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267
-Let’s not fool: Lloyd Shearer, “Marlene Dietrich: How to be glamorous and happy at 55,”
Parade
, Aug. 2, 1959, p. 6.

267
-But enuff: “The Queen Is Not Amused,”
Show
, June 1963.

268
-I don’t ask: Ed McCarthy, “Marlene, You’re Incredible!”
This Week
, Nov. 29, 1959, p. 5.

268
-I didn’t really: Davidson,
art. cit
., p. 164.

268
-boring and: Payn and Morley, p. 419.

268
-You could say: Art Buchwald, “La Dietrich Great Anywhere She Goes,”
International Herald Tribune
, Dec. 13, 1959.

269
-a man who took:
Marlene
, pp. 230ff.

270
-She was in: Payn and Morley, p. 433.

270
-If they had: Sargeant,
art. cit
., p. 94.

271
-Who showed: Cited in “How Will Berlin Treat Marlene on Return?”,
New York Post
, March 21, 1960.

271
-An impudent wench: “Marlene Go Home! Briefe und Flügblätter zur Deutschlandtournee im Mai 1960,” Werner Sudendorf, ed.,
Marlene Dietrich: Dokumente, Essays, Filme
(Munich: Carl Hanser, 1977), vol. 1, pp. 20–21.

271
-Aren’t you:
Ibid
., p. 21.

272
-The major error: Jean Améry, “Die Künstlerin Dietrich und die Öffentliche Sache,” in Sudendorf,
op. cit
., pp. 15, 19.

272
-I am singing: Joseph Barry, “Marlene in Berlin: ‘Love and Hate,’ ”
New York Post
, May 2, 1960, p. 4.

273
-I am not: Joseph Barry, “Marlene Faces Her Toughest Audience,”
New York Post
, May 3, 1960, p. 8.

274
-Dear Marlene:
Life
, May 23, 1960.

274
-a woman who: Gaston Coblentz, “Marlene Dietrich on Stage in Berlin After 30 Years,”
New York Herald Tribune
, May 4, 1960.

275
-That’s the old: “Music: Suitcase in Berlin,”
Newsweek
, May 16, 1960, p. 80.

C
HAPTER
S
EVENTEEN

276
-never again: “Has Marlene ‘Had It’ in Germany?”
Variety
, June 15, 1960.

277
-As an actress: Roland Cosandey, ed.,
Chronique et filmographie, 40 ans du Festival internazionale del film Locarno
(Locarno, 1988), pp. 113, 115. Speaking in French, Dietrich said, “Comme actrice j’appartiens à l’album de souvenirs, et cet album reste muet.”

278
-He doesn’t look: Neil Rau, “ ‘Judgment’ Headache,”
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
, May 7, 1961.

278
-She came on: Quoted by Stanley Kramer to DS, May 8, 1991.

278
–79-a typical: Quoted in Seydel, p. 29.

279
-She really believed: Quoted in the
Evening Standard
(London), May 7, 1992, p. 5.

280
-The showmanship:
Variety
, April 17, 1974.

280
-Well, I would have: Rosalie MacRae, “Turning every head in Paris today,”
Daily Express
(London), April 23, 1962.

282
-a remarkable piece: Richard Buckle, ed.,
Self-Portrait with Friends: The Selected Diaries of Cecil Beaton, 1926–1974
(New York: Times Books, 1979), pp. 417–18 (diary entry for June 16, 1973).

282
-I give the audience: E.g.,
Newsweek
, Dec. 7, 1964.

283
-How have you:
New York Times
(Associated Press wire report), May 20, 1964.

283
-I have a:
New York Journal-American
(United Press International wire report), May 22, 1964.

283
-You must be:
New York Herald Tribune
, May 20, 1964.

283
–84-That horrible woman: Rex Reed, “Dietrich: She Just Wants to Be Alone,”
Los Angeles Times
, Jan. 8, 1973.

284
-You with the: Jim Sirmans, “Marlene Spectacular,”
Vogue
, February 1973, p. 201.

285
-You are all: “It’s Dietrich vs. Newsmen,”
Los Angeles Times
(Reuters), Feb. 1, 1975.

285
-It is not: Vivien Byerley to DS, June 12, 1990.

285
-the least enjoyable: Alexander H. Cohen to DS, March 31, 1990.

286
-She said repeatedly: Peter White to DS, Nov. 8, 1991.

286
-I told her: Frederick Combs to DS, June 12, 1991.

287
-at times intolerable: Sirmans,
art. cit
.

287
-How sweet: Radie Harris, “Broadway Ballyhoo,”
Hollywood Reporter
, July 28, 1972.

288
-All I demand: Payn and Morley, p. 653.

