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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 441283" data-attributes="member: 5079">It&#039;s interesting to read older books and see how they can often be prone to error.&nbsp; Books written at a time when the author didn&#039;t have instant access to media or information relied on their recollections.&nbsp; Another book I have makes reference to Crawford guest staring on THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES; clearly conflating Swanson&#039;s appearance on that show with Crawford&#039;s appearance on THE LUCY SHOW.&nbsp; (Small wonder since the later was a shameless ripoff of the former.)Not that instant access to information is a&nbsp; guarantee against error or misinformation.It was arrogance.&nbsp; Dietrich was perhaps the least insecure person of all time.As I recall, she spoke poorly of Davis, Crawford, Colbert, Lombard and Goddard.&nbsp; She loathed Loretta Young and Liz Taylor.&nbsp; (Taylor, at least, might have been actual jealousy; specifically that Liz stole away men Dietrich was involved with.&nbsp; Dietrich credited it to Taylor&#039;s big boobs.)&nbsp; Publicly, she spoke well of Garbo; privately, seemingly not so much.She seemed to genuinely respect Hepburn, but I don&#039;t know that they actually knew each other.&nbsp; If so, probably during the filming of JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG.&nbsp; She also liked Mae West and thought Dolores Del Rio was beautiful.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 441283, member: 5079"] It's interesting to read older books and see how they can often be prone to error. Books written at a time when the author didn't have instant access to media or information relied on their recollections. Another book I have makes reference to Crawford guest staring on THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES; clearly conflating Swanson's appearance on that show with Crawford's appearance on THE LUCY SHOW. (Small wonder since the later was a shameless ripoff of the former.) Not that instant access to information is a guarantee against error or misinformation. It was arrogance. Dietrich was perhaps the least insecure person of all time. As I recall, she spoke poorly of Davis, Crawford, Colbert, Lombard and Goddard. She loathed Loretta Young and Liz Taylor. (Taylor, at least, might have been actual jealousy; specifically that Liz stole away men Dietrich was involved with. Dietrich credited it to Taylor's big boobs.) Publicly, she spoke well of Garbo; privately, seemingly not so much. She seemed to genuinely respect Hepburn, but I don't know that they actually knew each other. If so, probably during the filming of JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG. She also liked Mae West and thought Dolores Del Rio was beautiful. [/QUOTE]

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