DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Exhibit: 1915 – 2015: 100 Years of Hollywood – The “Laemmle Effect“:
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Description of Pictures: Exhibition: 1915 – 2015: 100 Years of Hollywood – The “Laemmle Effect“
June 18 - September 30, 2015
This multimedia traveling exhibition explores the influence of German immigrants on the American film and entertainment industry from 1915 to today, and pays tribute to Hollywood visionary Carl Laemmle, who opened Universal Studios on March 15, 1915.
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2015_DC_GAHM_Hollywood_150620: DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Event: 100 Years of Hollywood Panel Tie-In (38 photos from 2015)
2015_DC_GAHM_Laemmle: DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Exhibit: 1915 – 2015: 100 Years of Hollywood – The “Laemmle Effect“ (203 photos from 2015)
2015_DC_GAHM_LaemmleO_150618: DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Opening: 1915 – 2015: 100 Years of Hollywood – The “Laemmle Effect“ (173 photos from 2015)
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LAEMML_150618_023.JPG: 100 Years of Hollywood:
The Laemmle Effect
LAEMML_150618_032.JPG: Presented to Eric Braeden
LAEMML_150618_048.JPG: 1930s/1940s Black and white plaid jacket and skirt, said to be worn by Marlene Dietrich while filling out Declaration of Intention filed for application of Citizenship March 5th, 1937.
LAEMML_150618_050.JPG: The Golden Age
1930s-1950s
Exiles in Hollywood
LAEMML_150618_057.JPG: Paul Kohner (r) with Carl Laemmle and some of the Universal stars
LAEMML_150618_059.JPG: Thomas Mann, Carl Laemmle, Max Reinhardt, and Ernst Lubitsch (f.l.tr.)
LAEMML_150618_061.JPG: Marlene Dietrich, Max Reinhardt, and Norma Shearer at an event in 1934
LAEMML_150618_063.JPG: Author, poet, and screenwriter Bertolt Brecht
LAEMML_150618_066.JPG: Writer Lion Feuchtwanger
LAEMML_150618_068.JPG: The Villa Aurora in Pacific Palisades, California.
Residence of Lion and Marta Feuchtwanger since 1943
LAEMML_150618_071.JPG: The Golden Age
1930s-1950s
Exiles in Hollywood
LAEMML_150618_075.JPG: Bogart and Lorre in Casablanca (1942)
LAEMML_150618_078.JPG: Rudi Fehr (r) with Bert Reisfeld. Undated.
Director William Wyler
LAEMML_150618_080.JPG: Erich von Stroheim (r), William Holden (l), and Gloria Swanson in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard (1950).
LAEMML_150618_083.JPG: Fritz Lang
LAEMML_150618_089.JPG: 1940s Evening Jacket of black velvet and rhinestones worn by Marlene Dietrich, designed by Travis Banton.
LAEMML_150618_090.JPG: Chinese motif brocade pumps, worn by Marlene Dietrich by Delman
LAEMML_150618_099.JPG: Period Costume of cotton white net dotted Swiss with self-ruffles, machine lace, rhinestones, sequins and appliques worn by Doris Day in her last screen appearance, as Kitty Wonder in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962), designed by Morton Hack for MGM.
LAEMML_150618_105.JPG: The Golden Age
1930s-1950s
Exiles in Hollywood
LAEMML_150618_112.JPG: A scene from The Hustler
LAEMML_150618_114.JPG: Fred Zimmermann with Rosalind Russell (l.) and Audrey Hepburn at the Academy Awards in 1966.
LAEMML_150618_117.JPG: Maximilian Schell in Judgement at Nuremburg (1961)
LAEMML_150618_122.JPG: Otto Preminger (r.) in Stalag 17
LAEMML_150618_124.JPG: Scene from The Diary of Anne Frank with Joseph Schildkraut
LAEMML_150618_128.JPG: Carl Laemmle
From Laupheim to Los Angeles
LAEMML_150618_136.JPG: Carl Laemmle and family members in Laupheim
LAEMML_150618_145.JPG: Carl Laemmle
The Visionary
LAEMML_150618_150.JPG: For the opening of Universal City, Carl Laemmle had press coverage for a train that made stops on its way from New York to Los Angeles, picking up dignitaries and providing photo ops.
