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by David Lee Guss
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Purchase a tote bag featuring the photograph "Marlene Dietrich Art Deco French poster Shanghai Express 1932" by David Lee Guss. Our tote bags are made from soft, durable, poly-poplin fabric and include a 1" black strap for easy carrying on your shoulder. All seams are double-stitched for added durability. Each tote bag is machine-washable in cold water and is printed on both sides using the same image.
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Marlene Dietrich's pre-Code Shanghai Express (1932) is a visual treat with its exotic, beautifully sculptured lighting.... more
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Marlene Dietrich's pre-Code "Shanghai Express" (1932) is a visual treat with its exotic, beautifully sculptured lighting.
Often foreign posters are far more arresting than those made in America. This French one is a beauty.
"Shanghai Express" is the 5th of 8 films she made with director Josef von Sternberg (1894-1969), who had discovered her and made her a star in "The Blue Angel" (1930).
{Note: I attended a lecture in 1964 von Sternberg gave at the University of Minnesota where he showed his favorite and final Dietrich collaboration, "The Devil is a Woman" (1935); a film for which he was also his own director of photography.
It was also Dietrich's favorite of all her films. Run-ins with Spanish censors caused Paramount to destroy all the known prints. Pack rat Dietrich had squirreled a 35mm print away in a bank vault, which became the master for all subsequent prints.}
@2012 David Lee Guss Film homage, JW, Marlene Dietrich, Art Deco po...
I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...
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