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von Stroheim

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von Stroheim
Erich , real name Hans Erich Maria Stroheim von Nordenwall. 1885--1957, US film director and actor, born in Austria, whose films include Foolish Wives (1921) and Greed (1923)


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When I expressed what I thought was a mild reservation about the von Stroheim oeuvre—I notoriously always ranked Sternberg over von Stroheim—Everson laughingly teased me about my addiction to camera movement.
No stranger to dressing up, Sir Elt went as Erich von Stroheim, who played butler Max in classic movie Sunset Boulevard, while hubby David Furnish was a Marine.
Renoir's inspired "Grand Illusion" (1937) effectively utilizes Chaplin's metaphorical use of a flower motif to symbolize human fragility when a grief-stricken Erich von Stroheim cuts a blossom after the loss of a friend.
 
 
 
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