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| Morocco (1930) with Marlene Dietrich, Kiss Scene, Complete. |
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...Whatever other reason you might have to
watch MOROCCO, there's no denying that
Marlene Dietrich is very clearly the star of
the entire enterprise. The way von Sternberg
photographs and captures her makes her appear
mysterious, beautiful and yet achingly
vulnerable at the same time. You couldn't
talk about Dietrich in this film without also
mentioning von Sternberg in the same breath,
since she is so very evidently portrayed in
the way he sees her at her best. Some shots
of Dietrich, more than others, are
breathtaking.
Even if her character isn't particularly
well-fleshed-out and her lines not too great
(von Sternberg fed her most of her lines
during filming, partly because that's how he
works and partly because Dietrich apparently
knew very little English), Amy/Dietrich--both
creations of the same directorial genius--is
a fine work of art.
Whether it's Dietrich creating a furor of
gasps when she emerges in her tux, or when
she plants a firm kiss on another lady's
mouth (this film was made in *1930*!), she is
a simply captivating screen presence--Cooper
seems bland in his role in comparison, and
Menjou is adequate but certainly doesn't
steal the picture. The sound for the whole
film isn't that great, and Dietrich does have
to sing over the noise of the crowd so you
really have to struggle to make out what
she's saying... but just looking at her
really is enough in this film.
..............From IMDB
The Foreign Legion marches in to Mogador with
booze and women in mind just as singer Amy
Jolly arrives from Paris to work at Lo
Tinto's cabaret. That night, insouciant
legionnaire Tom Brown catches her inimitably
seductive, tuxedo-clad act. Both bruised by
their past lives, the two edge cautiously
into a no-strings relationship while being
pursued by others. But Tom must leave on a
perilous mission: is it too late for them?
Tags : Morocco (1930) with Marlene Dietrich The Kiss Scene (complete) |
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Affichage : 65603
Durée : 233 s |
| Sophie Tucker, 1930 |
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creation of a new song at Hollywood Gardens,
NY
Sophie Tucker (January 13, 1884--February 9,
1966) was a singer and comedian, one of the
most popular entertainers in America during
the first third of the 20th century.
She was born Sophia Kalish to a Jewish family
in Czarist Russia. Her family emigrated to
the United States when she was an infant, and
settled in Hartford,
Tags : sophie tucker 1930's vaudeville music hall film |
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Affichage : 21015
Durée : 141 s |
| Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii -1930's Eruption |
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Remarkable silent film, 16mm Kodachrome movie
film, YouTube of it's day. Probably the first
color film ever made of a volcanic eruption.
Mokuaweoweo Crater eruption filmed probably
in late 1935 by Harold T. Stearns, a USGS
Hydrologist-Volcanologist. The lava fountains
are hundreds of feet high, the erupting
fissure inside the crater is about two
thousand feet long. The crater floor is at
an elevation of 13,100' ASL. Stearns is
flying in an open cockpit at an altitude of
around 15,000' ASL. Note patches of snow on
the rim of the crater! At 1 min, 50 secs
into the video, a plane will enter the lower
right corner of the frame. View the entire 66
minute SILENT FILM compilation that was hand
edited by Stearns himself, but you have to
use Windows Media Player, on the file menu
select "open URL" and past in:
mms://video.wr.usgs.gov/movies/early_hawaiian
_volcanoes.wmv This file contains all of
this footage plus all of Stearn's other film
covering about 15 years in Hawaii between the
late 1920's and the early 1940's. Check out
his kewl "text screens" LOL!
Tags : volcanic eruption Mauna Loa USGS Volcano Eruptions Hawaii Harold Stearns |
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Affichage : 82426
Durée : 174 s |
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