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The Devil is a Woman (1935) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Josef von Sternberg and produced by Josef von Sternberg and Emanuel Cohen.

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The Devil Is a Woman (1935) (3)

on Mar 5, 2014 From Journeys in Classic Film

We’re studying pre-Codes in my film class, and this week’s movie was a double-feature of this and Trouble in Paradise.  It turns out this movie still isn’t a favorite, and the class was generally in agreement.  I’ll be reviewing Trouble in Paradise next week. After two good... Read full article

The Devil Is a Woman (1935) (2)

on Jul 17, 2013 From Journeys in Classic Film

After two good movies I was bound to get one stinker; The Devil Is a Woman is less devilish fun and more outright demonic.  A cold presentation of the bitch that is supposedly the female sex, there’s little to recommend the film.  The same premise lifted from Morocco and Blonde Venus is turn... Read full article

The Devil Is a Woman (1935) (1)

By Beatrice on May 31, 2013 From Flickers in Time

The Devil Is a Woman Directed by Josef von Sternberg 1935/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing The film opens with a carnival in turn-of-the-century Spain, all the revelers are masked.  Antonio Galvan (Cesar Romero), a fugitive revolutionary, spies the beautiful Concha (Marlene Dietrich) and th... Read full article

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The Devil is a Woman Quotes:

Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito': If you catch a man stealing, shoot him. Less trouble afterwards.
Antonio Galvan: You're a very beautiful woman. It's easy to see why men should lose their heads over you.
Concha Perez: Is it easy?
Capt. Don Pasqual 'Pasqualito' Costelar: I've been thinking things over for some time now, and I'll be happy to make you my wife. Then no one could speak ill of you.
Concha Perez: But no one speaks ill of me now!
Concha Perez: Listen to me, Pasqualito. You never loved me or you couldn't do this.
Capt. Don Pasqual 'Pasqualito' Costelar: You know very well that I loved you.
Concha Perez: You've always mistaken your vanity for love. It's your final mistake. Go and kill the only man I ever cared for.
Capt. Don Pasqual 'Pasqualito' Costelar: Aren't you afraid of anything, Concha? Have you no fear of death?
Concha Perez: No. Not today. I feel too happy. Why do you ask? Are you going to kill me?
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The Devil is a Woman Facts
The Spanish government threatened to bar all Paramount films from Spain and its territories unless the film was withdrawn from worldwide circulation. They protested the unfavorable portrayal of the Spanish police. Paramount destroyed the original print after its initial run, and it remained out of circulation until 1959. Marlene Dietrich herself kept a print of the film in a bank vault for safe keeping, as it was her favorite film. She feared the film would otherwise be lost. New prints were struck from her private copy in the 1980's for art house release. The superb quality of the prints in circulation now , and on DVD are because of this fact.
One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
"(If It Isn't Pain) Then It Isn't Love" by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin was recorded for this movie but cut from the final print.
In Maximilian Schell's documentary Marlene, Marlene Dietrich said that this was her favorite of all her films.
Joel McCrea left the cast after one day's work because of a disagreement with director Josef von Sternberg. Joseph Breen of the Hays Office suggested an ending in which Pasqual shoots Concha so that she could not get off scot-free after years of bad behavior. Although that was rejected, several cuts were eventually made to eliminate sexual innuendos.
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