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von Sternberg

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von Sternberg [vɒn ˈstɜːnˌbɜːg (German) fɔn ˈʃtɛrnbɛrk]
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(Biographies / von Sternberg, Joseph (1894-1969) M, USnational of birth: Austrian, FILMS AND TV: director) Joseph (ˈjoːzɛf), real name Jonas Sternberg. 1894-1969, US film director, born in Austria, whose films include The Blue Angel (1930), Blonde Venus (1932), The Scarlet Empress (1934), and the unfinished I, Claudius (1937)
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Noun1.von Sternberg - United States film maker (born in Austria) whose films made Marlene Dietrich an international star (1894-1969)
Josef von Sternberg
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On one of his first, Blonde Venus (1932), the legendary Josef von Sternberg, discoverer-molder-Svengali of Marlene Dietrich, took one look at Grant on his first day of shooting and quietly said, deadpan, “Your hair is parted on the wrong side.
My Favorite Star by Peter Bogdanovich / The New York Observer
Their sheer CinemaScopic polish aside, the photogtaphs in Crewdson's series "Beneath the Roses," 2004-2007, a large selection of which made up this exhibition, suggest in their extraordinary lighting the work of a present-day Josef von Sternberg.
Gregory Crewdson: LUHRING AUGUSTINE by Pincus-Witten, Robert / Artforum International
In the case of Baron Roman Ungern von Sternberg, however, one can only feel intensely relieved that James Palmer has been unable to come up with an intimate diary, a memoir from a mistress or letter home to mum.
Genghis Khan would have been proud by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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