Tag Archives: Marlene Dietrich

Happy 110th Birthday, Gorgeous and Talented!

110 years ago on December 27, Marie Magdalene Dietrich was born in Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany. In time, she metamophosed into a most fabulous creature who was, in her own lifetime, celebrated for her performances on film, stage, record and television… Marlene’s … Continue reading

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…more Hitchcock heroines, blonde and not-so-blonde

Hitchcock heroines, some blonder than others! Rebecca, Alfred Hitchcock’s first American film, won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1940, though the director did not win an award for his own efforts (the first of several such Academy slip-ups; … Continue reading

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Acquisitions…

  The image of Marlene Dietrich above is a recent EBay acquisition of mine…a poster for a 1970’s exhibition in Italy of Cecil Beaton photographs. The poster is approximately 24″ x 36″,  in very good condition,  reasonably priced…and I couldn’t … Continue reading

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Looking For Someone to play Marlene Dietrich? My Nominee…

Not so long ago I began to hear that Gwyneth Paltrow was going to star in a TV or feature film biopic of the legendary film and cabaret icon, Marlene Dietrich. An awful idea, I thought. The only thing the two … Continue reading

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