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Bruno Balz
Bruno Balz (6 October 1902, in Berlin – 14 March 1988, in Bad Wiessee) was a German songwriter and schlager writer. From the time he wrote the music for the first German sound film until his retirement in the 1960s, Balz was responsible for the lyrics to over a thousand popular hits. Much of his output was in conjunction with the composer Michael Jary; their songs helped make the singer Zarah Leander popular. Balz was arrested several times for homosexuality. In 1936 he spent several months in prison, and was released under an agreement that mandated that his name was no longer to appear in public. To maintain the appearance of propriety he entered a "lavender marriage" with a woman named Selma. He was rearrested in 1941 by the Gestapo and was kept in the Gestapo headquarters in Prinz-Albrecht-Straße. He was released from imprisonment by the intervention of Jary, who persuaded officials that he could produce songs that would aid the war effort. Within a day of his release, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Balz
Bruno Balz (6 October 1902, in Berlin – 14 March 1988, in Bad Wiessee) was a German songwriter and schlager writer. From the time he wrote the music for the first German sound film until his retirement in the 1960s, Balz was responsible for the lyrics to over a thousand popular hits. Much of his output was in conjunction with the composer Michael Jary; their songs helped make the singer Zarah Leander popular. Balz was arrested several times for homosexuality. In 1936 he spent several months in prison, and was released under an agreement that mandated that his name was no longer to appear in public. To maintain the appearance of propriety he entered a "lavender marriage" with a woman named Selma. He was rearrested in 1941 by the Gestapo and was kept in the Gestapo headquarters in Prinz-Albrecht-Straße. He was released from imprisonment by the intervention of Jary, who persuaded officials that he could produce songs that would aid the war effort. Within a day of his release, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jürgen Draeger
Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine given name in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. It is cognate with George. Notable people named Jürgen include: A *Jürgen Ahrend (born 1930), German organ builder *Jürgen Alzen (born 1962), German race car driver *Jürgen Arndt, East German rower *Jürgen Aschoff (1913–1998), German physician and biologist B *Jürgen Barth (born 1947), German engineer and racecar driver *Jürgen Bartsch (1946–1976), German serial killer *Jürgen von Beckerath (1920–2016), German Egyptologist *Jürgen Berghahn (born 1960), German politician *Jürgen Bertow (born 1950), East German rower *Jürgen Blin (born 1943), West German boxer *Jürgen Bogs (born 1947), German football manager *Jürgen Brähmer (born 1978), German boxer *Jürgen Bräuninger, South African composer and professor *Jürgen Budday (born 1948), German conductor C *Jürgen Cain Külbel (born 1956), German journalist and investigator *Jürgen Chrobog (born 1940), Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Ernst Groh
Herbert Ernst Groh (27 May 190528 July 1982) was a Swiss tenor. Groh was born in Lucerne and subsequently studied in Zurich and Milan. One of his teachers was Carl Beines, who also taught Richard Tauber. He began his operatic singing career in Darmstadt in 1926, with engagements following in Frankfurt and Cologne and a successful tour of Italy in 1927, where he also began to make his first recordings using the name of Ernesto Groh. He then started to appear on German radio and devoted himself to developing a career as a recording artist - also making films, but soon giving up the stage - a career that lasted well into the LP era of the 1950s. He died in 1982 at Norderstedt, near Hamburg. Critical appreciation Like Marcel Wittrisch, Groh is inevitably compared to his contemporary Richard Tauber. According to Alan Blyth Geoffrey Alan Blyth (27 July 1929 – 14 August 2007) was an English music critic, author, and musicologist who was particularly known for his writings withi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Turandot (film)
''Princess Turandot'' (German: ''Prinzessin Turandot'') is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Käthe von Nagy and Willy Fritsch. A separate French-language version ''Turandot, Princess of China'' was also released. The script, by Thea von Harbou, includes elements of Puccini's opera ''Turandot'' and Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of Carlo Gozzi's 1762 play ''Turandot''. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. The music was by Franz Doelle with song lyrics by Bruno Balz and C. Amberg (including the opening ''Turandot, bezaubernde Turandot'' - 'enchanting Turandot'), recorded by |
Franz Doelle
Franz Doelle (9 November 1883 – 15 March 1965) was a German composer. He worked on around fifty film scores during his career many of them operetta films.Hull p.84 Selected filmography * '' When the White Lilacs Bloom Again'' (1929) * '' Mrs. Lehmann's Daughters'' (1932) * ''The Escape to Nice'' (1932) * ''Victor and Victoria'' (1933) * '' A Day Will Come'' (1934) * ''George and Georgette'' (1934) * ''Miss Liselott'' (1934) * '' Just Once a Great Lady'' (1934) * ''Amphitryon'' (1935) * '' The Royal Waltz'' (1935) * ''Donogoo Tonka'' (1936) * ''The Irresistible Man'' (1937) * ''A Man Astray'' (1940) * ''Carl Peters Carl Peters (27 September 1856 – 10 September 1918), was a German colonial ruler, explorer, politician and author and a major promoter of the establishment of the German colony of East Africa (part of the modern republic Tanzania). Life H ...'' (1941) * '' When the White Lilacs Bloom Again'' (1953) References Bibliography * Hull, David Stewart. ''Film in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Roses For A Blue Lady
