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Birthday:

12-18-1935 (89 years)

Birthplace:

Hudson, New York, USA

Biography

Pola Chapelle was born on December 18, 1935 in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA. She is known for her work on Windflowers (1968), The Double-Barrelled Detective Story (1965) and Goodbye in the Mirror (1965). She was previously married to Adolfas Mekas.

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Windflowers

Act like Julie

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Arthouse portraiture of a disestablishmentarian during his six-year draft dodge.

Skyscraper

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An Adolfas Mekas directed short parodying Italian art films of the time. It was created for use in a scene of the Broadway musical, "Skyscraper," starring Julie Harris and Peter Marshall, with a book by Peter Stone, music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

Act like Self (archive footage)

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A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

Act like Self

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A 1971–72 documentary film by Jonas Mekas. It revolves around Mekas' trip back to Semeniškiai, the village of his birth.

Going Home

Act like Herself

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A home movie by Adolfas Mekas and wife Pola Chapelle on their travels to Lithuania and Europe. It was filmed concurrently with the more highly regarded “Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania” by Jonas Mekas, brother to Adolfas.

A Matter of Baobab

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International Cast of Actors: Jonas Mekas, from Lithuania, poet and film-maker; Louis Brigante, from Madagascar, poet and publisher; Storm De Hirsch, from Holland, poetess, seer and film-maker; Pola Chapelle, from Tierra del Fuego, singer and motel operator; Adolfas Mekas, from Lapland, basket weaver and film director; Contessa Angela Maria Andrecci di Castiglione, from Italy, opera singer.

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