LAEMML_150618_152.JPG: Admission tickets to the opening of Universal Studios in 1915
LAEMML_150618_155.JPG: Irving Thalberg and Norma Shearer in Washington DC
LAEMML_150618_157.JPG: Carl Laemmle (r) with Buffalo Bill (center) at the opening of Universal Studios in 1915.
Mary Pickford.
LAEMML_150618_161.JPG: Florence Lawrence
LAEMML_150618_166.JPG: Carl Laemmle
The Humanitarian
LAEMML_150618_170.JPG: The police ready themselves for demonstrators at the Berlin opening in Germnay [sic] for All the Quiet on the Western Front on Dec. 9, in 1930.
LAEMML_150618_176.JPG: Ernst Lubitsch with members of the 1932 German Olympic team in Los Angeles
LAEMML_150618_178.JPG: Alfred Einstein visiting with Carl Laemmle a [sic] Universal Studios at Silver Jubilee.
LAEMML_150618_181.JPG: Laemmle plaque in Laupheim
LAEMML_150618_185.JPG: Carl Laemmle's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
LAEMML_150618_186.JPG: Opening night of All Quiet on the Western Front at the Roxy Theatre, New York City.
LAEMML_150618_191.JPG: Austrian Exiles
Billy Wilder -- a Genius of Genres
&
Hedy Lamarr -- Beauty & Brain
LAEMML_150618_215.JPG: Paul Kohner
Pathway for Europeans to Hollywood
LAEMML_150618_222.JPG: Paul Kohner (r.) with Carl Laemmle and a group of Universal stars.
LAEMML_150618_224.JPG: Paul Kohner and his wife, Mexican actress Lupita Tovar
LAEMML_150618_227.JPG: Expressionist Art from Europe
Iconic German stories with expressionist theme
LAEMML_150618_242.JPG: Expressionist Art from Europe
And its influence on American cinema
LAEMML_150618_268.JPG: Austrian Composers
Max Steiner & Hanns Eisler
LAEMML_150618_281.JPG: Austrian Composers
Erich Korngold
Ernst Toch
& Hans J. Salter
LAEMML_150618_289.JPG: Franz Waxman
From the nightclubs in Berlin to Hollywood
LAEMML_150618_300.JPG: The Mighty Wurlitzer
LAEMML_150618_308.JPG: From the Roaring 20s to the Swinging 50s
LAEMML_150618_321.JPG: At the Oscars
LAEMML_150618_325.JPG: 100 Years of Hollywood
The Laemmle Effect
LAEMML_150618_340.JPG: The 1920s
The two-way street from Berlin to Hollywood
LAEMML_150618_362.JPG: Copy of Marlene Dietrich's Declaration of Intention filed for application of Citizenship March 5th, 1937.
LAEMML_150618_369.JPG: Copy of Marlene Dietrich's Declaration of Intention filed for application of Citizenship March 5th, 1937.
LAEMML_150618_373.JPG: German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA
LAEMML_150618_379.JPG: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany
LAEMML_150618_383.JPG: German Information Center USA
LAEMML_150618_416.JPG: Film Music in the Modern Age:
The Era of Hans Zimmer
LAEMML_150618_427.JPG: Hans Zimmer is one of the few German artists who have been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The city of Berlin also awarded him a star on the German equivalent, on the Boulevard der Stars.
