Books: Marlene Dietrich My Life
... Marlene Dietrich My Life (Weiden- feld Nicolson £14.95) Dietrich is almost as old as our century and now lives as a recluse in Paris. Her career is unique in that, like Garland, she succeeded in both cinema and on stage, but unlike Garland she has remained always in apparent perfect control of her public image, smoky and glamorous. Only Garbo has perhaps succeeded in controlling the public ...