The Scarlet Empress

Josef von Sternberg (director)
Manuel Komroff (book)
Eleanor McGeary (screenwriter)
Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Same Jaffe (starring)

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, Circa 1934. Vintage borderless reference photographs of Josef von Sternberg on the set of the 1934 film. Mimeo snipe printed in English and Spanish on verso.

Loosely based on the diary of Catherine the Great as edited by Manuel Komroff, following her from childhood through her rise to Empress. Sternberg's sixth and penultimate film starring Marlene Dietrich.

7.25 x 9.5 inches. Even fading, else Near Fine.

Criterion Collection 109. Ebert III. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorcese, A Personal Journey Through American Movies.


[Book #151492]