141: Marlene Dietrich, Claudette Colbert, and the “sewing circle” (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 15)
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Colbert and Dietrich's 'Affair'
Most gossip about colbert and dietrich's supposed affair centrs on a photograph taken of the actresses tog ther at a party hosted by carol lombard in 19 35. The photo shows the two actresses posed on a slide together, claudette holding marlena's legs around her own. According to a gossip reporter on the scene, actresses shed their glamour at the event by dressing casually. Marlina dietrich, it was noted, took the fashion trend of trousers one step further by wearing shorts. It would not have been unheard of for the writer of a story like this to invent quotes to match the photospread.
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