Marlene Dietrich

 I mean this in the nicest way... she was a piece of work.  Frankly, very few have crafted their image more carefully than Dietrich.  She didn't coincidentally say or do much of anything.  It was all part of her grand design.  Believe it or not, she was a little bit shy, sometimes withdrawn, occasionally easily hurt.  She could also be hurtful, forthright, maddening, haughty, tough, controlling and unsurprisingly frank about who she was and who she wasn't.  Kind, thoughtful, savvy, glittering.

From the 1950s: Scaramouche

1952 Adventure

From MGM

Directed by George Sidney

Starring

Stewart Granger

Eleanor Parker

Janet Leigh

Mel Ferrer

Henry Wilcoxon

Nina Foch

Richard Anderson

Robert Coote

Lewis Stone

From the 1940s... Tin Pan Alley

1940 Musical

From 20th Century Fox

Directed by Walter Lang

Starring

Alice Faye

Betty Grable

Jack Oakie

John Payne

Allen Jenkins

John Loder

The Nicholas Brothers

Elisha Cook Jr.

Billy Gilbert

Cliff Robertson

When he won his Oscar he commented that he had never even been invited to the ceremonies before because he was never considered important enough.  He never forgot that.. and for good reason.

From the 1950s: Miss Sadie Thompson

1953 Drama

From Columbia Pictures

Directed by Curtis Bernhardt

Starring

Rita Hayworth

José Ferrer

Aldo Ray

Russell Collins

Harry Bellaver

Wilton Graff

Peggy Converse

Charles Bronson

Henry Slate

Rudy Bond

RIP Arlene Dahl

Arlene Dahl has died.  She was 96.  The world is a little less beautiful.