LAEMML_150618_439.JPG: Carl Laemmle
LAEMML_150618_454.JPG: Carl Laemmle
Founder of Universal Pictures / Producer
1912 - Founding of Universal Pictures, New York, NY
1915 - Opening Universal Studios Hollywood, CA
b. 1867, Laupheim, Kingdom of Wuettemberg, German Empire
d. 1939, Los Angeles, California
1884, arrival in United States
Best known for: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) (Producer)
LAEMML_150618_460.JPG: Fritz Lang
Director/Writer/Producer
b 1890, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
d 1976, Beverly Hills, California
1934, arrival in United States
Best known for: Metropolis (1927), The Big Heat (1953)
LAEMML_150618_461.JPG: Irving THalberg
Producer
Executive Producer at MGM (1924-1932)
b. 1899, Brooklyn, New York
d. 1936, Santa Monica, California
2nd General German-American
Best known for: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923; Universal), Grand Hotel (1932; MGM)
LAEMML_150618_463.JPG: Harry Cohn
Founder of Columbia Pictures/Producer
b. 1891, New York City, New York
d. 1958, Phoenix, Arizona
2nd Generation German-American
Best known for: American Madness (1932) (Producer)
LAEMML_150618_465.JPG: Ernst Lubitsch
Director/Producer/Writer
b. 1892, Berlin, German Empire
d. 1947, Hollywood, California
1922, arrival in United States
Best known for: Ninotchka (1939), To Be or Not To Be (1942)
LAEMML_150618_469.JPG: Max Reinhardt
Director/Theatre Coach
b. 1873, Baden, Austro-Hungarian Empire
d. 1943, New York, New York
1937, arrival in United States
Best known for: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna
LAEMML_150618_472.JPG: F.W. Murnau
Director/Writer/Producer
b. 1888, Bielefeld, Province of Prussia, German Empire
d. 1931, Santa Barbara, California
1926, arrival in United States
Best known for: Nosferatu (1922), Sunrise (1927)
LAEMML_150618_474.JPG: Douglas Sirk
Agent
b. 1902, Teplitz-Schonau, Austro-Hungarian Empire
b. 1988, Los Angeles, California
1920, Arrival in United States
Best known for: Founder of the European Film Fund
LAEMML_150618_504.JPG: Metronome and Stopwatch used by Franz Waxman while composing some of his greatest works.
LAEMML_150618_551.JPG: 1940s Evening Jacket of black velvet and rhinestones worn by Marlene Dietrich, designed by Travis Banton.
LAEMML_150618_553.JPG: Chinese motif brocade pumps, worn by Marlene Dietrich by Delman
LAEMML_150618_572.JPG: Fred Astaire items
LAEMML_150618_573.JPG: Famous German Americans
Fred Astaire
LAEMML_150620_008.JPG: Modern Era
LAEMML_150620_009.JPG: Famous German Americans
Eric Braeden
LAEMML_150620_012.JPG: Eric Braeden
LAEMML_150620_031.JPG: Successful German-Speaking Actors and Directors at the Oscars
Since its inception, German, Austrian, and Swiss actors and directors have been recognized by Hollywood for their talent.
Oscar for Best Actor:
Emil Jannings (1929)
Paul Muni (1937)
Maximilian Schell (1962)
Oscar for Best Supporting Actor:
Joseph Schildkraut (1939)
Christoph Walts (2010)
Christoph Waltz (2012)
Oscar for Best Actress:
Luise Rainer (1937)
Luise Rainer (1938)
Sandra Bullock (2010)
Oscar Winner for Best Director:
William Wyler (1943)
William Wyler (1944)
Billy Wilder (1946)
Fred Zinneman (1954)
William Wyler (1960)
Billy Wilder (1961)
Fred Zinneman (1967)
OscarWInner for Best Foreign Language Film:
Viiker Schlondorf (1980)
Xavier Koller (1982)
Caroline Link (2003)
Florian Henckel von Donnesmarck (2007)
Stefan Ruzowitzsky (2008)
Michael Haneke (2012)
LAEMML_150620_032.JPG: Famous German Americans
Fred Astaire
LAEMML_150620_037.JPG: Period Costume of cotton white net dotted Swiss with self-ruffles, machine lace, rhinestones, sequins and appliques worn by Doris Day in her last screen appearance, as Kitty Wonder in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962), designed by Morton Hack for MGM.
LAEMML_150620_046.JPG: 1950s Personal evening shoes of Marlene Dietrich. Pink Satin pumps with embroidery and rhinestones by Roger Vivier for Dior.
LAEMML_150620_088.JPG: Expressionist Art from Europe
Iconic German movies with expressionist theme
LAEMML_150620_125.JPG: The Golden Age
1930s-1950s
Exiles in Hollywood
LAEMML_150620_139.JPG: The Golden Age
1930s-1950s
Exiles in Hollywood
LAEMML_150620_155.JPG: The Golden Age
1930s-1950s
Exiles in Hollywood
LAEMML_150620_182.JPG: Copy of Marlene Dietrich's Declaration of Intention filed for application of Citizenship March 5th, 1937.
LAEMML_150620_186.JPG: 1930s/1940s Black and white plaid jacket and skirt, said to be worn by Marlene Dietrich while filling out Declaration of Intention filed for application of Citizenship March 5th, 1937.
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two Civil War Trust conferences (Raleigh, NC and Richmond, VA), and
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