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The photograph below, taken by Erika Stone appears with kind permission.
© Erika Stone
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| Circus Opening, New York, 1952 © Erika Stone |
The two photographs below, taken by Andrew Davidhazy appear with kind permission.
© Andrew Davidhazy
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Gunnars and I wanted to bring some "culture" to our school and decided that
an interview with Marlene Dietrich might
just do the trick. So after her
performance we went backstage and asked the doorman if he would relay to Marlene
Dietrich
a request from us two high school "kids" for a brief interview. He
disappeared backstage and we waited in the dingy room
for good news. After a
few minutes he returned and said that Ms. Dietrich was too busy and would not
be available. We
were disheartened but once back outside noticed that across the
street there was a flower shop. We pooled our money together
(about $40) and
proceeded to buy a dozen red long stem roses and returned backstage. We asked
the doorman if he would
deliver the flowers to Miss Dietrich and ask again
on our behalf is she might have just a few minutes to spare for us.
He
disappeared into the maze that was backstage. After maybe 5 minutes this
time he returned with a smile on his face and
said: "Miss Dietrich will
meet with you". We were obviously elated and excited that out "trick" had
worked like a charm!
She was most gracious and spent a good 1/2 hour with
us after I made a quick photo of her with a twin-lens reflex camera
while
she was still in costume and then I listened in during the interview. When
this was over we left and we then spent
a little time with the rest of her
troupe.
Finally, as we were leaving through the backstage area I noticed that
she
had changed into a white knitted outfit and was sitting on some boxes under the
light from a solitary lightbulb
hanging from the ceiling. I "saw" the
potential of the situation and immediately made two exposures with my Leica
IIg
camera guessing at the exposure I am sure. Of the two exposures this one
is the better and I think it conveys the "essence"
of Marlene who "glows"
even in the dreariest of surroundings.
Andrew Davidhazy.
See 'Interviews & Articles' page.
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| Colonial Theatre, Boston Jan 16th-29th 1961 © Andrew Davidhazy |
The photograph by Emil Orlik (1870-1932) below, appears with kind permission.
© Emil Orlik
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| With Resel Orla c.1923 © Emil Orlik |
The photograph below by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) appears courtesy of the Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby's.
© Cecil Beaton.
The three photographs below appear with kind permission.
Photographer unknown at this time.
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| Basil Rathbone's 11th Wedding Anniversary party held at the Victor Hugo Restaurant in Beverly Hills. |
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| Marlene Dietrich with Basil R. at a 1939 party the Rathbones gave in honour of Arthur Rubenstein |
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| MD & BR visit each other during the filming of Destry Rides Again (MD) & Tower of London (BR) |
Scene from 'Morocco' with Gary Cooper 1930.
Photographer unknown at this time.
The photograph below by Milton H. Greene appears with kind permission.
© 2007 Joshua Greene
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The photograph below by John Rawlings (1912-1970) appears with kind permission.
© John Rawlings
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| U.S. Vogue/photo: © John Rawlings/1944. |
The 5 photographs below appear courtesy of The Windham Archive.
© The Windham Archive
The Windham Archive
Sergei Eisenstein, Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich c.1930.
© Russian Photographer
The two photographs below appear courtesy of Patrizia di Cartantica.
The photograph below appears courtesy of Mirrorpix.
© Mirrorpix
The photograph below, taken by Peter Riva at the Queen's Theatre, London appears with special permission.
© Peter Riva/M. Dietrich, Inc.
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Marlene with Claudia McNeil backstage in Edinburgh, photograph by Peter Basch.
© Peter Basch
The photograph below of Marlene and Maria was taken by Josef von Sternberg c.1930.
© Josef von Sternberg
The photograph below was taken by Santi Visalli and appears with kind permission from Ivon Visalli.
© Santi Visalli Photography, Inc.
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The two photographs below were taken by E.O.Hoppé and appear with special permission from the E.O.Hoppé Estate. The Marlene
portrait was taken in 1931 and the production photograph below it, was taken in 1929 during the making of “Ich küsse
Ihre Hand, Madame” (“I Kiss Your Hand, Madam”) at the UFA studios.
© E.O. Hoppé Estate | Curatorial Assistance, Inc.
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| © E.O. Hoppé Estate | Curatorial Assistance, Inc. |
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| © E.O. Hoppé Estate | Curatorial Assistance, Inc. |
Maria Callas meets Marlene at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
© Filmmuseum Berlin - Deutsche Kinematek.
Photographer unknown at this time.
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The three photographs below were taken by Elliott Landy and appear with kind permission.
© Elliott Landy
'It was the opening night party for her one woman Broadway show, but I don't know which one it was, the first or the
second one. There were so many photographers there and they all kept shooting and shooting with intense flashbulbs popping
off. She put up her arms, asking them to stop. I stopped, but most others did not. So she just got down and crawled under
the table for a while. Then when she came out, we started again, but I only took one photo out of respect to her wishes'.
'I was surprised when no one, or barely no one listened to her asking them to stop. But then I wasn't used to doing that
kind of photography so I expected humane responses'. - Elliott Landy 2008
www.landyvision.com
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