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DESIRE

Marlene Dietrich (Actor), Gary Cooper (Actor), Frank Borzage (Director) Format: Blu-ray

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Genre	Romance, Comedy
Contributor	Zeffie Tilbury, Frank Borzage, William Frawley, Ernest Cossart, Akim Tamiroff, Alan Mowbray, John Halliday, Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich See more
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From Frank Borzage, the acclaimed director of Bad Girl, Little Man, What Now, The Mortal Storm and Moonrise, comes the classic romantic comedy Desire. Screen legends Marlene Dietrich (The Blue Angel, Touch of Evil) and Gary Cooper (Beau Geste, High Noon) star in this story about a crime spree that leads to love. In the most elaborate jewel heist in European history, the beautiful and conniving “Countess” Madeline (Dietrich) embezzles a small fortune of pearls. As she makes her getaway to Spain to deliver the hot goods, her escape is thwarted by car trouble, until a handsome and likable young tourist (Cooper) helps her out. She shows her gratitude by leaving the unsuspecting good Samaritan in the dust—literally! When he accidentally ends up with the pearls, she must feign romantic interest to get them back. The charade soon turns into the real thing, however, and Madeline realizes that her only hope of happiness is to clean up her act—no matter what the cost—or lose the man she loves. Desire co-stars Akim Tamiroff (The General Died at Dawn), John Halliday (Bird of Paradise) and William Frawley (TV’s I Love Lucy). Special Features:-Brand New 2K Master -NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan -NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians David Del Valle and Nathaniel Bell -Theatrical Trailer

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Language ‏ : ‎ English

Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.99 x 13.49 x 1.19 cm; 68 Grams

Director ‏ : ‎ Frank Borzage

Release date ‏ : ‎ 10 August 2021

Actors ‏ : ‎ Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, John Halliday, William Frawley, Ernest Cossart

Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English

Studio ‏ : ‎ Unbranded

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B096CS8DMP

Country of origin ‏ : ‎ USA

Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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KaleHawkwood
After Morocco, we’ll always have Spain
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 December 2020
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This was the first pairing of Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper since Morocco a few years earlier. She had already become a seasoned actress, who usually outshone her clumsy, or merely bland, male co-stars ~ in the case of Victor McLaglen or Clive Brook, not difficult.
Even the later relaxed, even dour Coop acted like a twitchy, gauche adolescent in his early films, and evidently hadn’t quite got rid of the tendency when he made this in 1936, though he’s otherwise fine as a jaunty young man on holiday in France snd Spain, where he {literally} runs into Dietrich’s beautiful, clever jewel thief.
It’s a romantic comedy, and not a bad one, with the sublime Marlene ravishing as ever, and with a nicely judged performance as her ‘uncle’ by roguish John Halliday {to be seen four years later as Tracy Lord’s father in The Philadelphia Story}.
The early scenes are hard to top, with doctor Alan Mowbray and high class jeweller Ernest Cossart very funny in a lovely two-hander of cross-purposes and befuddlement.
The plot comes and goes, Frank Borzage’s direction is fine, and for me this is one for fans of Marlene, of which I am one.
Entertaining, well worth a look.
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Alex da Silva
"...disarm the fricassee..."
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 October 2010
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Tom (Gary Cooper) encounters Madeleine (Marlene Dietrich) on his way to holiday in Spain. Unknown to him is the fact that she has just stolen $2 worth of pearls and is trying to smuggle them into Spain. She slips the pearls into his jacket pocket without him noticing so she can avoid the customs search. However, he takes off his jacket and packs it into his suitcase forcing her to stick with him until a moment arises where she can get the pearls back. Things dont work out as planned for her as when they part company, Tom still has possession of the pearls. Her partner in crime Carlos (John Halliday) is not happy with her when Tom suddenly shows up again. However, Madeleine is romatically won over by Tom, who is still unaware that he is carrying the valuable pearls, and this changes her plans.....

The film has a good cast with a special mention for Zeffie Tilbury as "Aunt Olga" who turns up late in the film - an old, frail lady on the outside but a cold, emotionless criminal at heart. She advises Madeleine to forget about love - it is much better to have the memory. There are many good scenes, eg, the end scene at dinner when Tom gradually reveals to Carlos what he knows about the theft, the beginning scene when Madeleine is carrying out her scam, the scene at customs on the border of Spain where we are unsure of who is going to get busted and how, etc. The story gets going from the outset and is played with humour. Cooper is funny as the salesman, eg, when he discusses which is the better word - "delighted" or "glad" - to his boss before he goes on holiday. The good cast keep the story going but unfortunately, the ending lets things down a bit. It's far too goody-goody.
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W. Russell
A jewel of a comedy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 February 2010
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The title is terrible - makes it sound like a story of lust and passion when what it actually is turns out to be a sparkling comedy about a beautiful jewel thief who falls in love and abandons a life of crime. The desire is her desire for the things she steals. As the thief Dietrich looks gorgeous, is dressed to kill and Cooper, the innocent all American guy who crosses her path, makes a splendid foil. He could handle comedy quite well even if his star imageis more of a lean, craggy silent heroic type. But they are all young here and haven't acquired the patina of stardom. The plot doesn't quite hold up - the menacing partners in crime are kind of added on as they do not seem to have played any role in the initial theft, but Lubitsch handles the whole thing with a light touch. It is also quite daring at times - some blissfully suggestive dialogue, especially the hands in the pocket scene.
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Bill
'More hollandaise sauce?'
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 February 2010
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Neither Cooper or Dietrich seem entirely at ease in this screwball comedy, although they warm up as the plot progresses. Much of the comedy, and the acting, seems a little forced, and the laughs depend on mild double entendres and suggestive remarks - especially over dinner in the thieves' hideaway villa.

It's not a classic, and it's nowhere near the funniest comedy that Dietrich ever made (Destry Rides Again), but it more than passes the time.

The restored print is wonderful, and the cars and costumes sparkle. The French and Spanish scenery depicts a long-lost era, all bucolic charm and elegant buildings, a snapshot of life just before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and WWII. Dietrich is, as always, stunning, with arched eyebrows painted so high that they look like the antennae of some exotic insect.
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Tom
quite sophisticated delight, with the imprint of producer Ernst Lubitsch clearly ...
Reviewed in Canada on 26 December 2014
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This unjustly forgotten romantic comedy bauble is a clever, quite sophisticated delight, with the imprint of producer Ernst Lubitsch clearly upon the final product. Gary Cooper is a delight as an innocent abroad American on a European vacation who encounters and falls for sophisticated, chic Marlene Dietrich. What he doesn't know, however, is that she is a jewel thief who has hidden a necklace in his jacket pocket in order to get it through customs. She then starts to play up to Cooper in order to try to get the necklace back, a necklace that, the screenplay asks us to believe, he doesn't know he has in his pocket.

Cooper and Dietrich are a terrific screen team, their potent chemistry a reflection of the brief affair that they were having while making this film. This was Dietrich's first film after leaving director Josef von Sternberg, and it would remain one of the best of her career, and certainly, for my money, her most outstanding romantic comedy. Cooper would appear in a few other comedies in the future, with mixed results. This was his first foray in that film genre, and he proved to have a delightful, subtle touch.

I heartily recommend this film to fans of either star.

The Universal Vault Series print shows some signs of wear and tear, a little soft and grainy, but remains quite watchable. Considering the difficulty in finding this film any other way, this is really the only game in town.
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