“Morocco” (1930. USA.) Director Josef von Sternberg’s 1930 pre-code film “Morocco” introduced American audiences to Marlene Dietrich and was the filmic root to her ascent into Hollywood stardom. Her first film with Sternberg, “The Blue Angel,” had been released earlier that year in Europe. After Paramount saw her in the film, they had Dietrich sign a studio contract and move to California. “Morocco” is based on a 1927 novel by French-German writer Benno Vigny titled, “Amy Jolly, die Frau aus Mar