A seminal name in Italian silent films, Countess Rina De Liguoro starred as Messalina in 1922, Ione in The Last Days of Pompeii (1926; original title Gli Ultimi Giorni di Pompeii), and as the Marquesa in Cagliostro (1928). A concert pianist of some renown as well, the countess was appearing in Los Angeles when MGM cast her as Nina opposite Greta Garbo in Romance (1930) and, rather incongruously, as...
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