European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse It in 01? of Ltd its mama will Wear Black by Gay Pauley up staff writer Phe scene was a news conference Al Marlene Dietrich held about her first appearance on the new York stage. A reporter asked if there were any thing in her professional career that she had wanted but not achieved. Said miss Dietrich i never wanted to play Joan of arc if that s what once in a personal interview i asked her How she kept so Young looking. She looked me straight in the eyes and answered my dear i Ain t that this woman who promises to go Down in history As an eternal Symbol of Glamor has that other Side to her too the Quick intelligent often killing answer. It makes you wonder Why you eve asked the question. One Long time fan and student of la Dietrich thinks the actress should rate More than that Glamor tag she s prob ably one of the most Brilliant women of our time is the Way Leslie Frewin a British publisher and businessman puts it. Dietrich is Frewin s personal Chal Lenge although he has known her Only casually off and on Over the he s not sure Why the fascination except that i m intrigued at How this woman could remain at the lop when really she s never displayed herself Asa great the Challenge resulted in 1955 in his first biography of Dietrich blonde Venus published in England Only. Now he has brought her life and career up to Date in Dietrich which he published in the states and abroad by unintentional coincidence just before the actress opened her one woman show on Roadway. I wanted to find out what make the lady tick said. Frewin in an inter View during a trip to new York. Did i i Don t but he does know that As he sees her she s Way ahead of the Jet set the nubile no entities and the synthetic sycophants of the Silver screen of 1967. She is to me still the loveliest woman i be Ever seen. And a mistress of her Frewin s work is by no Means an expose. Miss Dietrich had asked for some deletions he said but he refused be cause if people take from the Public they must not expect not to have com ment and he told of the time la Dietrich was going to be part of the program of the annual. Oscar presentations in Holly Wood. Days before he said she checked around to see what other feminine Star were wearing and found most would be in Whites or pastels. Then said miss Dietrich mama will Wear thursday october 26, 1967 she sings with the sure artistry of the Superior cabaret she s Way ahead of the. Nubile no entities and the synthetic sycophants up the stars and stripes it came up roses by Mary Campbell a staff writer for a Singer making her new Yor debut the Star had been around a Long time. But Marlene Dietrich who i maybe 62, or 63 or maybe 65, walked on stage at the Lunt Fontanne Thea Teron Broadway and for 90 minutes kept Busy first fighters hushed and enthralled. Miss Dietrich has Given one woman shows from Berlin to who knows where but her october opening was her firs live performance in new York City and How did she do wrote the . Daily news critic it remained for Marlene Dietrich to get this sluggish Broadway theater season rolling. She sings with the sure artistry of the Superior cabaret per former she has always miss Dietrich was the quintessence of quiet theatrics. She looked expensive her clinging dress and coat shiny with Bugle beads Cost $30,000. Her famous cheekbones Over hollow Cheeks were accented by Light. Her famous legs were hidden by the gown. The songs most of them sad were Sung in a brooding Alto. But there were flashes of buoyant facial expressions and different kinds of songs like honeysuckle Rose aftera bouquet of roses was thrown at her feet. There also were charmingly smoothly interpolated anecdotes be tween songs. Miss Dietrich said she was a Stu Dent in a theater school in Berlin when she was asked to bring a naughty song and audition for the Blue i was so sure i would t get it that Idin t bring one she said then Sang the song she did use to audition you re the Cream in my moved Little while she was sing ing ended each song with one dramatic effective gesture an Arm upraised or held straight out or head lowered and Finger pointing Down. She Sang Antiwar songs the War sover and where have All the flow ers gone songs of suffering go away from my window everyone s gone to the Moon Marie Marie and the most effectively despairing Don t ask me Why i cry in also did the songs she Sang Long ago on records and in movies Johnny boys in the Back room Lola Lili Marlene and falling in love again which closed the show. Miss Dietrich introduced her Long Tim arrange a conductor Burt Bachar Ach who conducted a 25-piece orchestra behind her on the stage. She had said she would sing 20 songs or maybe 22.she Sang 21. Mama As novelist Ernest Heming Way called her always was neat. Wrote one critic after the show just to see Dietrich enter is a Nice thing. To watch her stand breathe move is highly precisely what generations of audiences have been saying. Page 11
