Marlene Dietrich in the scene that made her into a star in SHANGHAI EXPRESS (1932)
Written by
Jude Bautista
“Men wished to lay fortunes at her feet, and celebrities vied with each other to be seen and photographed with her. Tribute was collected from men of rank and fame, the most famous actors wished to have her as their partner, producers and directors couldn’t wait until they could work with her, and her circle increased to include the top writers and creators of her day. Dukes and generals and even the heads of nations wanted her to grace their tables. One journalist, quoted in one of the many books devoted to her, not only raved about her beauty but ‘rated her brains on a par with those of Napoleon, Caesar, Mussolini and Lenin’. Opposed to this pinnacle of glory was her position on my stage. Here was no enthusiast, but a cold-eyed mechanic critical of every movement.
Portrait of Marlene Dietrich for ANGEL directed by Ernst Lubitsch, 1937
If there was any flattery, it was concentrated in a ‘That’s fine, it will do.’ More often she listened to ‘Turn your shoulders away from me and straighten out … Drop your voice an octave and don’t lisp … Count to six and look at that lamp as if you could no longer live without it…Stand where you are and don’t move; the lights are being adjusted’.” One gets the sense that von Sternberg loved the exposure and the success their relationship brought them, but his intimate relationship with Dietrich was becoming increasingly complex. Writer James Hancock describes the connection between screen icon and director in his article ‘The Brilliant Doomed Romance of Marlene Dietrich and Josef Von Sternberg’. The quote from Von Sternberg is from his autobiography FUN IN A CHINESE LAUNDRY.
From left: French Audio Visual Attaché Martin Macalintal, US Emb Public Affairs Officer Matt Keener, U.S. Asst. Cultural Affairs Jeanie Duwan, benshi Ichiro Kataoka, Japan Foundation Mla Dir. Hiroaki Uesugi, Shang Ri La Plaza Pres. & GM Lala Fojas, Italian Deputy Head of Mission Fabio Schina, PIA GM Alessandro Milani, British Council Head of Arts & Creative Industries Malaya Del Rosario, Austrian Emb Press & Cultural Officer Zelpha Bombais, Inst Cervantes Cultural Affairs Head Jose Fons and FDCP Exec Dir Wilfredo Manalang. The 11th Intl. Silent Film Festival is running from Aug. 31- Sept.3, 3017 at the Shang Cineplex, Shang Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City. Entrance is free on a first come first served basis. Photo by Jude Bautista
Filipino audiences have the great privilege of catching a very rare screening of Marlene Dietrich’s early work CAFÉ ELECTRIK with live music by RIVERMAYA in the 11th Silent film festival for free on September 3rd, 3pm at the Shang Cineplex, Shang Rila Plaza Mall. Entry/ seats are available on a first come first served basis so check schedules and come an hour early.
The fest running from August 31 to September 3, 2017, features a total of 9 Silent films from 9 different countries accompanied by esteemed musicians from the local scene. Opening the fest is EL GOLFO (1918) from Spain- Instituto Cervantes on 8 PM August 31 with music by TALAHIB.
(center) Instituto Cervantes Director Carlos Madrid with TALAHIB from left: Jaime Hernandez and Burn Belacho; The 11th Intl. Silent Film Festival is running from Aug. 31- Sept.3, 3017 at the Shang Cineplex, Shang Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City. Entrance is free on a first come first served basis. Photo by Jude Bautista
September 1st has Anthony Asquith’s UNDERGROUND (7:30 PM) from the U.K.- British Council with music by GOODLEAF; THE NEW ENCHANTMENT (9:30 PM) from France accompanied by Helouise La Harpe. September 2nd has A PERFECT FAMILY (3 PM) from Italy- Philippine Italian Association / Emb. of Italy with live score by TOM’S STORY; Yasujiro Ozu’s DRAGNET GIRL (5:30PM) from Japan – Japan Foundation with live narration from benshi Ichiro Kataoka and music by THE CELSO ESPEJO RONDALLA; Gym Lumbera’s TAGLISH (8PM) from the Philippines – FILM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES with music by KAPITAN KULAM. September 3rd has CAFÉ ELECTRIK (3PM) from Austria with music by RIVERMAYA; PANDORA’S BOX (5:30 PM) from Germany – Goethe Institut Philippinen with music by SANDWICH and Buster Keaton’s THE GENERAL (8PM) from the U.S.A with music from FLIPPIN SOUL STOMPERS.
