The life-sized painting of Marlene Dietrich below was sold in San Francisco for $1, 000, 000 to singer Michael Jackson.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
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.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Marlene Dietrich Candid
Monday, December 3, 2012
Friday, November 23, 2012
Fraulein Wonder
A collection of performances by three German-speaking female vocalists--Zarah Leander, Hildegard Knef and Marlene Dietrich.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
A Dedication . . .
Here is a song dedicated to Marlene Dietrich--one of many over the years--Austrian tenor and occassional composer Richard Tuaber.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Dietrich as Covergirl
Here's a sampling of some of the innumerable magazine covers graced by Marlene Dietrich's iconic image--beginning in 1931 with Street & Smith's Picture Play pulp movie magazine, and lastly a hot-off-the-presses--2012--U. S. magazine, German World, published for an audience of German speakers and people interested in German history and culture.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
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