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Marlene Dietrich: Acting
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Synopsis: Director Josef Von Sternberg and his greatest discovery, Marlene Dietrich, worked together for the last time on this historical melodrama, which was a notorious and controversial box-office flop in its day. Antonio Galvan (Cesar Romero), a young military officer, meets a mysterious and alluringRead More
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A jaw-droppingly beautiful screen creation of the 1930s, Marlene Dietrich perfected the art of making herself look like a work of art onscreen. A master of using makeup, props, costumes and lighting to make her look her absolute best at all times, she was always stunning and pushing beauty boundaries. The velvety perfection of her skin, elegant cheekbones, hooded eyes and penchant for androgyny have never quite been matched.
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Hollywood icon Marlene Dietrich was known for her sensual allure -- made more exotic by the suggestion of sexual ambiguity she aroused by wearing elegant masculine attire. In this collection showcasing her extraordinary talent, she plays everything from a Parisian café singer and a 19th century French gold digger to a gypsy, pairing with leading men such as Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Cesar Romero, Roland Young, Bruce Cabot and Ray Milland.
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In an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel in November 2005, her daughter and grandson claim that Marlene Dietrich was politically active during these years. She would keep contact with world leaders by telephone, running up a monthly bill of over US$3,000. Her contacts included Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev.
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Although they stayed married for over fifty years, sometimes even lived together, their physical relationship stopped the day Marlene knew she was "with child." By the time she gave birth, she had convinced herself that her child was her own creation. Nothing so vulgar as male sperm had anything to do with it. She and she alone had made her child in her own image. The child was hers, by right of immaculate conception.
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Unable to se them across the bright studio lights, Marlene Dietrich, in her seventy-seventh year, nodded and found her way back to the cramped dressing room. An hour later she was alone again, back at her apartment on the fashionable Avenue Montaigne, just opposite the grand Plaza-Athenee Hotel. Except for a very few visits to doctors and hospitals, she never again left this residence.
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