In 1932, an explosive news caused an uproar in Hollywood.
When the popular actress Marlene Dietrich was arrested by the police on French Street for offending her, they will detain her according to the relevant regulations. Who is Marlene Dietrich? Why was she arrested by the police?
Marlene Dietrich
Let's open the legendary life of this legendary woman known as the "God of Seduction".
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dedre was born in a small town outside Berlin, Germany. His father was a Lieutenant in the Royal Police and had fought in the Franco-Prussian War. The family was not very rich, but because her father had some status in the local area, Maria's life until the age of 10 was very comfortable. The family affectionately called her Lene, so when Maria was 11 years old, she added Marie and Lene together to create her own name Marlene.
Young Marlene Dietrich
Marlene loved music from a very young age, her favorite instruments were the piano and violin, and she often attended concerts. Whenever her family asked her what she wanted to do when she grew up, Marlene would always say, I want to join the Berliner Philharmonic as a violinist. However, the good times came to an abrupt end at the age of 10, the father died, and the mother could not bear the burden of the family of the two daughters, so she married another officer, Eduad von Roche. The stepfather adopted two girls and the family's financial situation resumed. But the stepfather naturally could not be the same as her father, and the good days were gone, and Marlene felt a huge gap, which cast a shadow over her life.
Marlene Dietrich
However, the blows followed, her wrist was injured in an accident, and since then, her childhood dream has completely become a dream bubble. Marlene began to read poetry and developed a strong interest in theater, and she was determined to take the stage as her new goal, so she actively participated in stage performances, whether it was poetry readings at opera houses or song and dance performances in taverns.
Marlene Dietrich
In 1922, at the age of 21, Marlene participated in her first film, This Is Etiquette, in which she got a small, insignificant role. She went on to play musical burlesque and small-budget films, and was a well-known actor in Germany, but no masterpiece could make her a household name. But Marlene didn't give up, she was constantly looking for opportunities, and the pursuit of a breakthrough role would make her a hit.
Paramount's contract
Joseph von Sternberg, born in Vienna, Austria, lived in the United States after World War I. He started at the bottom of the studio, later qualified as an independent director, and then became a hit with a chicago-responsive reality work, "Nether.". In 1930, the emerging director-artist came to Germany to shoot the film The Blue Angel, based on Henrich Mann's novel.
Joseph von Sternberg
The heroine of this drama is a song and dance girl, and the requirements must be a great beauty who can sing and dance, bright and charming. Director Joseph searched for a long time, but he did not find a suitable heroine. There are more beautiful women, but they are either dull or well-behaved, or they don't have the kind of charm he wants.
Marlene Dietrich
One day, Joseph goes to see a stage play, where he meets his "Lola" (the heroine of "The Blue Angel"). He gave Marlene a chance to play the heroine, and Marlene became a hit with the role of Lola. Marlene vividly interprets Lola's innocent and dusty, alienated and vulgar original charm, and almost everyone is crazy for Lola. Marlene then received a contract from Paramount, and her battle moved from Berlin, Germany, to Hollywood, where she would embark on a new career.
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich is beautiful or not.
She is not actually a great beauty in the traditional sense, her face is thin, and her cheekbones are higher. The bridge of the nose is high, but the eyes are not very large, the nose is slightly noisy, and the lines of the lips are also somewhat sharp. However, this imperfection of her facial features, coupled with a relatively wide forehead and unique temperament, has created Marlene Dietrich's indistinguishable style. Amazingly, she is compatible with the handsomeness of men, but also the charm of women, which makes Marlene a very special presence in Hollywood.
Marlene Dietrich
There's a famous Hollywood saying about the extremes of male and female statures: "Marlene Dietrich's legs, Marilyn Monroe's breasts, Swassinger's chest muscles." As for how beautiful these legs are, even Zhang Ailing once praised in her book: "Marlene Dietrich's legs are the first legs in Hollywood for twenty years." ”
Marlene Dietrich
However, Marlene, who has good acting skills and a low magnetic voice, can play violin, accordion, and piano, has shot many films, but has never won the favor of Oscars. But it seems that Marlene did not care much about this, she became an American citizen because of her anti-fascism, and during World War II, she ran to the front line of the war to comfort the American soldiers, and her song "Lily Marlene" became a classic song sung in the two hostile camps of the American army and the German soldiers, both indicting the war and expressing the homesickness of the soldiers.
Marlene Dietrich performs at the barracks
Woman in pants
Let's go back to the scene at the beginning of the story, what exactly did Marlene do when she was caught by the French police and put into the police station? Speaking of which, let's first clarify the European customs of the 1930s.
Marlene Dietrich
There is an old Chinese saying: "The skin of the body is subject to the parents." Although Europe does not have this saying, long hair is glorious, and short hair is considered blasphemous. Therefore, the short cutting of european women's hair dates back to the French Revolution, symbolizing liberation and the break with old customs. But hair can be cut short, hats are essential, it is said that in the early 20th century, if a woman went out without a hat, it was like going out without wearing underwear, so a woman who did not wear a hat would be considered a prostitute.
