MARLENE DIETRICH FILM FESTIVAL
TCM, 6:00 a.m. ET
Marlene Dietrich is today’s featured actress on TCM – and while some of her most audacious and entertaining films are missing here (what, no Scarlett Empress?), the day and night are loaded with films that showcase Dietrich at various stages of her lengthy and showy career. Start at 9:15 a.m. ET with the 1930 film that made her a star, The Blue Angel (and also gave Madonna and others some iconic music video inspirations). Jump to 2:45 p.m. ET, where director Alfred Hitchcock showcases her in 1950’s Stage Fright. Then stay tuned for a potent double feature. At 4:45 p.m,. ET, it’s 1961’s Judgment at Nuremberg, the post-war Nazi war criminal trial story, in which she stars opposite Spencer Tracy and Maximilian Schell. At 8 p.m. ET, it’s the wily and witty 1958 adaptation of the Agatha Christie mystery, Witness for the Prosecution, starring Charles Laughton as the British barrister and Dietrich (pictured with Laughton) as a very key witness. That’s four great movies, made over a three-decade span… and TCM has a lot more where they came from.