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1) Marlene
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A lush, dramatic biographical novel of one of the most glamorous and alluring legends of Hollywood's golden age, Marlene Dietrich-from the gender-bending cabarets of Weimar Berlin to the lush film studios of Hollywood, a sweeping story of passion, glamour, ambition, art, and war from the author of Mademoiselle Chanel.
Raised in genteel poverty after the First World War, Maria Magdalena Dietrich dreams of a life on the stage. When a budding career...
2) Marlene
Author
Pub. Date
1989.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A fascinating self-portrait of one of the greatest entertainers of Hollywood's golden age Film star. Cabaret sensation. Recording artist. Writer. Marlene Dietrich was nothing short of enchanting--and remains so as she chronicles her fabulous rise to stardom in Marlene . 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...
Author
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the landmark biography that tells the full-scale, riveting, and untold story of Marlene Dietrich.
Wildly entertaining, Maria Riva reveals the rich life of her mother in vivid detail, evoking Dietrich the woman, her legendary career, and her world. Opening with Dietrich's childhood in Berlin, we meet an energetic, disciplined, and ambitious young actress, whose own mother equated the stage with a world of vagabonds...
Author
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
From the stages of Berlin to anti-Nazi efforts and silver-screen stardom, Marlene Dietrich was an icon who embodied glamour and sophistication for audiences around the globe. In a grand and sweeping biography that will stand as the ultimate authority on this singular star, Steven Bach reveals the fascinating woman behind the myth. Based on six years of meticulous research and hundreds of interviews - including conversations with Dietrich - this is...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"At a chance encounter at a Berlin soirée in 1928, the photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt captures three very different women together in one frame: up-and-coming German actress Marlene Dietrich, who would wend her way into Hollywood as one of its lasting icons; Anna May Wong, the world's first Chinese American star, playing for bit parts while dreaming of breaking away from her father's modest laundry; and Leni Riefenstahl, whose work as a director...
10) Marlene
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Using hours of audio-only taped interviews, learn about this normally reclusive star, from her childhood to her marriage, collaborators, life, death, and the Holocaust.
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