Screenland (Jun-Oct 1935)

for June 1935 2? Marlene Looks Ahead! Will the Delicious Dietrich reach new dramatic fame or merely mourn von Sternberg's loss? By Leonard Hall MARLENE DIETRICH stands at the fateful crossroads of her film career today and raises those glorious eyes aloft to two sign-boards. One says, "To new heights in better pictures." The other reads, simply, "This way out !" The issue is now squarely up to Unser Marlene. Will she be a good sport and a hard worker? Or will she be a moping cry-baby? For the long-famous team of von Sternberg and Dietrich has been rudely torn apart. Hollywood's most famous artist-director firm has gone out of business. From now on, Von~ goes his way, and Marlene goes Paramount's. Her producers have tossed a fresh deck on the green table, and called for a new deal all round. No longer will the hypnotic maestro with the handle-bar moustachios wave his magic wand over the symphonic Marlene. She has signed a new contract and will make her next film with another stick-waver. Von packs up his genius and seeks new fields to conquer. Thus ends one of the most remarkable associations Hollywood has ever seen — and the artistic life of one of the most fascinating and baffling figures of the clay reaches another thumping climax ! What will this gorgeous critter do now? Will she start afresh, willingly and hopefully, with another boss ? Or will she sit about mourning the loss of her discoverer, teacher and guide — thus going, very quietly but quickly, to heck in a barouche? Don't we wish we knew? And doesn't Mr. Paramount ? The old team had to go. Its (Continued on page 80) Marlene ponders the future, and glances back to the past when she appeared with Emil Jannings in "The Blue Angel," a scene from which is shown above.