Movies: Josef von Sternberg

  • 1940
    I Take This Woman

    I Take This Woman (1940)

    I Take This Woman

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    On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums....

    I Take This Woman
  • 1939
    Sergeant Madden

    Sergeant Madden (1939)

    Sergeant Madden

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    A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime....

    Sergeant Madden
  • 1925
    The Masked Bride

    The Masked Bride (1925)

    The Masked Bride

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    An American millionaire wants to reform a Parisian cabaret singer who moonlights as a jewel thief....

    The Masked Bride
  • 1931
    An American Tragedy

    An American Tragedy (1931)

    An American Tragedy

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    A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder....

    An American Tragedy
  • 1928
    The Street of Sin

    The Street of Sin (1928)

    The Street of Sin

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    "Basher Bill," a retired prizefighter turned criminal, pretends to reform by joining a Salvation Army shelter in London run by a pious wraith named Elizabeth. Attracted to Elizabeth (although he is engaged to a street girl named Annie), Bill confesse...

    The Street of Sin
  • 1925
    1925 Studio Tour

    1925 Studio Tour (1925)

    1925 Studio Tour

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    A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and gives viewers a glimpse at how movies are made....

    1925 Studio Tour
  • 1926
    The Exquisite Sinner

    The Exquisite Sinner (1926)

    The Exquisite Sinner

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    Adapted by Alice Duer Miller from a novel by Alden Brooks, the film concerns a young man who forsakes the humdrum business world for the bohemian life of an artist. Josef von Sternberg had been the original director of Exquisite Sinner, but MGM was ...

    The Exquisite Sinner
  • 1927
    Children of Divorce

    Children of Divorce (1927)

    Children of Divorce

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    A young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her. He really loves another woman, but didn't marry her for fear the marriage would end in divorce, like his parents'. Complications ensue....

    Children of Divorce
  • 1935
    The Fashion Side of Hollywood

    The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935)

    The Fashion Side of Hollywood

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    Compilation of lighting and costume tests from various films, most notably Sternberg's "The Devil Is a Woman" (1935)....

    The Fashion Side of Hollywood
  • 1922
    The Bohemian Girl

    The Bohemian Girl (1922)

    The Bohemian Girl

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    A Polish officer posing as a gypsy loves a gypsy girl who is really the count's daughter....

    The Bohemian Girl
  • 1925
    The Salvation Hunters

    The Salvation Hunters (1925)

    The Salvation Hunters

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    A hopelessly hopeful drifter, a bitter young woman, and a helpless child live on the docks, spending their days in poverty and listless wandering. Overhead, a dredge hauls up mud and trash from the nearby seabed-- the same mud and trash from the day ...

    The Salvation Hunters
  • 1926
    A Woman of the Sea

    A Woman of the Sea (1926)

    A Woman of the Sea

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    Joan and Magdalen are the daughters of a fisherman. Magdalen leaves her fiancé, Peter, to run off to the big city. Joan and Peter marry. Magdalen's return years later causes trouble for the marriage, but Joan and Peter remain together in the end....

    A Woman of the Sea
  • 1917
    A Girl's Folly

    A Girl's Folly (1917)

    A Girl's Folly

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    A restless young girl yearns to leave her rural environment and "get away from it all". One day she stumbles upon a film crew shooting a western near her home. She makes friends with the film's leading man, who encourages her to try her luck as an ac...

    A Girl's Folly
  • 1929
    The Case of Lena Smith

    The Case of Lena Smith (1929)

    The Case of Lena Smith

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    A peasant girl goes to great lengths to protect her child in 19th century Vienna. The film is considered lost, and only four minutes of footage are known to remain....

    The Case of Lena Smith
  • 1969
    The Epic That Never Was

    The Epic That Never Was (1969)

    The Epic That Never Was

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    The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage....

    The Epic That Never Was
  • 1967
    Josef von Sternberg - From Silence Comes Another

    Josef von Sternberg - From Silence Comes Another (1967)

    Josef von Sternberg - From Silence Comes Another

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    Speaking as scenes from Anatahan are shown, for which he directed, photographed, wrote, and provided voiceover narration, film director Josef von Sternberg takes the viewer on a fantastic filmmaking journey in this presentation of Cinéastes de notre ...

    Josef von Sternberg - From Silence Comes Another
  • 1928
    The Drag Net

    The Drag Net (1928)

    The Drag Net

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    Captain Timothy 'Two Gun' Nolan is appointed head of the New York detective force, and as his first act, rounds up every criminal in town. Gang boss 'Dapper' Frank Trent stands bail for all of them as independent minor gang-leader. Setting out to get...

    The Drag Net
  • 1944
    The Town

    The Town (1944)

    The Town

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    The Town was a short propaganda film produced by the Office of War Information in 1945. It presents an idealized vision of American life, shown in microcosm by Madison, Indiana. It was created primarily for exhibition abroad, to provide international...

    The Town
  • 1919
    The Mystery of the Yellow Room

    The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1919)

    The Mystery of the Yellow Room

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    The intrepid reporter and amateur sleuth Joseph Rouletabille becomes involved in the investigation of a hideous crime committed in a room painted yellow, whose door was locked from the inside…...

    The Mystery of the Yellow Room
  • 1924
    By Divine Right

    By Divine Right (1924)

    By Divine Right

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    Mildred, a young stenographer, seeks protection at the mission run by Austin Farrol, known as "The Prince," when her employer, Trent, an unscrupulous politician, attempts to seduce her. Mildred begins to work at the mission and falls in love with Far...

    By Divine Right