Airdate: Jayne Mansfield: Hollywood Dream Factory / Dietrich Garbo: The Angel & the Devine

Heads up fans of Hollywood nostalgia, the Bio Channel has two specials this weekend worth considering, one on Jayne Mansfield and another on Greta Garbo.

Jayne Mansfield: Hollywood Dream Factory
Saturday June 13 at 7.30pm

With her baby doll face, Jayne Mansfield was the most photographed actress in Hollywood and had everything it took to become a star. But she accepted many compromises and went from the status of an icon to that of an object. A rival to Marilyn Monroe, she was restricted by directors throughout her career to roles that only served to caricature her. But even after her untimely death at the age of 34, Mansfield remains one of the most famous sex symbols of the 1950s. This off-beat portrait of the actress will explore the Hollywood dream factory through a casting call. Like Jayne herself, who attended many such events, young women will be auditioned to take on the role of our heroine in such a way that it will be difficult to tell the difference between past and present, between Jayne’s life and the lives of these girls.

Dietrich Garbo: The Angel and the Devine
Sunday June 14 at 8.30pm
More than just two legends of cinema, Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo are the cinema. These two icons, symbols of timeless glamour, have forever changed the erotic imagination of a whole era through their exoticism and audacity. Garbo was the first to become a star. Beautiful, distant, unattainable, Garbo the Divine was the most admired star of her era. But then Marlene Dietrich arrived – the femme fatale with her unsettling sensuality. She was the unforgettable Blue Angel, the only star capable of eclipsing Garbo the Divine. In light of romances and rivalries, the documentary sheds a fresh look at the passionate duel between Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo. Beneath the popular battle, behind the polished legend, we discover the intimate portrait of two women with their own scars and flaws.