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Marlene Dietrich — Part 1
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= QUO source Petated that waRLENE DIETRICH 4s deeply in love with GARIN and
wante to divorce her husband so she can marry him. Source @MPstated he did not Ase
know what had happened to the affair batween GABIN and GINGER ROGERS, which has
deen prominently mentioned in the gossip columns. S
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He advised that LOUIS SOBOL,
mi writer in the New-York papers, had gaid that the picture was gog@, but he ges
was not going to give it publicity because GARIN .«5 pro-Vichy. Source@ipasked i Agden
yin, dune 5, 1942, this source was interviewed gall
Source BR 7 a ee —_
him how he knew this to be a fact, and he advised it was the talk arouwntl New
York. When pressed for specific information, SOBOL said that a doctor had told
him. He would not tell who the doctor was. On returning to the coast, Source
got together with GARIN and told him off, saying that he wouk have te get hin- —
self set sight in this country or he waa a fsilure, ete. GABIN got up and walled
out the door. When asked where he was going, he said he was going to "Join the
army*. Thereafter they calmed him down, GABIN appeared in the east and publicly a
denounced HITLER md proclaimed hinself in favor of this country. Sourcel@said t—
that he honestly believes GABIN is "0. Ke". Noa being sure of success in picture. 4D
an this country, he naturally waited to assure himself of being able to return to
France, and so for that reason he hed not at first aligned himself with CHARLES
BOYER and his group of Frenchman, Agent was informed that the story clrevlating
in Hollywood that GABIN had gone to BOYER'S home, grabbed him by the throat and
threatened to best him wp if he didn't quit talking about his, GABIN'S, pro-Vichy
inclinations was true, Source also pointed out that jealousy on BOYER'S part was
part of the cause of GABIN'S tage. a
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With reference to MARLENE DEBTRICH and GABIN'S affair wth her, he said-
that DIETRICH probably, way down deep, was still pro-Jerman, ‘Sha enjoys the
continental air of Europe, the way they serve drinks, ete,, and thinks the
Americans lack auch refinementa. However, he again referred to the week he
hed spent with them, his contact with her on the picture "Man-Power" which he _ a ae
produced and in which she played, and as.e result of all this, he did nob baw “°° Sferoset
lieve in any way that she was engaged in subversive activities. He quoted | ee
DIETRICH as stating thet anything she could de in the way of entertaining the
boys in the army canps to make them happy was her sole desire, He said that
DESTRICH is really in lovewith GARIN, thal in affairs with men she is clever,
smart, bul in espionage activities he felt she was too well known to be go
involved.
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Through Sources QP and @ agent was kept informed day by day of
DIETHICH'S contemplated plans for Touring the Middle West in conneetion with
the Treasury Department bond eales, and on June 11, 1942, Source Q furnished
the following schedule for which she departed on June 11, 1942, aboard the ;
Santa Fe! Chief:
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