Directed by:
Josef von SternbergScreenplay:
John Dos PassosCast:
Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Edward Everett Horton, Alison Skipworth, Cesar Romero, Don Alvarado, Stanley Price, Henry Roquemore, Charles Sellon (more)Plots(1)
Film told in flashbacks of an older man's obsession for a woman who can belong to no-one but can frustrate everyone. In a cafe the older man details his encounters with the heartbreaker that his younger friend has only just met at the parade. Forewarned, the young man swears he will avoid the fate of his friend, but rushes all the same to his evening rendezvous. (official distributor synopsis)
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Personally, I see this substance as most appropriate for the constellation Marlene and Joe found themselves in after The Scarlet Empress... and again, as with the vast majority of the films on my list, I gasp at every frame. In this case, literally, because Joe was behind the camera. Concha Perez became the fate not only of Pasqualito but also of my little things.
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