I've read the book, and it's not nearly as lurid as you might expect from this interview. In fact it's a clear and honest, but loving, look at a parent who happened to be a legendary movie star. What I found fascinating about the book was Riva's ability to see the many sides of Dietrich: the outrageous egotist and the disciplined professional, the warm and generous woman and the manipulative mother, the patriotic USO entertainer and tough anti-Nazi and the spendthrift who went through piles of money. Riva has managed to see her mother as a complex human being -something most of us still have trouble doing - and found a way to love and admire her warts and all. It's a remarkable book by a loving daughter and very sophisticated writer.
I completely agree with you about Riva's ability to step back and really see her mother. I also love that she doesn't let Sawyer take her down a maudlin path in the interview.
I agree. I read the book years ago, and also found it to be direct and loving--and very well-written, almost intellectual. This TV interview was fascinating, but I don't think it really was representative of the book at all.
Did you also found it very sophisticated that in the first chapter she described the way her mothers incontinence diapers were beeing changed and that her appartment always smelt of urine? I thought it was a disgusting book. When you are seventy and still looking for love from someone who wasn't able to give it and then do it by writing a book like this - aiiiiiii. That's pretty revolting. And for money. Nothing else. I bet she had every reason to hate some of the things Marlene did. Well - she should have come to terms with her or walk away from her in private. Don't walk to all o the talk shows and tell the same story over and over. That's beeing mean and greedy.
Wayne and Dietrich did have an affair that lasted through the three movies they made together. Wayne told his last wife Pilar many stories about their affair. One of the reasons Dietrich kept Maria close was Maria was threatened with kidnapping in the early 30s. Maria was on the set of "Blonde Venus" every day when the crisis was unfolding.
I find it interesting that while Dietrich, Crawford, and Davis have been lambasted by their daughters in books, not one bad word has ever been written about Elizabeth Taylor by her four kids. In fact, they openly revered her. Taylor must have done something right! Her kids were with her all the time.
Lizzy was a superb mother and even adopted Maria, a handicapped German girl, paid for her operations and made sure she grew up to become a beautiful woman, God bless Elizabeth, loving mum
Didnt Liz sleep with her best friends husband after hers died and broke up the Debbie Reynolds-carrie fisher household? I know she was probably erratic at the moment but still cmon
The malignant effects on a child of a woman with a histrionic/narcissistic personality disorder. Monstrous mother....fabulous star. Much respect and empathy to Maria to have survived with such dignity and the capacity to love and care for her own family. Inspirational .
Yes Maria cared for her family with Marlene's money she supported Maria's whole family !rediculous Marlene was a product of the time period she lived in and stayed on top for many many years she was a strong self willed woman way ahead of her time !
i imagine the fame and fortune of deitrich would warp anyone, the constant praise, privilege, and comfort would become normal. love how maria describes dietrich's life as being a slave to her image, no doubt she loved what she did... it's just hard to imagine being so famous and wealthy, and being by yourself with it. idk, she loved to party and have fun, can't fault her for that. maria is very intelligent and you can tell has a very keen sense of how the human mind works, very smart to compartmentalize her mothers life, being extremely proud of her accomplishments but very disappointed with how she managed it.
Everyone seems to think this book is another Mommie Dearest, read it and you'll find out it's not. Maria is honest yet respectful of her mother, there's no hate in the book, pain yes. Obviously it's hard to grow with a mother who is a living legend.
Good Interview. I met Dietrich a few times when my friend Stan Freeman was conducting for her. Stories? Maria is "right on". I could tell you a few. Bottom line- when I saw her 'show' for the first time, in London... I thought she was 'fabulous'. I guess you had to be there and be of a 'certain age'. Amazing that Maria is as sane as she is.
I watched it on youtube and loved it, and I have no nostalgia factor (I'm 21). I think she was immensely talented, which doesn't in any way excuse the way she treated Maria and Tami.
It's not a betrayal when someone who suffered through a hard childhood or unfit parents or abuse talk. It's their story, and telling our story is a basic human need. I hope Maria found healing, she's a strong woman.
That's what hapens when you believe 100% in your own hype. Marlene had the right to do so but not on the expense of others including her own daughter. It's a common trait regarding those old divas. May West was like that too allegedly but was wise enough to choose to not have children. That's the difference.
Well, my mom wasn’t famous, but I sure could write a book too! ( But, who would buy it!) 😄 My mom was in no way what you’d call ‘physically’ abusive, never drank, but, a very ‘ me ‘ person and cold and you had to walk on ‘eggshells’ to get along with her. I never gave her any trouble, and never GOT in trouble! I just put on a ‘happy face’ ( no crybabies allowed) until I grad. HS and at 18 left! But, like a ‘ dutiful’ daughter I always came back. Friends and relatives would always tell her she had a lovely daughter (their words, not mine!) and that she was lucky. She would just look at them and say nothing. Subject was changed. And, no I don’t have children.
I urge anyone who hasn't already done so to read Maria's amazing book about her mother. It's beautifully written and an amazing book. Maria is an amazing woman!
I have always felt fascinating about Marlene Dietrich, her persona,her charisma, her inteligence,her hability to manipulate peolple. Now Ive aterted reading The Book and i feel much more fascinated by her. Maria is a really great writter and a survivor !!! Greetings from Buenos Aires !!!
I can understand the bitterness of Maria Riva (and she is very bitter here), but Dietrich's husband, and Dietrich's husband's lover were adults, and what happened was THEIR choice and responsibility.
My brother and i are going through it at the moment ‘ your poor 89 year old mother you have neglected and rejected so badly’. Her younger sister whom she abused all her life died two weeks ago. We didnt find out until it was too late to go to the funeral, send flowers etc’ it reinforced my mother ‘ see they dont care about her or me who gave my life to them’. Yes, she, who had blocked our calls so we couldn’t do anything if we wanted to. Let her rot in her Italian and Parisian suits. Let her die alone and friendless. She has alienated everyone and in doing so has inadvertently isolated herself. Maria you have my deepest admiration for sticking it out to the end and remaining so strong and not embittered. We have been too damaged to be so generous. You went from strength to strength with unending kindness. You are a rare lady
Fascinating interview. Marlene is still a legend and an inimitable star but you can understand Maria's pain. It's maybe a shame Maria wrote this so soon after her mother's death because the emotions are still very raw but I think that's what makes this interview so engrossing. Looking after an elderly recluse for so long must leave you with much pain and suffering. Maria probably had to get this off her chest (but maybe not so publicly..... ). Whatever people might say about Dietrich, you can't ignore the strength and grit and allure of this great Prussian who battled through to the bitter end despite the loneliness and decay. Dietrich will always be a star and a legend despite the flaws. Both ladies are great and deserve respect in their own way.
The book isn’t written in a sensational or emotional way at all. It’s a document written in almost clinical detail. It’s a stunning and impressive work.
