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Josef von Sternberg
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Josef von Sternberg editing a film. Sepia-toned film still of Marlene Dietrich as Lola Lola in The Blue Angel, seated on a barrel with one leg raised, surrounded by cabaret performers on stage. Marlene Dietrich and Victor McLaglen in formal period costume stand together in an elegant room in a scene from the 1931 film Dishonored, directed by Josef von Sternberg. Edward Arnold, Peter Lorre, and Robert Allen in a dramatic black-and-white scene from the 1935 film Crime and Punishment, with Lorre seated between the other two actors.
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Josef von Sternberg editing a film.
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John Barrymore and Greta Garbo in "Grand Hotel" (1932), directed by Edmund Goulding.
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John Baxter, Von Sternberg (2010).

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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. May 25, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 18, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 09, 2024
Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Biography of Josef Von Sternberg. Nov 29, 2019
Bibliography added. Apr 10, 2014
Article thoroughly revised. Apr 10, 2014
Add new Web site: AllMovie.com - Biography of Josef von Sternberg. Mar 11, 2013
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Biography of Josef von Sternberg. Mar 11, 2013
Media added. Jan 08, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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