Catherine The Great Movie 1934

Dietrich s posturings call to mind pre code mae west who was a friendly acquaintance of dietrich s on the paramount lot where they were working at the same time.

Catherine the great movie 1934. The scarlet empress is a 1934 american historical drama film made by paramount pictures about the life of catherine the great. The rise of catherine the great not rated 1h 35min biography drama 9 february 1934 usa straightforward biography of the russian empress up to her assumption of the throne. The story of the shy german princess who is forced into an arranged marriage vesves destined to rule russia. And make no mistake about it this movie is a paean to dietrich as a.

Elisabeth bergner douglas fairbanks jr. Perhaps the keepers of the code were too distracted by the shimmering vision of the blonde icon as lit by josef von sternberg. The rise of catherine the great also titled catherine the great is a 1934 british historical film based on the play the czarina by lajos bíró and melchior lengyel about the rise to power of catherine the great. Flora robson gerald du maurier irene.

It was directed and produced by josef von sternberg from a screenplay by eleanor mcgeary loosely based on the diary of catherine arranged by manuel komroff.