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    Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, screenwriter...
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    Greed (1924 film) (category Films directed by Erich von Stroheim)
    American silent psychological drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim and based on the 1899 Frank Norris novel McTeague. It stars Gibson...
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    Foolish Wives (category Films directed by Erich von Stroheim)
    their Super-Jewel banner and written and directed by Erich von Stroheim. The drama features von Stroheim, Rudolph Christians, Miss DuPont, Maude George, and...
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  • Erich von Stroheim (1922 – 2002), was an American sound editor, known for his work in the motion picture industry. His father was director Erich von Stroheim...
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    where she dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen. Erich von Stroheim plays Max von Mayerling, her devoted butler, and Nancy Olson, Jack Webb,...
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  • French flying ace and member of the French nobility Erich von Stroheim as Captain (later Major) von Rauffenstein, a German flying ace and member of the...
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    Blind Husbands (category Films directed by Erich von Stroheim)
    drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim. The film is an adaptation of the story The Pinnacle by Stroheim. A group of holiday-makers arrives...
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    quickly established his tenacity as he battled with well-known director Erich von Stroheim over the length of Foolish Wives (1922). Biographer Roland Flamini...
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    The Merry Widow (1925 film) (category Films directed by Erich von Stroheim)
    American silent romantic drama/black comedy film directed and written by Erich von Stroheim. Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film stars Mae Murray, John...
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    Additionally, Vernac was the secretary and romantic companion of Erich von Stroheim, an Austrian-American actor, film director and producer, and screenwriter...
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    based on Ben Hecht's 1928 short story "The Rival Dummy", and starring Erich von Stroheim and Betty Compson. The film features songs by Lynn Cowan, Paul Titsworth...
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    Merry-Go-Round (1923 film) (category Films directed by Erich von Stroheim)
    Merry-Go-Round is a 1923 American feature film directed by Erich von Stroheim (uncredited) and Rupert Julian, starring Norman Kerry and Mary Philbin, and...
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  • particle to their name, such as movie directors Josef von Sternberg, Erich von Stroheim, and Lars von Trier. Some very old noble families, usually members...
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  • and Erich von Stroheim. The film is based on the 1911 novel Alraune by German novelist Hanns Heinz Ewers. The plot involves a scientist (von Stroheim) who...
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    The Wedding March (1928 film) (category Films directed by Erich von Stroheim)
    American synchronized sound romantic drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized...
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  • Queen Kelly (category Films directed by Erich von Stroheim)
    1928–29 and released by United Artists. The film was directed by Erich von Stroheim, starred Gloria Swanson, in the title role, Walter Byron as her lover...
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    Allen Holubar. The film stars Dorothy Phillips, William Stowell, and Erich von Stroheim. The film "follows the general theme and construction of the D. W...
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  • The Crime of Dr. Crespi is a 1935 American horror film starring Erich von Stroheim, Paul Guilfoyle, Jeanne Kelly, Dwight Frye, Harriet Russell, and John...
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    was an Irish film director, producer, writer, and actor. Director Erich von Stroheim once called him "the world's greatest director". Born 15 January 1893...
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    by George Sherman, and starring Vera Ralston, Richard Arlen, and Erich von Stroheim. The film is about the attempts to keep alive the brain of a multimillionaire...
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  • Harper, Erich von Stroheim as Jonathan Brewster, Jack Whiting as Mortimer Brewster, and Forrest Orr as Teddy Brewster. In December 1941, von Stroheim returned...
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    American film noir mystery film directed by Anthony Mann starring Erich von Stroheim and Mary Beth Hughes. The film, like many films noir, is shot in flashback...
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    was signed to a contract with Paramount Pictures. In 1926, director Erich von Stroheim cast her as the main female lead in his film The Wedding March, released...
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    The Devil's Pass Key (category Films directed by Erich von Stroheim)
    (or The Devil's Passkey) is a 1920 silent drama film directed by Erich von Stroheim. Considered a “lost film”, no print is officially known to exist....
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    Owen Moore Carmel Myers Wallace Reid Eve Southern Pauline Starke Erich von Stroheim (Second Pharisee) Madame Sul-Te-Wan Natalie Talmadge Ethel Grey Terry...
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  • more creative liberties when creating a film adaptation. In 1924, Erich von Stroheim attempted a literal adaptation of Frank Norris's novel McTeague with...
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  • released from PRC Studios, directed by Lew Landers and featuring Erich von Stroheim, Jeanne Bates and William Wright. Diijon, a tired magician, gives...
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    debt. This policy nearly bankrupted the studio when actor-director Erich von Stroheim insisted on excessively lavish production values for his films Blind...
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  • to the film. Director Erich von Stroheim, also from a poor Viennese family and Sternberg's beau idéal, had attached a faux "von" to his professional name...
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    nearly five decades, starred in many silent film dramas, such as Erich von Stroheim's 1924 epic Greed, and comedies, before transitioning successfully...
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