The Scarlet Empress
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]
Price: $550.00
See all items in: Biography, Directors, Film Still Photographs, Films with Literary Sources, History, On the Set, Photographs, Romance, Women Screenwriters