Films

 

The Adventures of Marco Polo (Made for Samuel Goldwyn Studios, 1938)

Ingenue Lana in "The Adventures of Marco Polo" in 1938. Lou Valentino Collection.

Production Dates: June 16, 1937-September, 1937

Release Date: April 7, 1938.

Credited Cast and Crew:

Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone, Lana Turner (As "Nazama's Maid")

Directed by: Archie Mayo, John Ford and John Cromwell (Ford and Cromwell were uncredited)

Writing Credits: N.A. Pogson (story) and Robert E. Sherwood

Produced by: Samuel Goldwyn and George Haight

Original Music by: Hugo Friedhofer and Alfred Newman

Cinematography by: Rudolph Mate and Archie Stout

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Highlights and Trivia

*In order to play the part of the Eurasian hand maiden convincingly, Lana's eyebrows were repeatedly shaved off. They never grew back and she would have to pencil them in or paste them on for the rest of her life.

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Photo Gallery

Lana and her ill fated eyebrows in "The Adventures of Marco Polo". 1938.    Lana in a publicity photo for "The Adventures of Marco Polo", a film that she made for Samuel Goldwyn in 1938. Lou Valentino Collection    Lana in a gorgeous color publicity photo for 1938's "The Adventures of Marco Polo".   

 

 

 

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