Put things into perspective. While Madonna was HUGE in the 80s and 90s, there still wasn't the TV and nearly as many magazines or award shows, all that as there were for Madonna. There were no videos. Dietrich was lucky to get a radio interview. PERSPECTIVE. You're talking a fifty year divide. "JUST" built up legend status over 70 years? Madonna played off of Dietrich, Monroe, while THEY were the original. Madonna WISHES she was Marlene. Madonna did everything she COULD to be famous....Marlene...simply WAS...
From what I have read in other biographies Maria and her family were supported financially all her adult life and of course Maria was supported by Marlene very comfortably all through her childhood also. From what I have read Maria's father did nothing financially! I have great respect for Marlene Dietrich she was a strong woman before her time and rose to the top by being the best! She was a free thinker and lived her life to the fullest.She knew her craft and knew how to get what she wanted without anyone's help. She made herself a star and depended on her own determination to last at the top for a very long time. She was a very remarkable woman ! Rest in Peace Marlene you don't owe anybody anything they owe you !!!
@@Eckoolt Life today without money you will find yourself living under a bridge and eating out of a soup kitchen ! Try living without money in 2019 ! Maria and her husband lived very comfortably on Marlene's money neither she or her husband never held down jobs! Marlene was still working into her late 70's and still supporting them! I think Maria resented her mother's beauty, talent, money and free lifestyle !
@@anntraylor1849 I know that you cant survive without money. But look there are people who have alot of it, fame, looks and are miserable. Narcissistic parents oftet do more harm to their kids than good.
@@Eckoolt We do not know if Marlene was narcissistic or not either way narcissism is a mental disorder which was not known at that time. I think Marlene did the best she could in taking care of her daughter without any help from anyone. I just hate relatives writing these so called tell all books after a person is dead so that person cannot defend themselves. But Maria waited till her mother was dead or she wouldn't have inherited a dime. Then she made a fortune over her mothers dead body ! That's wrong !
Holy *, Dietrech essentially killed Tommie, allowed her daughter to be alone with a known sexual harrasser and her daughter says 'I didn't go to school, I didn't have friends' - however her daughter frames it, it is abuse!!!!!
Elena B I do not know how much you know about Hollywood at that time but by your comments I would believe not much.Marlene Dietrich did not put herself on a pedestal the Hollywood studios an the cash paying audiences did. Dietrich had an iron will to pull herself to the top and she was at the top of the studio hierarchy for a very long time by her own artistic talent She had more common sense then most of Hollywood at that time.who fell by the wayside she stayed on top.She kept the studios and her audiences happy into her seventies all on her own. Maria Riva lifestyle and that of her husband was supported by Marlene. Maria was always in awe of her Mother and also wanted to be an actress but couldn't cut it.Maria was just envious and jealous of her mothers fame. You must remember a biography written by a relative is always bias in one way or another. There are Stars whose legacies will last an eternity like Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe,Rita Hayworth an also Marlene Dietrich who was once called " The Blonde Venus " but I think in reality she could honestly also be remembered as the Blonde Genius.Rest in Peace Marlene you will always be remembered.
When I look at Hollywood today, I wonder how much has really changed. In the 1930s & 1940s a movie star was a brand, just like today. Only then they didn't call themselves that.
Quite a revelation on this icon! Maria Riva is very credible. What a sad thing to grow up with so much glamor and excitement around you, yet with so little personal attention from parents and mother. That is true poverty. At least in the end, Maria had the last laugh on Marlene - the money from auctioning off her mother's fame.
TAMI. Not "Tommy." She went mad not from just the abortions, but from the insane verbal abuse. Rudi constantly accused her of doing everything completely wrong but breathing. (Pronunciation is the same.) Tami was beyond abused, that poor, beautiful woman.
Having read Maria Riva's book, I came away with the impression that Dietrich was a whackjob. I think anybody who has been put on a pedestal, as Dietrich was, needs a great deal of common sense not to let it to go to her head. Dietrich seems to have lacked common sense.
I was a little confused because the daughter seemed to be saying Marlene didn’t care much for sex at all, or that she preferred women sexually but was more romantically interested in men.
Their relationship was obviously complicated but if she hated her mother, she would have burned her memorabilia rather than selling it to the city of Berlin, where it Wall began and when married she didn't cut off her mother. She stayed by her side. We all have complex relationships with her parents but Dietrich was a legend. I only saw her in only one movie, 1961's, Judgement at Nuremberg. She was wonderful but I got a real sense of aloofness.
Does anyone know where we can watch Part two of this interview ? I want to see the storage space filled with Marlene's items that she kept through out her life . If anyone has the link, please leave it below. Thanks
Oh Maria how i wished you’d been my mother. When you started to talk about power i started to cry......and i never cry. You were so lucky to be stronger than my brother and myself, i am a mental and physical cripple, my brother a highly successful functioning alcoholic. My mother aged 88 has cut all communication, blocked phones refuses to acknowledges us. The family horror stories are legend. She sits in her beautiful house dressed in Italian silk and french lace- alone. She says ‘ nobody contacts me, my children ignore me. I dont know why. Ive done nothing but tell them the truth about themselves’. The woman is a paedophilic mental and physical torturer. She is not mentally ill. She is evil. You and i know what these people do to other people. Tami, my mothers younger sister whose life she destroyed. With the rest of us.
Marlene, fate with you was cruel in terms of love. You have never put money, the career, and your beauty in the first place, for you there were other more important things: like family, loved ones, wonderful actions to do like those you have done, save who is in trouble, fight for peace by opposing the evil that so many years ago had divided the world in two. The facts matter, not words! Nobody saw you mistreat your family even just in words. You have always spoken of them with great love and respect. Instead they have always been seen to attack you wildly with cruel words after you unfortunately could no longer defend yourself. They have been waiting for this moment unfortunately, to take revenge for anything you have done, for having been better and superior to them aesthetically and internally. You left this world in a horrible way that you didn't deserve. It wasn't your fault Marlene, you gave all right teachings to your daughter, but she grew up badly, having wickedness in her veins. There are wonderful mothers who have never made their children lack for anything, who filled them with endless love, that in the end find themselves having murderous, criminals and terrorists children. Your daughter turned out to be your killer. There is nothing worse than a daughter who causes her mother to die. Unfortunately, the daughter you had was not sent to you by God, but a real misfortune sent from hell. The personification of evil itself. We are your real family, Marlene, who defends you, who truly loves you more as a person than as a celebrity. As you would have wanted. We will do everything to let the whole world know the truth, to put an end to all this madness, this unnecessary and unacceptable hatred towards you. When everyone knows that Maria Riva is the real horrible person behind all this, and that she has made fun of the whole world by telling only lies about you, they will even hate themselves for believing and supporting her so much. For them it will also be useless to ask you for forgiveness, because they hurt you too much, but you were too good, and their forgiveness would have been surely enough for you. I hope that all the hatred they felt unfairly for you, turns into love, that it finally gives eternal peace to your tormented soul, without suffering anymore. It wasn't your fault Marlene. One day, if it is really true that justice will sooner or later take its course, the world will apologize. Rest In Peace, not In Pain. God have you in his glory forever, Marlene. Innocent Angel.♥👼🏼 #JusticeforMarleneDietrich❤️
I suppose after a lifetime of work if the 78 year old Dietrich chose to confine herself to her apt and drink, take pills, write and then talk/flirt on the phone for the final stretch of her life.....why not???? Sounds good to me.
