Marlene Dietrich Selection

 Anna May Wong

Shanghai Express

In my DVD selection, I have a 6-film selection of movies with Marlene Dietrich. I bought the selection as it has Shanghai Express with Anna May Wong, and Destry Rides Again with James Stewart.

Was Maelne, lesbian, or bi-sexual, who knows, but she was beautiful.

Shanghai Express is a story of two women on the run across China, one is running from her political enemies, the other from a failed romance.

Leni Riefenstahl

 Early German Cinema

Marlene Dietrich

Leni Riefenstahl will be contoversial so long as people live, for her pro-Nazi films. One thing you ccannot take from her, is without her modt modern sports events wouldn't be able to be filmed.

During the Nnuremberg Rally, she developed the idea of a camera on rails, to get seperate viewponts.

While she helped the Nazi cause, lots of others, such as Marlene Dietrich, left  Germany for the USA for various reasons.

Early German Cinema

 Marlene Dietrich

                                                           Weimar Cinema 

Though the Weimar Cinema era didn't last long, it produced some classic movies, not only of its era, but movies that stood the test of time.

One of my favourite horror movies, Nosferatu, was made at the time, though its star, Max Schreck, hated his role as the orignal vampire. Other great films include Fritz Lang's Metropolis, which is scarier with the knowledege that machines are taking over now. Peter Lorre is still scary as the murder in M. It was at this time, a young lady called Marlene Dietrich would rise to fame too.

A not too well-known movie called Pandora's Box starring Louise Brooks also came otu at this time. Ms. Brooks played a role which came to haunt her in life, she was a Hollywood Icon of the "flapper era," at the end of the silent movies, and going into sound. She was told to voice her character in the film, The Canary Murder Case,  with William Powell,but refused, months later her speaking was part was dubbed by another actress. Her refusal caused Paramount to halt her contract, and blacklist her in Hollywood. So she went to Germany, and became an Icon of the Weimar Cinema,

The director of her film told her to change her lifestyle of parties, and long hours of drinking, or she'd end her life like her character Lulu, destitute, and forgotten. Sadly, Louise ignored the warning, and died destitute

You say you miss me.

 I have moved on

Getting over Pamela Olsted

From the responses to my appearance on a Mature Dating site, I wouldn't be suprised if Pamela Olsted did miss our chats.

I was sure she would try to contact me, and she has, but I didn't reply, why should I, she lied to me for months.

Besides, I have moved on, and have formed true freindships with ladies on the site.

After months of being lied to, I would never trust anything she said, other than she misses me, and I am attractive. My popularity on SoulmateMeets is not only about my attractiveness, it also about how pleasant, and respectful to the ladies I am

Bollywood BBW

 BBW ladies

Kira Junega

This beautiful lady is Bollywood actress, Kira Junega, proving again that BBW ladies are as attractive, if not more so, than the impression of slim young things the cinema craves.

Yes, I have a thing for BBW ladies, it comes from the wish to be able to cuddle the lady. As one comment on Facebook said, "Only dogs like bones."

What do I seek?

 Soulmate

I can be a problem

I have written much about the reactions of mature ladies to my appearance on SoulmateMeets, but little about what I am looking for, now is the time.

What I am looking for is a soulmate, not necessarily a sexual partner, though I am capable of making love. 

The thing which matters most to me, is that we get along as friends, beyond that is a bonus. At my age (70), the idea of sex, is a hope, with my health issues, I cannot blame a lady with desires for not wanting to be with me. I can be a problem, I am very much a Byronic Hero type, who loves passionatley, and has a darker side.

As a sidetrack, this may amuse you, I am reading a biography of Lord Byron written by Edna O'Brien, yes, a man reading a lady writer.

 That to some people is strange, but what about Agatha Christie, P,D. James, and Mary Anne Evans AKA George Elliot.

The last thing I look at is the the gender of a writer. 

To round-off from the opposite side of the coin, there are some male writers I can't read.

Men don't make passes at girls with glasses

A lady wearing glasses is not a turn-off

                                                            I do

                                 My Wife will be Pleased

I have never viewed ladies wearing glasses as an issue, my late wife, of 38 years, wore glasses all the time we knew each other. I had two girlfriends who wore glasses. Before you start a thought process, that is not a trait I look for. I didn't realise a young lady in Bristol Museum wished to ask me out, but I didn't realise this, she was attrctive to me, and yes, she wore spectacles. There was a young lady in Clevedon who liked me, but she was Taboo, she was the girlfreind of a close friend.

The main attraction for me is the personality of the lady, and if we get on