Bruno Bernhard Granichstaedten (September 1, 1879, Vienna – May 30, 1944,

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) was an Austrian composer and librettist. He composed sixteen operettas and music for various films. He contributed the song "Zuschau'n kann i net" to the musical play ''

The White Horse Inn ''The White Horse Inn'' (or ''White Horse Inn'') (German title: ''Im weißen Rößl'' ) is an operetta or musical comedy by Ralph Benatzky and Robert Stolz in collaboration with a number of other composers and writers, set in the picturesque Salz ...

''. He emigrated from Austria, ending up in the United States of America in 1940, where he was only able to earn his living by playing the piano at night clubs.

Works

*''Bub oder Mädel?'' ( and Adolf Altmann), operetta, prologue and 2 acts (13 November 1908

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, Johann Strauss-Theater) *''Wein, Weib and Gesang'' (Adolf Altmann), operetta 1 act (1909 Vienna) *Lolotte (Bruno Granichstaedten and Alfred Schick-Markenau), operetta 3 acts (1910 Vienna) *''Majestät Mimi'' (Felix Dörmann and Roda Roda), operetta (1911 Vienna) *''Casimirs Himmelfahrt'' ( Arthur Maria Willner and

Robert Bodanzky Robert Bodanzky, also known as Danton (born Isidor Bodanskie, 8 March 1879 – 2 November 1923), was an Austrian journalist, playwright, poet and artist. While he became famous for his apolitical poems before World War I, he turned an anarchist ...

), burlesque operetta (1911 Vienna) *''Die verbotene Stadt'' (Bruno Granichstaedten and

Karl Lindau Karl Lindau (also Carl Lindau, born Karl Gemperle; 26 November 1853 – 15 January 1934) was an Austrian actor and writer. He excelled in comic roles at the Theater an der Wien, and wrote several plays, librettos for operettas and songs. Career ...

, operetta (1913 Berlin) *''Der Kriegsberichterstatter'' ( Rudolf Österreicher and ), bunte Bilder vom Tage (1914 Vienna) (Music: Eysler, Granichstaedten, Nedbal, Weinberger and Ziehrer) *''Auf Befehl der Herzogin (der Kaiserin)'' ( and Robert Bodanzky), operetta 3 acts (20 March 1915 Vienna, Theater an der Vienna) *''Walzerliebe'' (Bruno Granichstaedten and Robert Bodanzky), operetta, prologue and 2 acts (16 February 1918 Vienna, Apollo Theater) *''Das alte Lied'' (Bruno Granichstaedten), operetta 3 acts (1918 Vienna) *''Indische Nächte'' (Robert Bodanzky and ), operetta 3 acts (1921 Vienna) *''Die Bacchusnacht'' (Bruno Granichstaedten and

Ernst Marischka Ernst Marischka (2 January 1893 – 12 May 1963) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for more than 90 films between 1913 and 1962. He also directed 29 films between 1915 and 1962. He wrote and directed the Sissi trilogy ...

), operetta 3 acts (1923 Vienna) *''Glück bei Frauen'' ( Viktor Léon and ), operetta (1923 Vienna) *''Der Orlow'' (Bruno Granichstaedten and Ernst Marischka), operetta (3 April 1925 Vienna, Theater an der Wien) *''Das Schwalbennest'' (Bruno Granichstaedten and Ernst Marischka), Old-Vienna-Singspiel 3 acts (1926 Vienna) *''Evelyne'' (Bruno Granichstaedten and Peter Herz, after E. Phillips Oppenheim), operetta 3 acts (1927 Berlin) *''Der Dollar rollt! (Reklame!)'' (Bruno Granichstaedten and Ernst Marischka), operetta (1930 Vienna)

Selected filmography

* ''

The Orlov The Orlov (German: ''Der Orlow'') is a 1927 German silent film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Vivian Gibson, Hans Junkermann and Georg Alexander. It was shot at the Babelsberg and Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's sets ...

'', directed by

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and

Jacob Fleck Jacob Fleck (8 November 1881 in Vienna as Jacob Julius Fleck – 19 September 1953, also in Vienna) was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cameraman. He is noted for his long-standing professional partnership with his wife ...

(Germany, 1927, based on the operetta ''Der Orlow'') * ', directed by

Max Neufeld Max Neufeld (13 February 1887 – 2 December 1967) was an Austrian film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1919 and 1957. He directed the 1934 film '' The Song of the Sun'', which starred Vittorio De Sica. Sele ...

(Germany, 1932, based on the operetta ''Der Orlow'') * ''

The Queen's Affair ''The Queen's Affair'' is a 1934 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Fernand Gravey, Muriel Aked and Edward Chapman. An Eastern European President falls in love with the Queen whom he had previously depose ...

'', directed by

Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox CBE (19 April 1890 – 15 May 1977) was a British film producer and director. He was one of the most successful British filmmakers from the 1920s to the 1950s. He is best known for the films he made with his third wif ...

(UK, 1934, based on the operetta ''Die Königin'')

Screenwriter and Composer

* '' The Forester's Daughter'' (Germany, 1931, dir:

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) * ''Walzerparadies'' (Germany, 1931, dir:

) * ''

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'' (French-language version, 1932, dir:

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) ** ''

Two in a Car ''Two in a Car'' (German: ''Zwei in einem Auto'') is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Joe May and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Magda Schneider and Richard Romanowsky.Bock & Bergfelder p.514 It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé-Nata ...

'' (German-language version, 1932, dir:

) * '' The Company's in Love'' (Germany, 1932, dir.

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)

Composer

* ''

The Magic Top Hat ''The Magic Top Hat'' (german: Der Glückszylinder) is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Rudolf Bernauer and starring Charlotte Ander, Felix Bressart and Oskar Sima.Hake p. 142 It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin., The film's sets ...

'' (Germany, 1932, dir.

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Stefan Frey: Short biography
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Guy Wagner: ''Ein Fall unter vielen. Bruno Granichstaedten''
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