The "voice" that book is written in is SO likable, it's hard to put down. If it's Maria's....you'll fall in love with her. Or should I say "Katelien?" To her liking?
Marlene was a self centered, demanding vixen who was superb at her craft and made it all look good on stage. She died in her own screenplay as an abandoned awful wretch and her salvation is doubtful without any sincere repentance! May God have mercy on her immortal soul.
I'm a huge Dietrich fan, but I also recognize that Dietrich was human and deeply flawed like the rest of us. I've read this book 3 times and I still love it and Dietrich. As Maria said, "you've read it, do you still love my Mother?"
Maria was a spoiled brat that never really appreciated all the tireless hard work her mother did for the world, in everything she accomplished, so typical child-of-a- movie-star ungratefulness. Dietrich was more than just a famous woman; she was a global symbol of great beauty, of glamour, luxury, androgyny, elegance, of courage, honor, & great strength and resilience. Not just anybody who's super famous for being a German during WW2 becomes an American citizen and joins the good fight, on the frontlines, with the Allies against the unspeakable crimes of the Nazis... She bravely also knew she was Hitler's #1 target to capture, the Nazis most valued prisoner of war!! Maria shouldve helped her mother more, not less....
Marlene Dietrich is an excellent example of why we shouldn’t make idols of movie stars. Her created image was amazing, but her private behavior was monstrously vile.
One thing that bothers me is immediately after Dietrich died Maria Riva writes a book about what a horrible self-absorbed narcissistic bitch Dietrich was. Now, 20-odd years later, it's all about Dietrich's heroism in World War 2. It's all about what sells, I guess.
It is all that Marlene has done for her, only that her daughter with all the hatred she feels towards her mother, it upsets everything. Trust me, Marlene didn't miss out on anything. She would also give her life for her, as any mother would do...
I am happy to have given you the right information and that you immediately agreed with me. You made the right choice, you will not regret it.😊 Marlene was not a monster, her daughter and her grandchildren are. I am a great friend of her grandson’s brother-in-law, and we are collaborating with some loyal fans who I hope will become many, to spread the truth about Marlene's tragic end. #JusticeforMarleneDietrich❤️
@@jeanvocalist This doesn't have to be just my project or her relative's. But also yours, all of you fans! I am just a single person and the world is big! Slowly we are forming an army for Marlene and we would need as many fans as possible! #JusticeforMarleneDietrich
I ANALYZE THE ACTING PART OF ANYONE WHO ACTS MALE OR FEMALE THEIR PRIVAte life???? thats their damened business but if the image is great and lives up to excpectations of the public at their time well then success was evident and well deserved. what can anyone gain or get for trying to pull her or his hair now after the entire life was lived???? shame that wc as humans find time to try to drag lovely people down. shame
Bueno, después de todo la familia Riva vendió todo el archivo Dietrich a la filmoteca de Berlín por 5 millones de dólares. Trataron de vender la historia escrita por Riva para llevarla al cine (Gwyneth Paltrow haría de Dietrich) y al parecer no obtuvieron el dinero que pedían, por eso no se hizo. Marlene le regaló a su hija el piso donde esta vivió con su marido durante muchos años. Y lo de Tamara Matul... debería estar muy enamorada para aceptar ser manipulada de tal forma, lo que resulta extraño. Como una rusa que escapó de los bolcheviques no pudo escapar de un pusilánime como Rudoph Sieber? Dietrich no fue una santa... pero tampoco el demonio que quieren pintar.
its interesting how evrybody blames for example enid blyton to be a bad mother.. and noone talks about Dietrich.. and then think of all the men where its normal that they dont care about their children and just thought about their career, .. they are not even mentioned from anyone, where its normal that they think about their career and the woman does everything for them. i also adore Dietrich, but i think also she failed as a mom, i believe Riva here. on the other hand i also think that if the duties of women wouldnt have been back then how they were and the men had to care about the children, als well as the moms,, these women who were outstandling maybe wouldnt have had to be so tough and could have let go a little bit better to be softer and caring.Also then the children maybe would have had a dad that takes the part, but when a woman these days was like that, the dad probably did not take over then or become the part, bcs that he can develop his career, was clear anyway, still, what you hear here about Dietrich is horrible. about the secretary and stuff.
So these are the people some of us want to idolize -- self-absorbed people sleeping with anything that moves and boozing their way through life, people of questionable moral fiber who believe the world revolves around them -- and it does when people tremble in their presence and stoop to kiss their asses. So many of them had/have this ugly flaw. I guess that's what fame does. She lacked good character, and I base that primarily on what she subjected her daughter to. Pity that poor daughter and what she experienced! Maybe if she had shot someone on Fifth Avenue the adoring fans would still have sung her praises. Had she not carried the name Marlene Dietrich she would have been called out for what she really was, and those who keep fooling themselves that she was anything remotely close to a singer need to have the wax cleaned out of their ears.
I'm suspicious of literary biographies. I'm even more suspicious of those written by the children, or relative, or friends of a celebrity. In the latter case(s), $$$, attention, or jealousy, revenge etcetera, never seems to enter the minds of most people as motivation to pen tell-all books of this nature. Also, in this particular case, Dietrich is dead and cannot answer, confirm, or refute anything said about her by her daughter. In the first case, take a few minutes and consider this proposition: Imagine anybody writing a biography about you, and what it was like to be inside your head; say, years or decades after you had died. Do you really believe that they could reconstruct you? Understand what it was like inside your mind and body? They couldn't do it, could they?!?!
Some sort of (in this case, unnecessary) "image stabilization" has been applied here, probably at the YT upload stage, and has in fact resulted in severe motion artifacts...
There is a photography book that was published through Christie's of ALL of her collections: clothing, jewelry, papers, love letters, etc that was done about 5 years ago (?). I have it, it's amazing!! The same exists for Marilyn Monroe and Jean Harlow which are just as priceless. All are photography books so the pics are excellent. Dietrich's has stories from Maria about the pieces in it throughout.
@@MummyBrown THANKS....I HAVE THE MARILYN ONE ....BUT WOULD L O V E ...THE HARLOW ONE....WHEN HARLOWS MOTHER PASSED AWAY .. THE STORAGE UNIT DISAPPEARED....HOW COULD I FIND THE BOOK ??? AND WHERE WAS THE DIETRICH BOOK PUBLISHED ...YEAR ???? READ MARIA RIVA GAVE EVERYTHING TO BERLIN FOR A MUSEUM ON DIOETRICH .....
Apparently, a superiority complex, difficult to work with (if you were a woman), a terrible Mother and treated people like commodities sums her up in some people's eyes. However, I didn't know her personally, but don't get a great vibe. But, I do respect the way she was her 'own person'
She was a WILD German power Babe! A dream come true! But dreams cant be Caged and Kept. They didnt get her Long..but BOY they GOT it good i bet! Like a Tigress bet she would whack em Good!...and they begged for more!
