The loud music, quiet voices of some people and loud monotone voice of the narrator made me turn it off 11 minutes in. It could have been so good without the blaring piano playing and with a steady volume level for the interviewees. His voice has got to be AI.

Dietrich was once asked, when she was 70, if Garbo was ever her competitor and she said: “No, nobody was ever her competitor. Not with Garbo, no. No, no, no, no, no, no.”

Fake news. They were not rivals in real life. For a very brief period Paramount Pictures stoked a fake publicity campaign that Dietrich was a rival to Garbo. Dietrich made a few catty remarks about Garbo, probably she was envious because Garbo was already an established Hollywood star in 1930 when Dietrich arrived there. Garbo on the other hand never even acknowledged Dietrich's existence. Despite Dietrich appearing as an extra on The Joyless Street, They probably  never physically met each other. Garbo seldom went to Hollywood parties while Dietrich was highly sociable. They worked for different studios {Garbo was at MGM}. About the only clear thread tying the two women together was the fact they were separately involved in possible lesbian love affairs with the same woman ...Mercedes D' Acosta. Garbo and Dietrich had no direct relationship with each other. They also cannot be considered true rivals because they were so different as stars. Dietrich a witty extrovert was more a skilled stylist than an actress, always playing the same entertaining persona. But Garbo was a shy introvert and a serious, talented, and highly subtle actress. This lightweight doco is exaggerating a vague similarity between the two as both women were foreign imports {from Northern Europe  to Hollywood} ,and both were  famed for their "seductive beauty".

Garbo and Dietrich, both goddesses in the Hollywood pantheon.
Both unforgettable, both immortal. Garbo's career lasted 17 years, Dietrich's an incredible 60 years.
Garbo became a recluse of the international jet set, Dietrich one of the highest-paid show stars in the world, touring the globe successfully with her one-woman show for over 20 years.

Garbo planned a comeback in 1948 under the direction of Max Ophüls, signed a contract, and made beautiful screen tests. She had lost none of her beauty and charisma, unfortunately the financing failed to materialize, and the project was abandoned.

She rejected all further offers, including that of Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard" (1950) and a 1 million offer to star as the Mother Superior in the 1966 film „The Trouble with Angels“

Dietrich turned down film offers, including "Pal Joey" in 1957, to concentrate into a highly lucrative career as an international cabaret star and musical performer. which earned her $30,000 a week.

For her brief, half-day cameo in the 1964 comedy „Paris When It Sizzles“, Marlene Dietrich demanded to keep her glamorous Christian Dior white ermine coat—and the luxury white Bentley car that was used in her scene…..and she got both!

Garbo and Dietrich two Hollywood legends, two myths

Btw: It's a shame you didn't mention Dietrich's important 1948 film "A Foreign Affairs".

My two favourite actresses of all time. Love this

Excellent documentary...my favorites...Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo .... thanks for sharing

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