von Sternberg
Americannoun
noun
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Having just starred opposite Marlene Dietrich for Josef von Sternberg, he would go on to appear opposite leading ladies as diverse as Greta Garbo, Claudette Colbert and Bette Davis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
We put together a tribute evening at the American Cinematheque, and Rudy’s screenwriter Jerry Jones, cinematographer Nicholas von Sternberg, and “Dolemite” composer Ben Taylor participated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2019
Marlene Dietrich, in the movies she made with the director Josef von Sternberg and the screenwriter Jules Furthman, especially “Blonde Venus,” accepts some of the men who hurl themselves at her and discards others.
From The New Yorker ● May 2, 2016
La Gommeuse was bought by Picasso’s dealer Ambroise Vollard some time after 1906 and later made it into the collection of the Hollywood director Josef von Sternberg.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2015
Among the many other good men was a stanch friend, Baron Speck von Sternberg, afterwards German Ambassador at Washington during my Presidency.
From Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography by Roosevelt, Theodore
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