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…
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 –…
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…
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.…