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  1. 3 days ago · Of the six films that director Josef von Sternberg and star Marlene Dietrich made together for Paramount between 1930 and 1935, their final collaboration, the bluntly titled The Devil Is a Woman, is the funniest and loosest.

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Film_noirFilm noir - Wikipedia

    3 days ago · Films of his such as Shanghai Express (1932) and The Devil Is a Woman (1935), with their hothouse eroticism and baroque visual style anticipated central elements of classic noir. The commercial and critical success of Sternberg's silent Underworld (1927) was largely responsible for spurring a trend of Hollywood gangster films. [31]

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Swan_maidenSwan maiden - Wikipedia

    2 days ago · In a Jamaican tale, Jack and the Devil Errant, protagonist Jack loses a bet against the titular Devil Errant and is ordered to find him in three months. An old man helps him by informing that the Devil Errant's three daughters will come to bathe in a lake, but he should only steal the clothing of the youngest.

  4. 4 days ago · The Great Gatsby (1926), The Great Gatsby (1949), The Great Gatsby (1974), The Great Gatsby (2000 TV movie), The Great Gatsby (2013) F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jazz Age opus has been the subject of endless fascination for filmmakers, each one attempting to capture the glamour and tragedy of Jay Gatsby's doomed quest for love and acceptance.

  5. 3 days ago · Crowley gained widespread notoriety during his lifetime, being a drug user, bisexual and an individualist social critic. Crowley has remained a highly influential figure over Western esotericism and the counterculture of the 1960s and continues to be considered a prophet in Thelema.

  6. 2 days ago · Starring Gena Rowlands as a woman of disintegrating mental health, John Cassavetes’ 50-year-old drama breaks cinematic convention to create an experience of profound intensity and discomfort. John Cassavetes had complete disdain for the idea of cinema as escapism. He didn’t believe in making films that went down easily, or that reassured ...

  7. 4 days ago · The Devil's Bath, set in 1750 Austria, follows a deeply religious woman, Agnes, whose dreams of happiness are shattered by societal expectations. Her descent into despair and misguided faith leads to a dark and disturbing climax.