Friday, August 19, 2011

Dietrich Live on Musical Saw

In a radio broadcast from Munich, towards the end of the Second World War, performing for the U.S.O. (In addition to singing, Dietrich was also a skilled violinist.)

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Der blaue engel (1930)

Here is a complete reproduction of a 1930 special extra-long (sixteen pages as opposed to the usual eight) souvenir edition of the German (Berlin) Illustrieter Film-Kurier (No. 1381), with a page of musical notation for the song "Falling in Love Again," as well as stills, plot information, and et cetera.

Also the cover of the regular edition (also with the number 1381), which has Dietrich as Lola as well as Jannings as the Professor (where the special edition has only Jannings).

(These images, by the way, are all very nicely reproduced in the book available from Lulu.com.)


    


 







Still Iconic

Proof that Marlene Dietrich remains an enduring popular icon--a friend in France sent us an image of this painting by an unknown artist, which turned up recently in a Paris art market:


(Thanks to Remi.)