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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       Subjects     Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796 -- Drama.     Man-woman relationships -- Drama.     Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama     Women singers -- Drama     Mistresses -- Drama.     Women spies -- Austria -- Drama.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Drama.     Prositutes -- Austria -- Drama.     Visitors, Foreign -- China -- Drama.     Railroad travel -- China -- Drama.     Hijacking of trains -- Drama.     Guerrillas -- China -- Drama.     Married women -- Drama.     Actresses -- Drama.     Femmes fatales -- Drama.     China -- History -- 1928-1937 -- Drama.     Russia -- Court and courtiers -- Drama.     Russia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762-1796 -- Drama.     Browse Catalog       by title:      Dietrich & Von Stern...         MARC Display

Dietrich & Von Sternberg in Hollywood [digital videodisc]. [New York, NY] : Criterion Collection Inc., [2018] Subjects Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796 -- Drama.   Man-woman relationships -- Drama.   Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama   Women singers -- Drama   Mistresses -- Drama.   Women spies -- Austria -- Drama.   World War, 1914-1918 -- Drama.   Prositutes -- Austria -- Drama.   Visitors, Foreign -- China -- Drama.   Railroad travel -- China -- Drama.   Hijacking of trains -- Drama.   Guerrillas -- China -- Drama.   Married women -- Drama.   Actresses -- Drama.   Femmes fatales -- Drama.   China -- History -- 1928-1937 -- Drama.   Russia -- Court and courtiers -- Drama.   Russia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762-1796 -- Drama. ISBN:  9781681434612 (set container) 168143461X (set container) 9781681434636 (Morocco) 1681434636 (Morocco) 9781681434650 (Dishonored) 1681434652 (Dishonored) 9781681434674 (Shanghai express) 1681434679 (Shanghai express) 9781681434698 (Blonde Venus) 1681434695 (Blonde Venus) 9781681434711 (Scarlet empress) 1681434717 (Scarlet empress) 9781681434735 (The devil is a woman) 1681434733 (The devil is a woman) Series:  Criterion collection ; 109, 930-935. Description:  6 videodiscs (approximately 542 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (80 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). Edition:  Six-DVD special edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  Morocco: The film navigates a labyrinth of melancholy and desire as the cabaret singer Amy Jolly (Dietrich), fleeing her former life, takes her act to the shores of North Africa, where she entertains the overtures of a wealthy man of the world (Menjou) while finding herself increasingly drawn to a strapping legionnaire with a shadowy past of his own (Gary Cooper); Originally released in 1930; Based on the play Amy Jolly / Benno Vigny. Dishonored: In Josef von Sternberg's atmospheric spin on the espionage thriller, Marlene Dietrich further develops her shrew star persona in the role of a widow turned streetwalker who is recruited to spy for Austria during World War I. Adopting the code name X-27, Dietrich's wily heroine devotes her gifts for seduction and duplicity-- as well as her musical talents-- to the patriotic cause, until she finds a worthy adversary in a roguish Russian colonel, who draws her into a fatal game of cat and mouse and tests the strength of her loyalties; Originally produced as a motion picture in 1931. Shanghai express: An opulent romantic adventure that focuses on a diverse group of passengers traveling by express train from Peking to Shanghai. Among them is Captain Doc Harvey, who finds himself reunited with his former lover, now an infamous adventuress who calls herself Shanghai Lily. Desire and deception follow, culminating in a tense hostage situation when their train is hijacked by a Chinese warlord; originally released in 1932. Blonde Venus: A glittering spectacle and a sweeping melodrama about motherly devotion. Unfolding episodically, the film tells the story of Helen (Dietrich), once a German chanteuse, now an American housewife, who resurrects her stage career after her husband (Herbert Marshall) falls ill; she then becomes the mistress of a millionaire (Cary Grant), in a slide from loving martyr to dishonored woman; originally released in 1932. The scarlet empress: A spoiled princess is sent to Russia to marry Grand Duke Peter, but is horrified to discover her intened is a half-wit and depravity rules in her new home. Before long, however, she is initiated into the sadistic power politics that govern the court, paving the way for her transformation into the imperious libertine Catherine the Great; originally released in 1934. The devil is a woman: A tale of erotic passion and danger set amid the tumult of carnival in turn-of-the twentieth century Spain. Through a series of flashbacks, Captain Costelar recounts to the young Antonio Galvan the story of his harrowing affair with the notorious seductress Concha Perez, warning his listener to gird himself against her charms; originally released in 1935.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Copy Status   Hawaii Kai Public Library DVD -- DVD, Fiction DVD #3494 A-F Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library DVD -- DVD, Fiction DVD Drama 572 Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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