One of my favorite anecdotes about Ann Dvorak was a comment made by one of her male co-stars, who said: “Whether on-camera or off-camera, she had a way of looking at you that was at once seductive and submissive.” He went on to add that this made it almost impossible to concentrate when the camera started to roll.
I kinda see his point.
My favorite of her own quotes was explaining how to pronounce her last name:
“My fake name is properly pronounced ‘vor’shack’. The D remains silent.”
Here’s a bit of music from another Dvorak, this time Antonin Dvořák (his real name, but similarly pronounced).
uh – perhaps:
Pronounced roughly as “DVOH-rzhak,” with the “ř” sounding like a trilled “r” with a “zh” buzz.
Ann Dvorak had a raging case of bedroom eyes. Combined with her physical attributes she could soften the resolve of a saint. Of course it was hard to concentrate on anything else.