Josef von Sternberg (1894 - 1969)

Austrian-American film director.

* May 29, 1894 Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
 as Jonas Sternberg
 December 22, 1969 Hollywood, California, USA



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, May 1928
Het weekblad Cinema en Theater, nr. 378, 25 april 1931
Photoplay, April 1931

Photoplay, May 1931
Photoplay, May 1931
Photoplay, August 1931

Photoplay, August 1931
Photoplay, March 1932
Photoplay, July 1932

Photoplay, August 1932
Photoplay, September 1932
Photoplay, October 1932

Photoplay, January 1933
Photoplay, January 1933
Mein Film, nr. 617, 22 X 1937


Books on Josef von Sternberg

John Baxter
Von Sternberg
Lexington, Ky., 2010

Alexander Horwath und Michael Omasta (eds.)
Josef von Sternberg, The Case of Lena Smith
Wien, 2007

Helma Sanders-Brahms Marlene und Jo Helma Sanders-Brahms
Marlene und Jo, Recherche einer Leidenschaft
Berlin, 2000

Sybil DelGaudio Dressing the Part Sybil DelGaudio
Dressing the Part, Sternberg, Dietrich, and Costume
London and Toronto, 1993

Barbara Bowman Master space Barbara Bowman
Master space, Film images of Capra, Lubitsch, Sternberg, and Wyler
New York, 1992

Gaylyn Studlar
In the Realm of Pleasure, Von Sternberg, Dietrich and the Masochistic Aesthetic
Urbana and Chicago, 1988

John Baxter The Cinema of Josef von Sternberg John Baxter
The Cinema of Josef von Sternberg
London - New York, 1971

Books with substantial mentioning of Josef von Sternberg

Rudolf Ulrich Österreicher in Hollywood Rudolf Ulrich
Österreicher in Hollywood
Wien, 2004

John C. Tibbetts, James M. Welsh
The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers, Volume Two
New York, NY, 2002

Adrian Stahlecker
Film en kunst in ballingschap 1933-1945, Duitse artiesten en kunstenaars op de vlucht voor het naziregime
Den Haag, 2000

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 2. Directors
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Andrew Sarris (editor) The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia Andrew Sarris (editor)
The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia
Detroit - New York - Toronto - London, 1998

Andrew Sarris You ain't heard nothin' yet Andrew Sarris
"You ain't heard nothin' yet", the American talking film ; history & memory ; 1927 - 1949
New York, Oxford, 1998

Peter Bogdanovich
Who the Devil Made It
New York, 1997

Harry Waldman Scenes Unseen Harry Waldman
Scenes Unseen, Unreleased and Uncompleted Films from the World's Master Filmmakers, 1912-1990
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Kevin Brownlow The Parade's Gone by... Kevin Brownlow
The Parade's Gone by...
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California, 1976

Stanley Hochman (ed.)
A Library of Film Criticism, American Film Directors
New York, 1974

Books with an entry on Josef von Sternberg

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Larry Langman Destination Hollywood Larry Langman
Destination Hollywood, The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2000

Günther Dahlke Deutsche Spielfilme von dem Anfängen bis 1933 Günther Dahlke
Deutsche Spielfilme von dem Anfängen bis 1933, Ein Filmführer
Berlin, 1988

Martin J. Quigley (ed.) The Motion Picture Almanac Martin J. Quigley (ed.)
The Motion Picture Almanac, Big Stars in Big Pictures
Chicago, Ill., 1929

Articles on Josef von Sternberg

David Thompson, Von Sternberg - Six Chapters in Search of an Author, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 1, 2010 pp. 38-41