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Post by monica on Jan 30, 2011 5:03:56 GMT -5
I made this montage with Connie in the very rare silent film "Opium".
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Post by Brenda L on Jan 31, 2011 15:04:38 GMT -5
Was that an expressionist film?. I`ve studied expressionism and knew Conrad to star in one expressionist film (Caligary) maybe Caligary wasn`t the only one, I guess
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Post by monica on Jan 31, 2011 18:18:41 GMT -5
Connie was a major star of the German Expressionism, of the German silent cinema, in general. Watch him in Der Gang in die Nacht, The Hands of Orlac, Waxworks, Student of Prague, Lucrezia Borgia, The Indian Tomb, and so many others...
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Post by lenore on Jan 31, 2011 21:10:04 GMT -5
Thank you for this upload and all of the recent additions on youtube. You are indeed a Conrad Veidt library Monica  |
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Post by monica on Feb 16, 2011 6:25:03 GMT -5
Der Gang in die Nacht - a print rediscovered in the 1980's.
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Post by lenore on Feb 16, 2011 21:43:00 GMT -5
It is heartening to know that people are finding and preserving these classics for all of us. Thanks much for this one Monica
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Post by monica on Feb 18, 2011 5:37:46 GMT -5
Nju (1924)
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Post by lenore on Feb 18, 2011 16:01:19 GMT -5
Wow, magnificent. He had such screen presence. Monica, have you ever read where Conrad discussed going from silent film to talkies? I know many actors had an awful time with that and it ended some careers. Fortunately not Conrad's. I am just interested to know if he ever spoke of this as he was one of the few successful in both genres.
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Post by monica on Feb 18, 2011 17:59:23 GMT -5
Connie wrote and published his memoires in 2 newspapers in the 1930's. He said that during the filming of The Magician/The Last Performance, "the earthquake" hit Hollywood. Not the real one, but the talkies. He wasn't afraid of his lack of success because of his voice - which, he admitted, was professional, as he trained himself in theatres. He was afraid that he wouldn't adapt himself to the new situation in Hollywood, because he didn't speak English.
Connie also wrote a journal in the 1920's, and someone might help me get a copy of it, so I could make the translation from German into English, and even publish it for you, the other fans, on the website. But, it will take some time...
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Post by monica on Mar 1, 2011 18:07:18 GMT -5
The best edition ever of the silent film Lucrezia Borgia (1922)
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Post by lenore on Mar 1, 2011 22:31:28 GMT -5
That is just a way powerful performance. I certainly hope that these films are being safeguarded. We just can NOT afford to lose this.
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Post by monica on Mar 20, 2011 5:34:26 GMT -5
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Post by monica on Mar 21, 2011 6:07:23 GMT -5
Connie and Asta Nielsen in Der Reigen (1920) Attachments:
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Post by monica on Mar 21, 2011 6:08:00 GMT -5
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Post by monica on Mar 22, 2011 14:04:57 GMT -5
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