Marlene Dietrich shot at Babelsberg film studios. Josef von Sternberg directed the film and thereafter took credit for having "discovered" Dietrich. The film is also noteworthy for having introduced Dietrich's signature song "Falling in Love Again", which she recorded for Electrola and later made further recordings in the 1930s for Polydor and Decca Records. In 1930, on the strength of "The Blue Angel's" international success, and with encouragement and promotion from Josef von Sternberg, who was already established in Hollywood, Dietrich moved to the United States under contract to Paramount Pictures, the US film distributor of "The Blue Angel". The studio sought
The Spoilers (1955 film) The Spoilers (1955 film) The Spoilers is a 1955 Technicolor Western film directed by Jesse Hibbs and starring Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler, Rory Calhoun, Ray Danton, Barbara Britton and John McIntire. Set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, it culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between Glennister and McNamara. Film versions also appeared in 1914, 1923 (with Noah Beery, Sr. as McNamara), 1930 (with Gary Cooper as Glennister and Betty Compson as Malotte), and 1942 (with John Wayne as Glennister, Betty Compson lookalike Marlene Dietrich as Malotte, and Randolph Scott as McNamara). The 1930 and 1942 versions were