Josef von Sternberg’s First Talkie Arrives Like a ‘Thunderbolt’
Is von Sternberg’s Thunderbolt the talkies’ first link between the iconography of the criminal underworld and jazz music?
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Lost In Hollywood: Dietrich and Von Sternberg’s American Cinema
Across six films from 1930-1935 newly restored in a Criterion Collection box set, director Josef von Sternberg and star Marlene Dietrich brought controversy and style to the Hollywood template.