Now though, we used Austrian National Day as a peg to go further back in Austrian history, since Josef Von Sternberg (1894 to 1969) is Austrian, and our star today. In fact our focus is on a little known movie Sternberg (1931) directed, Dishonored. Dishonored has a black cat in it. A nice synopsis is here, along with a photo of the cat. Oh, and Marlene Dietrich (1901 – 1992) is also in Dishonor.
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October 26, 2018
October 26, 1965
"Every year on October 26 Austrians celebrate their country's declaration of permanent neutrality after World War II and its regained status as an independent and sovereign nation on October 26, 1955." Austrian National Day was first celebrated in 1965.
Now though, we used Austrian National Day as a peg to go further back in Austrian history, since Josef Von Sternberg (1894 to 1969) is Austrian, and our star today. In fact our focus is on a little known movie Sternberg (1931) directed, Dishonored. Dishonored has a black cat in it. A nice synopsis is here, along with a photo of the cat. Oh, and Marlene Dietrich (1901 – 1992) is also in Dishonor.
Now though, we used Austrian National Day as a peg to go further back in Austrian history, since Josef Von Sternberg (1894 to 1969) is Austrian, and our star today. In fact our focus is on a little known movie Sternberg (1931) directed, Dishonored. Dishonored has a black cat in it. A nice synopsis is here, along with a photo of the cat. Oh, and Marlene Dietrich (1901 – 1992) is also in Dishonor.
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