TV Guide: Erich von Stroheim

Video: Trailer

Trailer Addict — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:29:54 -0500

Sunset Boulevard stars William Holden as down-on-his-luck screenwriter Joe Gillis, and Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a faded movie star and femme fatale who entraps the unsuspecting Gillis into her fantasy world in which she dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen.

Video: Greed - (Movie Clip)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:04:19 -0500

Director Erich von Stroheim told his actors, "I want you to hate each other like you hate me!" for this scene from Greed (1924).

Video: Grand Illusion - (Movie Clip)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:31:40 -0500

Captain von Rauffenstein (Erich von Stroheim) introduces his prisoners to his mountain lair in Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion (1937).

Video: Foolish Wives

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:18:40 -0500

A beautiful reconstruction of Erich von Stroheim's classic silent feature. Publicized as the first film to cost a million dollars, "Foolish Wives" was at once praised for its extravagant visual design and condemned for its portrayal of a rogue count's unbridled and often peculiar sexual obsessions. The plot concerns the actions of the "Count" and two of his mistresses posing as his cousins as they set about separating rich ladies from their fortunes. In every way characteristic of writer/director/star von Stroheim's greatest works, "Foolish Wives" has over time gained a reputation as the great director's other masterwork, ranking second only to "Greed." The film is mastered from the original restored print.

Video: Foolish Wives

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:51:21 -0500