932)

This is a re-post due to a playback problem with the previous video.

The song "Paradise" was composed by Nacio Herb Brown and was featured in "A woman commands" (1932), Pola Negri's first "Talking picture". In the movie she performs the song in English. A year later she recorded a French version for the Ultraphon label. While the movie did nothing for Pola's career in Hollywood, the song became very succesful. I really like this elegant version by Bert Ambrose and his orchestra.

Pola Negri - a legendary lady of the silent era - recorded a number of 78rpms in the 1930s - mostly in Russian and German. In 1935 her movie career got a boost when she was cast by the talented Willi Forst in his melodrama "Mazurka" - which was a tremendous succes (the movie was shot-for-shot remade in Hollywood as "Confession" with Kay Francis in the lead). She worked and rexcorded in Germany until 1938 (when she was not filming, she lived in France). At the outbreak of the Second World War she returned to the USA but her career was virtually over...

About the video :

The video features images of Pola Negri from my personal collection.

About the record :

Disque Gramophone K-6583 / mx. 30-8657

Transferred without mastering or filtering.

This record is quite worn but these Ambrose recordings on HMV are quite rare in Belgium and I really like the song.

Sound equipment used :

Ortophon Om78 Cartrdige and Stylus

Turntable : Stanton T.90
TerraTec Phono Pre-amp

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