It's good that he left her, otherwise he would have killed her like in the film. It was he who beat her. It was a sick wrong love. It was Marlene who has undergone everything. The people Marlene loved only made her suffer!
What is the problem? I’ve been a Dietrich fan for over 10 years and I understand everything Maria is saying in the book. It’s not a MOMMIE Dearest at all. Wonderful Maria, divine writer❗️ Marlene’s autobiography on the other hand was terrible
Marlene was one 🆒 lady of that time of innocence and women suppose to be a house wife,but not marliene she showed women how they should be and treat men the way men treated women,she was one cool I'll do it my way ,like may west said it's not the men in my life it's the life of my men,dead right marliene , good on you,r,I,p,Mrs cool🆒💟😘😎dude😎😘
She knows what she's talking about. Sounds like you place your definition of love as the reference. She refers to "Lover, loved one" dependency, not the ideal. Her story tries to bring to light the completely different set of values wealthy and iconic people live by, not at all like the masses living routine, regulated lives.
Douglas Sharpe Doesn't sound like that. Neither do you in your reply. The dependency she is talking about when she uses that phrase (if I recall correctly, it's been a while) is her own as a child towards her nanny. Essentially very much a mother figure. And I don't really buy into the idea that "wealthy and iconic" people all live by very different values than rest of the world. That is a gross and simplistic generalisation of all demographics mentioned
I didn't use all in my sentence. I avoid "all or nothing" "good or evil" thinking or statements, Shade of grey, yes. There is a level of living where "normal" morality is disregarded.
Douglas Sharpe Your last line kind of negates the rest of your reply. You just exchanged "wealthy" for "level of living". It's still a blanket statement. And "normal" morality isn't even the same where you are from and where I am from. And that goes even supposing we'd be roughly in the same income bracket. But anyway...it is still not related to my comment..which was on the Maria talking here and whether I think she knows "love". My comment was not on how generally the wealthy live or what values they hold. "love" is anyway not a "value" but a emotional capacity.
Douglas Sharpe "normality" isn't applied to the lifestyle of a 1930s movie star. To expect those people to have "normal" morality... The stars of 30s Hollywood were debauched lol
@@thesecondCZcams von Sternberg made her lose weight and developed makeup techniques for her movies that are still used today. He also had her lit from above to emphasize her cheekbones and soften her sharp features.
It's her moment of glory, what she couldn't do before, he does now. Usually all mothers have flaws and children know it but we shut up, although for money some do anything. Marlene was wonderfull as a movie star and in person was fascinating but she had maniad and "flaws" that everyone knew. If you look well, in her youth, Maria imitated her mother, but she was a cold fish. What did Marlene do for her daughter? She raised her and supported her in everything. When Marlene made her succeful career of personal presentations, most of the profits were for Maria and her children's education. When Marlene died, she didn't have a huge fortune, but Maria got $8 million for her mother's clothes and personal items; but she left her no name or fame, so María sought that out by stripping her mother.
I think that Maria Riva was a victim of a narcissist -psychopath. (famous but a insecure corrupted woman) that the world admire because it make a difference...
Marlena Dietrich was an amazing original superstar and brought countless entertainment to many in every way imaginable AND unimaginable. I’ll always remain a fan. Nevertheless, she died in her own excrement and squalor, drug addicted and alone by her own choice. In the end you have to look at her contributions to society which were commendable as far as the support for our servicemen and women. Maria Riva was a witness to a megalomaniac (in a sense) and a contrite egoist. I certainly empathize with her. That’s a difficult life to endure. Being a victim, It’s not surprising to see how bitter she’s become.
I've read the book, and it's not nearly as lurid as you might expect from this interview. In fact it's a clear and honest, but loving, look at a parent who happened to be a legendary movie star. What I found fascinating about the book was Riva's ability to see the many sides of Dietrich: the outrageous egotist and the disciplined professional, the warm and generous woman and the manipulative mother, the patriotic USO entertainer and tough anti-Nazi and the spendthrift who went through piles of money. Riva has managed to see her mother as a complex human being -something most of us still have trouble doing - and found a way to love and admire her warts and all. It's a remarkable book by a loving daughter and very sophisticated writer.
good comments--she was quite a fascinating, complex star--but not necessaritly a great mother.
Marlene let her daughter be molested. She didn't deserve the daughter she neglected.
I completely agree with you about Riva's ability to step back and really see her mother. I also love that she doesn't let Sawyer take her down a maudlin path in the interview.
I agree. I read the book years ago, and also found it to be direct and loving--and very well-written, almost intellectual. This TV interview was fascinating, but I don't think it really was representative of the book at all.
Did you also found it very sophisticated that in the first chapter she described the way her mothers incontinence diapers were beeing changed and that her appartment always smelt of urine? I thought it was a disgusting book. When you are seventy and still looking for love from someone who wasn't able to give it and then do it by writing a book like this - aiiiiiii. That's pretty revolting. And for money. Nothing else. I bet she had every reason to hate some of the things Marlene did. Well - she should have come to terms with her or walk away from her in private. Don't walk to all o the talk shows and tell the same story over and over. That's beeing mean and greedy.
4:33 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. a man that even straight men fell in love with. A war hero, a movie star and a monument to great genes.
Wayne and Dietrich did have an affair that lasted through the three movies they made together. Wayne told his last wife Pilar many stories about their affair. One of the reasons Dietrich kept Maria close was Maria was threatened with kidnapping in the early 30s. Maria was on the set of "Blonde Venus" every day when the crisis was unfolding.
I find it interesting that while Dietrich, Crawford, and Davis have been lambasted by their daughters in books, not one bad word has ever been written about Elizabeth Taylor by her four kids. In fact, they openly revered her. Taylor must have done something right! Her kids were with her all the time.
Lizzy was a superb mother and even adopted Maria, a handicapped German girl, paid for her operations and made sure she grew up to become a beautiful woman, God bless Elizabeth, loving mum
Crazy as it gets.
Taylor was completely different from those women.
Didnt Liz sleep with her best friends husband after hers died and broke up the Debbie Reynolds-carrie fisher household?
I know she was probably erratic at the moment but still cmon
Liz also had a fabulous protective mother, she learned how to be a decent person from the gate
The malignant effects on a child of a woman with a histrionic/narcissistic personality disorder. Monstrous mother....fabulous star. Much respect and empathy to Maria to have survived with such dignity and the capacity to love and care for her own family. Inspirational .
Yes Maria cared for her family with Marlene's money she supported Maria's whole family !rediculous Marlene was a product of the time period she lived in and stayed on top for many many years she was a strong self willed woman way ahead of her time !
I find this woman to be an amazing storyteller. I've watched a lot of these docs, she is mesmerizing.
The maid/mistress had 15 abortions really ?! And died in an insane asylum?? Damn
She shoudlnt have fcked someones husband
@@Makaylah13 she was forced to have a read the book!
i imagine the fame and fortune of deitrich would warp anyone, the constant praise, privilege, and comfort would become normal. love how maria describes dietrich's life as being a slave to her image, no doubt she loved what she did... it's just hard to imagine being so famous and wealthy, and being by yourself with it. idk, she loved to party and have fun, can't fault her for that. maria is very intelligent and you can tell has a very keen sense of how the human mind works, very smart to compartmentalize her mothers life, being extremely proud of her accomplishments but very disappointed with how she managed it.
