A chat with Marlene Dietrich’s former personal assistant

John Banks recalls his first encounter with the beautiful bisexual star

An interview with Marlene Dietrich’s personal assistant.

While at Fierté Montreal, we ran into John Banks, the organizer of the very first Pride march in Montreal. Banks was also personal assistant to none other than the beautiful Marlene Dietrich, who was born on Dec 27, 1901. See the video above of his story of how he met Dietrich.

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