September 2nd – Yasujiro Ozu’s DRAGNET GIRL (5:30PM) from Japan – Japan Foundation with live narration from benshi Ichiro Kataoka and music by THE CELSO ESPEJO RONDALLA. The 11th Intl. Silent Film Festival is running from Aug. 31- Sept.3, 3017 at the Shang Cineplex, Shang Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City. Entrance is free on a first come first served basis
MUST SEE from every country
Every title from every country has its own ‘must see’ attraction. The Japan Foundation for example will bring in a benshi or traditional narrator Ichiro Kataoka combined with the very Filipino classical musical sounds of THE CELSO ESPEJO RONDALLA. They will be performing to DRAGNET GIRL (1933) from one of Japan’s most revered filmmaker in Yasujiro Ozu.
EL GOLFO (1918) from Spain- Instituto Cervantes on 8 PM August 31 with music by TALAHIB. The 11th Intl. Silent Film Festival is running from Aug. 31- Sept.3, 3017 at the Shang Cineplex, Shang Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City. Entrance is free on a first come first served basis.
The International Silent Film Festival Manila on its 11th edition has garnered some praise from abroad. Pordenone Silent Film Fest programmer and VARIETY film critic Jay Weissberg said, “One of the wonderful things about the festival in Manila is that everything is accompanied by live music exactly in the way these films were originally screened. Music too is an important part of any silent film. The program that you will be seeing is also exceptional. You have wonderful films, one of my favorites Anthony Asquith’s UNDERGROUND a truly terrific drama, thriller. The program goes beyond Europe and the United States of course Japan. And relatively more recent films from the Philippines prove that filmmakers even today are experimenting with the pure visual beauty of what it means to make a silent film as always with live music.”
September 2nd – Gym Lumbera’s TAGLISH (8PM) from the Philippines – FILM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES with music by KAPITAN KULAM. The 11th Intl. Silent Film Festival is running from Aug. 31- Sept.3, 3017 at the Shang Cineplex, Shang Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City. Entrance is free on a first come first served basis.
Weissberg is referring to the recent work of Gym Lumbera’s TAGLISH (2012) and from Filipino-Italian filmmaker Ruben Maria Soriquez: Una Familia Perfetta A PERFECT FAMILY (2017).
September 2nd – A PERFECT FAMILY (3 PM) from Italy- Philippine Italian Association / Emb. of Italy with live score by TOM’S STORY. The 11th Intl. Silent Film Festival is running from Aug. 31- Sept.3, 3017 at the Shang Cineplex, Shang Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City. Entrance is free on a first come first served basis
Two Female Icons Plus
Two countries have set themselves apart by having a strong female icon in their cast. Austria has CAFÉ ELECTRIK from 1929 with Marlene Dietrich. Viewers have the chance to see a rare glimpse of the screen legend before she achieved stardom.
STYLE ICONS left Louise Brooks and Marlene Dietrich
Dietrich is considered to be the ninth-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema as ranked by the American Film Institute. In the same list on the male side is Buster Keaton ranked 21. One of Keaton’s biggest films THE GENERAL (1926) is also part of this fest as an entry from the U.S.. Soul and funk music from FLIPPIN SOUL STOMPERS will accompany the biggest budget action comedy movie of its era.
September 3rd – Buster Keaton’s THE GENERAL (8PM) from the U.S.A with music from FLIPPIN SOUL STOMPERS. The 11th Intl. Silent Film Festival is running from Aug. 31- Sept.3, 3017 at the Shang Cineplex, Shang Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City. Entrance is free on a first come first served basis.
SANDWICH; FUSION the 1st Phil. Music Festival was held January 30, 2015 just 5 days after the Mamasapano Clash. Photo by Jude Bautista
The second female icon is from a German film: Louise Brooks (as Lulu) stars in George Wilhelm Pabst’s PANDORA’S BOX (1929). Goethe Institut Philippinen has likewise chosen a high stature band in SANDWICH to provide the live score. Both RIVERMAYA and SANDWICH are established Filipino bands with a long list of hits. RIVERMAYA guitarist/vocals Mike Elgar has said that they will be choosing from their library of music and play the best songs to fit the soundtrack for CAFÉ ELECTRIK.
Rivermaya – Mike Elgar; RWM’s Grand Countdown at the Newport Plaza Mall, Dec. 31, 2015. Photo by Jude Bautista
First Female-to-Female Kiss
Marlene Dietrich was born in December 27, 1901 in Schöneberg, now a district of Berlin. Her screen name is a combination of her given name Marie Magdalene with a nickname Lena. So the pronunciation is MAR-LEE-NA. She came from a cabaret background in 1920s Berlin that was a more open and tolerant scene.
