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NITA NALDI
[OST screen biographies bespeak of laurels won only after close application, the weary grind and years of effort. But Nita Naldi may be said to be an all-of-a-sudden film actress, for she came straight to the fore in only three pictures.
Not only that, bat she goaled as a screen vamp in a very decisive manner, a role which many experienced actresses have found most difficult.
Miss Naldi did two photoplays, "Experience" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," when she received a call which was to spread her name around the world "overnight."
The big spectacular special, "Blood and Sand," had been prepared for the screen, and a cast had been agreed upon with one exception — someone who could portray the role of Dona Sol, the Spanish siren.
One of the Eastern officials had noticed the screen advent of a dark beauty in the two photoplays indicated above, and immediately engaged her for the role. Miss Naldi left New York for the Coast, and appeared in the Niblo production with such
decisive success that her screen career was insured from that period.
She next played with Alice Brady in "Anna Ascends" for the same corporation, which was followed by a featured role in "Glimpses of the Moon," her latest production.
Miss Naldi was born of Italian parentage in New York City, and was educated there. Like many young girls, she turned her eyes stageward. Her beauty attracted attention to such effect that she was given work in "The Passing Show of 1918." Later she appeared in "The Century Midnight Whirl."
Her first experience in pictures was in the role of "Theresa" in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," with John Barrymore. Next she played the part of "Passion" in the feature, "Experience," being chosen from among a list of almost a hundred actresses.
Miss Naldi, who is with Paramount, is much more beautiful off the screen than on, if one can believe it. She has a complexion of the ivory tint so often spoken of as regards Southern beauty, but so seldom seen, while her hair is jet black. Despite fervid ancestry and success upon stage and screen Miss Naldi, in real life, is just a "regular girl," for nothing like temperament has appeared to spoil the picture.
She takes lively enjoyment in all the worthwhile things of life, but loves her work the most. She declares that she has "just begun to work."
She is five feet, four inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. She has dark hair and eyes.
At present Miss Naldi is living in Hollywood.
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