Everyone seems to think this book is another Mommie Dearest, read it and you'll find out it's not. Maria is honest yet respectful of her mother, there's no hate in the book, pain yes. Obviously it's hard to grow with a mother who is a living legend.
It's her right..u don't have to look or listen or read the book.
It’s an incredible book.
She doesn't have her mother's beauty nor talent, profited of her all her life, she is full of envy and bitter, poor ugly soul
yeh-talking about her sex life to a child .phuuuie.
It's rubbish and full of insinuations, written by an old disrespectful bitch trying to profit of her dead mother...that's what it is
Good Interview. I met Dietrich a few times when my friend Stan Freeman was conducting for her. Stories? Maria is "right on". I could tell you a few. Bottom line- when I saw her 'show' for the first time, in London... I thought she was 'fabulous'. I guess you had to be there and be of a 'certain age'. Amazing that Maria is as sane as she is.
I watched it on youtube and loved it, and I have no nostalgia factor (I'm 21). I think she was immensely talented, which doesn't in any way excuse the way she treated Maria and Tami.
It's not a betrayal when someone who suffered through a hard childhood or unfit parents or abuse talk. It's their story, and telling our story is a basic human need. I hope Maria found healing, she's a strong woman.
That's what hapens when you believe 100% in your own hype. Marlene had the right to do so but not on the expense of others including her own daughter. It's a common trait regarding those old divas. May West was like that too allegedly but was wise enough to choose to not have children. That's the difference.
Well, my mom wasn’t famous, but I sure could write a book too! ( But, who would buy it!) 😄
My mom was in no way what you’d call ‘physically’ abusive, never drank, but, a very ‘ me ‘ person and cold and you had to walk on ‘eggshells’ to get along with her. I never gave her any trouble, and never GOT in trouble! I just put on a ‘happy face’ ( no crybabies allowed) until I grad. HS and at 18 left! But, like a ‘ dutiful’ daughter I always came back. Friends and relatives would always tell her she had a lovely daughter (their words, not mine!) and that she was lucky. She would just look at them and say nothing. Subject was changed.
And, no I don’t have children.
@@Melinda8162 😔
@@lindamaemullins5151 HI LINDA MAE!
It takes a certain kind of person to get to that elevated position. I don’t think they’re particularly nice people. Hard personalities.
@@fdhfdh3310 i agree
I urge anyone who hasn't already done so to read Maria's amazing book about her mother. It's beautifully written and an amazing book. Maria is an amazing woman!
They need to make a TV movie on this book..Why haven't they yet, it's been a long time coming...
That is one astounding story
I have always felt fascinating about Marlene Dietrich, her persona,her charisma, her inteligence,her hability to manipulate peolple. Now Ive aterted reading The Book and i feel much more fascinated by her. Maria is a really great writter and a survivor !!! Greetings from Buenos Aires !!!
Tami was so beautiful. Her life was a tragedy.
Great video!! Thank you for shared! I would like to see the vault, that is showed in the end of the video...
It's malignant narcissism - text book - both parents
It's amazing Maria turned out so sane with an insane, self-centered mother.
It must have taken a lot of very hard inner work.
I'm surprised no celebrity child has turned into a serial killer. So many seem to have nightmarish childhoods. Maria is strong.
Yes it’s really quiet impeccable!
She;s quite a fascinating woman herself...a survivor!
There’s no survivor because the real victim is dead!!!
I can understand the bitterness of Maria Riva (and she is very bitter here), but Dietrich's husband, and Dietrich's husband's lover were adults, and what happened was THEIR choice and responsibility.
Did you miss the part where she purposely placed her daughter with a known rapist?
My brother and i are going through it at the moment ‘ your poor 89 year old mother you have neglected and rejected so badly’. Her younger sister whom she abused all her life died two weeks ago. We didnt find out until it was too late to go to the funeral, send flowers etc’ it reinforced my mother ‘ see they dont care about her or me who gave my life to them’. Yes, she, who had blocked our calls so we couldn’t do anything if we wanted to. Let her rot in her Italian and Parisian suits. Let her die alone and friendless. She has alienated everyone and in doing so has inadvertently isolated herself. Maria you have my deepest admiration for sticking it out to the end and remaining so strong and not embittered. We have been too damaged to be so generous. You went from strength to strength with unending kindness. You are a rare lady
Terrible experiences you both shared.
Fascinating interview. Marlene is still a legend and an inimitable star but you can understand Maria's pain. It's maybe a shame Maria wrote this so soon after her mother's death because the emotions are still very raw but I think that's what makes this interview so engrossing. Looking after an elderly recluse for so long must leave you with much pain and suffering. Maria probably had to get this off her chest (but maybe not so publicly..... ). Whatever people might say about Dietrich, you can't ignore the strength and grit and allure of this great Prussian who battled through to the bitter end despite the loneliness and decay. Dietrich will always be a star and a legend despite the flaws. Both ladies are great and deserve respect in their own way.
The book isn’t written in a sensational or emotional way at all. It’s a document written in almost clinical detail. It’s a stunning and impressive work.
@@xoxozozoxoxo559 Excellent reply. I agree 100%.
@@xoxozozoxoxo559 You're right. It should be considered a classic whether it were about a famous woman or not.
fabulous, searing interview--thought provoking---
Is Lourdes gonna do this after Madonna dies?
ah ah ah ah, Wait & see, as me !!!!
Madonna doesn't hold a candle to Dietrich. She only wishes she held the mystique. Now...on the SHEER DIRT SIDE....
Put things into perspective. While Madonna was HUGE in the 80s and 90s, there still wasn't the TV and nearly as many magazines or award shows, all that as there were for Madonna. There were no videos. Dietrich was lucky to get a radio interview. PERSPECTIVE. You're talking a fifty year divide. "JUST" built up legend status over 70 years? Madonna played off of Dietrich, Monroe, while THEY were the original. Madonna WISHES she was Marlene. Madonna did everything she COULD to be famous....Marlene...simply WAS...
Patrick3183 most likely Rocco will
+Patrick3183 I cant wait for that dirty laundry.
From what I have read in other biographies Maria and her family were supported financially all her adult life and of course Maria was supported by Marlene very comfortably all through her childhood also. From what I have read Maria's father did nothing financially! I have great respect for Marlene Dietrich she was a strong woman before her time and rose to the top by being the best! She was a free thinker and lived her life to the fullest.She knew her craft and knew how to get what she wanted without anyone's help. She made herself a star and depended on her own determination to last at the top for a very long time. She was a very remarkable woman ! Rest in Peace Marlene you don't owe anybody anything they owe you !!!
Money is not everything!
