Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on August 11, 2023

I’m always in the mood for Marlene Dietrich. I don’t care if she’s speaking English, French, or German, whether the film is a pre-Code, film noir, or western – black and white or in color – or whether she’s the star or playing a supporting role. Whatever it is, I’m...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 18, 2022

In the case of his excursions into historical drama, director Joseph Von Sternberg only used the past as a kind of malleable tableau on which to impart his own creative vision. Once more the cornerstone of this vision is Marlene Dietrich, and she is poised to become the greatest monarch...   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by Margaret Perry on December 16, 2016

This post was originally written for my MA Film and Literature course “Cold War Culture: Literature, Film, Theory in Cold War Europe” at the University of York (lecturer Dr. Erica Sheen).  The most poignant line Marlene Dietrich has in A Foreign Affair is when she asks her American army   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on August 21, 2015

Summer Under the Stars, August 22: Marlene Dietrich It was 1929, and Marlene Dietrich was appearing on the Berlin stage when Austrian-American film director Josef von Sternberg first caught sight of her. Something in her attitude intrigued him and he thought she might be right for the female lead i   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on August 21, 2015

Summer Under the Stars, August 22: Marlene Dietrich It was 1929, and Marlene Dietrich was appearing on the Berlin stage when Austrian-American film director Josef von Sternberg first caught sight of her. Something in her attitude intrigued him and he thought she might be right for the female lead i   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on August 21, 2015

Summer Under the Stars, August 22: Marlene Dietrich It was 1929, and Marlene Dietrich was appearing on the Berlin stage when Austrian-American film director Josef von Sternberg first caught sight of her. Something in her attitude intrigued him and he thought she might be right for the female lead i   read more

Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on March 6, 2015

Good news for the many Carole Lombard fans in the Washington, D.C. area where I once resided: Two of her cinematic classics will be shown over the next few days at the American Film Institute's Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Md., just north of the District line. "Nothing Sacred" (1937),...   read more