Gallery Gives Movie Star Marlene Dietrich The Big-Picture Treatment
A photography exhibition in Washington, D.C., shows Dietrich's journey from Berlin schoolgirl to glamorous actress.
One of the most glamorous creatures ever to grace the silver screen is back in pictures at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. A dazzling new exhibition features dozens of photographs of the seductive, German-born movie star Marlene Dietrich.
Dietrich's legs were so famous that her studio insured them, and you can see why in the big photograph Milton Greene took of her in 1952. It shows the actress sitting, her face covered by a curtain of blonde hair. She's bending over her long, shaped them in the photo, writing notes on the contact sheet about touch-ups.