@@Eckoolt Life today without money you will find yourself living under a bridge and eating out of a soup kitchen ! Try living without money in 2019 ! Maria and her husband lived very comfortably on Marlene's money neither she or her husband never held down jobs! Marlene was still working into her late 70's and still supporting them! I think Maria resented her mother's beauty, talent, money and free lifestyle !
what planet do you live on because here on earth you cannot live without money just try it@@Eckoolt
@@anntraylor1849 I know that you cant survive without money. But look there are people who have alot of it, fame, looks and are miserable. Narcissistic parents oftet do more harm to their kids than good.
@@Eckoolt We do not know if Marlene was narcissistic or not either way narcissism is a mental disorder which was not known at that time. I think Marlene did the best she could in taking care of her daughter without any help from anyone. I just hate relatives writing these so called tell all books after a person is dead so that person cannot defend themselves. But Maria waited till her mother was dead or she wouldn't have inherited a dime. Then she made a fortune over her mothers dead body ! That's wrong !
Is there anyone out there who has part two of this interview?
Holy *, Dietrech essentially killed Tommie, allowed her daughter to be alone with a known sexual harrasser and her daughter says 'I didn't go to school, I didn't have friends' - however her daughter frames it, it is abuse!!!!!
Elena B I do not know how much you know about Hollywood at that time but by your comments I would believe not much.Marlene Dietrich did not put herself on a pedestal the Hollywood studios an the cash paying audiences did. Dietrich had an iron will to pull herself to the top and she was at the top of the studio hierarchy for a very long time by her own artistic talent She had more common sense then most of Hollywood at that time.who fell by the wayside she stayed on top.She kept the studios and her audiences happy into her seventies all on her own. Maria Riva lifestyle and that of her husband was supported by Marlene. Maria was always in awe of her Mother and also wanted to be an actress but couldn't cut it.Maria was just envious and jealous of her mothers fame. You must remember a biography written by a relative is always bias in one way or another. There are Stars whose legacies will last an eternity like Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe,Rita Hayworth an also Marlene Dietrich who was once called " The Blonde Venus " but I think in reality she could honestly also be remembered as the Blonde Genius.Rest in Peace Marlene you will always be remembered.
I can imagine hsving such a dramatic/intimidating woman as a mother would be a crazy ride
When I look at Hollywood today, I wonder how much has really changed. In the 1930s & 1940s a movie star was a brand, just like today. Only then they didn't call themselves that.
Quite a revelation on this icon! Maria Riva is very credible. What a sad thing to grow up with so much glamor and excitement around you, yet with so little personal attention from parents and mother. That is true poverty. At least in the end, Maria had the last laugh on Marlene - the money from auctioning off her mother's fame.
Great interview!
Having a super famous mother in many cases seems like a nightmare
Ok. 15 abortions?? They tortured that poor woman Tommy. Twisted, narcissistic world between Dietrich and her husband. Monsters.
Ms. Swan
*Tami (Tamara Matul)
And, to Marlene and Rudi, the way they lived was “normal” (yikes)...
TAMI. Not "Tommy." She went mad not from just the abortions, but from the insane verbal abuse. Rudi constantly accused her of doing everything completely wrong but breathing. (Pronunciation is the same.) Tami was beyond abused, that poor, beautiful woman.
She fucked someones husband
Having read Maria Riva's book, I came away with the impression that Dietrich was a whackjob. I think anybody who has been put on a pedestal, as Dietrich was, needs a great deal of common sense not to let it to go to her head. Dietrich seems to have lacked common sense.
Look at your nickname and you talking about whackjob
Well,she had enough sense to be one of the biggest stars in Hollywood to help in the war effort live a fabulous life and earn millions !
Ann Traylor you can do and be both.
anybody knows where i can find the 2nd part of this programme?
I would love to see the other segments
I'd love to see the rest of this as well
and yet the word Bisexual is never mentioned.
a nice bit of poly shaming as well.
Henry Burby because polyamory is wrong.
I was a little confused because the daughter seemed to be saying Marlene didn’t care much for sex at all, or that she preferred women sexually but was more romantically interested in men.
This was the early 90s.
@@calebcostigan2561 so what? The word "bisexual" existed back then
A Rapunzel-daughter born to a Witch.....really moving this was, and the same goes for Riva's book.
Their relationship was obviously complicated but if she hated her mother, she would have burned her memorabilia rather than selling it to the city of Berlin, where it Wall began and when married she didn't cut off her mother. She stayed by her side. We all have complex relationships with her parents but Dietrich was a legend.
I only saw her in only one movie, 1961's, Judgement at Nuremberg. She was wonderful but I got a real sense of aloofness.
Does anyone know where we can watch Part two of this interview ? I want to see the storage space filled with Marlene's items that she kept through out her life . If anyone has the link, please leave it below. Thanks
Oh Maria how i wished you’d been my mother. When you started to talk about power i started to cry......and i never cry. You were so lucky to be stronger than my brother and myself, i am a mental and physical cripple, my brother a highly successful functioning alcoholic. My mother aged 88 has cut all communication, blocked phones refuses to acknowledges us. The family horror stories are legend. She sits in her beautiful house dressed in Italian silk and french lace- alone. She says ‘ nobody contacts me, my children ignore me. I dont know why. Ive done nothing but tell them the truth about themselves’. The woman is a paedophilic mental and physical torturer. She is not mentally ill. She is evil. You and i know what these people do to other people. Tami, my mothers younger sister whose life she destroyed. With the rest of us.
Marlene, fate with you was cruel in terms of love.
You have never put money, the career, and your beauty in the first place, for you there were other more important things: like family, loved ones, wonderful actions to do like those you have done, save who is in trouble, fight for peace by opposing the evil that so many years ago had divided the world in two.
The facts matter, not words!
Nobody saw you mistreat your family even just in words.
You have always spoken of them with great love and respect.
Instead they have always been seen to attack you wildly with cruel words after you unfortunately could no longer defend yourself.
They have been waiting for this moment unfortunately, to take revenge for anything you have done, for having been better and superior to them aesthetically and internally.
You left this world in a horrible way that you didn't deserve.
It wasn't your fault Marlene, you gave all right teachings to your daughter, but she grew up badly, having wickedness in her veins.
There are wonderful mothers who have never made their children lack for anything, who filled them with endless love, that in the end find themselves having murderous, criminals and terrorists children.
Your daughter turned out to be your killer. There is nothing worse than a daughter who causes her mother to die.
Unfortunately, the daughter you had was not sent to you by God, but a real misfortune sent from hell.
The personification of evil itself.
We are your real family, Marlene, who defends you, who truly loves you more as a person than as a celebrity. As you would have wanted.
We will do everything to let the whole world know the truth, to put an end to all this madness, this unnecessary and unacceptable hatred towards you.
When everyone knows that Maria Riva is the real horrible person behind all this, and that she has made fun of the whole world by telling only lies about you, they will even hate themselves for believing and supporting her so much.
For them it will also be useless to ask you for forgiveness, because they hurt you too much, but you were too good, and their forgiveness would have been surely enough for you.
I hope that all the hatred they felt unfairly for you, turns into love, that it finally gives eternal peace to your tormented soul, without suffering anymore.
It wasn't your fault Marlene.
One day, if it is really true that justice will sooner or later take its course, the world will apologize.
