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...KARL STERNBERG Belen...
...Dietrich. The last asset is generally enough to make any film worthwhile. This particular one, made when techniques were beginning to reach their present excellence, and way before Miss Dietrich became the least touch faded, shows her a really lovely woman. Every once in a while director Joseph von Sternberg took lengthy close-ups of her for no more reason than that he figured most moviegoers wouldn't mind having the story interrupted for a close-up of Miss Dietrich. Decisions like this one made von Sternberg a great director...
...professor of Romantic persuasion who comes to his downfall through the love of a wicked woman. He is a superb actor, registering, with amazing fidelity, emotions ranging from fatuous mooning over Lola to enraged jealousy at the sight of another man making love to her. And Director Josef von Sternberg is another amazing factor. With sparse dialogue and excellent direction, he casually achieves effects for which lesser men would waste pages of dialogue...
...Sternberg as if it mattered. Sample bit of dialogue as Mitchum ogles Jane. She: "Enjoy the view?" He: "It isn't the Taj Mahal or the Hanging Gardens of Babylon...
...WILLIAM STERNBERG...