Evening star., 1948-02-22
French Films
More Adult.
|Marlene Says
By Howard G. Heyn
HOLLYWOOD.

| By Howard c. Heyn
| HOLLYWOOD.
Marlene Dietrich is going back to
Paris. The roles Hollywood has to
offer simply aren't lusty enough.
TITS the censorship" she sighed.
For my type, most OF the stories
here are impossible. I need robust
roles. Insipid glamour bores me.
Abroad, pictures are made for
| ADULTS" s@7s.sseges =-s
The soldiers favorits actress Is
past 10 and soon to become a grand
mother. For three years she
ploughed through the mud and
wreckage Of war to entertain the
troops. She got sick several times
\ But she always went back to her
GIs.
Miss D. CHATS what they call her
on movie sets) is still kissing the
GIs for the photographers. Shes
still as provocative as any woman
ON the screen.
II hate vulgarity as much as any
person." she declared. But life
isn't vulgar, only the manner In
which 1t is sometimes portrayed"
A sinapler Person.
The war didn't exactly make q
philosopher Of Miss D.. but she's
more thoughtful these days. And
q simpler person. Ten years ago
1t took six stewards to get her 40
pieces Of luggage aboard ship. Now
she has things stored over half the
world. She owns no house any,
where. In Hollywood she lives in
a furnished apartment and keeps
her personal possessions to a
minimum.
The war also altered her opinion
of American men. Back in 1886
she observed, I'm sure there must
be many charming young men in
this country, but, unfortunately. II
haven't met any"
But by 1899 she had become an
American citizen. And now she
says, 'The American men I knew
10 years ago were in Hollywood or
New York; they were q long way
from being representative Of Amer
lea. I don't think I knew the real
American until the years ds43-1946)
I was associated with the boys in
uniform overseas"
When Miss Dietrich isn't working
in Hollywood she gets out OF town
fast.
"Y0ur Brain Gets Fat"
I'm chiefly interested in people
who don't have everything she
said. I'm Hollywood too many peo-
pie have too much. When you have
too much your brain gets fat"
Nothing visible about Miss Diet
rich appears fat When she reached
Hollywood in 1881 with Joe Stern
(Joseph Won Sternberg) she was a
round-faced, slightly pudgy German
girl. But by the time Stern had
spread the word that she was intel
ligent as we'll as beautiful, Miss D.
had become sleek, sophisticated,
hauntingly gaunt She stayed that
way.
Early sources place her birthday
in 1902; later references give 1904
But 43 or 45-what's the difference
when you look 81?
In her current assignment, "A
Foreign Affair" she plays what
amounts to the second lead: A Nazi
cafe singer in postwar Berlin.
Films for Adults. {,
IF the story Is, unreal or the
players unsuiteG 1abt even Holly
woods best techhidues can save a
picture" she asserted. I'm France,
with very little equipment, they Z.
make good pictures. They make
pictures for adults. II ,s44aF
I'm Hollywood it is almost i'm
possible to avoid censorship because
the American rcinema Is based on
family appeal"
Is that bad2., Well, no. says Miss
I'm not in favor of changing this
system entirely. I only say such
fare is not best for me- That is why
I prefer to work in France or Eng
land"
But she's perfectly willing to re-
turn to Hollywood when appropriate
scripts are available. Hollywood
salaries, too, are widely recognized
lure. French films, made with little
equipment, also are made with little
Miss Dietrich's only other Ameri-
can picture since the war is Golden
Earrings" She found time in 1916
to make Martin Roumagnac' in
Paris with Jean Cabin. the French
star. In April she is scheduled to
return to Paris for lie Bile en-
Herbe" II