Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich (1901 – 1992) was a German actress and singer. Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself, professionally and characteristically. In the Berlin of the 1920s, she acted on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola-Lola in The Blue Angel (1930), directed by Josef von Sternberg, brought her international fame and garnered her a contract with Paramount Pictures in the US.
Hollywood films such as Shanghai Express (1932) and Desire (1936) capitalised on her glamour and exotic looks, cementing her stardom and making her one of the highest-paid actresses of the era.
In 1939, she played cowboy saloon girl, Frenchie, in the classic western Destry Rides Again, opposite James Stewart. The bawdy role revived her career and
"The Boys in the Back Room", a song she introduced in the film, became a hit when she recorded it for Decca. She played similar types in Seven Sinners (1940) and The Spoilers (1942), both opposite John Wayne.
Although she still made occasional films in the post-war years, Dietrich spent most of the 1950s to the 1970s touring the world as a successful show performer.
In 1999, the American Film Institute named Marlene Dietrich the ninth-greatest actress of all time. [Wikipedia]
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| The Blue Angel (1930) |
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| The Blue Angel (1930) German poster |
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| Morocco (1930) |
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| Morocco (1930) |
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| Blonde Venus (1932) French poster |
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| Blonde Venus (1932) art by Charles Lennox Wright |
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| Shanghai Express (1932) German poster |
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| Shanghai Express (1932) Italian poster |
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| Shanghai Express (1932) French poster |
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| The Song of Songs (1933) |
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| The Scarlet Empress (1934) French poster |
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| The Scarlet Empress (1934) French poster |
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| The Devil is a Woman (1935) |
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| The Devil is a Woman (1935) |
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| Desire (1936) |
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| Desire (1936) |
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| The Garden of Allah (1936) Belgian poster |
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| The Garden of Allah (1936) French poster |
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| Angel (1937) |
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| Angel (1937) Belgian poster |
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| Knight Without Armor (1937) |
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| Knight Without Armor (1937) |
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| Destry Rides Again (1939) |
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| Seven Sinners (1940) Belgian poster |
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| Seven Sinners (1940) |
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| The Flame of New Orleans (1941) |
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| The Flame of New Orleans (1941) Belgian poster |
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| Manpower (1941) |
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| Pittsburgh (1942) |
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| The Spoilers (1942) |
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| Kismet (1944) German poster |
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| Kismet (1944) Italian poster |
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| Golden Earrings (1947) |
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| A Foreign Affair (1948) |
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| Stage Fright (1950) Italian poster |
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| Rancho Notorious (1952) |
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| Rancho Notorious (1952) Italian poster |
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| Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Italian poster |
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| Touch of Evil (1958) |
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| Just a Gigolo (1978) French poster |
Steve Lensman! It's not the first time I am visiting your blog, but when my old computer crashed more than 2 years ago, I lost all the bookmarks. When I discovered UMR, I had no clue that I have known your blog for quite a while! Wonderful posters on Dietrich, Monroe, Hepburn...
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, by the way, stands for Lupino ;O)
Hello Lupino, it's a small netverse after all!
ReplyDeleteYep before I started doing videos I was creating movie poster blogs and writing stuff at hubpages.
Thanks for checking these out, glad you liked them.
Looking at my Marlene page for the first time in ages these posters do look spectacular. I hope I've used some of them on my Dietrich video. :)
Thought you may not even read this comment, but glad you did :)
ReplyDeleteSpectacular is the right word, the question is was it the artist or the model?