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Den Hampelmann machen. Für die Musterproduktion.
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As if you had been in a bewitched forest ... Even if it certainly looks rather strange to others who watch me fiddling with the camera. What is she doing there, why is she jumping around like that? But – it did turn out to be a nice pattern, is'nt it? ;-)
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So, als wäre man im verhexten Wald gewesen ... Auch wenn es sicherlich eher absonderlich aussieht für andere, die mich bei meinem Herumhantieren mit der Kamera beobachten. Was macht sie denn da bloß, warum hampelt sie so rum? Aber – ist es nicht ein schönes Muster geworden? ;-)
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Series »Winter's Bone«
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Drehen wir die Zeit zurück ins Jahr 1994: alle Gleise in Sandbettung, ein Hampelmann auf dem Bahnsteig. Trapeztafel Lf5 vor dem Bü, verzierte Bahnsteigkanten, Reisende, die auf den E 3153 von Neuruppin nach Berlin-Lichtenberg warten. Eine V 100 mit Räumer und Bghw im Dampf der Heizung. Kleinbahnatmosphäre vor den Toren der Großstadt.
Das Holzpferdchen auf Rollen und der kleine Hampelmann waren Kinderspielzeuge von mir. Interessant ist der aus Lehm geformte Wagen mit 2 Rädern und einer Deichsel und Radnaben aus Ästen, darum noch etwas Gras gewickelt.
Dieses wunderschöne Spielzeug habe ich verlassen an einem kleinen Kanal im Nildelta in Ägypten 1992 bei einem Spaziergang entdeckt und mitgenommen. Es begeistert mich noch heute!
2023-02-01
The wooden horse on wheels and the little jumping jack were children's toys of mine. Interesting is the wagon made of clay with 2 wheels and a drawbar and wheel hubs made of branches with some grass wrapped around it.
I discovered this beautiful toy while walking along a small canal in the Nile Delta in Egypt in 1992 and took it with me. It still excites me to this day!
2023-02-01
Der S-Bahnhof Wilhelmshagen im äußersten Südosten Berlins ist ein Kleinod der Eisenbahngeschichte. Immer wenn ich dort bin, freue ich mich, die Fahrtrichtungsanzeiger ("Hampelmänner") nach Erkner und Berlin zu sehen. So viel schöner als all die funktionalen "Zugzielanzeiger"...
Something to craft together with Lotti and a bird water whistle for his collection - etwas zum Basteln mit Lotti und ein Vogel-Wasser-Pfeiferl für seine Sammlung
One like these: Whistling bird
while searching a water whistles video I found also this: Tim whistles
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Heiliger Leo III Heiliger Odulf Heiliger Eskil Upload 13. 6. jeden Tag ist Tag irgendeines/irgendeiner sogenannten Heiligen, meistens nicht nur eines einzigen, im Fall des 13. Juni: Seliger Gerhard von Clairveaux Heiliger Ragnebert Heiliger Antonius von Padua #geschenk #present #gift #vogel #bird #blue #blau #violet #veilchenblau #wasserpfeiferl #pfeife #pfeiferl #vogelpfeiferl #sammlung #collection #hampelmann #dinosaurier #tüte #papiertüte #papiersackerl #plastiktüte #plastiksackerl #knoten #knopf #knot #erdbeere #red #rot #ernte #harvest #green #grün #leaf #blatt #garten #garden #gartengestaltung #baum #tree #geschenkpapier #papier #paper #einpacken #verpacken #wrap #wrapping #licht #light #schatten #shadow #tageslicht #sonne #sun #daylight #morgenlicht #spagat #schnur #thread #ecke #corner #edge #falten #folding #weiß #white #grey #grau #gray #graustufen #offwhite #pattern #muster #ornament #decoration #dekor #verzierung #design #schrift #letter #writing #aufschrift #spiegelschrift #reuse #upcycling #recycling #wiederverwerten #wiederverwenden #einkaufstüte #einkaufssackerl #sonntag #sunday #morgen #morgenlicht #vorbereitung #preparation #envelope #hülle #umschlag #kuvert #kokon #puppe #chrysalis #farbnuancen
#Pinocchio# ist eine Kinderbuchfigur des italienischen Autors #Carlo Collodion#. Geschichten eines HAMPELMANNS ….
Für:“Happy Macro Monday“ am 31.03.2025.
Thema:“Game Pieces“…Spielfigur…
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German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 1639/1, 1937-1938. Photo: Atelier Willott, Berlin.
Handsome, deep-voiced leading man Frits van Dongen (1901 - 1975) was the first Dutch Hollywood star. He started his film career in the Netherlands, and in the mid-1930’s he became a matinee idol in the German cinema. From 1940 on, he worked in Hollywood, billed as Philip Dorn. A tragic stage accident caused him to retire in 1955.