Marlene Dietrich in MOROCCO (1930)
She was used to wearing men’s clothes. She made quite a splash with her Hollywood film MOROCCO (1930) wearing a tuxedo, top hat and tails. She capped off those moments with the first ever female-to-female kiss in the lips on the silver screen. The 30s were also the time when talkies became popular where sound had accompanied film.
Marlene Dietrich added beauty and pizzazz to men’s clothing.
Biographer Steven Bach said, “I still think that’s the most startling star introduction in the history of motion pictures. Marlene was the first great star to be created in the sound era. And how did he (Josef Von Sternberg) do it? She sings a French song from the turn of the century, dressed in men’s clothes. Turns, gives a very obvious lesbian kiss to another woman…This was the Marlene Dietrich he wanted us to remember.”
Marlene Dietrich and director Josef Von Sternberg
Later on she would deny ever making a silent era film, although she did at least two in Europe. She eschewed being identified with the older silent era stars. “Only Garbot and Gish made silent films , I never..” That’s why her appearance here in the Austrian made CAFÉ ELECTRIK is a very special and rare opportunity for Filipino audiences. They will be able to compare her performance from that time to her more popular and known film work.
Marlene Dietrich in MOROCCO (1930)
Sandwich from left: Mong Alcaraz and Raimund Marasigan performed KAGULO from latest album DEBRIS. PALAKASIN ANG OPM COLLAB Sessions first 12-hour OPM festival was held at the Bonifacio High Street Amphitheatre, Bonifacio Global City Taguig last March 14, 2015. Photo by Jude Bautista
“Adult Themed”
PANDORA’S BOX in 1929 actually predated MOROCCO and was more significant going beyond a mere kiss. Louise Brooks was an American who was cast in a German production. Director George Wilhelm Pabst describes her, “Brooks had both innocence and the ability to project sexuality without coyness or premeditation.” And for the character of Lulu, this magical combination was essential. [From: The Style Essentials: Louise Brooks written by Kimberley Truhler]
Louise Brooks in PANDORA’S BOX, September 3rd (5:30 PM) from Germany – Goethe Institut Philippinen with music by SANDWICH. The 11th Intl. Silent Film Festival is running from Aug. 31- Sept.3, 3017 at the Shang Cineplex, Shang Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City. Entrance is free on a first come first served basis.
It would be years later when PANDORA’S BOX would be recognized for breaking barriers: “This film is notable for its frank treatment of modern sexual mores, including one of the first screen portrayals of a lesbian. Brooks then starred in the controversial social drama Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), based on the book by Margarete Böhme and also directed by Pabst, and Miss Europe (1930) by Italian director Augusto Genina, the latter being filmed in France, and having a famous surprise ending. All these films were heavily censored, as they were very “adult” and considered shocking in their time for their portrayals of sexuality, as well as their social satire.” [From: Louise Brooks Wikiwand]
Louise Brooks in PANDORA’S BOX, September 3rd (5:30 PM) from Germany – Goethe Institut Philippinen with music by SANDWICH. The 11th Intl. Silent Film Festival is running from Aug. 31- Sept.3, 3017 at the Shang Cineplex, Shang Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City. Entrance is free on a first come first served basis.
Creatively PANDORA’S BOX was also considered as a landmark achievement in terms of the visuals. The lighting, mood made it a precursor to the famous film noir genre. Kimberley Truhler writes, “G.W. Pabst is a legend of early cinema. The composition of his shots was elegant and ahead of its time, especially when combined with the lighting of cinematographer Gunther Krampf. Together they used shadows to create drama and, especially toward the end of Pandora’s Box, a somewhat sinister mood. Some scenes in the movie included filtering light through window blinds, which would later become a staple of film noir style. In the 1930s, directors like Josef von Sternberg continued to refine the look; his cinematography with Lee Garmes and James Wong Howe for 1932’s Shanghai Express, for example, shows even more of the evolution. And when film noir hit its stride in the 1940s, directors Billy Wilder (Double Indemnity), Carol Reed (The Third Man), Michael Curtiz (Mildred Pierce), and Alfred Hitchcock (Notorious) all admitted their admiration for Pabst and Pandora’s Box. “There’s no question,” says Film Noir Foundation founder Eddie Muller, “that German Expressionism was one of the strongest roots from which film noir grew.” [ from: The Style Essentials: Louise Brooks written by Kimberley Truhler]
Louise Brooks in PANDORA’S BOX, September 3rd (5:30 PM) from Germany – Goethe Institut Philippinen with music by SANDWICH. The 11th Intl. Silent Film Festival is running from Aug. 31- Sept.3, 3017 at the Shang Cineplex, Shang Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City. Entrance is free on a first come first served basis.
