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Marlene Dietrich: The Glamour Collection
Undeniably one of the most beautiful and dazzling actresses to ever grace the silver screen, Marlene Dietrich was renowned for her sultry voice and her alluring "bedroom eyes." This unprecedented 5-movie collection pays homage to the legendary Oscar®-nominated leading lady whose extraordinary talents revolutionized cinema and inspired passion in audiences around the globe. See Marlene in her American movie debut as a glamorous cabaret singer in Morocco; experience the heart-wrenching anguish of...
Universal Hollywood Icons Collection: Marlene Dietrich (Blonde Venus / Desire / Angel / Seven Sinners)
Universal Hollywood Icons Collection spotlights the glamorous, magnetic and bold Marlene Dietrich with four of her most unforgettable films. An undeniable screen presence no matter the role, Dietrich shines as a nightclub singer in Blonde Venus , incites passion in Desire , reveals her dramatic prowess in Angel and illuminates an island outpost in Seven Sinners . Notwithstanding her "bedroom eyes" and seductive voice, Dietrich's true power was holding the audience captive with every moment. Re-...
The Devil Is a Woman
The glamorous Marlene Dietrich stars in The Devil is a Woman , an alluring romance set in the port town of Seville at the turn of the century. During carnival week, the blood of enemies and the passion of lovers run hot when a new woman (Dietrich) comes between a young revolutionary (Cesar Romero) and his old friend (Lionel Atwill). Directed by two-time Academy Award nominee Josef Von Sternberg, this is the film that Marlene Dietrich was most proud of, as she said, “I was the most beautiful.”
The Song of Songs
Starring one of Hollywood’s most glamorous screen legends, Marlene Dietrich, The Song of Songs is the shocking story of Lily, a beautiful but naive peasant girl who is lured into posing as a nude model for aspiring sculptor Richard (Brian Aherne). Their working relationship quickly develops into a passionate love affair but, unable to commit himself to marriage, Richard abandons Lily and she is forced to marry a lecherous baron (Lionel Atwill) who has bribed her aunt.
Desire
Screen legends Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper star in this comedic drama Desire about a crime spree that leads to love. In the most elaborate jewel heist in European history, the beautiful and conniving “Countess” Madeline (Dietrich) embezzles a small fortune of pearls. As she makes her getaway to Spain to deliver the hot goods, her escape is thwarted by car trouble, until a handsome and likable young tourist (Cooper) helps her out. She shows her gratitude by leaving the unsuspecting good...
Dishonored
One of the most famous and influential star-director collaborations in the history of cinema, Marlene Dietrich and Josef von Sternberg made seven features together which immortalized the actress as a glamorous and enigmatic movie siren while confirming the director’s reputation as a supreme stylist of mood, atmosphere and eroticism through his dazzling command of the medium. Inspired by the exploits of the famous World War I spy Mata Hari, Dishonored is a striking espionage thriller about a...
Flame of New Orleans
Undeniably one of the most glamorous actresses to ever grace the silver screen, Marlene Dietrich stars as the impoverished Countess Claire Ledoux in Flame of New Orleans . With only one thing on her mind – to marry a mean of means – Ledoux’s engagement to Charles Giraud (Roland Young) appeared to be smooth seas ahead… until Captain Robert Latour (Bruce Cabot) stormed into town and took the wind out of her sails. Though it would take fainting spells and double identities to delay and disguise...
Angel
Marlene Dietrich stars as the unfaithful wife of a foreign diplomat in the sophisticated comedy Angel directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Lady Maria Barker (Dietrich) has the perfect life: a famous husband (Herbert Marshall), a stately English manor, and endless trips abroad. Unfortunately, the one thing that is missing - her husband's attention - leads to a short-lived affair with a dashing British stranger (Melvyn Douglas) in Paris who knows her only by the name "Angel". Though she tries to put the...
A Foreign Affair
Starring Jean Arthur and Marlene Dietrich, A Foreign Affair is a cynical satire that mirrors the bewildering moral climate of the late 1940s. Phoebe Frost (Arthur), an upright Republican member of Congress, travels to Berlin to look into reports of corruption among the occupying American forces. She enlists an army captain (John Lund) in her crusade and finds herself falling for him, unaware that he is the man romantically involved with a German cabaret singer Dietrich) who can lead army...
The Spoilers (1942)
John Wayne and Randolph Scott duke it out for Marlene Dietrich’s love in this riotous Western set in an Alaskan boomtown. When ship captain Roy Glennister (Wayne) finds out he’s been duped out of a mine claim by the smooth-talking Alexander McNamara (Scott), he turns to a sassy saloon singer named Cherry Malotte (Dietrich) for help in stopping the land-grabbing thug. But revenge soon turns to romance as Cherry and Roy discover sparks in the cold frontier boomtown. When McNamara makes a pass of...