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Marlene Dietrich — Part 1

60 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Marlene Dietrich · 59 pages OCR'd
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o * ‘ senbaaincnhia na nie: anc a i a A OE Nn Mam i i na le le ee lh ah A lee cial, oe me . With reference te her personal history, source@@ continued that "“deapite her marriage to SIERER, with whom ehe has not lived for "many years, et leégst a8 ou pomerssecen: long as she has been in the United States, DIETRICH has been promiscuous,in & - Det da amrous sort of ways She, of course, was VON STERNBERG'S mistre@ss. hes never been able to ‘hold @ man'. She gets them and loses them in périods of amour ranging from ‘quickies’ to ‘six months'. During her Paramount daya’, she verged from thé norm for an affair with KAY FRANCIS (mown Lesbian), ql enc since that ‘time has been involved in similar experiences, although less know. b S$ wife, also a known Lesbian) reportedly gnce was las. given a large sapphire ring by DIETRICH in a night club on the Strip. -Rer usual technique, insofar as men are concerned (and her temporary success) was:évinced =~. the way she went after JOHN WAYNE on Universal's "Seven Sinnera®. © She gow hin, _;-iked him, and made advances. WAYNE is the father of three children and was at _ iftnat time seemingly heppily married. He repulsed DIETRICH, but she keptfcoming. © ee he: fivimlly got him.*: Thies affair lasted about ‘six months. She got him-jo switch: agents, the resulting hullabaloo reaching the courts. - - , “ERICH REMARQUE has been more or less a foil against which she prowled the night clubs looking for other men, She kept REMARQUE around forfore than a year. She became enamored of JEAN GABIN when he arrived in Hollywood, and during the production of the picture "Moon-Tide", she appeared on the set daily, - and evenings she and GABIN rehearsed{ their lines. She constantly changeg the interpretation intended by the director of "Moon-Tide” and the producer. . Con- sequently, both wished they had never seen or heard of DIETRICH. Her affair with - GABIN follows the same pattern of her usual affairs." On May 26, 1942, it was ascertained that DIETRICH had just returned to this city from spending some time in the east. It was know that Bi v% her residence in the Beverly Hills Hotel, and through it was ascertained that she left the Beverly Hills Hotel Ap: 17, 1942, and that _O forwarding address given was the telephone number of Thm ugh Source. aLne Dubject rents Postoffice Box 1181; also, if mail sho ject in care of CS *: 72 to go to her st The results of the information developed through source Anis period from May 26, 1942, to time of dictation of instant report on June 13, 1942, Will be set out hereinafter. pur 4 Source @B whois well-acquafted in the movie industry, favorite, and that he, Source was definitely of the o is "0. Ke" as far as his Americanism is concerned. eo Continuing, with reference to REMARQUE, he advised that all of a sudden | ] A e stopped going around with DIETRICH about the time JEAN GABIN came into the a picture. He pointed out that DIETRICH is-handled by the actors’ agent, CHARLES | : FELDMAN (whose wife is known to be an intimate of DIETRICH'S), and that DIETRI uy runs CHARLES FELDMAN around, she being his one knom client. Although Source @y Mee had heard the general gossip that DIETRICH wes probably pro-German because she” py” _.. —-game-from that country, he had no specific information indicating any activity =. on her part detrimental to the best interests of this country. ee -10— Bee LER Fee eyes cap meetin ee gnterin seor oer ae aeons che § astm evita bate MSA a te ORE Act tm re Si ginning i tania on tg a TE
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