Question: Were Josef von Sternberg and Fred C. Newmeyer involved in film making?

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Shanghai Express (film): Shanghai Express is a 1932 American Pre-Code film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, and Warner Oland.  It was written by Jules Furthman, based on a 1931 story by Harry Hervey.  "Shanghai Express" was the fourth of seven films von Sternberg and Dietrich made together.

The Devil Is a Woman (1935 film): The Devil Is a Woman is a 1935 romance film directed and photographed by Josef von Sternberg, adapted from the 1898 novel "La Femme et le pantin" by Pierre Louÿs.  The film was based on a screenplay by John Dos Passos, and stars Marlene Dietrich, with Lionel Atwill, Cesar Romero, Edward Everett Horton and Luisa Espinel.  The original male lead was Joel McCrea who quit after von Sternberg insisted on 35 takes of McCrea asking a waiter for a cup of coffee.

Fred C. Newmeyer: Fred C. Newmeyer (August 9, 1888 – April 24, 1967) was an American actor, film director and film producer.

Von Sternberg House: The Von Sternberg House was mini-mansion designed by the architect Richard Neutra.  With only one bedroom, plus bedrooms for servants, it was built in 1935 at 10000 Tampa Avenue, Northridge, Chatsworth, on a plot of 13 acres (5 hectares) in California's then-rural San Fernando Valley for the movie director Josef von Sternberg.  The house was demolished in 1972 to make way for a housing development.

Blonde Venus: Blonde Venus is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film starring Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, and Cary Grant.  The movie was produced and directed for Paramount Pictures by Josef von Sternberg from a screenplay by Jules Furthman and S. K. Lauren adapted from a story by Furthman and von Sternberg.  The original story "Mother Love" was written by Dietrich herself.  The musical score was by W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Paul Marquardt and Oscar Potoker, with cinematography by Bert Glennon.

The Shanghai Gesture: The Shanghai Gesture is a 1941 American film noir directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, and Ona Munson.  It is based on a Broadway play of the same name by John Colton, which was adapted for the screen by Sternberg and produced by Arnold Pressburger for United Artists.  It was the last Hollywood film Sternberg ever completed (in 1951 he started directing "Macao", but was fired halfway through production by Howard Hughes, and the same thing happened with the 1957 "Jet Pilot").

Fred Fleck: Fred Fleck (June 6, 1892 – November 9, 1961), also known as Fred A. Fleck, Frederick Fleck, or Freddie Fleck, was an American assistant director and production manager.  Born in New York City on June 4, 1892, he broke into the film business as an assistant director on the 1928 silent film, "The Riding Renegade", directed by Wallace Fox.  During his 30-year career, he would work on some notable films, with some notable directors.  Some of those films include: the epic "Hell's Angels" (1930), directed by Howard Hughes; King Vidor's "Bird of Paradise" (1932); the Ginger Rogers' 1941 vehicle, Tom, Dick and Harry, directed by Garson Kanin; 1942's "The Magnificent Ambersons", directed by Orson Welles, and starring Joseph Cotten and Anne Baxter; "Born to be Bad" (1950), starring Joan Fontaine and Robert Ryan; and Josef von Sternberg's "Jet Pilot" (1957), starring John Wayne.  Fleck was also one of the aerial cameramen on George Archainbaud's classic 1932 film, "The Lost Squadron".

Josef von Sternberg: Josef von Sternberg, (29 May 1894 – 22 December 1969) was an Austrian-American film director.  His family emigrated permanently to the United States when he was fourteen, and he grew up in New York City.  He started working at World Film Company in Fort Lee, New Jersey, where he was mentored by French director Emile Chautard.

The Salvation Hunters: The Salvation Hunters (1925) is an American silent film, the first work directed by young Josef Sternberg, later known as Josef von Sternberg.

Macao (film): Macao is a 1952 black-and-white film noir adventure directed by Josef von Sternberg and Nicholas Ray.  Producer Howard Hughes fired director von Sternberg during filming and hired Nicholas Ray to finish it.  The drama features Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix, and Gloria Grahame.

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