Von Sternberg

Filmography

Filmography Early Work After working as a film editor, laboratory expert, and assistant to William A. Brady at World Film Corporation in Fort Lee, New Jersey, from 1914 to 1917, von Sternberg served as director and cameraman on training films for the U.S. Signal Corps (1917–1919). He then acted as assistant director on the following films: The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1919; Émile Chautard) Twisted Souls (1920; George Kelson) The Highest Bidder (1921; Wallace Worsley) The Bohemian Girl (1922; Harley Knoles), Love and a Whirlwind (1922; D. Duncan MacRae, Harold Shaw), and other films for Alliance Productions in Britain By Divine Right (1923; Roy William Neill), Vanity Fair (1923; Hugo Ballin), and four unidentified films in Hollywood Vanity’s Price (1924; Roy William Neill) The Salvation Hunters (1925) Screenplay: Josef von Sternberg Photography: Edward Gheller Assistant director: George Carrol Sims (as “Peter Ruric”) Production/release: Academy Photoplays 272 Filmography 273 Players: George K. Arthur (The Boy), Georgia Hale (The Girl), Bruce Guerin (The Child), Otto Matiesen (The Man), Nellie Bly Baker (The Woman), Olaf Hytten (The Brute), Stuart Holmes (The Gentleman) The Exquisite Sinner (1925) Screenplay: Josef von Sternberg, Alice D. G. Miller; based on the novel The Enchanted Land (also Escape) by Alden Brooks Photography: Max Fabian Assistant director: Robert Florey Production/release: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Players: Conrad Nagel (Dominique Prad), Renée Adorée (Silda), Paulette Duval (Yvonne), Frank Currier (Colonel), George K. Arthur (Colonel’s Orderly), Myrna Loy (Living Statue). Most if not all of this film, also known as Heaven on Earth, was reshot by Phil Rosen. The Masked Bride (1925) Screenplay: Carey Wilson; based on the novel by Leon Abrams Photography: Oliver Marsh Assistant director: Robert Florey Art direction: Ben Carré, Cedric Gibbons Production/release: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Players: Mae Murray (Gaby), Roy D’Arcy (Prefect of Police), Francis X. Bushman (Grover), Basil Rathbone (Antoine). This film was abandoned by von Sternberg after two weeks of shooting and completed by Christy Cabanne. A Woman of the Sea (1926) Screenplay: Josef von Sternberg; from an original idea by Charles Chaplin Photography: Edward Gheller, Paul Ivano Assistant directors: George Carrol Sims (as “Peter Ruric”), Charles Hammond, Riza Royce Art direction: Charles D. Hall Filmography 274 Producer: Charles Chaplin Players: Edna Purviance (Joan), Eve Southern (Magdalen), Gayne Whitman (The Novelist), Raymond Bloomer (Peter) This film (aka The Sea Gull, Sea Gulls, and The Woman Who Loved Once) was withdrawn by Chaplin and never released. Children of Divorce (1927) Von Sternberg reshot portions of this film (original director, Frank Lloyd). Underworld (1927) Screenplay: Robert N. Lee, Jules Furthman, Charles Furthman; based on the story by Ben Hecht Photography: Bert Glennon Art direction: Hans Dreier Intertitles: George Marion Jr. Producer: Hector Turnbull Production/release: Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Players: George Bancroft (“Bull” Weed), Evelyn Brent (“Feathers” McCoy ), Clive Brook (“Rolls Royce” Wensel), Larry Semon (“Slippy” Lewis), Fred Kohler (Buck Mulligan), Jerry Mandy (Faloma) The Last Command (1928) Screenplay: John S. Goodrich, Jules Furthman (uncredited); based on the story by Lajos Biro Photography: Bert Glennon Art direction: Hans Dreier Intertitles: Herman J. Mankiewicz Production/release: Paramount Players: Emil Jannings (General Sergius Alexander), Evelyn Brent (Natacha), William Powell (Andreyev), Nicholas Soussanin (The Adjutant), Michael Visaroff (Serge, the valet), Jack Raymond (Assistant Director) Filmography 275 The Drag Net (1928) Screenplay: Jules Furthman, Charles Furthman; based on the story “Nightstick” by Oliver H. P. Garrett Photography: Harold Rosson Art direction: Hans Dreier Intertitles: Herman J. Mankiewicz Production/release: Famous Players–Lasky/ Paramount Players: George Bancroft (Timothy “Two Gun” Nolan), Evelyn Brent (“The Magpie”), William Powell (“Dapper” Frank Trent), Fred Kohler (“Gabby” Steve), Francis Macdonald (“Sniper” Dawson), Leslie Fenton (“Shakespeare” Donovan) The Docks of New York (1929) Screenplay: Jules Furthman; based on the story “The Dockwalloper” by John Monk Saunders Photography: Harold Rosson Art direction: Hans Dreier Intertitles: Julian Johnson Production/release: Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Players: George Bancroft (Bill Roberts), Betty Compson (Mae), Olga Baclanova (Lou), Clyde Cook (“Sugar” Steve), Mitchell Lewis (Andy, the Third Engineer), Gustav von Seyffertitz (“Hymn Book” Harry) The Case of Lena Smith (1929) Screenplay: Jules Furthman; based on the story by Samuel Ornitz Photography: Harold Rosson Art direction: Hans Dreier Intertitles: Julian Johnson Production/release: Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Esther Ralston (Lena Smith), James Hall (Franz Hofrat), Gustav von Seyffertitz (Herr Hofrat), Fred Kohler (Stefan), Betty Aho (Stefan ’s Sister), Lawrence Grant (Commissioner) [3.15.197.123] Project MUSE (2024-04-26 10...