Nazi movies: “Third Reich” propaganda films were often disguised as comedies, dramas, and musicals promoting the German ethos and “way of life.” Curiously – or rather, eerily – these Nazi…
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Conrad Veidt is Turner Classic Movies’ “Summer Under the Stars” performer of the day. An international star since the 1920s, Veidt worked in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Hollywood –…
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Max Schreck in Nosferatu 1922. Max Schreck: Nosferatu 1922 ‘batman’ biography to come out in Germany The first biography of Max Schreck, best known as the “batman” a.k.a. vampire in…
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The first Hollywood actor to lampoon Hitler? A few years ago, in the San Diego Jewish Journal Lynn Rapaport discussed the first Hollywood comedian to play Adolf Hitler on film.…