Marlene Dietrich

Adlon Hotel History: Marlene Dietrich, Berlin, 1929. At the annual Presseball in the famous Hotel Adlon, Dietrich wore tails and pants, which was unheard of at that time. She had to stand very still because the exposure was always between half a second and a second. If someone moved I had to take the picture over again. CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE ADLON HOTEL’S WEBSITE History of the Hotel Adlon Kempinski On October 24, 1907 the Vossische Zeitung in Berlin reported: “Yesterday, His Majesty the German Emperor, Her Majesty the German Empress, the Princesses and the Princes visited the impressive building of the Hotel ... Read Full Story

These are amusing black and white home movies shot aboard the SS Bremen in 1930 courtesy of shipgeek.com. The SS “Bremen” of 1929 was one of a pair of ocean liners built for the Norddeutsche Lloyd line (NDL) for the transatlantic passenger service. The “Bremen” was notable for her low streamlined profile, and modern approach to her design. Her sister ship was the SS|Europa|1930|2, later renamed “Liberté”. The German pair sparked the building of the large (and very expensive) express liners of the 1930s. 1936 - Cary Grant, the popular movie star, is pictured aboard the S. S. Bremen, as he arrived in New ... Read Full Story

Madonna’s Many Looks Stolen From Others June 9. 2008 Mad-onna As many of you know, I think Madonna is a terrible human being. She’s stolen vast amounts of copyrighted music, film, clothing and photos from my preexisting Copyrighted Catalog containing 10,000 songs, 300 movie scripts and short stories, 15 book manuscripts, 200 music video treatments, 500 photographs, 150 photo treatments, a perfume line and clothing line. Hence this page on my site illustrating she is a sick, crazy, vulgar, common, low class thief with no talent, who has stolen from DOZENS of copyright holders around the world. Today, I found a blog http://madonnarevelations.blogspot.com (NSFW) ... Read Full Story

Rock band Duran Duran, the group behind the hits “Come Undone,” “Reflex” and “Hungry Like The Wolf,” slammed the music industry’s number one copyright infringer Madonna, stating she copied them. Dudes, join the line, you are a few of many….and I do mean many, she’s stolen from. It’s so disgraceful what that fraud has done. Duran Duran Accuse Madonna Of Copying Their Ideas “It wouldn’t be the first time Madonna’s copied us. She’s been doing it for years,” he told the Daily Star. http://www.gigwise.com RECAP: The so-called “iconic” images - well, none of it was real - she stole it all to go with ... Read Full Story

(Norbert Schultze, composer of Lili Marlene) I am sure most people have these days that they can hardly bear to even read the headlines of all the news stories that bombard us, day after day after day. This Sunday, I was having one of those ‘Please, why don’t you just go away?’ arguments with the clamouring world of online news, when I came upon the following story. It’s about one of my favourite songs – and it also mentions one of my most beloved dead performers, Marlene Dietrich. During her life, Dietrich was probably more famous for her movies than for her songs but ... Read Full Story