Search results for ""Author Marlene Dietrich""
The University Press of Kentucky Marlene
Film star. Cabaret sensation. Recording artist. Writer. Marlene Dietrich was nothing short of enchanting face=Calibri>– and remains so even today. In this book she chronicles her fabulous rise to stardom. From her early career in Germany as a chorus girl to her breakout role as Lola in The Blue Angel to her courageous wartime tours, Dietrich recounts a life that captivates on the page just as she smouldered on the screen. She writes passionately of her friends face=Calibri>– including Charlie Chaplin, Orson Welles, and Edith Piaf, among many others face=Calibri>– and she shares memories of what she calls her greatest accomplishment: entertaining the Allied troops during World War II.A sustained expression of her bold, sophisticated style, Marlene reminds us why Dietrich remains an international icon and a true Hollywood legend.
£18.82
The University Press of Kentucky Marlene Dietrich: Photographs and Memories
Marlene Dietrich never threw away anything. She kept her good-luck rag doll (it appeared with her in The Blue Angel and followed her to dressing tables on every movie set). She kept the letters she received from her lovers and her husband of fifty-three years. She kept every article of clothing made for her by the great French couturiers and the legendary Hollywood costume designers. She kept everything.After Dietrich's death, all of the articles were collected face=Calibri>– 25,000 objects and 18,000 images. Here, her treasures are brought together in 289 photographs from her own collection, with extended captions by her daughter, Maria Riva. We see Dietrich across the years and roles of her life: a child, a young actress in Berlin, a newlywed, a devoted American, a mother, and of course, a glamorous Hollywood legend. An intimate look into the life of an unforgettable star, Marlene Dietrich: Photographs and Memories gifts fans with insights from Marlene herself.
£40.00
