Prince Danilo falls in love with dancer Sally O’Hara. His uncle, King Nikita I of Monteblanco forbids the marriage because she is a commoner. Read More »
Tag Archives: Erich von Stroheim
Queen Kelly (1929) Erich von Stroheim, Richard Boleslawski, Gloria Swanson, Walter Byron, Seena Owen, Drama
Prince Wolfram is the betrothed of mad Queen Regina V of Kronberg. Supreme ruler, her word is law and he is a playboy. Read More »
La Foire aux chimères / The Devil and the Angel (1946) Pierre Chenal, Madeleine Sologne, Erich von Stroheim, Louis Salou, Drama
The Lady and the Monster (1944) George Sherman, Vera Ralston, Erich von Stroheim, Richard Arlen, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A millionaire’s brain is preserved after his death, and telepathically begins to take control of those around him. Read More »
La danse de mort (1948) Marcel Cravenne, Erich von Stroheim, Denise Vernac, Palau, Drama
A sinister fortress on an island where the sun never seems to shine. An officer whose values have long gone a thing of the past. Read More »
The Wedding March (1928) Erich von Stroheim, Fay Wray, Zasu Pitts, Drama
Prince Nikki, Lieutenant of the Guard in pre WWI Vienna, is flat broke, but the only advice he gets from his parents is either to shoot himself or to marry money. Read More »
Greed (1924) Erich von Stroheim, Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt, Drama, Thriller, Western
Gibraltar / It Happened in Gibraltar (1938) Fyodor Otsep, Roger Duchesne, Erich von Stroheim, Viviane Romance, Drama, War
In 1938, in Gibraltar to infiltrate terrorists who sabotage the boats with troups which should sail to Palestine, a British officer poses as a traitor… The pulpy Mercedes (Viviane Romance), a dancer in a seedy cabaret of Tangier “who draws men like light attracts butterflies…” is spying on behalf of the mysterious Marson interpreted masterfully by Erich Von Stroheim.
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The Great Flamarion (1945) Anthony Mann, Erich von Stroheim, Mary Beth Hughes, Dan Duryea, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Flamarion, expert marksman, is entertaining people in a show which features Connie, beautiful woman and her husband Al. Flamarion and Connie fall in love and decide to get rid of the alcoholic husband.
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Blind Husbands (1919) Erich von Stroheim, Sam De Grasse, Francelia Billington, Drama, Romance
An Austrian military officer and roue’ attempts to seduce the wife of a surgeon. The two men confront each other in a test of abilities that ends surprisingly.
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As You Desire Me (1932) George Fitzmaurice, Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Erich von Stroheim
Budapest bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. A strange man (Tony) shows up on Salter’s estate claiming that Zara is actually Maria, the wife of his close friend Bruno. Maria, Tony claims, had her memory destroyed during a World War I invasion ten years ago. Zara doesn’t remember but leaves with Tony to Salter’s dismay. Bruno, now an officer in the Italian army, tries to coax Maria’s memory back on his large estate. No one is really sure if Zara is Maria, and when Salter shows up with a mental case that he claims is the real Maria, everyone on Bruno’s estate is desperately searching for the truth.
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