Morocco (1930)
A cabaret singer and a Legionnaire fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the results of his womanizing and due to the appearance of a rich man who wants her for himself. (IMDB)
This is without a doubt the film that set Marlene Dietrich up as a Major American star, THE BLUE ANGEL was released after MOROCCO in the USA and was a hit for both her and her director Joseph Von-Sternberg, From Marlene's first scene in the film the transformation from Berlin cabaret girl to sophisticated woman of the world was startling. MOROCCO gave Dietrich some fine songs to croon including "When love dies" in that infamous Nightclub scene where Dietrich plants a kiss on the lips of another woman whilst dressed in her soon to be trademark Tuxedo. The film got all women over America jumping into there husbands suits, as Paramount publicity said "The woman even women can lust after". (IMDB tategarbo)
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Marlene Dietrich |
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Adolphe Menjou |
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Eve Southern (L) Ullrich Haupt (C) |
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Marlene Dietrich |
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Eve Southern - Ullrich Haupt - Adolphe Menjou |
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Eve Southern |
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Francis McDonald (L) |
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Marlene Dietrich |
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Marlene Dietrich |