John Gilbert (actor)
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John Gilbert was an American actor, screenwriter and director. He rose to fame during the silent era and became a popular leading man known as "The Great Lover". His breakthrough came in 1925 with his
Gilbert in 1931
Promotion of Ince's rising "juvenile" star in studio directory, 1916
Gilbert (center) with Barbara Bedford and unidentified actor in Gleam O'Dawn (1922)
Publicity photo for Love (1927)
Marlene Dietrich
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Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich was a German and American actress and singer whose career spanned nearly seven decades. In 1920s Berlin, she performed on the stage and in silent films. Her performa
John Gilbert (actor)
…birth of their daughter Susan Ann; however, she resumed her career after her divorce from Gilbert in May 1934. Before his death, Gilbert dated actress Marlene Dietrich from 1935 until his death in 1936 as well as Greta Garbo from 1926 to 1927. When he died, he had recently been slated to play a prominent supporting…
Marlene Dietrich as Lola: "She straddles a chair...imperiously, magisterially, fully the measurer of men in the audience..."
James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich in Destry Rides Again (1939)
Dietrich and Rita Hayworth serve food to soldiers at the Hollywood Canteen (17 November 1942).
Dietrich with airmen of the 401st Bomb Group (29 September 1944)