Silver Voices: Josef Von Sternberg Interview (1958)

Interview conducted by George Pratt on April 8, 1958, at Josef Von Sternberg's Los Angeles apartment. Photo courtesy Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:08 Early career — Experimentation with film form and technique 00:07:23 Career — THE BLUE ANGEL (1930), AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (1931), THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN (1935) 00:10:25 Career — Attempted adaptation of Êmile Zola’s Germinal, illness in London, and the Nazi annexation of Austria 00:13:40 Late Career — Making THE SAGA OF ANATAHAN (1953) and difficulties working in Japan 00:23:16 Conclusions — Reflects on continued dedication to the medium of the moving image and film studies The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this audio do not necessarily represent those of the Institute of Library Sciences or the National Endowment for the Humanities.