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And with his next film, The Merry Widow, Von Stroheim scored a massive hit.
From Slate • Sep. 18, 2015
A chintzy lamp dangling above us melts the food until the toppings start creeping off the bread; a signed portrait of Erich Von Stroheim looks on magisterially from the wall.
From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2013
Von Stroheim plays a controlling novelist and Garbo an amnesiac.
From New York Times • May 25, 2012
People loved hating Von Stroheim, which is what the studio wanted.
From Forbes • Jul. 1, 2011
Good shot: a group of assistant directors, script writers, prop boys and cameramen waiting to start work, with Von Stroheim standing above them, on a pedestal beside the camera, bawling orders.
From Time Magazine Archive
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