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Tag Archives: Josef von Sternberg
Anatahan (1953) Josef von Sternberg, Akemi Negishi, Tadashi Suganuma, Kisaburo Sawamura
In June 1944, twelve Japanese seaman are stranded on an abandoned-and-forgotten Read More »
The Last Command (1928) Josef von Sternberg, Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell
A decorated, aristocratic Czarist General is reduced to penury after the collapse of Imperial Russia. Read More »
An American Tragedy (1931) Josef von Sternberg, Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Frances Dee
Having just reached adulthood, Clyde Griffiths has always lamented his lot in life, he the only son of poor missionaries. Read More »
The King Steps Out (1936) Josef von Sternberg, Franchot Tone, Grace Moore, Walter Connolly
Princess is destined to marry the Emperor, until her sister steps in. Read More »
Underworld (1927) Josef von Sternberg, Arthur Rosson, George Bancroft, Clive Brook, Evelyn Brent
‘Nobody helps me — I help them!’ boasts open-handed gangster Bull Weed Read More »
The Blue Angel (1930) Josef von Sternberg, Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron
Concerned that some of his students are being corrupted by the entertainment at a local club, the Blue Angel Read More »
Jet Pilot (1957) Josef von Sternberg, John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen
Air Force Colonel Shannon is assigned to escort defecting Soviet pilot Anna. Read More »
Macao (1952) Josef von Sternberg, Nicholas Ray, Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix
A sultry night club singer, a man who has also traveled to many exotic ports and a salesman meet aboard ship on the 45-mile trip from Hong Kong to Macao. Read More »
Morocco (1930) Josef von Sternberg, Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Adolphe Menjou
The Foreign Legion marches in to Mogador with booze and women in mind just as singer Amy Jolly arrives from Paris to work at Lo Tinto’s cabaret. Read More »
The Docks of New York (1928) Josef von Sternberg, George Bancroft, Betty Compson, Olga Baclanova
Bill Roberts works as a stoker on a coal-red barge. It’s dirty, hard work and the men have to put up with a foreman, Andy Read More »
Shanghai Express (1932) Josef von Sternberg, Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong
Many passengers on the Shanghai Express are more concerned that the notorious Shanghai Lil is on board than the fact that a civil war Read More »
Crime and Punishment (1935) Josef von Sternberg, Edward Arnold, Peter Lorre, Marian Marsh, Crime, Drama
Roderick Raskolnikov, a brilliant criminology student and writer, becomes embittered by poverty and his inability to support his family. Read More »
Sergeant Madden (1939) Josef von Sternberg, Wallace Beery, Tom Brown, Alan Curtis, Crime, Drama, Family
A highly respected Irish cop is pleased when his son follows him onto the force. Read More »
The Shanghai Gesture (1941) Josef von Sternberg, Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance
A young woman, Poppy, out for excitement in Shanghai, enters a gambling house owned by “Mother” Gin Sling, a dragon-lady who worked herself up from poverty to buy the casino. Read More »