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Title:

The devil is a woman (DVD) / a Paramount picture ; Adolph Zukor presents ; a Josef von Sternberg production ; directed by Josef von Sternberg.

Publisher:

Universal Studios,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

1 videodisc (1 hr., 20 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Carnival--Seville--Seville--Drama.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Romance films.

Other Authors:

Zukor, Adolph, 1873-1976.
Von Sternberg, Josef, 1894-1969.
Dietrich, Marlene.
Atwill, Lionel, 1885-1946.
Horton, Edward Everett.
Skipworth, Alison, 1863-1952.
Romero, Cesar, 1907-1994.
Alvarado, Don.
Pigott, Tempe, 1884-1962.
Moreno, Paco, 1882-1941.
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970.
Winston, S. K., 1877-1965.
Louÿs, Pierre, 1870-1925. Femme et le pantin.
Paramount Pictures, Inc.
Universal Pictures Corporation.

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1935. "Adapted by John Dos Passos from 'The woman and the puppet' by Pierre Louys." Not rated. Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Edward Everett Horton, Alison Skipworth, Cesar Romero, Don Alvarado, Tempe Piggott, Paco Moreno.

Summary:

Film told in flashbacks of an older man's obsession for a woman who can belong to no-one but can frustrate everyone. The backdrop is Sternberg's surreal and fantastic Carnaval in Spain --IMDb.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)897211066

UPC:

025192120138

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)