Really enjoying the BFI's Marlene Dietrich at Universal 1940-1942 four film box set.
I've watched Seven Sinners (1940), The Flame of New Orleans (1941) and The Spoilers (1942) with Pittsburgh (1942) still to go.
Although they aren't what you would call cutting edge cinema all three have been extremely enjoyable with Marlene Dietrich like some otherworldly sensual presence leaving me, as with most of the men in the films, feeling like some sex crazed Chihuahua pathetically attempting to hump her ankle in the desperate hope of being noticed.
The Spoilers is notable for it's casting of John Wayne and Randolph Scott. Scott playing very much against type as a scheming Yukon gold commissioner swindling miners out of their claims. The two slug it out at the finale in a fierce and lengthy bar room brawl which is fantastic to see, even eighty years on.
All three films have been effortlessly watchable with their ninety minutes positively flying by.
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