Marlene Dietrich Movies That Never Were

You may be well aware of Marlene Dietrich's 1936 film, I Loved A Soldier, which went into production but was never completed. Doctor Macro's site has impeccable stills from that abortion. Did Dietrich perform in any other unfinished flicks? I don't know, but according to the American Film Institute catalog ( here and here), Marlene Dietrich was considered for the following films:

Confessions of a Nazi Spy, a 1939 Warner Bros. propaganda film in which Dietrich would have reportedly starred and probably refused to avoid any association with Nazi Germany. Aside from that, Dietrich was still “box office poison” and had yet to humanize herself in Destry Rides Again. I bet the role played by Dorothy Tree would have been hers.
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All Through The Night, a 1942 Warner Bros. thriller. On April 10, 1941, The Hollywood Reporter listed Dietrich as a possible co-star alongside her chum George Raft, with whom she made another Warner movie (Manpower). Of course, Hollywood wasn't bereft of Germans who opposed the Nazis because Kaaren Verne got the part and shared screen credits with the great Humphrey Bogart.
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China Girl, a 20^th Century-Fox war drama released at the end of 1942 (the years in the AFI catalog appear inaccurate). One version of the script cast Dietrich as “Captain” Fifi. Maybe Dietrich was busy making Pittsburgh for Universal instead, but the beauty of Dietrich and Gene Tierney (who, by the way, played a Chinese character) in one picture would have been incomparable. On the other hand, who would want to see Dietrich and Victor McLaglen together again?




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Dangerous Partners, an MGM crime drama released in 1945. In March (?) 1944, The Hollywood Reporter apparently announced Dietrich and Douglas Morrow as possible lead actors. In retrospect and with the help of Steven Bach's biography, I can't imagine why anyone would have considered Dietrich because she was in the midst of her USO tour. Then again, Dietrich was supposed to perform in a second film for MGM after Kismet, and Signe Hasso does exude the European mystique that would bring to mind Dietrich or more obviously Greta Garbo.
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I Remember Mama, a 1948 RKO historical drama starring Irene Dunne in the lead role rejected by Greta Garbo. Supposedly, Dietrich dispatched Mitchell Leisen, a Dietrich devotee and the director of The Lady Is Willing and Golden Earrings, to win her the role of Mama, but RKO refused due to Dietrich's “racy image.” No wonder Dietrich became the star of RKO's Rancho Notorious in 1952. Even though a matronly character would have fit her late '40s real-life role as a grandmother, Dietrich's part in A Foreign Affair proved her flair for the racy after all.
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All About Eve, a 1950 20^th Century-Fox masterpiece starring Bette Davis as Margo Channing. Producer Darryl F. Zanuck considered Dietrich for this role, and Steven Bach wrote that Joe Mankiewicz convinced Zanuck otherwise. Although the role would have given Dietrich the best dialogue of her career, I would be foolish to argue that Davis didn't own that part with her performance.
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Know more roles that Dietrich would have reportedly played but didn't? Tell us about them in the comments section.