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By Doug Oswald

John Wayne made three movies with Marlene Dietrich between 1940 and 1942: “Seven Sinners” (1940), “The Spoilers” (1942) and “Pittsburgh” (1942); the latter two also featured Randolph Scott. The years between 1940 and the end of World War II were interesting for all three stars. The Duke and Scott’s star status was rising, while Dietrich reached the peak of her star power. Dietrich was already a superstar, having left Germany for Hollywood in 1930 and rising to become the highest paid actress in Hollywood. During this period the Duke often received second or third billing after bigger names like Dietrich and Scott which was the case in these three releases by Universal Pictures available on Blu-ray via Kino Lorber.

First up is “Seven Sinners” from 1940 which is, in my opinion, the best of the three films. It opens with the classic Universal logo followed by a bar fight playing out behind the opening credits. Dietrich plays Bijou, a sexy cabaret singer traveling from island to island in the south Pacific on the eve of America’s involvement in WWII. She gets deported by

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