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Marlene Dietrich never threw away anything. She kept her good-luck
rag doll (it appeared with her in The Blue Angel and followed her
to dressing tables on every movie set). She kept the letters she
received from her lovers and her husband of fifty-three years. She
kept every article of clothing made for her by the great French
couturiers and the legendary Hollywood costume designers. She kept
everything. After Dietrich's death, all of the articles were
collected face=Calibri>- 25,000 objects and 18,000 images. Here,
her treasures are brought together in 289 photographs from her own
collection, with extended captions by her daughter, Maria Riva. We
see Dietrich across the years and roles of her life: a child, a
young actress in Berlin, a newlywed, a devoted American, a mother,
and of course, a glamorous Hollywood legend. An intimate look into
the life of an unforgettable star, Marlene Dietrich: Photographs
and Memories gifts fans with insights from Marlene herself.
From the wonderfully varied and witty mind of Marlene Dietrich
comes an alphabetised collection of her most zany, honest, and
heartfelt thoughts. Offering her take on a range of ideas, people,
and items, Marlene Dietrich's ABC is an unprecedented glimpse into
one of history's brightest and most enigmatic stars. Nothing is too
small or grand for Dietrich's unique eye. From her entry for
hardware store face=Calibri>- "I'd rather go to a hardware store
than to the opera" face=Calibri>- to her entry for egocentric -
"If he is a creative artist, forgive him" face=Calibri>- she
transforms both the mundane and the mysterious into snapshots of
her own spirit. Complete with photos from her vast career, Marlene
Dietrich's ABC is an unexpected and addicting treat. In this
edition Marlene offers her unique blend of wit, a sometimes mordant
humour, sensitivity and acute observations of the world as she has
known it and, to some extent, been shaped it. By blending the
absolutely practical with her whimsical, witty, poetic and
sometimes moving observations, Dietrich creates in yet another
field that special magic with which she has held the world
enthralled for decades.
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