The Scarlet Empress

N.p. N.p., Circa 1934. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1934 film, showing director Josef von Sternberg on a camera crane. Printed French mimeo snipe, provenance stamp, and annotations in manuscript pencil relating to cropping on the 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 collaboration with actress Marlene Dietrich.

6.75 x 9 inches. Very Good plus, with a diagonal crease at the top left corner.

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