''Without Meyer, No Celebration is Complete'' (German: ''Keine Feier ohne Meyer'') is a 1931
German
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* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
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* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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comedy film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Carl Boese
Carl Eduard Hermann Boese (; 26 August 1887 – 6 July 1958) was a German film director, screenwriter, and film producer, producer. He directed 158 films between 1917 and 1957.
Selected filmography
* ''Farmer Borchardt'' (1917)
* ''Donna Luci ...
and starring
Sig Arno
Sig Arno (born Siegfried Aron; 27 December 1895 – 17 August 1975) was a German-Jewish film actor who appeared in such films as '' Pardon My Sarong'' and '' The Mummy's Hand''. He may be best remembered from '' The Palm Beach Story'' (1942) as T ...
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Ralph Arthur Roberts
Ralph Arthur Roberts (born Robert Arthur Schönherr; 2 October 1884 – 12 March 1940)Dina Gralla. Boese made a number of films featuring
Jewish
Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...
Meyer, an ambitious young Jewish man, tries to pass himself off as a successful business
tycoon
A business magnate, also known as an industrialist or tycoon, is a person who is a powerful entrepreneur and investor who controls, through personal enterprise ownership or a dominant shareholding position, a firm or industry whose goods or ser ...
in order to marry into an upper-class family. He has persuaded the girl's father of his suitability but the daughter is reluctant to marry him because she is in love with another man named Walter. Unaware of this, Meyer advises Walter to elope with his secret girlfriend, without realising he is sabotaging his own dream of marrying her. In the end Meyer happily settles down with his secretary who has always loved him.
Cast
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Sig Arno
Sig Arno (born Siegfried Aron; 27 December 1895 – 17 August 1975) was a German-Jewish film actor who appeared in such films as '' Pardon My Sarong'' and '' The Mummy's Hand''. He may be best remembered from '' The Palm Beach Story'' (1942) as T ...
as Sigmund Meyer
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Ralph Arthur Roberts
Ralph Arthur Roberts (born Robert Arthur Schönherr; 2 October 1884 – 12 March 1940)Dina Gralla as Elsa Goebel
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Adele Sandrock
Adele Sandrock (; 19 August 1863 – 30 August 1937) was a German actress. After a successful theatrical career, she became one of the first German movie stars.
Early life
Sandrock was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the daughter of the German ...
as Mother Goebel
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Maly Delschaft
Martha Amalia "Maly" Delschaft (4 December 1898 – 20 August 1995) was a German stage and film actress. After beginning in theatre, Delschaft switched to silent films. She appeared in mainly supporting roles during the Weimar and Nazi eras. Afte ...
as Miss Krauss
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Lucie Englisch
Lucie Englisch (8 February 1902, in Baden bei Wien – 12 October 1965) was an Austrian actress.
She was married to the actor Heinrich Fuchs.
Selected filmography
* ''The Night Belongs to Us'' (1929)
* ''Three Days Confined to Barracks (1930 fi ...
as Steno
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Kurt Vespermann
Kurt Vespermann (1 May 1887 – 13 July 1957) was a German stage and film actor.
Career
Vespermann was born into a theatrical family in Culmsee, West Prussia, Imperial Germany, now Chełmża, Poland. His great-grandparents were actors a ...
as Walter, Elsa's Fiancé
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Gaston Briese
Gaston Briese (19 August 1898 – 22 March 1953) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than forty films during his career, which spanned from the late silent era to the mid-1940s. His final appearance was in the 1946 rubble film ...
Gerhard Dammann
Gerhard Dammann (30 March 1883 – 21 February 1946) was a German film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' The Man in the Cellar'' (1914)
* '' Under the Lantern'' (1928)
* '' Eva in Silk'' (1928)
* '' Lemke's Widow'' (1928)
* '' When the Mother an ...
as A Director
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Eugen Neufeld
Eugen Neufeld (6 December 1882 in Göding – 18 October 1950 in Vienna) was an Austrian-Jewish film actor. He was the older brother of actor and director Max Neufeld. Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German a ...
as A Director
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Siegfried Berisch
Siegfried Berisch (January 15, 1877 – October 4, 1933) was a German-Jewish actor active in the early 20th century. He was born in Boskovice, in the South Moravian Region, Czech Republic. Berisch was recognized for his work in theater and film, p ...
as Husband
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Else Reval
Else Reval (14 June 1893 – 25 January 1978) was a German film actress.Giesen p.210
Selected filmography
* '' War in Peace'' (1925)
* '' The World Wants To Be Deceived'' (1926)
* '' Marriage Announcement'' (1926)
* '' The Eleven Schill Officers ...
Ernst Behmer
Ernst Behmer (22 December 1875 – 26 February 1938) was a prolific German stage and film actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during the silent and early sound eras.
Behmer was born in Königsberg, East-Prussia, Germany (now Kali ...
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Karl Harbacher
Karl Harbacher (1879–1943) was an Austrian actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Miss Piccolo'' (1914)
* '' No Sin on the Alpine Pastures'' (1915)
* '' Fanny Elssler'' (1920)
* '' Das blaue Duell'' (1920)
* ''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921)
...
References
Bibliography
* Prawer, S.S. ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933''. Berghahn Books, 2005.