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The Scarlet Empress, the classic 1934 Josef von Sternberg historical biographical German-Princess-forced-to-marry-Russian-Duke-and-ends-up-ruling-the-country melodrama ("Her whisper was a command to love!"; "Based on the intimate diary of Catherine the Great"; a highly fictionalized biography of Catherine II) starring Marlene Dietrich (in the title role as Catherine the Great), John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser, C. Aubrey Smith, Akim Tamiroff, and Jane Darwell (in an uncredited role). Note that this was the second to last movie of the seven movies that von Sternberg and Dietrich made together, and many reviewers think this was their best collaboration (one described it as "the most jaw dropping, sexually charged piece of cinema anyone could ever ask for"). It is a fictionalized biography of the story of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, and in the movie, Dietrich is required to change from an innocent young girl to a jaded experienced older woman, and everyone agrees that she did so magnificently. Movie posters of any kind from this movie have always been incredibly rare, at least as rare and possibly more so than those from the other Josef Von Sternberg/Marlene Dietrich films. Also note that male lead John Lodge has an interesting background! He came from an important New England family (his grandfather was William Henry Cabot Lodge), and he shocked them by becoming a movie actor! He appeared in a couple dozen movies between 1932 and 1940. He quit the movies to serve in World War II, and afterwards, in 1946, he became the second major movie actor ever to hold national political office, serving as a Congressman (the first was Helen Gahagan Douglas). In 1950, he became Governor of Connecticut, and later, he served as ambassador to several countries!
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Important Added Info: Note that this jumbo lobby card not only has a great image of Dietrich from one of her most classic movies (could she have found a bigger fur muff to stick her hands into?!), but also the card is in really wonderful condition as well! There are a few faint thumbnail creases around the edges of the card (caused, no doubt, by people handling the card over the years), but they are truly barely noticeable, and I only saw them when I tilted the card to the light. Ti absolutely no restoration on the card, and all of its edges are crisp and sharp, especially unusual for jumbo lobby cards, which were printed on a different type of paper from regular lobby cards, and which tended to become brittle or chip over the years. This card has none of those sorts of defects, and looks and feels as though it was recently created (but I assure you, it was NOT!).

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