Exquisite Sinner (1926)
The Exquisite Sinner (1926) is a silent film directed by Josef von Sternberg and Phil Rosen. Considered part of Silent Hollywood Lost Film Collection 1926. Prior to working on (and then abandoning) The Masked Bride, von Sternberg had filmed this picture in 1925, but MGM was so dissatisfied with the picture they refused to release it. The studio disliked early drafts of the film so much, they fired Sternberg from the picture before it was half finished filming and brought in Phil Rosen for extensive retakes. In 1926, when the film finally surfaced (a full year after its completion), it had been so radically altered by staff director Rosen, that they released the two versions as different films entirely. Sternberg received majority screen credit for Exquisite Sinner, and later that same year, "Heaven on Earth" was released with the same cast and same sets. Both films performed poorly at the box office and proved unpopular.
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