Directed by Josef von Sternberg, The Blue Angel is a German tragicomedy starring Marlene Dietrich as the beautiful and alluring cabaret singer Lola Lola, and Emil Jannings as Professor Immanuel Rath, whose infatuation with her drives him to ruin.
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Joan Crawford Blogathon: From Kansas City to Hollywood
In 1916, a young girl named Lucille LeSueur cooked meals and scrubbed dishes for her fellow students at St. Agnes Academy, a Catholic boarding school in Kansas City where she was enrolled as a work student in exchange for her board and education. She would grow up to become Joan Crawford, the ultimate movie star, for whom glamour was a way of life.
This post is part of the Joan Crawford: Queen of the Silver Screen Blogathon
