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2 days ago · Many of the numerous assistant directors Griffith employed in making the film—Erich von Stroheim, Tod Browning, Woody Van Dyke—went on to become important and noted Hollywood directors in subsequent years.
5 days ago · A trailblazer in silent cinema recognised as being pivotal to auteurism’s gradual adoption by cinema at large, Erich von Stroheim has been cited as a touchstone by everyone from Stanley Kubrick to Christopher Nolan. Wilder knew him as a director, an actor, and an acquaintance, so he’d be foolish not to pick up a trick or two when they were ...
2 days ago · Regardless, Anderson creates a vivid nemesis, whose ability to enflame viewer emotions recalls the title given Erich von Stroheim when he was playing similar roles in WWI melodramas over a century ...
2 days ago · She lives at the mansion with her former-husband-director-turned-butler Max von Mayerling (Erich von Stroheim), who personally disliked the role and only agreed to it out of financial need. [83]
1 day ago · ZaSu Pitts. ZaSu Pitts ( / ˈseɪzuː ˈpɪts /; [ 1] January 3, 1894 [ a] – June 7, 1963) was an American actress who, in a career spanning nearly five decades, starred in many silent film dramas, such as Erich von Stroheim 's 1924 epic Greed, and comedies, before transitioning successfully to mostly comedy roles with the advent of sound films.
1 day ago · The faded silent-film star who draws him into her fantasy world, where she dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen and in between meets a young lover who triggers her descent into madness, always surrounded by Max von Mayerling, her devoted servant played by Erich von Stroheim.
2 days ago · --Familiar names (Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Simone Signoret, Louis Jouvet, Erich von Stroheim) in unfamiliar, fascinating films; --A spectacular presentation of the 1934 version of LES MISERABLES, a three-part epic that shows just how solidly film noir elements were already established in France during the ...
