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09 June 2011

Marlene Dietrich News Bytes

  • As missladiva already wrote, one of Marlene Dietrich's Destry Rides Again costumes is up for auction. See it here. According to that page "Public previews [are] at the Paley Center for Media, 465 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 [...] June 4-5, 8-12 and 15-17 [...] 12pm to 5pm," which I gather means you can take a gander at it for free if you can't afford the the $8,000 minimum bid. To those of you who admire Dietrich's collaborators, you may also enjoy gazing at the Travis Banton creations made for Rudolph Valentino, Carole Lombard, and Claudette Colbert (no Banton-Dietrich confections at this time, though).
  • Speaking of fashion, the Cristóbal Balenciaga Museoa in Getaria, Spain, which was inaugurated on June 7, will open to the public on June 10. Visit the museum's website in the language of your choice (English | español | Euskara | français) and see its YouTube channel. According to some articles, a Dietrich gown will be on display. If so, perhaps Marlene Dietrich Collection Berlin (MDCB) loaned it out? Maybe it's in one of the YouTube videos? I didn't see anything Dietrich-related when I searched the museum's site.
  • EDIT: See where Marlene Dietrich apparently lived when she arrived to [now West] Hollywood here.
  • Comments? Questions? More news?

1 comment:

  1. Hello Joseph...the Balenciaga museum and website is of great interest (with or without Dietrich gown). Love Romanesque Villa in [West] Hollywood where Marlene may or may not have lived. Your posts are a treasure-trove for Dietrich fans, Joseph.

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