I. «Morocco» (1930)

Amy Jolly: "Every time a man has helped me, there has been a price. What's yours?"
La Bessière: "My price? A smile."
Amy Jolly: "I haven't got much more."

"Morocco" is a 1930 film in which a Foreign Legionnaire meets and falls in love with a sultry seductress.
The movie was adapted by Jules Furthman from the novel "Amy Jolly" by Benno Vigny.
It was nominated for Academy Awards for "Best Actress in a Leading Role" – Marlene Dietrich – who, amazingly, knew little English, and spoke her dialogue phonetically, "Best Art Direction", "Best Cinematography" and "Best Director" – Josef von Sternberg.
The movie was notorious in its day for a woman-to-woman kiss.
It has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

Directed by Josef von Sternberg
Produced by Hector Turnbull
Written by Jules Furthman

Gary Cooper – Légionnaire Tom Brown

Marlene Dietrich – Mademoiselle Amy Jolly

Adolphe Menjou – Monsieur La Bessière

Ullrich Haupt – Adjutant Caesar

Eve Southern – Madame Caesar

Francis McDonald – A Sergeant

Paul Porcasi – Lo Tinto, Nightclub Owner

Release date: November 14.th 1930
Running time: 91'
Language: English

I'm sure you've all watched this piece of jewellery of the Seventh Art.
In case you haven't – just in case – I urge you to run to the nearest rental place, to take it to the tranquillity of your home, and to watch it with the devotion this wondrous screen couple deserves.
And then, the appealing desert is the stage… Bare feet walking on sandy dunes… Eroticism at its best…

RIC