Bob Cut and Jean Patou
Louise Brooks had a unique style all her own. She had a very distinctive short bob cut that became a trend and was copied by other actresses of her time. But its impact can still be seen today, such as Katie Holmes and Linda Evangelista. “Other fashion trends that stem from the movie include Jean Patou’s tank dress, which became a staple of 1930s style and resurged in popularity once again in the 1990s. Pandora’s Box fan Calvin Klein included them in collection after collection that decade. And Prada is still remembered for dressing Uma Thurman in one for the 1995 Academy Awards. At this year’s Oscars, we saw another 20s-30s trend with jewelry draped down the back of some stars, which brought to mind Patou’s bejeweled razor back dress for Lulu.”
[ from: The Style Essentials: Louise Brooks written by Kimberley Truhler]
Louise Brooks in PANDORA’S BOX, September 3rd (5:30 PM) from Germany – Goethe Institut Philippinen with music by SANDWICH. The 11th Intl. Silent Film Festival is running from Aug. 31- Sept.3, 3017 at the Shang Cineplex, Shang Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City. Entrance is free on a first come first served basis.
The same article continues, “Lending to Lulu’s seduction are the all-important costumes of Pandora’s Box. Though the wardrobe was overseen by (and credited to) Art Director Gottleib Hesch, Louise’s clothes were courtesy of Jean Patou. Patou is one of the legendary European couturiers of the early 20th century, already dressing Louise and other international stars such as Gloria Swanson both onscreen and off. Along with Coco Chanel, he is considered the inventor of our modern casual attire, especially in the area of sportswear.”
Louise Brooks in PANDORA’S BOX, September 3rd (5:30 PM) from Germany – Goethe Institut Philippinen with music by SANDWICH. The 11th Intl. Silent Film Festival is running from Aug. 31- Sept.3, 3017 at the Shang Cineplex, Shang Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City. Entrance is free on a first come first served basis.
Rivermaya-Mark Escueta; RWM’s Grand Countdown at the Newport Plaza Mall, Dec. 31, 2015. Photo by Jude Bautista (23)
Portrait of Marlene Dietrich by Cecil Beaton, 1935
Sewing Circle
Both Louise Brooks and Marlene Dietrich were known to have many lovers, men and women. But they seem to prefer men, having a greater number and more intimate male sexual relationships. Dietrich’s biographers seem to agree with this and in Brooks’ case her own memoirs.
But it’s the lesbian angle that seems to titillate a lot of fans, even historians who have studied their lives. For example, Dietrich’s female lovers have included a lot of high society names, movers and shakers in Hollywood.
from left: Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn, and Lili Damita, 1930’s
“Sewing circle was a phrase used by Dietrich to describe the underground, closeted lesbian and bisexual film actresses and their relationships in Hollywood. In the supposed “Marlene’s Sewing Circle” are mentioned the names of other close friends such as Ann Warner (the wife of Jack L. Warner, one of the owners of the Warner studios), Lili Damita (an old friend of Marlene’s from Berlin and the wife of Errol Flynn), Claudette Colbert, and Dolores del Río (whom Dietrich considered the most beautiful woman in Hollywood). The French singer Edith Piaf was also one of Dietrich’s closest friends during her stay in Paris in the 1950s, and always rumored something more than friendship between them.” [From: Marlene Dietrich- wikiwand.com]
Portrait of Dolores del Rio in THE FUGITIVE directed by John Ford, 1947
Neither Bi nor Lesbian
The sources for most of Dietrich’s intimate details of her life are from her daughter Maria Riva who wrote tell all book and biographer Steven Bach. Brooks however, was more open about her past, with a few interviews and even through her own writing.
