Weimar Berlin - Curt Bois, Reizend (1930)

FRIEDRICH HOLLÄNDER (1896- 1976), born in London. He was the son of composer Victor Holländer. Educated at the Berlin Conservatory. By the age of 18 he had become an associate conductor at the Prague Opera House. After studying in Berlin, he composed music for productions by Max Reinhardt and became involved in cabaret and wrote music for the film, The Blue Angel (1930). He left Nazi Germany and emigrated to the United States of America where he wrote the music for over a hundred films, including Destry Rides Again (1939), A Foreign Affair (1948), and Sabrina (1954). Many of his songs were made famous by Marlene Dietrich. He can be seen as the piano accompanist in A Foreign Affair. He received four Academy Award nominations for composition . In 1956 he returned to Germany, and died in Munich in 1976.
CURT BOIS (1901--1991) actor, born in Berlin. He began acting in 1907, becoming one of the film world's first child actors, with a role in the silent movie Bauernhaus und Grafenschloß. Bois' acting career spanned eighty years, a longer period than can be claimed by any actor. His final performance was in Der Himmel über Berlin (in English: Wings of Desire) in 1987. Bois was very adaptable, performing in theatre, cabaret, musicals, silent film and "talkies" over his career. In 1934 he was forced to leave Germany. In New York City he found work on stage on Broadway. By 1937 he had found his way to Hollywood, and began acting in American pictures, the best-known of which was Casablanca (1942). After World War II Bois decided it was safe to return to Germany, which he did in 1950. He finished out his life and career in Germany, first in the East, and finally in the West Berlin - the city of his birth, at the age of ninety.
Recording:
Curt Bois und Ijia Livshakoff Tanz-Orchester -- Reizend (Fr. Holländer), aus der Kabarett-Revue „Höchste Eisenbahn", Grammophon 1930

[@gardeniasandfalcons3945]

I just love Curt Bois. Hollywood, of course, really never made use of his talents.

[@gmmix]

A great period piece. Engaging illustrations accompany the music. GREAT general commentary. Biographical material is well worth reading. Thank you for this posting. FIVE STARS!

[@rwolfson1935]

Hollander worked, of course, with Billy Wilder, who directed "A Foreign Affair," a brilliant post-war comedy of light and dark. Ms. Dietrich's rendition of his song "The Ruins of Berlin" is perfectly brilliant. One of the few songs in performance, in my humble opinion, that rivals any of the one and only Edith Piaf. Fantastic collection of Weimar songs in this RUclips string. Thank you all.

[@refragerator]

berlin is still the most energetic and just most amazing and astonnishing city in the world. and i've been to really MANY places, but berlin is just... berlin.

[@djmusicjac]

awesome i absolutely love tunes from weimar berlin, awesome kabarett music

[@merrihew]

Interesting performance. Again, especially like the pictures and info. Germany must have been a great place to live before 1933.

[@ronlowfi]

Thanks, great stuff! This is an important period and there was great art.

[@edmondohamburg7568]

1930 !!!!ist die Zeit stehengeblieben ????
ein köstliches Duo

[@barbcard]

Danke schon, G. Now I really feel I'm back home.

[@ninazebrafu1634]

Reizend!

[@bernhardstramann6618]

Wieso sind hier so viele Englischsprachige?

[@miguelmouta]

@refragerator Indeed. But only if you consider gays and drugs, energetics and astonishing .