Rest In Peace, not In Pain.
God have you in his glory forever, Marlene. Innocent Angel.♥👼🏼
#JusticeforMarleneDietrich❤️
Mrs. Riva is a very sympathic woman. I really love her storys,could hear her endlessly,and the book was so interesting.
All I can say is WOW!!! What a story, even if we have heard rumors of these exploits!!!
She was an extremely bright woman on and off the screen.
I suppose after a lifetime of work if the 78 year old Dietrich chose to confine herself to her apt and drink, take pills, write and then talk/flirt on the phone for the final stretch of her life.....why not???? Sounds good to me.
The "voice" that book is written in is SO likable, it's hard to put down. If it's Maria's....you'll fall in love with her. Or should I say "Katelien?" To her liking?
Love versus ego!!
A very big ego..
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Marlene was a self centered, demanding vixen who was superb at her craft and made it all look good on stage. She died in her own screenplay as an abandoned awful wretch and her salvation is doubtful without any sincere repentance! May God have mercy on her immortal soul.
No fair judgment when she was on pills and alcohol. A victim of these vices.
Maria Riva is still kicking at 96!
Whatever you think of the daughter writing the book, it’s a much more balanced read than others.
Happy to hear that! She is incredibly well spoken and I believe very sincere.
I'm a huge Dietrich fan, but I also recognize that Dietrich was human and deeply flawed like the rest of us. I've read this book 3 times and I still love it and Dietrich. As Maria said, "you've read it, do you still love my Mother?"
If she’s still alive is just because bad grass never die.
This world is so unfair!
Hey, I wish just one time one of these books would get published while the Actress or actor was alive and well.
... saw her in NY closing night 1968 .... sitting way up high & far away one deduced, observing certainly a unique, fascinating pain-in-the-ass ....
John Joyce I love that 😂
Thanks Aloha from Hawaii
Maria was a spoiled brat that never really appreciated all the tireless hard work her mother did for the world, in everything she accomplished, so typical child-of-a- movie-star ungratefulness. Dietrich was more than just a famous woman; she was a global symbol of great beauty, of glamour, luxury, androgyny, elegance, of courage, honor, & great strength and resilience. Not just anybody who's super famous for being a German during WW2 becomes an American citizen and joins the good fight, on the frontlines, with the Allies against the unspeakable crimes of the Nazis... She bravely also knew she was Hitler's #1 target to capture, the Nazis most valued prisoner of war!!
Maria shouldve helped her mother more, not less....
Complication doesn't begin to describe her I say!
I think Maria Riva is honest and straight-forward. She is so normal, it is a shame her mom may not have appreciated how special Maria is.
And her help in aiding the war effort but that’s about it
This woman was heartless. Her daughter had to deal with a lot I bet.
What is it with this strange moving background ?
I get lessons in elegance every time I see her.
Marlene Dietrich is an excellent example of why we shouldn’t make idols of movie stars. Her created image was amazing, but her private behavior was monstrously vile.
One thing that bothers me is immediately after Dietrich died Maria Riva writes a book about what a horrible self-absorbed narcissistic bitch Dietrich was. Now, 20-odd years later, it's all about Dietrich's heroism in World War 2. It's all about what sells, I guess.
The book is mostly a document of how the magic of Hollywood really worked and the magic of Dietrich. The mommie dearest suff is very small, I think.
I would have admired Dietrich more if she took better care of her daughter, Maria, if she protected her better and showed her more love and attention.
It is all that Marlene has done for her, only that her daughter with all the hatred she feels towards her mother, it upsets everything.
Trust me, Marlene didn't miss out on anything.
She would also give her life for her, as any mother would do...
@@gio4048 thank you for the information ❤️ It's good to know because I am a fan of Ms Dietrich ❤️
I am happy to have given you the right information and that you immediately agreed with me.
You made the right choice, you will not regret it.😊
Marlene was not a monster, her daughter and her grandchildren are.
I am a great friend of her grandson’s brother-in-law, and we are collaborating with some loyal fans who I hope will become many, to spread the truth about Marlene's tragic end.
#JusticeforMarleneDietrich❤️
@@gio4048 good luck to your book project on MS Marlene Dietrich. God bless. All the best❤️
@@jeanvocalist This doesn't have to be just my project or her relative's.
But also yours, all of you fans!
I am just a single person and the world is big!
Slowly we are forming an army for Marlene and we would need as many fans as possible! #JusticeforMarleneDietrich
There's some demonic artifacting going on when she's describing her mom at 6:25 really weird how her head gets like really big then small creepy
I LOVE MARIA! maria loved her and marlene loved maria. the book is a masterpiece!
I ANALYZE THE ACTING PART OF ANYONE WHO ACTS MALE OR FEMALE THEIR PRIVAte life???? thats their damened business but if the image is great and lives up to excpectations of the public at their time well then success was evident and well deserved. what can anyone gain or get for trying to pull her or his hair now after the entire life was lived???? shame that wc as humans find time to try to drag lovely people down. shame
Bueno, después de todo la familia Riva vendió todo el archivo Dietrich a la filmoteca de Berlín por 5 millones de dólares. Trataron de vender la historia escrita por Riva para llevarla al cine (Gwyneth Paltrow haría de Dietrich) y al parecer no obtuvieron el dinero que pedían, por eso no se hizo. Marlene le regaló a su hija el piso donde esta vivió con su marido durante muchos años. Y lo de Tamara Matul... debería estar muy enamorada para aceptar ser manipulada de tal forma, lo que resulta extraño. Como una rusa que escapó de los bolcheviques no pudo escapar de un pusilánime como Rudoph Sieber? Dietrich no fue una santa... pero tampoco el demonio que quieren pintar.
so sorry she was intimate with john wayne
I'm delighted John Wayne had nothing to do with her she was a right Bitch ..her daughter is no better ..
its interesting how evrybody blames for example enid blyton to be a bad mother.. and noone talks about Dietrich.. and then think of all the men where its normal that they dont care about their children and just thought about their career, .. they are not even mentioned from anyone, where its normal that they think about their career and the woman does everything for them. i also adore Dietrich, but i think also she failed as a mom, i believe Riva here. on the other hand i also think that if the duties of women wouldnt have been back then how they were and the men had to care about the children, als well as the moms,, these women who were outstandling maybe wouldnt have had to be so tough and could have let go a little bit better to be softer and caring.Also then the children maybe would have had a dad that takes the part, but when a woman these days was like that, the dad probably did not take over then or become the part, bcs that he can develop his career, was clear anyway, still, what you hear here about Dietrich is horrible. about the secretary and stuff.
So these are the people some of us want to idolize -- self-absorbed people sleeping with anything that moves and boozing their way through life, people of questionable moral fiber who believe the world revolves around them -- and it does when people tremble in their presence and stoop to kiss their asses. So many of them had/have this ugly flaw. I guess that's what fame does. She lacked good character, and I base that primarily on what she subjected her daughter to. Pity that poor daughter and what she experienced! Maybe if she had shot someone on Fifth Avenue the adoring fans would still have sung her praises. Had she not carried the name Marlene Dietrich she would have been called out for what she really was, and those who keep fooling themselves that she was anything remotely close to a singer need to have the wax cleaned out of their ears.