Keene Thompson reads to Louise Brooks on the set of NOW WE’RE IN THE AIR directed by Frank R. Strayer, 1927
“Brooks enjoyed fostering speculation about her sexuality, cultivating friendships with lesbian and bisexual women including Pepi Lederer and Peggy Fears, but eschewing relationships. She admitted to some lesbian dalliances, including a one-night stand with Greta Garbo. She later described Garbo as masculine but a “charming and tender lover”. Despite all this, she considered herself neither lesbian nor bisexual:
Portrait of Greta Garbo for Mata Hari directed by George Fitzmaurice, 1931. Photo by Clarence Sinclair Bull
I had a lot of fun writing ‘Marion Davies’ Niece’ [an article about Pepi Lederer], leaving the lesbian theme in question marks. All my life it has been fun for me. … When I am dead, I believe that film writers will fasten on the story that I am a lesbian… I have done lots to make it believable […] All my women friends have been lesbians. But that is one point upon which I agree positively with [Christopher] Isherwood: There is no such thing as bisexuality. Ordinary people, although they may accommodate themselves, for reasons of whoring or marriage, are one-sexed. Out of curiosity, I had two affairs with girls – they did nothing for me [From: Louise Brooks – wikiwand.com ]
Louise Brooks in PANDORA’S BOX, September 3rd (5:30 PM) from Germany – Goethe Institut Philippinen with music by SANDWICH. The 11th Intl. Silent Film Festival is running from Aug. 31- Sept.3, 3017 at the Shang Cineplex, Shang Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City. Entrance is free on a first come first served basis.
Sandwich from left: Raimund Marasigan, OPM VP Noel Cabangon, Diego Castillo and Mong Alcaraz. PALAKASIN ANG OPM COLLAB Sessions first 12-hour OPM festival was held at the Bonifacio High Street Amphitheatre, Bonifacio Global City Taguig last March 14, 2015. Photo by Jude Bautista (30)
Dietrich’s Modern Marriage
Dietrich however, has a rapacious sexual appetite that would make Madonna look ‘Like A Virgin’. Brooks was more just unlucky in love. She was unable to marry the great love of her life in George Marshall. Brooks became a noted film critic and writer later on.
left-Madonna idolized, Marlene Dietrich and included her in the song VOGUE
In 1923 Dietrich married Rudolph Sieber and had her daughter Maria a year later. Maria Riva in an interview for the documentary NO ANGEL – A LIFE OF MARLENE DIETRICH, said, “Ménage trois we understand. But ménage quatre (4) and ménage cinq (5) was very normal in our house.” Steven Bach added, “Dietrich had a famous affair with Douglas Fairbanks and it was reported the two moved in with Rudy (Sieber) and his girl friend. These two were modern people even by today’s standards”.
NO ANGEL – A LIFE OF MARLENE DIETRICH
Dietrich would even show the letters of her lovers to Sieber. He would have a mistress later on in life with the knowledge of Marlene who at one time brought them to California. Sieber and Dietrich although living apart, would remain formally married until the time of his death in 1976.
Marlene Dietrich and director Josef Von Sternberg
In 1930 she made her first film with Josef Von Sternberg, THE BLUE ANGEL and the same year MOROCCO. The brilliant director was madly in love with her. The problem was she tended to have affairs with co-stars, which broke his heart. They continued to make films 7 in total, some argue is the most successful team up of actor director creatively. Their best work was undoubtedly with each other as Dietrich shot to stardom after MOROCCO.
Portrait of Marlene Dietrich in MOROCCO directed by Josef Von Sternberg, 1930
War Efforts
Because of her fame the Third Reich had offered Dietrich to come back home to Germany and produce propaganda films. To this Dietrich flatly refused despising what the Nazis had done to her homeland.
“In the late 1930s, Dietrich created a fund with Billy Wilder and several other Germans to help Jews and dissidents escape from Germany. In 1937, her entire salary for Knight Without Armor ($450,000) was put into escrow to help the refugees. In 1939, she became an American citizen and renounced her German citizenship. In December 1941, the U.S. entered World War II, and Dietrich became one of the first celebrities to help sell war bonds. She toured the US from January 1942 to September 1943 (appearing before 250,000 troops on the Pacific Coast leg of her tour alone) and was reported to have sold more war bonds than any other star.”
From left: Jean Gabin, Marlene Dietrich and Lucien Nat in MARTIN ROUMAGNAC directed by George Lacombe, 1946
“During two extended tours for the USO in 1944 and 1945, she performed for Allied troops in Algeria, Italy, the UK and France, then went into Germany with Generals James M. Gavin and George S. Patton. When asked why she had done this, in spite of the obvious danger of being within a few kilometers of German lines, she replied, “aus Anstand”—”out of decency”. Wilder later remarked that she was at the front lines more than Eisenhower.” [From: Marlene Dietrich- wikiwand.com]
from left: Eugene Pallette, Anna May Wong, Marlene Dietrich and Clive Brook for Shanghai Express directed by Josef von Sternberg, 1932
For the Cause
The documentary also dealt with her war efforts, “Narrator: It wasn’t just her talent she gave. Fact was she was willing to lay her body for the cause. A dedication extended to fulfilling the servicemen’s fantasies. [Footage of Dietrich surrounded by crowds of servicemen, sometimes crowd surfing them]
Marlene Dietrich as a former cabaret girl had perfect legs photos from movies (left) BLUE ANGEL, (right) MOROCCO.
