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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 m... 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 turned... 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 the... Read full article


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Quotes from The Devil is a Woman

Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito': If you catch a man stealing, shoot him. Less trouble afterwards.


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: Mother says no flies enter a closed mouth.


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Facts about The Devil is a Woman

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.
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.
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