Entertainment & Arts
A revealing portrait emerges from hours of interviews with Dietrich and with those who knew her well.
May 17, 2011
Book review: Charlotte Chandler’s ‘Marlene: Marlene Dietrich, A Personal Biography’
Movies
Hollywood Museum exhibits Marlene Dietrich auction items
March 22, 2014
A 1955 letter to Marlene Dietrich from Ernest Hemingway, which begins with the author referring to the legendary actress as “Dearest Kraut,” one of Dietrich’s blue and black double breasted tuxedos, a late 19th-century Swiss cylinder music box, several of the star’s powder compacts and even a Kermit the Frog watch are among the rare items from Dietrich’s estate being auctioned for the first time.
Somebody once asked John Wayne--who did four pictures with Marlene Dietrich and was one of her many lovers--if he had his life to live over again, would he still want to be a film star, and he said: “Yeah, sure, as long as I wasn’t a woman.”
Sept. 27, 1992
Real Estate
The 6,167-square-foot Mediterranean Revival-style house, designed by L.G.
April 20, 2017
Books
Ernest Hemingway’s racy (and funny) letter to Marlene Dietrich
March 11, 2014
A Little Holmby home with an Old Hollywood connection has listed for sale at $6.495 million.
A Little Holmby home where actress and singer Marlene Dietrich once lived is on the market for $5.995 million.
June 30, 2016
Marlene Dietrich was a movie legend, a mysterious beauty, a seductive chanteuse.
Jan. 23, 1992