Fort Marlene?

[Aaron David Wright]

Pangaeus wrote in message <19990214231233...@ng-ch1.aol.com>...
>What was she in?

Star Wars

[Jbcorner]

Anyone else catch the wry bit of irony. At least from my recall in U.S. Army
Intelligence, there is nor Ft. Marlene, doing biological warfare or otherwise.
But there was (and is) a Fort Detrick (sp?) in Western Maryland doing highly
classified work on that very topic. Get it Marlene Dietrech (sp?again, sorry),
the late wonderful actress.

jb

[Pangaeus]

What was she in?

[Kwame Phillips-Solomon]

Aaron David Wright wrote in message <7a87th$ltr$1...@remarQ.com>...

>
>Pangaeus wrote in message <19990214231233...@ng-ch1.aol.com>...
>>What was she in?
>
>Star Wars

LOL your killing me.

[Jbcorner]

Pangaeus, on the assumption who are either not kidding or are, most probably,
too young -- to answer your question, who is (was) Marlene Dietrich, let me
reply (an obligation, as I am this thread's "originator' -- I know, big deal)>

Marlene Dietrich starred in dozens and dozens of Hollywood and European films
between 1922 and 1983). Among her more famous were: Destry Rides Again,
Foreign Correspondent, Ksmet,Witness for the Prosecution, Judgement at
Nuremburg, and Morocco, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award --
best actress.

See lived to be 90 + and died in 1992, I think.
Another interesting footnote, although she was German born and spoke with a
very discernible German accent, Marlene Dietrich stood tall for her adopted
America during WWII, and was active in intelligence and propoganda matters
helping the Allies. A very great lady.

jb

[EileenBan]

<<Another interesting footnote, although she was German born and spoke with a
very discernible German accent, Marlene Dietrich stood tall for her adopted
America during WWII, and was active in intelligence and propoganda matters
helping the Allies. A very great lad>>

Not only that, but Marlene was one of the few entertainers to actually go to
the front lines and entertain the troops there. Most Hollywood types stayed far
behind.
--

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Why did you come to Casablanca?
For the waters.
Waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
I was misinformed.

[Annette Geremia]

What I did notice about this is that it's the same Fort Marlene that
Scully visits in The Erlenmeyer Flask to steal the alien fetus to trade
for Mulder. At least they maintained that bit of continuity! ;) Maybe
that's why she was able to guess their location from the travel time,
since she's been there before.
And now that you mention it, I think I do recall one of TXF books
mentioning the connection to Marlene Dietrich as a play on Fort Detrick
(sp) Maryland.

~~Annette~~ ;-) [;-)

--
"Ninety-nine percent of the people in this world are fools ...
and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion."
--Sheriff Daniels in Miracle Man

[Jbcorner]

Hi Eileen, I'm jb (original poster of the thread). Yes, I did know that she
not only went to the front, but one of the few women to perform under actual
combat conditions. As I said, a great lady ... and patriot.

jb

[Dragan Antulov]

Jbcorner wrote in message <19990214235646...@ng-fp1.aol.com>...

>Marlene Dietrich starred in dozens and dozens of Hollywood and European
films
>between 1922 and 1983). Among her more famous were: Destry Rides Again,
>Foreign Correspondent, Ksmet,Witness for the Prosecution, Judgement at
>Nuremburg, and Morocco, for which she was nominated for an Academy
Award --
>best actress.

You forgot to mention BLUE ANGEL, 1930 German film. In it she drove poor
uptight professor, played by Emil Jannings, to his doom. One of the most
impressive incarnations of femme fatale in cinema.

BTW, I think her film was A FOREIGN AFFAIR, not THE FOREIGN CORRESPODENT.
She also, AFAIR, worked with Hitchcock on THE STAGE FRIGHT.

>See lived to be 90 + and died in 1992, I think.

>Another interesting footnote, although she was German born and spoke with a
>very discernible German accent, Marlene Dietrich stood tall for her adopted
>America during WWII, and was active in intelligence and propoganda matters

>helping the Allies. A very great lady.

Marlene Dietrich was also rumoured to have... ahem... unconventional
lifestyle. That rumours were strenghtened by the image she had in some of
the pre-Code (early 1930s) Hollywood movies. Those who had watched THE
CELLULOID CLOSET would know what I mean...

Does "Marlene Dietrich" reference signify some new, saucy plot developments
or subtle hints about some future relationships or USTs on the show? Only
time will tell.

Dragan Antulov a.k.a. Drax
Fido: 2:381/100
E-mail: dragan....@st.tel.hr
dragan....@altbbs.fido.hr

[KKonn36892]

>What I did notice about this is that it's the same Fort Marlene that
>Scully visits in The Erlenmeyer Flask to steal the alien fetus to trade
>for Mulder. At least they maintained that bit of continuity! ;)

i noticed that too. my question is did the colonists give the syndicate more
than one alien fetus back in, what was it, 1973? because scully took one in
the erlenmeyer flask to trade for mulder, but there was still one at fort
marlene in 2f/1s. i guess it's possible that they had more than one, but if
that's so, then why was it such a big deal trading the one for mulder in the
erlenmeyer flask if they had more lying around?

kristin

[Nunya Business]

To hide its existence.

Bryan