Having already failed as Mae Murray, Pat (Marion Davies) impersonates Lillian Gish then Pola Negri in her attempt to arouse the stupefied Billy (Lawrence Gray) in The Patsy, 1928. watch
The sex idol of the silent-screen, Rudolph Valentino, died suddenly at the age of 31 due to a ruptured ulcer. His death caused mass hysteria among his vast feminine army of fans and left his most recent love, actress Pola Negri, inconsolable. watch
Tony is assigned as technical director on a new astronaut movie being filmed in Hollywood. Jealous of the star, Rita Mitchell, Jeannie smuggles herself along. All of Jeannie's ruses including a rainstorm, fail to keep Tony from getting close to Rita. Tony, tells Jeannie he is lunching with Rita and jokingly tells her he would lunch with her if she were a star. Determined to become a movie celebrity, Jeannie, seeing a picture of Pola Negri, patterns her personality on the old time vamp. Although her first try at getting into the movies is viewed as a gag, Jeannie manages to get a screen test with Jason Huberts, which arouses Tony's jealousy. When the test with Jason and Jeannie is show, only Jason is visible and Jeannie suddenly realizes that genies do not register on film. She is consoled when Tony breaks a date with Rita and they register their footprints in front of Grauman's Chinese with all the movie greats. watch
