Von Sternberg
Von Sternberg

Author: John Baxter

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Published: 2010-09-23

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0813126010

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This title presents Von Sternberg as a real individual, in a real setting. The author not only presents the facts, but embellishes Von Sternberg's life with his own interpretations.

Josef von Sternberg
Josef von Sternberg

Author: Alexander Horwath

Publisher: Austrian Film Museum

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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In his 1929 Hollywood production The Case of Lena Smith, director Josef von Sternberg vividly brought to life his youthful memories of the turn of the 20th century through the story a young woman fighting the oppressive class system of Imperial Vienna. Critic Dwight Macdonald called it "the most completely satisfying American film I have seen." And yet, only a short fragment survives. Assembling 150 original stills and set designs, numerous script and production documents and essays by eminent film historians, the book reconstructs one of the legendary lost masterpieces of the American cinema. It also includes essays by Janet Bergstrom, Gero Gandert, Franz Grafl, Alexander Horwath, Hiroshi Komatsu and Michael Omasta, a preface by Meri von Sternberg, as well as contemporary reviews and excerpts from Viennese literature of the era.

Fun in a Chinese Laundry
Fun in a Chinese Laundry

Author: Josef Von Sternberg

Publisher: New York : Macmillan

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13:

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Josef von Sternberg was born in Vienna in 1894, went to America as a penniless immigrant, and directed his first motion picture in 1924. It was hailed as a work of genius, and he followed it with some of the most striking films of the end of the silent era. With the "talkies" began his long association with Marlene Dietrich. He was the terror of the Hollywood stage, driving his team to a frenzy in his demands for perfection. He also shaped the new medium in several decisive ways. In this book he is not merely reminiscing; in a series of key chapters he sets out his views on the nature of the cinema and of direction.

Dressing the Part
Dressing the Part

Author: Sybil DelGaudio

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780838634714

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This work examines the way in which the unique partnership of director (Sternberg), star (Marlene Dietrich), studio (Paramount), and designer (Travis Banton) created a series of films in which costume functions as a sign to structure each film's narrative and thematic design. Illustrated.