The filmgoers' annual (1932)

Record Details:

Title:
The filmgoers' annual
Date:
1932
Publisher:
London : Simpkin Marshall, Limited
Volume:
The filmgoers' annual (1932)
Leaf #:
000107
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Yearbook",nyarc-museumofmodernar
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Global Cinema, United Kingdom, and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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The Filmgoers' Annual 99 TO Josef von Sternberg, who fought his way to fame as a director with " The Salvation Hunters," belongs the credit for discovering the dazzling Marlene Dietrich. Von Sternberg was in Berlin, preparing to direct " The Blue Angel," when he saw Marlene Dietrich in revue at the Berliner Theatre and persuaded her to play opposite Emil Jannings in what was destined to be a talking picture sensation in Europe and in America. Marlene Dietrich is the daughter of a German cavalry officer. She was born in Berlin and much of her professional career was spent in the German capital From the Berlin College of Music she went for a time to study music atWeimer, but soon returned to the Reinhardt dramatic school at the Deutches Theatre in Berlin. From this school she got her first stage part in a production of " The Taming of the Shrew." Then she played in the Berlin production of " Broadway." Her first appearance in any picture was the German production, " I Kiss Your Hand, Madame," the theme song of which has Starring GARY COOPER \ and MARLENE DIETRICH j 1 been sung all over the world. :«f^