'Blazing Saddles'on screen today Jul 29, 2009
Others in the stellar cast include the late Madeline Kahn as Lili Von Shtupp, a dance hall floozy, whose big dance hall number is "I'm Tired." It's a hilarious parody of Marlene Dietrich's sultry singing as Frenchy in 1939's "Destry Rides Again.". The hulking Alex Karras appears as a supposedly indomitable behemoth who is able to deck a horse with a right cross. (Erie Times-News, PA)
The unrivaled year for moviemaking: 1939 Jul 12, 2009
Destry Rides Again, a comic western which has great fun with the idea of Stewart as a Wild West lawman and which saved Marlene Dietrich s career from the dead. Ninotchka - Garbo laughs. (Boston Globe)
Great move by boss Jun 26, 2009
The Berlin-born film legend's husky voice and smoldering eyes seduced audiences for more than four decades in German movies such as "The Blue Angel" and many American films, including "Destry Rides Again" with Jimmy Stewart and "The Spoilers" with John Wayne. After leaving Germany in the 1930s, Dietrich defied Adolf Hitler's call to return home during World War II. She became a U.S. citizen and performed for American troops, living abroad in California and Paris until her death in 1992, at the... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
No Lie: 'Pinocchio' Marks 70th Anniversary Mar 11, 2009
"So I went to work on 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' and 'Destry Rides Again' with Jimmy Stewart.". Living The Part. (Click2Houston, TX)
Favorite Movies, Least Favorite Awards Show Mar 3, 2009
The 1930s: It Happened One Night, Alice Adams, The Gold Rush, Destry Rides Again, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Wizard of Oz, Bachelor Mother, Make Way for Tomorrow, My Man Godfrey and any one of these four Astaire-Rogers films, Top Hat, Carefree, Gay Divorcee or Swing Time. (Townhall.com)
