In the film "Valentino," I played the movie sex goddess of the 20's, Pola Negre. She was the lover of Rudolf Valentino for many years. They made several films together. This whole movie experience was like a giant party - beautiful gowns, beautiful people, exquisite scenery, abounding wealth. A great time to be alive. A time for supreme creativity.

Italian star, Franco Nero, played Rudolf Valentino. Franco is a big movie icon in Europe. As Valentino, he was quite the romantic lover, singing praises of my beauty and grace. Every woman would have been delighted with all his adoration and attention.

Valentino had just played a famous Matador who had performed elegantly in the arena. He was telling me how he had narrowly escaped death. I was both inspired and impressed by his bravery, his finesse, and his calm in the face of the bull.

In the style of the romantic, Italian gentleman, Valentino would always greet me by kissing my hand, first, and whispering an endearing compliment. I found that displaly of sensuality very sexy, indeed. Kissing a woman's hand is a rare art. If done well, a man can ignite her passions. It's intimately touching and pressing lips on skin -- a form of seduction -- without really touching or being overt.

Actor, Judd Hersch is telling me about the big contract he scored to produce and star in his own film.

In this scene, Milton Berle, who played my agent, defended my honor in a major studio scuffle with Jack Warner, the President of Warner Brother Studio. Jack wanted me to star in his latest picture, but Uncle Milt thought the part was not worthy of his client's talent. Plus he argued that the script was poorly written. He refused to let me begin work until he okayed the re-write. No one had ever said "No!" to Jack Warner. Uncle Milt did and Jack was livid!