Marlene Dietrich: Life And Legend - Softcover

Bach, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306809346 ISBN 13: 9780306809347

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2000

Synopsis

In an achievement as grand and sweeping as Dietrich's own life, Steven Bach reveals the woman and examines her myth in a biography that will stand as the ultimate authority on a singular star. Based on six years of research and hundreds of interviews—including conversations with Dietrich herself—this is the last, best word on one of the century's greatest movie actresses and performers, an icon who embodied glamour and sophistication for audiences around the globe.

About this title

About the Author:

Steven Bach, author of the best-selling Final Cut and Marlene Dietrich , teaches at Columbia University and Bennington College and divides his time between Europe and the United States.

From AudioFile:

Film star Marlene Dietrich is referred to as "the embodiment of erotic sophistication." When she died in 1992, Steve Bach had already spent six years researching this biography. Roddy McDowell seems to enjoy reading this role, but he finds little artistic challenge in reciting historical research, however lightweight. The program contains just two voicesÐthe uncelebrated narrator's and the star's. McDowell distinguishes Marlene's voice with a little girl's whimper. The result is a sympathetic treatment of this goddess actress, which seems to complement the intent of the author. D.W.K. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0306809346
• ISBN 13: 9780306809347
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 672