PREFACE: OOPS! On June 7, I accidentally posted an entry when I merely meant to update labels. Sorry about that!
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| The Song of Song's Lily may be bad, but she's perfectly good at it |
Thank you everyone who responded to my Horseathon entry. A
few of you expressed surprise that horses appeared in so many Marlene Dietrich
movies, and I didn’t even get halfway through her filmography! Picking up from
where I left off, I will elaborate on my third group of Dietrich movies, the
Europeans, but I'd like to hype some of the other topics I'll be raising this month. Between June 18-22, I'll participate in the second annual Queer Film Blogathon, hosted by Garbo Laughs. Last year, I wrote an entry in which I began to articulate thoughts that had been vague considerations in my head about the homophobia in Maria Riva's book. Whether I address a similar topic or examine Dietrich's movies, I'm not sure. Another topic that I have put on the back burner pertains to Greta Garbo. I plan to write a Dietrich vs. Garbo series by pitting their movies against each other, and you can expect at least one such post some time this month because I have folders brimming with Dishonored and Mata Hari screen captures that I'd like to delete from my hard drive. Now, let's race through the topic at hand. . . .
