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2008-11-04 
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Posted by Fred 2008-11-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ]  Top

#1 A memorable actress, but I recall the parody of her by Madeline Kahn in "Blazing Saddles" most of all.
Posted by GK 2008-11-04 01:01||   2008-11-04 01:01|| Front Page Top

#2 She became an American citizen in 1939, and should be remembered for her wartime service. From her Wikipedia entry:

In December 1941, the U.S. entered World War II, and Dietrich became one of the first celebrities to raise war bonds. She entertained troops on the front lines in a USO revue that included future TV pioneer Danny Thomas as her opening act. Dietrich was known to have strong political convictions and the mind to speak them. Like many Weimar-era German entertainers, she was a staunch anti-Nazi who despised antisemitism.

Dietrich recorded a number of anti-Nazi records in German for the OSS, including Lili Marleen. She also played the musical saw to entertain troops. She sang for the Allied troops on the front lines in Algeria and France, and went into Germany with Generals James M. Gavin and George S. Patton. When asked why she had done this, in spite of the obvious danger of being within a few kilometers of German lines, she replied, "aus Anstand" — "it was the decent thing to do."

The U.S. Government awarded Marlene Dietrich the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her war work. Dietrich has been quoted as saying this was the honor of which she was most proud in her life. She was also made a chevalier (later commandeur) of the Légion d'honneur by the French government.

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2008-11-04 01:30||   2008-11-04 01:30|| Front Page Top

#3 MD WAS A VERY lOOSE WOMAN.... But there was something very very *HOT* about Marlene Dietrich!!

She' Had IT in Spades!

:) /grrrr
Posted by RD">RD  2008-11-04 03:42||   2008-11-04 03:42|| Front Page Top

#4 I want to be alone . . . with her!
Posted by Mike 2008-11-04 06:17||   2008-11-04 06:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Good luck with that. ;-)
Posted by gorb 2008-11-04 06:29||   2008-11-04 06:29|| Front Page Top

#6 
Posted by twu 2008-11-04 09:46||   2008-11-04 09:46|| Front Page Top

#7 
Posted by twu 2008-11-04 09:46||   2008-11-04 09:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Cleanup on aisles 6 and 7...

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2008-11-04 09:55||   2008-11-04 09:55|| Front Page Top

#9 WTF???
Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek  2008-11-04 09:59||   2008-11-04 09:59|| Front Page Top

#10 OK, that spam trash is bagged and out at the curb for collection. It came to us via an anonymizer server in Germany.
Posted by lotp 2008-11-04 10:04||   2008-11-04 10:04|| Front Page Top

#11 
Marlene Dietrich MP3 from Free MP3 Downloads




Posted by .5MT 2008-11-04 10:06|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net]  2008-11-04 10:06|| Front Page Top

#12 Thanks for that, .5MT. Makes me wanna get in touch with my German heritage. It's not a sin, you know.
Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-11-04 11:38||   2008-11-04 11:38|| Front Page Top

#13 Another drawback of a smoke free society - no more voices like Marlene's or Edith Piaf's!
Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back!  2008-11-04 11:57||   2008-11-04 11:57|| Front Page Top

#14 It's not a sin, you know.

:)

It's not like you were born French.
Nevermind 5089 and JFM have ruined it for me.

Meh...

"It is a war of brute material; for hours on end you bombard them with 210's, 305's, and 380's, and when everything appears dead, when there's no more wire and no more trenches and when the survivors have been reduced to a state of madness, they send the masses out to attack. When the French are on the receiving end, not one of them breaks through and if there's only 10 out of 100 left, these 10 will fight on..."


Letter from a soldier in the line, July 1916.

So bring it!
:)
Posted by .5MT 2008-11-04 13:24|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net]  2008-11-04 13:24|| Front Page Top

#15 "Its Twue, Its Twue"
/BZ
Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-11-04 14:23||   2008-11-04 14:23|| Front Page Top

#16 Her eyes... (make me think she got into that Afghan hash in the next story.)
Posted by Free Radical">Free Radical  2008-11-04 14:53||   2008-11-04 14:53|| Front Page Top

#17 Try her in "Touch of Evil"...
Posted by mojo">mojo  2008-11-04 15:08||   2008-11-04 15:08|| Front Page Top

#18 Fred: A special request please. Vera Lynn if you will.
Posted by Besoeker 2008-11-04 18:00||   2008-11-04 18:00|| Front Page Top

#19 Hmmph. I can't get Angie Harmon and you think you'll get Vera Lynn?
Posted by Steve White 2008-11-04 20:09||   2008-11-04 20:09|| Front Page Top

#20 Ginger Lynn?
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2008-11-04 20:53||   2008-11-04 20:53|| Front Page Top

#21 Gingerbread!!!!

Well, it is close to Christmas and Thanksgiving and such ...
Posted by Adriane 2008-11-04 20:59||   2008-11-04 20:59|| Front Page Top

#22 Ginger and Mary Ann
Posted by ed 2008-11-04 21:08||   2008-11-04 21:08|| Front Page Top

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