Conrad Veidt on Screen
Conrad Veidt on Screen

Author: John T. Soister

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2015-09-02

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 147661122X

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Conrad Veidt, a native of Berlin, began acting in small parts as an extra until called into service during World War I. After his discharge he began a theater career that subsequently led to films and more than one turn as a director. This work thoroughly details Veidt's film career. It lists all movies that he was involved in and provides a synopsis, cast and crew, and reviews of each film. There are many photographs, a list of films that he is thought possibly to have been involved in, and an extensive bibliography.

Conrad Veidt, Demon of the Silver Screen
Conrad Veidt, Demon of the Silver Screen

Author: Sabine Schwientek

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2023-06-16

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1476649170

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This book depicts the life of Conrad Veidt (1893-1943), the defining German actor of Expressionist cinema in the 1920s. His legendary performance in Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1919/20) earned him the epithet "Demon of the Screen" and made Veidt an international star. To this day, Veidt is considered an icon of early horror film. He showed his acting range in more than a hundred films, among them masterpieces such as The Indian Tomb (1921), Orlac's Hands (1924), The Man Who Laughs (1928), The Thief of Bagdad (1940), and Casablanca (1942). Conrad Veidt used his acting career to become socially and politically involved, starting with the film Anders als die Anderen, the first film to advocate homosexual rights, in 1919. After the Nazis came to power, he left Germany to protest anti-Semitism and Nazi rule. Along with his biography, this book provides insights into the development of filmmaking from its beginnings through the 1940s, an epoch of cinematic art marked by technical innovations like sound and color film and by world-shaking events, including two world wars.

Film Front Weimar
Film Front Weimar

Author: Bernadette Kester

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9789053565988

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How was Germany's experience of World War I depicted in film during the following years? Drawing on analysis of the films of the Weimar era--documentaries and feature films addressing the war's causes, life at the front, war at sea, and the home front--Bernadette Kester sketches out the historical context, including reviews and censors' reports, in which these films were made and viewed, and offers much insight into how Germans collectively perceived World War I during its aftermath and beyond.

The Man Who Laughs
The Man Who Laughs

Author: Victor Hugo

Publisher: The Floating Press

Published: 2011-05-01

Total Pages: 821

ISBN-13: 1775452786

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Moving away from the explicitly political content of his previous novels, Victor Hugo turns to social commentary in The Man Who Laughs, an 1869 work that was made into a popular film in the 1920s. The plot deals with a band of miscreants who deliberately deform children to make them more effective beggars, as well as the long-lasting emotional and social damage that this abhorrent practice inflicts upon its victims.

Film and the Dream Screen
Film and the Dream Screen

Author: Robert T. Eberwein

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2014-07-14

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1400853893

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Robert T. Eberwein uses a hypothesis from psychoanalytic theory to explore the frequently noticed similarity between dreaming and watching a film. His comprehensive study of the relationship between films and dreams explains the film screen as a psychic structure. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Curse of Sherlock Holmes
The Curse of Sherlock Holmes

Author: David Clayton

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2020-08-03

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 0750955058

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Basil Rathbone is synonymous with Sherlock Holmes. He played the Victorian sleuth in the fourteen Fox/Universal films of the 1930s and ’40s, as well as on stage and radio. For many people, he is the Holmes. Basil Rathbone grew to hate Sherlock Holmes. The character placed restrictions on his career: before Holmes he was an esteemed theatre actor, appearing in Broadway plays such as The Captive and The Swan, the latter of which became his launchpad to greater stardom. But he never, ever escaped his most famous role. Basil Rathbone was not Sherlock Holmes. In The Curse of Sherlock Holmes, celebrated biographer David Clayton looks at the behind-the-camera life of a remarkable man who deserved so much more than to be relegated to just one role.

The Parade's Gone By
The Parade's Gone By

Author: Kevin Brownlow

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 614

ISBN-13: 9780520030688

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Well illustrated book on history of silent movies

Hollywood and the Foreign Touch
Hollywood and the Foreign Touch

Author: Harry Waldman

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780810831926

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While a few select foreign filmmakers have been widely recognized for their contributions to Hollywood, scores more have gone largely unrecognized. Arranged alphabetically, this volume provides detailed information on the filmmakers and their films.

Weimar Cinema
Weimar Cinema

Author: Noah William Isenberg

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 0231130554

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In this comprehensive companion to Weimar cinema, chapters address the technological advancements of each film, their production and place within the larger history of German cinema, the style of the director, the actors and the rise of the German star, and the critical reception of the film.