Here together at the studios of Dot Records in the late 1950s-early 1960s.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Friday, August 9, 2013
Blue Angel on Arte, 2002
A French-language edition of the French/German arts television channel Arte's weekly guide and schedule:
Friday, July 19, 2013
Marlene and Max
A press photo of Dietrich with Judgment at Nuremburg co-star Maximilian Schell, during filming in 1961.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Friday, June 7, 2013
Marlene on the Radio
Here with Cecile B. DeMille and Clark Gable during a performance for Lux Radio Theater of "The Legionnaire and the Lady" (basis for the film Morocco) in the early 1930s. (In the film version she played opposite Gary Cooper--Dietrich never made a film with Gable.) (From the library of Gene Ringgold.)
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Dietrich in 1938 and 1963
On the French Riviera . . .
And on a visit to the White House in 1963. (Pictured here with J. F. K. aide Dave Powers.)
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Marlene the B-24
Below is the World War II U. S. Army Air Corps. B-24 bomber christened "Marlene" and illustrated with Dietrich and her legs.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Das gab's nur einmal
"It Only Happened Once." An Austrian film programme for the 1958 nostalgic documentary on German films.
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Dietrich Drawn
Along with Hans Albers, Willy Fritsch, Kathe von Nagy, Gustav Frolich and Zarah Leander from the same era, by German artist F. Meizel.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
A Letter from Marlene Dietrich
Below is a brief letter from Dietrich to German artist Kurt Winkler (bottom), who'd obtained a recording of a song ("Wegen dir mein Freund") by Claire Waldoff for her.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Dietrich's Daughter
A theater program for the Broadway play "Tea and Sympathy" from the 1950s, with Marlene Dietrich's daughter Maria Riva appearing with Alan Baxter.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Live in 1975
A still taken during Dietrich's live concert performance in the "Molokai" showroom at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii on May 1st, 1975. This was one of the performances Dietrich gave in the series of concerts advertised in the flyer posted earlier.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Marlene Dietrichová
Dietrich on the cover of a Czechoslovakian periodical immediately after World War II, during her time with the U. S. Army, when she routinely sang "Lilli Marleen" and other favorites for Allied soldiers in Europe and North Africa.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
On the Cover Again
On the cover of the American Film Institutes Quarterly journal AFI Report, from Winter 1973, to accompany an article on women in film. The image is from the 1934 film The Scarlet Empress.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Dietrich's Ghosts
Marlene Dietrich on the cover of Erica Carter's 2004 book Dietrich's Ghosts: The Sublime and the Beautiful in Third Reich Film. The picture is from the early 1930s.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Marlene Dietrich in Honolulu
A promotional flyer for a series of four concerts Marlene Dietrich did at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel's Hawaii Ballroom in 1975.
After this engagement Dietrich went on to perform in Mexico and Australia.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Saturday, March 2, 2013
In London, 1964
Friday, March 1, 2013
Swedish Biographies
From a series published in the late 1940s. Below the edition dedicated to Marlene Dietrich are two more on Swedish actresses Greta Garbo and Zarah Leander.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Dietrich Pass in Alaska
Named after Marlene Dietrich, and changed back to Atigun Pass in the late 1970s. At bottom is a certificate for Dietrich Camp near Dietrich pass.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Covergirl
Marlene Dietrich--along with Garbo, Marilyn Monroe, Kim Novak and Eva Gardner--on the cover of a French coffee-table book.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Original Gravestone
Below is the original gravestone placed at Marlene Dietrich's grave in Berlin. It has since been replaced.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Life-Sized
The life-sized painting of Marlene Dietrich below was sold in San Francisco for $1, 000, 000 to singer Michael Jackson.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Costumes by Mago
Below: Dietrich with German costume designer Mago, who did her costumes for Just a Gigolo,and a sketch of a costume by Mago for a Swedish production of "A Little Night Music," with Zarah Leander.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Saturday, January 5, 2013
If you want to see a star . . .
A collection of songs performed by four female vocalists Marika Rökk, Zarah Leander, Marlene Dietrich and Hildegard Knef, released by Polydor in England in the late 1960s.
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