Marlene Dietrich
This is the custom of wearing a hat, and the custom of dressing is another situation. For a "good family woman", the clothes she wears can boldly show her career line, but can not show her legs and arms, otherwise she will be considered an improper woman. What's more, aristocratic women also needed to corset their breasts and waists, and wear tights to highlight their curves. So skirts are the only option for women, and if they want to wear pants, they can't, because this behavior is a violation of the Sunnah and will go to hell. Still others argue that women wearing pants obscure the gender characteristics of men and women, and that pants outline the shape of a woman's legs, which is a kind of sex implication, so if a woman dares to wear pants to the street, law enforcement will send someone to forcibly take you down.
Marlene Dietrich
Yes, Marlene Dietrich was caught in the bureau by the police because she was flaunting herself on the streets of France in her trousers. It was only after the operation of the brokers that the world-famous actress was released.
But it has to be said that Marlene, who has a pair of beautiful legs and a strong aura, wears pants very handsomely, she is often a man's suit, suit, cigarettes, tie, trousers, and sometimes a top hat. Her men's appearance is not inferior to women's clothing, full of heroism, and charming. Even though she was arrested by the French and even threatened to be deported many times, she still went her own way and paid no attention to the eyes of others.
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich once said of herself: "I dress only for myself, not to create an image, not to please the public, not to catch up with the trend, not for men." ”
Marlene Dietrich
How provocative is Marlene? It can be seen from her suitable male and female appearance. This strange woman not only loved to wear long pants to show off, challenged the fragile nerves of conservatives every day, and once announced in public: "There is a gentleman living in my heart." ”
Marlene Dietrich
Although the private lives of Hollywood stars have been chaotic, Marlene was the first superstar to admit that she was bisexual. It is said that her story with her lovers could lead to a celebrity memoir
Every time a scene is filmed, she will start a relationship, and the object of gossip is never limited to men. She is said to have been with director Joseph during the filming of The Blue Angel. During the filming of Morocco, Gary Cooper was picked up. The most interesting story is that while she was filming The Legend of Monte Carlo, Marlene and director Samuel Taylor fell in love with a French girl at the same time. Director Samuel has been courteous in front of the girl, but Mary put her arms around the girl and said to the director: "Stop it, she is mine." ”
Marlene Dietrich
She had an encounter with General Eisenhower during World War II, and General Patton regarded her as a goddess, and Hitler admired her so much that she could fill in a number on a blank check if she wished to return to Germany. Even promised to make her Germany's chief actress...
In addition to politics, Marlene did not spare the literary world, and she exchanged letters with Hemingway and had a platonic love for decades. Hemingway wrote in his letter: "You are getting more and more beautiful... What kind of work do you really want to do in this life? Is it to make it easy for everyone to be heartbroken for you? You have always broken my heart so much, and I have been so willing. ”
Ernest hemingway
Marlene also replied: "I read your letter over and over again, put your picture in my bedroom, and often looked at it helplessly. ”
Marlene Dietrich
This is a wonderful woman, she is cool and handsome, but she can always do small lows when pursuing her lover. Amorous and romantic, long and gentle, almost every lover is obsessed with her. According to one of her lovers, when the two fell in love, Marlene greeted him warmly and pampered him. Unfortunately, she is too affectionate, and when you are still indulging in it, she has a new love. Little Douglas van Punk once recalled his feelings with Marlene: "In addition to enjoying the enthusiasm of a mistress, you can also enjoy the taste of motherly love and nurse being taken care of..."
Marlene Dietrich
What a magical woman, The British playwright Kenneth Tynan said of her: "Marlene's masculinity attracts women, and sexiness attracts men." ”
And the author who helped Marlene complete her biography, Thank God, I'm a Berliner, said of her: "If her profession is not as an actress, she can be a full-time 'lover', because she can be so conscientious when she loves." 」 Although the lovers are constant, and both male and female, no man or woman she has loved will accuse her of playing with their feelings, because she is so true every time. ”
Marlene Dietrich
These private life stories of Marlene are not made up, but are all investigated by the FBI in the United States. Because of Marlene's German origins, she was once suspected of being a spy by the U.S. government. The woman's social reach was so vast that military generals, politicians, and even John F. Kennedy's father, The Elder Kennedy, had a brief history. From 1942 to early 1944, FBI Director John Edgar Hoover sent people to track Marlene, even privately opening her emails, to determine whether she had espionage. As it turned out, no. She's just a handsome and amorous sea king!
Marlene Dietrich
After World War II, Marlene began to switch to singing, embarked on a global tour, and as a result, achieved another career peak. But at the age of 78, Marlene broke her own femur, and she had to stop her career from living in isolation. But do you think she's lost the ability to be in love? No, when Marlene Dietrich was dying, there was still a confidant with a red face. Norma Pock, Marlene's girlfriend and secretary, believes that Marlene did not die of heart problems and kidney failure, but chose to end her life with sleeping pills after a stroke.
Marlene Dietrich
Living vigorously and dying crisply is also like Marlene Dietrich's style.
How to define this strange woman?
During World War II, she chose to interrupt her acting career and actively participate in the anti-war movement, taking risks alone and running on the front line. She recorded anti-Nazi radio in German to help Jews flee Germany, for which the U.S. government awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civic award. The French government also awarded her the "French Legion of Honor".
Marlene Dietrich
Breaking with the old ways, she went her own way in long pants and made efforts for women to fight for equality between men and women.
But emotionally, she is indeed a sea king, wandering in love, despite the shackles of secular ethics...
Perhaps, the wordless monument is also suitable for Marlene Dietrich, and the merits are left to everyone to comment!