I'm suspicious of literary biographies. I'm even more suspicious of those written by the children, or relative, or friends of a celebrity. In the latter case(s), $$$, attention, or jealousy, revenge etcetera, never seems to enter the minds of most people as motivation to pen tell-all books of this nature. Also, in this particular case, Dietrich is dead and cannot answer, confirm, or refute anything said about her by her daughter. In the first case, take a few minutes and consider this proposition: Imagine anybody writing a biography about you, and what it was like to be inside your head; say, years or decades after you had died. Do you really believe that they could reconstruct you? Understand what it was like inside your mind and body? They couldn't do it, could they?!?!
all the gr8 ones turn into the monsters they harbor deep inside.
o to be young forever my cumquat sauerkraut.
teenie beenie “my cumquat sauerkraut” 😂
😱😱😱😱😱 what a not so exciting life of drama , 💜 😇
I met her
God's gift to men and woman. Or Satan's.
Some sort of (in this case, unnecessary) "image stabilization" has been applied here, probably at the YT upload stage, and has in fact resulted in severe motion artifacts...
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SHOWS INSIDE HER STORAGE ....A L L THE ITEMS SHE KEPT THRU HER LIFE .......................
There is a photography book that was published through Christie's of ALL of her collections: clothing, jewelry, papers, love letters, etc that was done about 5 years ago (?). I have it, it's amazing!! The same exists for Marilyn Monroe and Jean Harlow which are just as priceless.
All are photography books so the pics are excellent. Dietrich's has stories from Maria about the pieces in it throughout.
@@MummyBrown THANKS....I HAVE THE MARILYN ONE ....BUT WOULD L O V E ...THE HARLOW ONE....WHEN HARLOWS MOTHER PASSED AWAY .. THE STORAGE UNIT DISAPPEARED....HOW COULD I FIND THE BOOK ??? AND WHERE WAS THE DIETRICH BOOK PUBLISHED ...YEAR ???? READ MARIA RIVA GAVE EVERYTHING TO BERLIN FOR A MUSEUM ON DIOETRICH .....
*Marlene greatest woman.*
Right! #JusticeforMarlene!
Apparently, a superiority complex, difficult to work with (if you were a woman), a terrible Mother and treated people like commodities sums her up in some people's eyes. However, I didn't know her personally, but don't get a great vibe. But, I do respect the way she was her 'own person'
Nah, she was just German. German parents are complicated. Speaking from experience. Lol
GREAT ACTREESS- perIod
She was a WILD German power Babe! A dream come true! But dreams cant be Caged and Kept. They didnt get her Long..but BOY they GOT it good i bet! Like a Tigress bet she would whack em Good!...and they begged for more!
No wonder Jean Gabin left her...
It's good that he left her, otherwise he would have killed her like in the film.
It was he who beat her.
It was a sick wrong love.
It was Marlene who has undergone everything.
The people Marlene loved only made her suffer!
What is the problem? I’ve been a Dietrich fan for over 10 years and I understand everything Maria is saying in the book. It’s not a MOMMIE Dearest at all. Wonderful Maria, divine writer❗️ Marlene’s autobiography on the other hand was terrible
Maria says she never went to school. However, she seems to be very well educated.
Diane sawyer looks so young.
Marlene was one 🆒 lady of that time of innocence and women suppose to be a house wife,but not marliene she showed women how they should be and treat men the way men treated women,she was one cool I'll do it my way ,like may west said it's not the men in my life it's the life of my men,dead right marliene , good on you,r,I,p,Mrs cool🆒💟😘😎dude😎😘
Fascinating! Poor Woman definitly she did everithing to survive.
Not for nothing but doesn't sound like Maria knows what "love" is either...who describes a loved person as "a vulnerable creature"?
She knows what she's talking about. Sounds like you place your definition of love as the reference. She refers to "Lover, loved one" dependency, not the ideal. Her story tries to bring to light the completely different set of values wealthy and iconic people live by, not at all like the masses living routine, regulated lives.
Douglas Sharpe
Doesn't sound like that. Neither do you in your reply. The dependency she is talking about when she uses that phrase (if I recall correctly, it's been a while) is her own as a child towards her nanny. Essentially very much a mother figure.
And I don't really buy into the idea that "wealthy and iconic" people all live by very different values than rest of the world.
That is a gross and simplistic generalisation of all demographics mentioned
I didn't use all in my sentence. I avoid "all or nothing" "good or evil" thinking or statements, Shade of grey, yes. There is a level of living where "normal" morality is disregarded.
Douglas Sharpe
Your last line kind of negates the rest of your reply. You just exchanged "wealthy" for "level of living".
It's still a blanket statement.
And "normal" morality isn't even the same where you are from and where I am from. And that goes even supposing we'd be roughly in the same income bracket.
But anyway...it is still not related to my comment..which was on the Maria talking here and whether I think she knows "love".
My comment was not on how generally the wealthy live or what values they hold.
"love" is anyway not a "value" but a emotional capacity.
Douglas Sharpe "normality" isn't applied to the lifestyle of a 1930s movie star. To expect those people to have "normal" morality... The stars of 30s Hollywood were debauched lol
plump?!
Ma Ba quite!
Yes she was a little plump in the 20s and her first talking picture.
@@thesecondCZcams von Sternberg made her lose weight and developed makeup techniques for her movies that are still used today. He also had her lit from above to emphasize her cheekbones and soften her sharp features.
tough call. a world famous legend for a mother. and the daughter doesn't appear to be a jealous headcase?
It's her moment of glory, what she couldn't do before, he does now. Usually all mothers have flaws and children know it but we shut up, although for money some do anything.
Marlene was wonderfull as a movie star and in person was fascinating but she had maniad and "flaws" that everyone knew.
If you look well, in her youth, Maria imitated her mother, but she was a cold fish.
What did Marlene do for her daughter? She raised her and supported her in everything. When Marlene made her succeful career of personal presentations, most of the profits were for Maria and her children's education.
When Marlene died, she didn't have a huge fortune, but Maria got $8 million for her mother's clothes and personal items; but she left her no name or fame, so María sought that out by stripping her mother.
I think that Maria Riva was a victim of a narcissist -psychopath. (famous but a insecure corrupted woman) that the world admire because it make a difference...
Marlene is the victim to a hateful revengeful daughter
@@britannia5370 Marlene allowed her daughter to be sexually abused. Are you really going to defend her? Blind celebrity worship. Got it.
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Marlena Dietrich was an amazing original superstar and brought countless entertainment to many in every way imaginable AND unimaginable. I’ll always remain a fan. Nevertheless, she died in her own excrement and squalor, drug addicted and alone by her own choice. In the end you have to look at her contributions to society which were commendable as far as the support for our servicemen and women. Maria Riva was a witness to a megalomaniac (in a sense) and a contrite egoist. I certainly empathize with her. That’s a difficult life to endure. Being a victim, It’s not surprising to see how bitter she’s become.
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She is as dramatic as her mother