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Videos                                                 
Please note: These videos are available on the US Market in NTSC format ONLY (NTSC is the standard video-tape format in the US) The only exception is Das Zweite Leben der Marlene which is available in PAL and NTSC.          
                  

Morocco, directed by von Sternberg, 1930, co-starring Gary Cooper, MCA collection - 1hr 32 mins, black and white, not rated. Dietrich's first US release! Provocative.

 

 
Dishonored
, directed by von Sternberg, 1931, co-starring Victor McLaglen, MCA collection - 1hr 31 mins, black and white, not rated. Early quality film, hardly remembered, but worth seeing - very.

 

 
Shanghai Express
, directed by von Sternberg, 1932, co-starring Clive Brook, MCA collection - 1hr 22 mins, black and white, not rated. Probably the best von Sternberg film with Dietrich.
 
       

Blonde Venus, directed by von Sternberg, 1932 co-starring Cary Grant,MCA collection - 1hr 34 mins, black and white, not rated. A romp. Grant is serious, Dietrich is having fun.

 

 
Scarlet Empress
, directed by von Sternberg, 1934, MCA collection - 1hr 45 mins, black and white, not rated. Dietrich at her imperious best.

 

 
Destry Rides Again, directed by G. Marshall, 1939, co-starring Jimmy Stewart, MCA collection - 1hr 35 mins, black and white, not rated. Okay, so you know this has the knock-down bar fight. Dietrich tries to floor Jimmy!

 

 
Pittsburgh
, directed by L. Seiler, 1942, co-starring John Wayne, MCA collection - 1hr 32 mins, black and white, not rated. Their second film together.

 

 

Golden Earrings, directed by M. Leisen, 1947, co-starring Ray Milland, MCA collection - 1hr 35 mins, black and white, not rated. Ray Milland is great and Dietrich plays the easy gypsy.

 

 

Das Zweite Leben der Marlene, directed by Christian Bauer, 1995, Tangram Films, Munich - 45 mins, color, not rated. The story of the Dietrich Archive and its journey to Berlin.

 

 
The Spoilers, directed by Ray Enright, co-starring John Wayne and Randolf Scott, 1942, MCA Collection -- 1 hr 28 mins. God and Greed in the Alaskan gold rush of the 1890's.

 

 
Kismet, directed by William Dieterle, co-starring Ronald Coleman, 1943, MGM/UA Home Video -- 1hr 40 mins. The famous scene where Dietrich is painted gold, head to toe.

 

Stage Fright, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, co-starring Jane Wyman, Micheal Wilding and Richard Todd, 1950, WB -- 1 hr 50 mins. One of Marlene's greatest roles, the surprise will grab you. A Hitchcock thriller.
 

No Highway in the Sky, directed by Henry Koster, co-starring Jimmy Stewart, 1951, 20th Century Fox -- 1 hr 38 mins. Jimmy Stewart as the boffin, Marlene as the passenger who's life he wants to save. A good movie!
 

Around the World in 80 Days, directed by Michael Todd, co-starring... well, hald of Hollywood!, 1956, WB -- 2 hrs. 59 mins. A wonderful David Niven and a half dozen of Marlenes good friends... a fun movie for fans and family alike.
 

Judgement at Nuremburg, directed by Stanley Kramer, co-starring Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Judy Garland, Maximillian Schell and Montgomery Clift, 1961, MGM/UA Home Video -- 3 hrs. 6 mins. A strong performance in which Marlene plays her mother.
    

Ship of Lost Men, directed by Maurice Tourneur, co-starring Fritz Kortner and Vlandmir Sokoloff, 1929, silent!, Critics Choice Video -- 1 hr. 37 mins. A pre-Blue Angel film, in which you can already see the soultry look... and a lot of bad acting.
    

The Blue Angel, directed by von Sternberg, co-starring Emil Jannings and Kurt Gerron, 1929, German with subtitles, Critics Choice Video -- 1 hr. 34 mins. The one and only. She put on weight for the role... von Sternberg's lightning genious and good acting, won the day.
      

Seven Sinners, directed by Tay Garnett, co-starring John Wayne, 1940, MCA Universal Home Video -- 1 hr. 27 mins. A real romp for the two of them, their best movie together.
       
 

Desire, directed by Frank Borzage, co-starring Gary Cooper, 1935, MCA Universal Home Video -- 1 hr 36 mins. A jewel heist, Cooper innocent, Marlene as the femme fatale... old Hollywood classic.
      
          

Das Zweite Leben der Marlene, directed by Christian Bauer, 1995, Tangram Films, Munich - 45 mins, color, not rated. The story of the Dietrich Archive and its journey to Berlin.

 

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