Lubitsch Directs Marlene Dietrich in "Angel"

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 266, 6 August 1937, Page 16

Lubitsch Directs Marlene Dietrich in "Angel"

A FTER an absence of more than two years, the directional talents of Ernest Lubitsch, credited by many with being the finest in the history of films, will be available to the screen soon with the production of “Angel,” in which he will direct Marlene Dietrich. “Please make it emphatic that Im back at my old job of directing pictures again,” he said recently. “All of the pictures that I’ve had anything to do with during the past two years were directed by somebody else, and it has been necessary for me to work sort of by remote control, which hasn't pleased me at all.” Lubitsch was referred to this work in an executive capacity at the Paramount Studios, where he co-ordinated the efforts of a score of other directors without being able to indulge his own creative talents in this field. Although his present title includes that of producer, he Will direct all of his own pictures. “I look forward to getting back into my old duties with a great deal of relish,” he declared. “There is no substitute for creative effort, once you have tasted the satisfaction it brings. We have a very good story with ParisLondon background, written by Melchoire Lengyol, which has been approved all around.” He added that he and' Miss Dietrich had been trying to got together on a picture for many years, but that conflicting schedules have kept them apart. “Miss Dietrich is a personality I have always wanted to direct,” he declared, “and she has been kind enough to have repeatedly sought me as a director. We are both glad to have arranged things.”

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ACCORDING to Alan Whittaker, for George Arliss has its moments. "Whittaker, during his 15 years’ association with Mr. Arliss, has brought to such perfection his imitatation of the Arliss walk and mannerisms that he is often mistaken for the star.