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Shanghai Express

Wheeler Winston Dixon
February 2012
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“A shaft of white light used properly can be far more effective than all the color in the world used indiscriminately.” – Josef von Sternberg (1) Of all the delirious exoticisms created by Marlene Dietrich ...

Dishonored (Josef von Sternberg, 1931)

Tamara Tracz
April 2005
CTEQ Annotations on Film
Dishonored is one of the least discussed of the Sternberg-Dietrich cycle that began with The Blue Angel in 1930 and ended six films and five years later with The Devil is a Woman in 1935. In David A. Cook's A H...
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Marlene Dietrich

James Naremore
June 2000
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A detailed discussion of Dietrich's allure, particularly during the period of collaboration with Sternberg.
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Have Irony, Will Travel

Peter H. Kemp
June 2000
CTEQ Annotations on Film
A glowing appreciation of the many faces of this screen icon.

Parenthood by Arrangement: The Lady is Willing

John Flaus
June 2000
CTEQ Annotations on Film, John Flaus Dossier
A discussion of Mitchell Leisen's The Lady is Willing.

A Tale of Sound and Fury: Manpower

John Flaus
June 2000
CTEQ Annotations on Film, John Flaus Dossier
An intriguing discussion of Raoul Walsh's Manpower.
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Marlene Dietrich – Filmography

Senses of Cinema
June 2000
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as actress: So sind die Maenner (1922) Man by the Roadside/Der Mensch am Wege (1923) The Leap Into Life/Der Sprung ins Leben (1923) Tragedy of Love/Tragoedie der Liebe (1923) The Imaginary Baron/Der Juxb...

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