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Dita Von Teese arriving at the David Jones Show and launch of L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival on March 8, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.
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MGM Grand's Crazy Horse Paris
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March 31, 2010
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Dance in the Annex (DITA) was asked to present a piece at RadFest (in Kalamazoo) this past weekend, and they brought it - representing Grand Rapids modern dance with The Pillow Piece, choreographed by DITA Artistic Director Amy Wilson.
Dita Von Teese performs Berlesque during the New York Academy of Art's Take Home a Nude Benefit Auction supported by Banana Republic featuring a performance by Queen of Burlesque Dita Von Teese dressed in $5 Million of diamonds, held at Phillips de Pury and Company, Thursday, October 20, 2005 in New York.
French postcard by Europe, no. 1086. Photo: Studio Intran.
Lovely Dita Parlo (1906-1971) was a star of German and French films of the late 1920s and 1930s, who also worked in Hollywood. She inspired both Dita Von Teese and Madonna, the latter used her name and character from L'Atalante (1934) for her Sex book and Erotica album.
Dita Parlo was born as Gerda Olga Justina Kornstädt in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin in Poland) in 1906 (some sources say 1908). Her father was a forest ranger. Dita was initially trained as a ballet dancer. Subsequently she studied acting at the Babelsberg film school in Berlin. There she was discovered for the screen by producer Erich Pommer and she was signed to a contract with the Ufa studio. She made her first film appearance as the wife of soldier Lars Hanson in the silent war drama Heimkehr/Homecoming (Joe May, 1928). After her film debut, Dita Parlo quickly rose to stardom. Her early Ufa films include Geheimnisse des Orients/Secrets of the Orient (Alexandre Volkoff, 1928) with Nicolas Koline and Iván Petrovich, Die Dame mit der Maske/The Lady with the Mask (Wilhelm Thiele, 1928), and Ungarische Rhapsodie/Hungarian Rhapsody (Hanns Schwarz, 1928), with Willy Fritsch. In Manolescu - Der König der Hochstapler/Manolescu (Victor Tourjansky, 1929), she appeared opposite the legendary Russian film star Ivan Mozzhukhin.
Dita Parlo appeared in the first sound film of the Ufa, Melodie des Herzens/Melody of the Heart (Hanns Schwarz, 1929) opposite Willy Fritsch. In France she also became popular, and appeared in Au bonheur des dames/For the Happiness of Women (Julien Duvivier, 1930), an adaptation of Emile Zola's 1883 novel of the same name. In 1931 she tried her luck in Hollywood. She often appeared in German-speaking versions of American films and she played parts in the minor films Honor of the Family (Lloyd Bacon, 1931) with Bebe Daniels, and the comedy anthology Mr. Broadway (Johnnie Walker, 1933). The sketch with Parlo in the latter film was taken from an uncompleted film by Edgar G. Ulmer, titled Love's Interlude. This film was begun in 1932 at Peerless Productions. After two years in Hollywood and no success, Dita Parlo moved to Paris. She married a Frenchman, and would make only French films for the rest of her career. Later she was scheduled to appear in the proposed Orson Welles production of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness for RKO Radio Pictures. However, that project did not come to pass, and Welles began work on Citizen Kane.
Dita Parlo starred as a provincial bride aboard a canal barge in the beautiful L'Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934) She and her ship captain Jean (Jean Dasté) struggle through marriage as they travel on the their barge L'Atalante along with the captain's first mate, Le père Jules (Michel Simon), and a cabin boy. Ben Parker at IMDb: "Finally saw Vigo's L'Atalante, his only feature film, which he reportedly could not complete before his death, and instantly its one of my top favourite movies and easily one of the best pictures ever made. L'Atalante has everything going for it: its sexy, romantic and incredibly funny. Its also immensely genuine". Three years later Dita Parlo played a peasant opposite Jean Gabin in another masterpiece La grande illusion/The Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir, 1937). Donald J. Lamb at IMDb: "It is a wonder to see a film from the 1930's so definite in its view and opinions, yet so touching and revelatory. Jean Renoir's The Grand Illusion is a film of great importance, one that improves with each viewing." After La grande illusion, Parlo appeared in eight more French films. She featured in the spy film Mademoiselle Docteur/Street of Shadows (G. W. Pabst, 1937). She also co-starred with Erich von Stroheim in the historical drama Ultimatum (Robert Wiene, 1938). It was the final film of Wiene, who had been a leading director of German cinema particularly noted for his work on expressionist films during the silent era. He died shortly before the film's completion, and it was finished by Robert Siodmak. Following the outbreak of World War II, Dita Parlo was forced to return to Germany because of her nationality. That was the end of her film career. In 1949 she married a priest, Franck Gueutal. During the last thirty years of her life she worked as a writer and appeared in only three films in small parts. She made her final film appearance as a countess who always wins at gambling in La dame de pique/The Queen of Spades (Léonard Keigel, 1965), based on the story Pikovaya dama by Alexander Pushkin. The countess had previously been given the secret that she can never reveal, and a poor Russian officer (Michel Subor) tries to force her hand with tragic results. Dita Parlo died in 1971 in Paris. She was 65. Parlo left strong impressions on all who caught her work. In 1992, Madonna told she was fascinated by Parlo. Madonna picked her name as an alias while touring and booking into hotels. Madonna took her name again for the character she created for her legendary Sex book and Erotica album. Its title track commences with the line "My name is Dita, I'll be your mistress tonight... ". Burlesque performer Dita Von Teese took her first name also in tribute to Dita Parlo. Musician Steve Adey has a song called Dita Parlo on his studio album The Tower of Silence (2012). The song was written in response to L'Atalante.
Sources: Thomas Staedeli (Cyranos), Operator 99 (Allure), Sandra Brennan (AllMovie), Filmportal.de, IMDb and Wikipedia.
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bukan Dita.. tapi Alfonso yg nangis tak henti2.. berurai airmata terus menerus, dita justru yg menghibur.. kebalikannya .. so sweet
Siren Silhouette Korinne Dimas soaking up the sun during the Dog Days of Summer. Swimsuit Ensemble and bag by Susan Weeks of ShhDollWorks. Shoes are from Ferocious Kesenia Valentinova.
All the kitties have been ill with some eye junk - Dita is 100% now and the boys are still on the mend. Thought I'd snap a few pictures of her as she's growing up very fast.
My cousin sent me this today.
Dita institute for the animal birth control by cats and dogs. Because there are a lot of animals who aren't desexed and so there is a overpopulation of these animals and the people expose them or give them to the animal shelter. She want that people are thinking of that and desex their animals or choose their animals from a animal shelter.
I'm not a fan of her stock Type 3 body, so gave her an upgrade to a Type 4. To celebrate, I dressed her up in another Darling Clover dress I got at PUDDLE this year, and we went outside to the mossy tree root for a few photos.
Yesterday I got the most fantastic packages ever, Dita and Bree arrived on the same day :D :D :D
I called Dita: Ricky, because it's such a cute name for a girl, and Dita is the most fantastic girl ever <3
Burlesque superstar Dita Von Teese attends
the launch celebration for the Virgin Mobile 3 Ways to Pay As You Go offer, held at Sky Studios, Wednesday, July 20, 2005 in New York.
The international queen of burlesque was in Dallas to promote Cointreau liqueur poolside at Ku de Ta. www.drewgaines.com