The Blue Angel premiered

April 1, 1930 –

Josef von Sternberg’s Der Blaue Engel (The Blue Angel), starring unknown German actress, Marlene Dietrich, premiered in Berlin on this date.

Marlene Dietrich’s screen test for this film survives. In it, she upbraids an unidentified piano player for his bad playing and sings two songs, the first of which is “You’re the Cream In My Coffee.”