Marlene Dietrich’s greatest performance — or certainly her most volcanic, bilious, and indignant — occurs in a film in which the screen deity insisted she be invisible. At the age of 80, deep into her ...
This new portrait of the legendary Marlene Dietrich, made by her grandson, J. David Riva, provides some fresh insights into the life and times of a remarkable woman. Concentrating on the tireless and ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. With her world-weary sophistication, ...
Marlene Dietrich blurred all boundaries and checked all of the boxes. In Josef von Sternberg's Morocco (1930) she appeared onstage in a top hat and tails; during a performance she asks a woman for the ...
Pablo Larraín's biographical drama at times echoes Maximilian Schell's unforgettably tense and riveting Marlene Dietrich documentary. A cultural icon rattles around in her Paris apartment, at loose ...
What am I to do? I cahn’t help it. Love’s always been my game, Play it how I may. I was made that way. I cahn’t help it. — “Falling in Love Again” by Frederick Hollander, Sammy Lerner Marlene Dietrich ...