Von Sternberg by John Baxter
Author:John Baxter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2021-01-15T00:00:00+00:00
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They called Hopâs girl the Blonde Venus. Hop did not mind because she was not his real girl.
âErnest Hemingway, Big Two Hearted River I
WITH SHANGHAI EXPRESS COMPLETED and Rizaâs lawsuits no longer news, von Sternberg proposed filming Ãmile Zolaâs novel Nana, about a failed actress turned courtesan in Second Empire France, but Samuel Goldwyn had beaten him to it with a version starring the latest answer to GarboâRussian actress Anna Sten. Paramount wasnât disappointed. Some executives felt that Dietrich had already played too many prostitutes, and a change of tone was advised. Also, notwithstanding a 1926 film by Jean Renoir, Nana resisted movie treatment, as it contained nudity, lesbianism, an illegitimate child, and Nanaâs death from âsmallpoxââa euphemism for syphilis.
All the same, Paramount would not have protested any film the couple chose to make, since Shanghai Express grossed $3.7 million at a time when the studioâs annual income had sagged from $25 million in 1930 to a mere $8.7 million in 1931. Because of Zukorâs greed in snapping up 500 cinemas at Depression prices in 1929â1930, Paramount Publix was in receivership and would shortly be declared bankrupt. Schulberg, chosen as scapegoat, was invited to âretireâ by midyear. Von Sternberg and Dietrich negotiated the deal on their next film during the transfer of power to incoming studio boss Emmanuel âMannyâ Cohen, formerly head of its newsreel division.
Josef von Sternberg at the height of his powers in the mid-1930s. He told Clive Brook, âThe only way to succeed is to make people hate you. That way they remember you.â
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