"Red Roses for a Blue Lady" is a 1948 popular song by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett (alias Roy Brodsky). It has been recorded by a number of performers. Actor-singer John Laurenz (1909–1958) was the first to record the song for Mercury Records. It rose to #2 on the weekly “Your Hit Parade” radio survey in the spring of 1949. The original 78rpm single was issued on Mercury 5201 - Red Roses For A Blue Lady (Roy Brodsky-Sid Tepper) by John Laurenz. Lyrical content The song is about a man who wishes to give flowers as a gift to the woman he loves after the two have had a disagreement and that said disagreement made her blue (i.e., sad). He hopes that if his sweetheart accepts his plea for forgiveness, the two will marry and that he will soon return to pick out the florist’s “best white orchid for her wedding gown." Other recorded versions *The best-selling recording was made by Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra, with credited vocalists Vaughn Monroe and The Moon Men, on De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Große Liebe (film)
''The Great Love'' (German: ''Die große Liebe'') is a 1942 German drama film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring Zarah Leander, Viktor Staal and Grethe Weiser. It premiered in Berlin in 1942 and went on to become the most commercially successful film in the history of the Third Reich.Erwin Leiser, ''Nazi Cinema'' p61 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios with location shooting taking place in Berlin, Rome and Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag. Story The attractive Oberleutnant Paul Wendlandt is stationed in North Africa as a fighter pilot. While in Berlin to deliver a report he is given a day's leave, and on the stage of the cabaret theatre "Skala" sees the popular Danish singer Hanna Holberg. For Paul it is love at first sight. When Hanna visits friends after the end of the performance, he follows her, and speaks to her in the U-Bahn. After the party in her friends' flat he accompanies her home, and chance throws them further together wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Habanera (film)
''La Habanera'' is a 1937 German romantic melodrama feature film directed by Detlef Sierck (later known as Douglas Sirk). Zarah Leander, who was recently signed by UFA, stars, in the lead role of Astrée Sternhjelm and also performs its title song, "La Habanera". Like many of her films of this era, it proved an enormous box office success. Plot In 1927, Swedish tourists Astrée Sternhjelm and her elderly aunt Ana are nearing the end of a visit to Puerto Rico. Ana despises the island, which she considers backwards, but Astrée is enchanted by the Caribbean climate, the openness of the islanders, and the local habanera music. Astrée is especially taken with Don Pedro de Avila, a rich and powerful landowner they meet on their last day on the island. Don Pedro invites the women to a bullfight, where he heroically jumps into the ring after the matador is injured, and kills the bull himself. The next day, as their ship sails back to Sweden, Astrée spontaneously decides to stay. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Blaufuchs
''The Blue Fox'' (german: Der Blaufuchs) is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Zarah Leander, Willy Birgel and Paul Hörbiger.Reimer & Reimer p. 159 It was based on a play by the Hungarian writer Ferenc Herczeg. It includes the song ''Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein''. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam and on location in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting. Synopsis Tired by her husband's lack of interest in her, due to his obsessive focus on his scientific study of fish, a Budapest woman flirts with the idea of running off with another man. Cast * Zarah Leander as Ilona Paulus * Willy Birgel as Tabor Vary * Paul Hörbiger as Stephan Paulus * Jane Tilden as Lisi * Karl Schönböck as Trill * Rudolf Platte as Coachman Bela * Eduard Wenck as Signalman Ürem * Edith Meinhard as Tilla * Gertrud de Lalsky as Professorengattin * Erich Dunskus as Tankstellenwart * Olga Engl as Ilonas Tante Margit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lothar Brühne
Lothar Brühne (19 July 1900 – 14 December 1958) was a German composer of film scores. Selected filmography * ''Lady Killer'' (1937) * ''Diamonds'' (1937) * ''La Habanera'' (1937) * ''S.O.S. Sahara'' (1938) * '' The Night of Decision'' (1938) * '' The Blue Fox'' (1938) * ''Five Million Look for an Heir'' (1938) * '' Night of Fate'' (1938) * ''Liberated Hands'' (1939) * '' Der Stammbaum des Dr. Pistorius'' (1939) * '' A Woman Like You'' (1939) * ''Enemies'' (1940) * ''What Does Brigitte Want?'' (1941) * ''Beloved World'' (1942) * ''Back Then'' (1943) * ''Romance in a Minor Key'' (1943) * ''Tonelli'' (1943) * '' Come Back to Me'' (1944) * ''Orient Express'' (1944) * '' Long Is the Road'' (1948) * ''The Lost Face'' (1948) * ''Regimental Music'' (1950) * ''The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice'' (1950) * '' The Exchange'' (1952) * '' Unter den Sternen von Capri'' (1953) * ''I and You'' (1953) * '' Regina Amstetten'' (1954) * ''The Angel with the Flaming Sword ''The Angel with the Flam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradies Der Junggesellen
''Bachelors' Paradise'' (german: Paradies der Junggesellen) is a 1939 German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Heinz Rühmann, Josef Sieber, and Hans Brausewetter. It was based on a novel by Johannes Boldt. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Willi Herrmann Willi Herrmann (1893–1968) was a German art director. Selected filmography * '' Madness'' (1919) * '' Child on the Open Road'' (1919) * '' Jettatore'' (1919) * '' Humanity Unleashed'' (1920) * '' The Secrets of Berlin'' (1921) * '' The Mahara .... The film featured the popular song " Das kann doch einen Seemann nicht erschüttern". Synopsis After getting his second divorce, Hugo Bartels and his two ex-military comrades agree a pact to form a "paradise for bachelors" club in which all are pledged never to get married again. However, when Hugo meets and falls in love with an attractive woman he faces as a quandary. He is eventually able to marry her after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |