Today, I'm looking at the legendary partnership between director Josef von Sternberg and star Marlene Dietrich. The photo above is from the period when the pair collaborated on The Blue Angel (1930).
This article is part of Classic Symbiotic Collaborations: The Star-Director Blogathon hoste read more
Set contents: 3 DVDs and a booklet. Well, more of a small book. This is a review of the box set itself, look for reviews of the individual films down the road. What is it?: A box set of three von Sternberg silents: Underworld, The Docks of New York and The Last Command. Who released it?: The Criter read more
Just thought I’d pass on word that there is going to be a season of Josef von Sternberg movies at the BFI (British Film Institute) in London during December, including some exciting rarities! I’m especially intrigued by the sound of Children of Divorce (1927), a silent movie starring Gar read more
Thunderbolt has some excellent use of sound. It’s a very early talky and I’m hesitant to say any of its uses were innovative, because the word suggests others picked up on the techniques and developed them. Most of Thunderbolt‘s singular sound designs didn’t show up again in read more
