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THE SCARLET EMPRESS
USA 1934. Paramount Productions Inc.
Released through Paramount Productions Inc.
CAST: Marlene Dietrich (Sophia
Frederica, Catherine II); John Lodge (Count
Alexei); Sam Jaffe (Grand Duke Peter);
Louise Dresser (Empress Elizabeth); Maria Sieber
(Sophia Frederica as a child); C. Aubrey Smith
(Prince August); Ruthelma Stevens (Countess
Elizabeth); Olive Tell (Princess Johanna);
Gavon Gordon (Gregory Orloff); Jameson Thomas
(Lieutenant Ovtsyn); Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
(Ivan Shuvolov); Davison Clark (Archimandrite
Simeon Tevedovsky, also Archbishop); Erville
Alderson (Chancellor Bestuchef); Marie Wells
(Marie); Jane Darwell (Mlle. Cardell);
Harry Woods (Doctor); Edward van Sloan (Mr.
Wagner); Philip G. Sleeman (Count Lestocq);
John B. Davidson (Marquis de la Chetardie);
Gerald Fielding (Lt. Dmitri); James Burke (Guard);
Belle Stoddard Johnstone, Nadine Beresford, Eunice Moore,
Petra McAllister, Blanche Rose (Aunts);
James Marcus (Landlord); Thomas C. Blythe (First
narcissus); Clyde David (Second narcissus);
Richard Alexander (Count von Breummer); Hal
Boyer (Paul, 2nd lackey); Bruce Warren
(7th lackey); George Davis (Jester);
Eric Alden (5th lackey); Agnes Steele,
Barbara Sabichi, May Foster, Minnie Steele (Elizabeth's
ladies-in-waiting); Katherine Sabichi, Julanne
Johnston, Elinor Fair, Dina Smirnova, Anna
Duncan, Patricia Patrick, Elaine St. Maur (Catherine's
ladies-in-waiting).
CREDITS:
Josef von Sternberg (Director and producer);
Samuel Cohen (Executive producer); Manuel Komroff
(Scenarist); Eleanor McGeary (Contributor
to script); Bert Glennon (Photographer);
Hans Dreier (Art Director); Peter Ballbusch
(Sculpture); Richard Kollorsz (Icons);
W. Franke Harling, John M. Leipold, Milan Roder
(Music Arrangers, based on themes of Tchaikovsky,
Mendelssohn, Wagner); Sam Winston (Editor);
Harry D. Mills (Recording engineer); Travis
Banton, Ali Hubert (Costumers); Gordon
Jennings (Special Effects); based on a Diary
of Catherine the Great; uncredited footage from "The
Patriot" (1928) by Ernst Lubitsch.
Black-and-White. 2,797 meters
Premiere: May 19th 1934, Carlton, London.
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