David Bowie has completed work on his second movie role, this time with Marlene Dietrich and Kim Novak. The film, in which Bowie takes the starring role, is titled Just a Gigolo and is directed by
actor David Hemmings, perhaps best remembered as the mod photographer in Blow-Up. Just a Gigolo is filmed mostly in Berlin where Bowie has made his home for the past 1 Bmonths. Heplaysayoung Prussian officer who returns penniless to Berlin after the First World War and becomes a gigolo. Kim Novak plays the society matron who seduces him and Marlene Dietrich, making her first film appearance for a number of years, plays the baronness who recruits Bowie into her service. Meanwhile, David Bowie is part way through a 13 week concert tour with Carlos Alomar (guitar), Dennis Davis (drums), George Murray (bass), Roger Powell (synthesiser) Adrian Belew (lead guitar), Simon House (electric violin) and Sean Mayes (keyboards). A tour of the Far East and Australia and New Zealand is scheduled for November.
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Rip It Up, Issue 11, 1 May 1978, Page 6
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