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...Michael Wilding) who is tracking him down. Hitchcock exploits the situation as much for chuckles as for chills. The result is an entertaining show, handsomely produced against a London background, studded with effective scenes and enlivened by an excellent cast that includes an uncannily young and beautiful Marlene Dietrich and able British Comedian Alistair...
...star. Wilding plays the detective with quiet charm, and Todd's acting as the suspect will not let down moviegoers who liked him in The Hasty Heart. Comedian Sim makes his artful most of the heroine's eccentric father. If anyone steals the show, it is Veteran Dietrich. Dressed to kill and chanting languorous ballads in a husky off-key, she creates an acid-tinged portrait of a glamorous bad lady of the theater...
Suspense (Thurs. 9 p.m., CBS). Marlene Dietrich in Murder Strikes Three Times...
...instance, who is reportedly 41, has a gem-hard glamour that has worn pretty well for 20 years; now her line is a sophisticated fortyishness, and the public is not clamoring to buy.* Nor is the well-preserved charm of Claudette Colbert, Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis or Marlene Dietrich causing the box-office stampedes that it could set off ten, or even five years...
...London luncheon in her honor, Marlene Dietrich forgot that one does not smoke in a formal dining room until the King has been toasted. Between courses, she puffed on a green cigarette holder while the traditional uniformed toastmaster stared in horror. When he could stand it no longer, he banged his gavel close to Marlene's fingers, called for the toast, then roared pointedly: "Ladies & Gentlemen, you may now smoke!" Marlene spluttered, reddened, hid her head and finally apologized...