MARLENE DIETRICH The Devil Is A Woman TEST PRESSING *

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  MARLENE DIETRICH
1935 STUDIO DISC / TEST PRESSING from
 THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN originally titled Caprice Espagnol

ONE SIDE OF THE LABEL HAS PICTURE TITLED THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN THE OTHER HAS CAPRICE ESPAGNOLE

CONDITION: VG free of scratches or surface lines but background hiss but always below music.

side 1: three sweethearts have I
side 2: then it isn't love

This is a studio disc used in or for the making or promotion of The 1935 PARAMOUNT Picture THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN I'm pretty certain*** this
transcription / record  came from the personal library of Nat Finston who was the Orchestra conductor on & general Music Director for films from Paramount & MGM between 1928 & 1945.

 
THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN USA 1935. Paramount Productions Inc. — A Josef von Sternberg Production.

Sternberg’s last film with Dietrich was originally titled Caprice Espagnol, and it is a moody and outlandish tribute to feminine caprice set against a backdrop of carnival in Spain. In a plot drawn from the same story on which Buñuel based That Obscure Object of Desire, Don Pasqual (Lionel Atwill) narrates to his younger friend Antonio (Cesar Romero) the tale of his affair with the Carmen-esque Concha (Dietrich), “the most dangerous woman you’ll ever meet.” Masked and veiled, glimpsed through elaborate gates and screens, Concha is a figure of unattainable ambiguity and arbitrary cruelty. “If you had loved me enough, you would have killed yourself last night,” she says, wearing a garland of black hearts around her neck. The film balances stylish fatalism with high camp; there are flickers of wit through Concha’s false eyelashes as she seals a man’s fate with the words “I’ve changed my mind.”

I RECENTLY SCORED ABOUT 100 OLD TEST PRESSINGS & ACETATES FROM  MGM & PARAMOUNT PICTURES .
***Due to a letter I found written to Nat Finston  & that he is in the credits as conductor etc. on most of the records.  I BELIEVE THEY BELONGED TO  NAT FINSTON WHO WAS A CONDUCTOR & GENERAL MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR FILMS  FROM PARAMOUNT &  MGM BETWEEN 1928 & 1945. I AM NOW LISTING THEM AND SOME OTHERS. You can see the letter in my EBAY listing of Bing Crosby Please.

Of course I combine auctions for cheapest shipping.

PLEASE CHECK THE OTHER RARE TEST PRESSINGS & ACETATES I'LL BE LISTING