141: Marlene Dietrich, Claudette Colbert, and the “sewing circle” (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 15)
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Merlena dietric kept the magpies chirping right through the thirties. She was ascribed a passionate affair with fellow paraamount starr clodette colber, as well as one with lile damira. Her pascel of girl friends was dubbed marlena's sewing circle. They were not lesbians, but good charlins who swung both ways. In 19 32, while her sewing circle was forming, that marlena started wearing drag off screen. A nation wide vogue, women and slacks was launched. The ambi sex allure of marlena in man drag was magnified by her svengali, joseph von
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