With a sexual ambiguity that only added to her allure, legendary screen siren Marlene Dietrich was for a time cinema's highest-paid actress. American audiences, however, never truly embraced her, and her movie career waxed and waned with the public's affection. But ever the performer, Dietrich was usually touring in her stage show when not making films.Born Dec. 27, 1901, in Berlin, Dietrich was a popular German cabaret performer in the 1920s when she caught the eye of director Josef von Sternberg, who cast her in his 1930 film The Blue Angel. This led to a contract with Paramount and a role in Morocco, earning her an Oscar nomination and overnight stardom.
Other important films for Dietrich include Shanghai Express (1932), Destry Rides Again (with James Stewart), Fritz Lang's Rancho Notorious (1952) and Orson Welles's Touch of Evil (1958). She died May 6, 1992, at age 90.
Witness for the ProsecutionBased on an Agatha Christie play, this Oscar-nominated mystery directed and co-written by Billy Wilder concerns an esteemed and aging lawyer (Charles Laughton). On the eve of retiring, he takes on the defense of an alleged murderer (Tyrone Power, in his final film performance) accused of killing a... Read More
The Scarlet EmpressMarlene Dietrich stars as Sophia Frederica, a young German princess who uses her cunning and sexual prowess to seize Russia's throne from her ineffective husband, Peter (Sam Jaffe), and rule the land as Catherine the Great. Josef Von Sternberg directs this fabulously sumptuous production that stars... Read More
Stage FrightAlfred Hitchcock takes Selwyn Jepson's novel, preserves all the thrills from the page and adds a dash of his own. Eve Gil (Jane Wyman), a drama student studying in London, learns that a friend, John Cooper (Richard Todd), has been implicated in the death of the husband of his lover, actress... Read More
Destry Rides AgainJimmy Stewart stars as Tom Destry, a tough lawman who doesn't like guns. And that could pose a problem when a saloon owner and a corrupt mayor plan to rob the local cowpokes blind, with the help of crooked waitress Frenchy (Marlene Dietrich). Dietrich hits a career peak with her rendition of "See... Read More
The SpoilersProspectors strike gold in Alaska, and all hell breaks loose. Mine owner Roy Glennister (John Wayne) and barkeep Cherry Malotte (Marlene Dietrich) fight to protect their financial interests from the onslaught of crooked local politicos. Among them is Alexander MacNamara (Randolph Scott), who wants... Read More
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All You Need Is Love (2008) | NR | |
Hollywood Rivals Collection (2005) | NR | |
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Marlene (1984) | UR | |
Black Fox (1963) | NR | |
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Touch of Evil (1958) | NR | |
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | NR | |
Around the World in 80 Days (1956) | G | |
Stage Fright (1950) | NR | |
The Spoilers (1942) | NR | |
Pittsburgh / The Conqueror (1942) | NR | |
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Destry Rides Again (1939) | NR | |
The Garden of Allah (1936) | NR | |
The Scarlet Empress (1934) | NR | |
Shanghai Express (1932) | NR | |
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Morocco (1930) | NR | |
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