Desire
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| Paramount Pictures | Release Date: February 28, 1936 |
Starring:
Akim Tamiroff, Alan Mowbray, Enrique Acosta, Ernest Cossart, Gary Cooper, George MacQuarrie, John Halliday, Marlene Dietrich, William Frawley, Zeffie Tilbury
Summary:
An automotive engineer bound for a holiday in Spain meets a sultry jewel thief.
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Desire represents Hollywood at its timeless, beloved best. A stunning blend of European and American sensibilities -- Marlene Dietrich and producer Ernst Lubitsch on the one hand, Gary Cooper and director Frank Borzage on the other -- it is the epitome of glittery escapist entertainment. Yet the emotional honesty at its core gives it a reality that is deeply involving. [12 May 1986, p.2]
This is a polished light comedy in the "continental" style -- a sophisticated romantic trifle, with Dietrich more chic and modern than in her von Sternberg pictures.
You will not, in Desire, find a great story, but you will discover one that has been splendidly told. If it is a Lubitsch production, constantly highlighted by those indefinable touches of his, still one should not overlook the skill of its director, Frank Borzage; its excellent camera work, or the performances.
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