vampsandflappers:

vampsandflappers: VIOLETTA NAPIERSKA, MUSE & PARAMOUR OF BELA LUGOSI

German silent film actress and paramour of Bela Lugosi, appearing with him in the films HYPNOSIS and DAUGHTER OF THE NIGHT, among others. Her life is shrouded in mystery. According to IMDB, “After 1955 Violetta Napierska retired and was soon forgotten. When or where she passed away is not known.”

There is a poem that is preserved, written from Bela Lugosi to Violetta. Bela Lugosi notes:

“One (poem) I wrote while living in Germany, working in the Budapest Theatre. I had fallen in love with a very young girl by the name of Violetta Napierska. Regretfully, nothing ever developed from our acquaintance:

My Darling Violetta,
Slumber envelops your beautiful face
And a dream grips your soul in embrace;
I will guard you.
You are my dream every night, every day,
And regardless of where you might stay,
I will seek you.
Then, when you want to forget all the world,
And fly to my arms like a bird,
I will love you.

Signed, Bela.”

vampsandflappers:

vampsandflappers: VIOLETTA NAPIERSKA, MUSE & PARAMOUR OF BELA LUGOSI

German silent film actress and paramour of Bela Lugosi, appearing with him in the films HYPNOSIS and DAUGHTER OF THE NIGHT, among others. Her life is shrouded in mystery. According to IMDB, “After 1955 Violetta Napierska retired and was soon forgotten. When or where she passed away is not known.”

There is a poem that is preserved, written from Bela Lugosi to Violetta. Bela Lugosi notes:

“One (poem) I wrote while living in Germany, working in the Budapest Theatre. I had fallen in love with a very young girl by the name of Violetta Napierska. Regretfully, nothing ever developed from our acquaintance:

My Darling Violetta,
Slumber envelops your beautiful face
And a dream grips your soul in embrace;
I will guard you.
You are my dream every night, every day,
And regardless of where you might stay,
I will seek you.
Then, when you want to forget all the world,
And fly to my arms like a bird,
I will love you.

Signed, Bela.”