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The Devil is a Woman (1935) *** (out of 4)Captain Pasqual (Lionel Atwill) is sitting with an old friend (Edward Everett Horton) when he tells him the story of the beautiful Concha Perez (Marlene Dietrich). It seems that Pasqual runs into the woman every so often and her charms seduces him out of money and also takes away his ability to think clearly as he falls for it every time.Joseph von Sternberg's THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN is without question a very charming and rather beautiful looking film that certainly manages to keep you entertained throughout it's rather short running time. Obviously the story itself is a rather good one and it certainly doesn't hurt when the two leads are so wonderful at what they're doing. This is certainly a black comedy that has plenty of nice laughs throughout, although there's no question that Luis Bunuel's THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE is the greatest version of this story.With that said, there's no question that it's Dietrich, Atwill and the cinematography by von Sternberg that makes this film so memorable. Dietrich is as striking as always and there's no question that the director knew how to capture that beauty and seduction. I was really impressed with the goofy charm and seduction that Dietrich shows off here and the way she played with the men's emotions was just priceless. Atwill also gets one of his greatest roles here and he really does deliver a great performance. He's sly and rather dry humor perfectly captures his heartbreak but also his dumbness is getting taken advantage of.The cinematography is also quite remarkable and the entire film has a terrific look to it. The director really makes the black comedy work but the darkness to the cinematography also makes the film seem as if it's some sort of tragic drama. The film really is a lot of fun thanks to these three people and it's certainly worth watching.

Hollywood had a shortage of balloons, streamers and bags of confetti after Josef Von Sternberg used tons of it for this, his seventh and last movie with the exquisite Marlene Dietrich. As overstuffed as a piñata, this extremely elaborate melodrama tells the story of a she-devil who uses men like toilet paper and discards them just as fast. She's the toast of Spain, an entertainer so consumed with the need to use men that she drives them mad with passion, jealousy and revenge. In one of his few non-horror lead roles, Lionel Atwill is her most brutally abused lover, used by her financially and emotionally to the point where he turns homicidal.Even more dangerous than Carmen, Dietrich is obviously enjoying playing the chicanery of this extremely evil woman. Cesar Romero is the other object of her obsessions, warned by Atwill and unheeding his advice. Of course, Atwill has his own agenda and in the end, everybody's lives are on the verge of being ruined. Alison Skipworth is funny as Dietrich's overly dressed matronly mother, with Edward Everett Horton as the head of the law enforcement during a Mardi-Gras like street fair, also under Dietrich's spell.As entertainment, it's pleasing to the eye and totally outrageous; As a moral lesson, it is a valuable tale of the wages of sin, but as art, it is a violation to that famous saying, "Less is More", its costumes, sets and props more camp than culture, more stylish than substance. Dietrich is still lovely in her exotic costumes and make-up, beautifully photographed but suffering a story where the characters don't get any sympathy, only pity, making it over Freudian and rather high brow.

I'm not too crazy about the storyline. She played Concha Perez, a Spanish woman, who is torn among men. Men fall easily in love with her beauty. Marlene Dietrich does a fantastic job with a weak script. I never bought the film set in Seville, Spain. It's too far fetched with the cast and out of the actors league. Only Cesar Romero fits into his role as one of the possible suitors. Alison Skipworth plays Marlene's character, Concha's mother. Personally, I would have loved to have seen more of Señora Perez. Alison Skipworth was one of the best female character actresses in comedy and drama. This 1935 film is really a great collaboration between Josef Von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich in her vehicle. Marlene Dietrich was a star, an original. This film does boast her talents but sadly the film is overshadowed by the weakness of trying to being something and somewhere it doesn't fit right like Spain. If the director and writer had rewritten and revised the setting because the cast like Dietrich, Skipworth, and others don't seem to fit into the scenery, it brings the film down. But still, it's a short film in comparison to today's films and it's just worth watching great actors at play.