288
-Oh, he could: Reed,
art. cit.;
see also Lesley, p. 471.

289
-There was someone: Reed,
art. cit
.

289
-When he became:
Marlene
, pp. 241–42.

C
HAPTER
E
IGHTEEN

291
-a perfectionist: Stan Freeman,
New York Daily News
, May 7, 1992, p. 30.

291
-her quick eye: Hall,
art. cit
.

292
-I need the money: Reed,
art. cit
.

292
–93-chunks of indigestible:
Marlene
, p. 247.

293
-Poor Rudi: To Maximilian Schell, 1983.

298
-All her life: Dick Lemon, “Marlene Dietrich,”
People
, Sept. 3, 1984, p. 93.

299
-made herself: Hall,
art. cit
.

299
-I didn’t know: Hall,
Evening Standard
(London), May 7, 1992, p. 5.

300
-United Germany’s Joy:
New York Times
, Oct. 4, 1990, pp. 1, A8.

300
-I’m still nostalgic: Quoted in
New York Times
, Jan. 14, 1991, p. B4.

300
-Thanks a million: “Notes on People,”
New York Times
, Sept. 26, 1980.

301
-You have done it: Anthony Clavet, quoted by Robert Colbaugh to DS, Jan. 23, 1992.

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I
N ADDITION TO THE ARTICLES
,
ESSAYS AND INTER
views cited in the Notes, the following books were especially helpful.

Adressbuch für Berlin und seine Vororte:
1901, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1909. Berlin: Druck und Verlag.

Aherne, Brian.
A Proper Job
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Arce, Hector.
Gary Cooper: An Intimate Biography
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Aumont, Jean-Pierre.
Le Soleil et les Ombres
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———.
Souvenirs Provisoires
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Baker, Carlos.
Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story
. New York: Scribner, 1969.

Baxter, Peter, ed.
Sternberg
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Beaton, Cecil, and Kenneth Tynan.
Persona Grata
. London: Allan Wingate, 1953.

Beausoleil, Claude.
Promenade Modern Style
. Montreal: Editions Cul-Q, 1975.

Behlmer, Rudy.
America’s Favorite Movies: Behind the Scenes
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———, ed.
Memo from David O. Selznick
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Best, Katherine, and Katharine Hillyer.
Las Vegas: Playtown U.S.A
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Bogdanovich, Peter.
Fritz Lang in America
. London: Studio Vista, 1967.

Bosworth, Patricia.
Montgomery Clift: A Biography
. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978.

Brady, Frank.
Citizen Welles
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Brownlow, Kevin.
The Parade’s Gone By
. New York: Knopf, 1968.

Bruno, Michael.
Venus in Hollywood
. New York: Lyle Stuart, 1970.

Brynner, Rock.
Yul: The Man Who Would Be King
. New York: Berkley, 1991.

Buckle, Richard, ed.
Self Portrait with Friends: The Selected Diaries of Cecil Beaton, 1926–1974
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Buxton, Frank, and Bill Owen.
The Big Broadcast, 1920–1950
. New York: Viking, 1972.

Carné, Marcel.
La Vie à Belles Dents
. Paris: Jean-Vuarnet, 1979.

Castle, Charles.
Oliver Messel
. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1986.

Chevalier, Maurice.
With Love
. New York: Bantam, 1960.

Chierichetti, David.
Hollywood Director
. New York: Curtis Books, 1973.

Colman, Juliet Benita.
Ronald Colman
. New York: Morrow, 1975.

Colpet, Max.
Sag mir, wo die Jahre sind
. Munich: Georg Müller, 1981.

Cosandey, Roland, ed.
Chronique et filmographie, 40 ans du Festival internazionale del film Locarno
. Locarno: The Film Festival Printery, 1988.

Coslow, Sam.
Cocktails for Two
. New Rochelle: Arlington House, 1977.

Crawford, Cheryl.
One Naked Individual
. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1977.

Davis, Bette.
The Lonely Life
. New York: Putnam, 1962.

de Navacelle, Thierry.
Sublime Marlene
. London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1984.

Dickens, Homer.
The Films of Marlene Dietrich
. Secaucus, N.J.: Citadel, 1968.

Dietrich, Marlene.
Ich bin, Gott sei Dank, Berlinerin
. Frankfurt: Ullstein, 1987.

———.
Marlene
(trans. Salvatore Attanasio). New York: Grove Press, 1989.

———.
Marlène D
. (trans. Boris Mattews and Françoise Ducout). Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1984.

———.
Marlene Dietrich’s ABC
(rev. ed.). New York: Frederick Ungar, 1984.

———.
Nehmt nur mein Leben . . . Reflexionen
. Munich: Bertelsmann, 1979.

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