Riva said, “It was part of the romanticism. If you were going to face death don’t you want to live one time? Really magnificently before you face death? Right? She felt that if a young man, a soldier from Arkansas, the South, somewhere, would sleep with a movie star who was beautiful and giving and loving. Was that not the proper way to prepare for the mourn of his demise?” Narrator: She didn’t restrict herself with enlisted men she had a long affair with James Gavin the youngest general in the army. He was described as a cross between ‘Henry Fonda and Gary Cooper’.
Portrait of Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich for MOROCCO directed by Josef Von Sternberg, 1930
Her affair with Gavin would be the cause of her rift with her long time lover, French man Jean Gabin. Even in later years she was still capable of seducing co-stars. “Ex lover Michael Todd directed AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, the 54 year old Dietrich had 3 others in the cast who claimed to be her old flame: George Raft, David Niven and Frank Sinatra.”
Marlene Dietrich and Jean Gabin in MARTIN ROUMAGNAC directed by George Lacombe, 1946
Proudest Accomplishment
For her War efforts Dietrich received the Medal of Freedom, from the U.S. in November 1947. She said this was her proudest accomplishment. She was also awarded the Légion d’honneur by the French government for her wartime work. She would become the first woman and German to receive the Israeli Medallion of Valor in 1965, “in recognition for her courageous adherence to principle and consistent record of friendship for the Jewish people”.
Dietrich was the true embodiment of glamor. To this day we continue to be fascinated with her work in film, as singer and recording artist but even more with how she lived her extraordinary life.
Portrait of Marlene Dietrich by George Hurrell, 1938
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Seated from left: US Emb Public Affairs officer Matt Keener, French Audio Visual Attaché Martin Macalintal, Inst Cervantes Dir Carlos Madrid, filmmaker Ruben Soriquez, PIA GM Alessandro Milani, Japan Foundation Mla Dir. Hiroaki Uesugi, FDCP Festival Dev. Lead Officer Jo Andrew Torlao, Austrian Emb Press & Cultural Officer Zelpha Bombais, British Council Head of Arts & Creative Industries Malaya Del Rosario, PARA SA SINING Dir. Micah Pinto standing from left: Harpist/vocalist Helouise La Harpe, Tom Naval w Chris De Guzman of TOM’S STORY, Elaine Espejo Cajucom of THE CELSO ESPEJO RONDALLA, Mike Escueta, Ryan Peralta, Nathan Azarcon and Mike Elgar of RIVERMAYA, Bing Austria of FLIPPIN SOUL STOMPERS, Burn Belacho and Jaime Hernandez of TALAHIB, Marco Hecolea and Ranjit Alabas of GOODLEAF, Animator Nikolo Salazar, Goethe Inst Prog Coordinator Shadin Kitma and SOUPSTAR Road Manager Ana Rizella Laura Flores. The 11th Intl. Silent Film Festival is running from Aug. 31- Sept.3, 3017 at the Shang Cineplex, Shang Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City. Entrance is free on a first come first served basis. Photo by Jude Bautista (40)
Greta Garbo in ANNA CHRISTIE directed by Clarence Brown, 1931
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Louise Brooks in PANDORA’S BOX, September 3rd (5:30 PM) from Germany – Goethe Institut Philippinen with music by SANDWICH. The 11th Intl. Silent Film Festival is running from Aug. 31- Sept.3, 3017 at the Shang Cineplex, Shang Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City. Entrance is free on a first come first served basis.
The 11th International Silent Film Festival is made possible in partnership with Shangri-La Plaza, Para sa Sining, the National Film Center of The Museum of Modern Art of Tokyo, the Embassies of Italy, Japan, and Spain, Filmoteca de España, Institut Français, JEC Philippines and Marks & Spencer London . All screenings will be open to the public on a first come, first served basis. Watch and listen as we score the silents again!
Rivermaya – Norby David; RWM’s Grand Countdown at the Newport Plaza Mall, Dec. 31, 2015. Photo by Jude Bautista
Marlene Dietrich in THE SCARLET EMPRESS directed by Josef von Sternberg, 1934
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