Marlene Dietrich
Subtitle: life and legend
By: Steven Bach
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780816675845
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts; Entertainers; Biography
Description: "From the stages of Berlin to anti-Nazi efforts and silver-screen stardom, Steven Bach reveals the fascinating woman behind the myth surrounding Marlene Dietrich in a biography that will stand as the ultimate authority on a singular star. Based on six years of research and hundreds of interviews-including conversations with Dietrich-this is the life story of one of the century's greatest movie actresses and performers, an icon who embodied glamour and sophistication for audiences around the globe"--
Notes: "Originally published as Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1992)"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: A Note from the Author; title: OVERTURE; title: A Visit to the Theater: 1929; title: I. BERLIN; title: One. Beginnings: 1901-1918; title: Two. Weimar and Back: 1919-1921; title: Three. The Sorcerer's Apprentice: 1922-1927; title: Four. The Perfect Couple: 1923-1929; title: Five. Breakthrough: 1928-1929; title: Six. The Blue Angel: 1929; title: II. HOLLYWOOD; title: Seven. Fame: 1930-1931; title: Eight. Empress of Desire: 1931-1932; title: Nine. Apotheosis: 1933-1934; title: Ten. Tribute and Farewell: 1934-1935; title: Eleven. Saving Dietrich: 1935-1936; title: Twelve. Exile: 1937-1939; title: Thirteen. Phoenix: 1939-1941; title: Fourteen. Home Front: 1942-1943; title: Fifteen. Lili Marlene: 1944-1945; title: Sixteen. Survivor: 1946-1947; title: Seventeen. Pro: 1947-1950; title: Eighteen. Star Quality: 1950-1952; title: Nineteen. Solo: 1952-1954; title: Twenty. Back in Business: 1954-1958; title: Twenty-one. Helen of Troy: 1954-1958; title: Twenty-two. Odyssey: 1960-1967; title: Twenty-three. Queen of the World: 1967-1975; title: Twenty-four. Monstre Sacre;: 1976-1982; title: IV EXIT MUSIC; title: Coda: Allein in Einer Grossen Stadt: 1983-1992; title: Appendix A. Theater Chronology; title: Appendix B. Filmography; title: Appendix C. Discography; title: Acknowledgments; title: Source Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.