Morocco (film) agreed to bring the German actress to Hollywood under a two-picture contract, in February 1930. When Dietrich arrived in the United States to begin filming "Morocco" "[she] was subjected to the full power of Paramount's public relations machine" launching her into "international stardom" "before" American moviegoers had seen her as Lola Lola in "The Blue Angel", which appeared in U.S. theatres in 1931. Premiering in New York City on December 6, 1930, "Morocco"s success at the box-office was "immediate and impressive". Accolades for the film were issued by Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein, film critic Robert E. Sherwood and filmmaker Charles
Kismet (1955 film) Kismet (1955 film) Kismet is a 1955 American musical-comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Arthur Freed. It was filmed in CinemaScope and Eastmancolor and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is the fourth movie version of "Kismet". The first "Kismet" was released in 1920, the second "Kismet" in 1930 by Warner Brothers, and the third "Kismet", starring Ronald Coleman and Marlene Dietrich, was released by MGM in 1944. The 1955 film is based on the successful 1953 musical "Kismet", while the three earlier versions are based on the original 1911 play by Edward Knoblock. In old Baghdad, an impoverished