Olive Thomas – “Prudence on Broadway” – 1919
Olive Thomas as the lead in “Prudence on Broadway” (1919), one of her lost film
When I saw you…………
“When I saw you, I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew”
Come ti vidi, M’innamorai, E tu sorridi Perchè lo sai,
is from Arrigo Boito libretto for the 1893 opera Falstaff, with music by Giuseppe Verdi.
My thanks to False Scribes
At the first kiss…………………..
“At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite way.
All my longings, all my dreams and sweet anguish,
All the secrets that slept deep within me came awake,
Everything was transformed and enchanted, everything made sense.”
Lya de Putti
Lya de Putti (born Amália Helena Mária Róza Putti; Hungarian, 10th January 1897 – 27th November 1931)
was a Hungarian film actress during the silent era. She was noted for her portrayals of vamp characters.
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