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‘We are not calling her Italian’: narratives and images of ethnic incorporation in Isa Miranda’s American persona

Antonella PalmieriSchool of Film & Media, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 346-363 | Received 28 Dec 2016, Accepted 01 Feb 2018, Published online: 16 Jun 2019

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Filmography

  • Adventure in diamonds, 1940. Film. Directed by George Fitzmaurice. USA: Paramount Pictures.
  • Der blaue Engel (The Blue Angel), 1930. Film. Directed by Josef von Sternberg. Germany: UFA.
  • Desire, 1936. Film. Directed by Frank Borzage. USA: Paramount Pictures.
  • Du bist mein Glük, 1936. Film. Directed by Karl Heinz Martin. Germany: Bavaria Film.
  • Hotel Imperial, 1939. Film. Directed by Robert Florey. USA: Paramount Pictures.
  • Il portiere di notte (The Night Porter), 1974. Film. Directed by Liliana Cavani. Italy: Lotar Film Productions.
  • La signora di tutti, 1934. Film. Directed by Max Ophüls. Italy: Novella Film.
  • Le mensonge di Nina Petrovna, 1938. Film. Directed by Viktor Tourjansky. France: Solar Films.
  • Zaza, 1938. Film. Directed by George Cukor. USA: Paramount Pictures.

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