L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e ~ D o s t o ï e v s k i

L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e ~ D o s t o ï e v s k i



Sunday, November 26, 2017

Ridiculous glamour - Dietrich in Seven Sinners, 1940


I believe the portraits, here, are the work of John Engstead.
With John Wayne.
Between takes. Miss Dietrich uses a leaning board, Hollywood's device for allowing an actor to rest while not unduly creasing the costume.
With Broderick Crawford.
With John Wayne.
With John Wayne.

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Spanish language publicity for the picture; the new title translates to "From Island to Island".

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One last image, clearly from the same sessions but, with her hair loose and brushed out, quite uncharacteristically free for our Miss Dietrich.




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  1. MuscatoNovember 26, 2017 at 10:59 PM

    Fabulous film! I've always loved Quentin Crisp's line in which he says (paraphrasing, far from home and don't have the text) that here she plays a femme so fatale that even her daywear is backless... Not far from the truth!

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  2. ArchitectDesign™November 27, 2017 at 7:32 AM

    can't get enough of this! Sad that glamour is considered Ridiculous anymore (not meant negatively on the name of your post!). I just saw the new 'murder on the orient express' in which all of the glamour was sucked out of the 1974 movie.....with nothing beneficial added. Sad sad sad.

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