In the early days of World War II, Marlene Dietrich, one of the biggest stars to ever come out of Berlin, courageously chose to give up her German citizenship to help the Allied war effort. “Hitler is ...
The 20th century gave rise to one of the most enduring symbols of admiration and derision: The celebrity. Our technology may have advanced, but the desire for images and proximity to celebrities has ...
Marlene Dietrich’s greatest performance — or certainly her most volcanic, bilious, and indignant — occurs in a film in which the screen deity insisted she be invisible. At the age of 80, deep into her ...
One of the most glamorous creatures ever to grace the silver screen is back in pictures at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. A dazzling new exhibition features dozens of photographs of ...