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Old 05-28-2005, 09:28 AM   #1 of 17
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THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #51 - The Films of JOSEF VON STERNBERG


THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #51 - The Films of JOSEF VON STERNBERG


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JOSEF VON STERNBERG

Jet Pilot (1957)
Anatahan (1954)
Macao (1952)
The Town (1944)
The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
Sergeant Madden (1939)
I, Claudius (1937)
The King Steps Out (1936)
Crime and Punishment (1935/I)
The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935)
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Blonde Venus (1932)
Shanghai Express (1932)
An American Tragedy (1931)
Dishonored (1931)
Morocco (1930)
The Blue Angel (1930)
Thunderbolt (1929)
The Case of Lena Smith (1929)
The Docks of New York (1928)
The Dragnet (1928)
The Last Command (1928)
Underworld (1927)
A Woman of the Sea (1926)
The Salvation Hunters (1925)



The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)

Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Casino, Dawn of the Dead, Death Proof, Dr No, Eastern Promises, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, The Godfather Collection, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Hulk, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Incredible Hulk, Interview with the Vampire, Iron Man, JFK, LA Confidential, Live and Let Die, The Matrix (Ultimate Collection), The Mist, The Omen, Planet of the Apes (Evolution Collection), Planet Terror, Poltergeist, The Sixth Sense, Sleeping Beauty, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Thing, The Third Man, Thunderball, WALL E, Young Frankenstein DVD: Budd Boetticher Collection, Icons of Horror: The Hammer Collection, Popeye the Sailor Vol #3, Warner Gangster Collection Vol #4
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Old 05-28-2005, 09:29 AM   #2 of 17
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Seen 9
* Own 1

Jet Pilot (1957)
Anatahan (1954)
Macao (1952)
The Town (1944)
The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
Sergeant Madden (1939)
I, Claudius (1937)
The King Steps Out (1936)
Crime and Punishment (1935)
The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935)
* The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Blonde Venus (1932)
Shanghai Express (1932)
An American Tragedy (1931)
Dishonored (1931)
Morocco (1930)
The Blue Angel (1930)
Thunderbolt (1929)
The Case of Lena Smith (1929)
The Docks of New York (1928)
The Dragnet (1928)
The Last Command (1928)
Underworld (1927)
A Woman of the Sea (1926)
The Salvation Hunters (1925)



The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)

Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Casino, Dawn of the Dead, Death Proof, Dr No, Eastern Promises, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, The Godfather Collection, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Hulk, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Incredible Hulk, Interview with the Vampire, Iron Man, JFK, LA Confidential, Live and Let Die, The Matrix (Ultimate Collection), The Mist, The Omen, Planet of the Apes (Evolution Collection), Planet Terror, Poltergeist, The Sixth Sense, Sleeping Beauty, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Thing, The Third Man, Thunderball, WALL E, Young Frankenstein DVD: Budd Boetticher Collection, Icons of Horror: The Hammer Collection, Popeye the Sailor Vol #3, Warner Gangster Collection Vol #4

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Old 05-28-2005, 10:01 AM   #3 of 17
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JOSEF VON STERNBERG

Seen: 3
Like: 0
Own: 0

Rank order:

Shanghai Express (1932)
Morocco (1930)
The Blue Angel (1930)



"Movies should be like amusement parks. People should go to them to have fun." - Billy Wilder

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Old 05-28-2005, 11:02 AM   #4 of 17
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*1. The Blue Angel - A (all-time top 15)
*2. The Scarlet Empress - A-
*3. The Devil is a Woman - B+
*4. Blonde Venus - B+
5. Shanghai Express - B+
*6. Morocco - B


Own: 5

Would like to see just about everything, but in particular Docks of New York.



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Last 10 Films Watched:
The Odd Couple - C / Water Lillies - B+
Foreign Correspondent - B / The Small Back Room - B+
Days of Wine and Roses - B / Redbelt - C
Torn Curtain - C+ / The Wrong Man - B+
Dial M for Murder - B+ / I Confess - A-


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Old 05-28-2005, 11:33 AM   #5 of 17
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Jet Pilot (1957)
Anatahan (1954)
Macao (1952)
The Town (1944)
The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
Sergeant Madden (1939)
I, Claudius (1937)
The King Steps Out (1936)
Crime and Punishment (1935/I)
The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935)
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Blonde Venus (1932)
Shanghai Express (1932)
An American Tragedy (1931)
Dishonored (1931)
Morocco (1930)
The Blue Angel (1930)
Thunderbolt (1929)
The Case of Lena Smith (1929)
The Docks of New York (1928)*
The Dragnet (1928)
The Last Command (1928)
Underworld (1927)
A Woman of the Sea (1926)
The Salvation Hunters (1925)


Bolded films I've seen.

* Seen part of it; may have seen Macao.



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The Plague **
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Old 05-28-2005, 11:38 AM   #6 of 17
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Jet Pilot (1957)
Anatahan (1954)
Macao (1952)
The Town (1944)
The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
Sergeant Madden (1939)
I, Claudius (1937)
The King Steps Out (1936)
Crime and Punishment (1935/I)
The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935)
The Scarlet Empress (1934) (Own the DVD)
Blonde Venus (1932)
Shanghai Express (1932)
An American Tragedy (1931)
Dishonored (1931)
Morocco (1930)
The Blue Angel (1930)(American version)
The Blue Angel (1930)(German version)
Thunderbolt (1929)
The Case of Lena Smith (1929)
The Docks of New York (1928)
The Dragnet (1928)
The Last Command (1928)
Underworld (1927)
A Woman of the Sea (1926)
The Salvation Hunters (1925)

Seen 8
Own 1




My DVD Collection Film Lists: 2001 (416), 2002 (412), 2003 (374), 2004 (346), 2005 (302), 2006 (221) Film Tracking 2005 (862), 2006 (852) Last 15 Watched: (Toronto International Film Festival) Deadgirl (2008,Marcel Sarmiento, Gadi Harel) 2/5, Fear Me Not (2008,Kristian Levring) 3/5, Flame & Citron (2008,Ole Christian Madsen) 3/5, Detroit Metal City (2008,Toshio Lee) 1/5, Zift (2008,Javor Gardev) 4/5, Vinyan (2008,Fabrice Du Welz) 2/5, All Around Us (2008,Ryosuke Hashiguchi) 5/5, Linha de Passe (2008,Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas) 3/5, The Sky Crawlers (2008,Mamoru Oshii) 3/5, Achilles and the Tortoise (2008,Takeshi Kitano) 5/5, JCVD (2008,Mabrouk El Mechri) 1/5, Waltz with Bashir (2008,Ari Folman) 4/5, Plus Tard, tu Comprendras (2008,Amos Gitai) 2/5, Hamlet 2 (2008,Andrew Fleming) 4/5, Pineapple Express (2008,David Gordon Green) 3/5

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Old 06-03-2005, 12:40 PM   #7 of 17
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The Scarlet Empress (1934) -
Shanghai Express (1932) - 1/2
Morocco (1930) -
The Blue Angel (1930) -


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Old 06-08-2005, 05:19 AM   #8 of 17