Frits van Dongen was born as Hein van der Niet in Scheveningen, The Netherlands, in 1901. he was the son of shoemaker Leendert van der Niet and maid-servant Femia Schijf. Hein made his amateur stage debut at age 14. He studied at the Acadamey for art and architecture in The Hague. He became a professional actor though. Under the stage name of Frits van Dongen he worked for the renown Dutch theatre company 'De Haeghe-spelers' from 1923 on. From 1929 he made a tour through the Dutch colonies. In 1921, he had made his film debut as an extra in the Dutch silent film De zwarte tulp/The Black Tulip (1921, Maurits Binger), but in 1934 he really started his film career with a leading part in the fisher drama Op hoop van zegen (1934, Alex Benno, Louis Saalborn). This was the third film adaptation of the most famous Dutch stage play, written by Herman Heijermans, and Van Dongen was noted for his natural acting style. Soon more Dutch films followed. Frits starred in the musical Op stap/On the Road (1935, Ernst Winar), the comedy De big van het regiment/The Regiment’s Mascot (1936, Max Nosseck, Jan Teunissen), another comedy De Kribbebijter/The Grumbler (1935, Hermann Kosterlitz aka Henry Koster, Ernst Winar) and the tempestuous tropical romance Rubber (1936, Gerard Rutten, Johan de Meester). In 1936 the German film studio Tobis offered him a contract and Frits traveled to Berlin. There he appeared in Immer wenn ich glücklich bin/Waltz Melodies (1936, Karl Lamac) with Marta Eggerth. The famous director Richard Eichberg gave him the leading part of Maharaja Chandra in the monumental two-part adventure Der Tiger von Eschnapur/The Tiger of Eschnapur - Das Indische Grabmal/The Indian Tomb (1938, Richard Eichberg). This exotic extravaganza would be his breakthrough. The popular matinee idol appeared in the mystery melodrama Verwehte Spuren/Covered Tracks (1938, Veit Harlan) with Kristina Söderbaum, Der Hampelmann/The Jumping Jack (1938, Karl Heinz Martin) with Hilde Krahl, and the psychological drama Die Reise nach Tilsit/The Trip to Tilsit (1939, Veit Harlan), based on the novel by Hermann Sudermann, which was earlier filmed as Sunrise by F.W. Murnau. Van Dongen was now top of the bill, but he disliked the Nazi regime so much that he decided to leave Germany.
In 1939, Frits van Dongen moved to America just before World War II broke out. Director Henry Koster had invited him to come to Hollywood and gave him introductions. Between 1940 and 1951 he acted in dozens of MGM productions under the name Philip Dorn. He started with the low-budget anti-nazi film Enemy Agent (1940, Lew Landers). During the war years, 10 of his 15 films were such propaganda films. He was usually cast as Continental lovers, anti-Nazi Germans or refugees. His notable films include Escape (1940, Mervyn LeRoy) starring Norma Shearer and Robert Taylor, Ziegfeld Girl (1941, Robert Z. Leonard) with Judy Garland, Underground (1941, Vincent Sherman), Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941, Richard Thorpe) starring Johnny Weissmuller, Random Harvest (1942, Mervyn LeRoy) with Greer Garson, the melodrama Reunion in France (1942, Jules Dassin) opposite Joan Crawford, Blonde Fever (1944, Richard Whorf) with Gloria Grahame, and Passage to Marseille (1944, Michael Curtiz) with Humphrey Bogart. In between films he did tours with the Freedoms War Bond Show for the army. Having long suffered from phlebitis, in 1945 he had the first of a series of strokes; and over the next few years he went on to have a heart attack and to require brain surgery. He couldn’t work for a period, but in 1947 he appeared on Broadway in The Big Two at the side of Claire Trevor. He began playing more mature film roles in the late 1940’s, notably as a tyrannical symphony conductor in I've Always Loved You (1946, Frank Borzage) and as Papa in I Remember Mama (1948) with Irene Dunne.
When his MGM contract ended in 1952, Frits van Dongen returned to Europe and acted in German films like the drama Hinter Klostermauern/The Unholy Intruders (1952, Harald Reinl) with Olga Tschechowa, the romance Der Träumende Mund/Dreaming Lips (1953, Josef von Baky) starring Maria Schell, and the circus romance Salto Mortale (1953, Victor Tourjansky). He did not succeed in making a really successful come-back in Germany, and in 1954-1955 he appeared opposite former Dutch film star Lily Bouwmeester on the Dutch stages in the comedy play Het Hemelbed (The Four-poster) by Jan de Hartog. When he was visiting his birthtown Scheveningen in 1955, he was the victim of a freak accident. While he walked along a building site, a plank fell on his head. A brain injury eventually ruined his speaking ability; and Van Dongen had to retire. He lived the last two decades of his life confined to his comfortable California home. Frits van Dongen died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, USA, in 1975. He was married twice and had several affairs. In 1921 he married Cornelia Twilt with whom he had two children. They divorced in 1930. Three years later, he married the Dutch actress Marianne van Dam. He divorced his Jewish wife in 1937 but they remarried in 1939 and would stay together till his death.
Sources: Hal Erickson (All Movie Guide), Thomas Staedeli (Cyranos), Henk van Gelder (Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland), Mariska Gravreland (De Filmkrant), Wikipedia and IMDb.
Franz Hoffmann: "I hab an alten Daimler"
(youtube 3min07 / Die Melodie des berühmten Fiakerliedes mit anderem Text und zwar von Fritz Löhner-Beda [das Fiakerlied gibt`s von vielen Interpreten online z.B.: Hansi Niese (Querverweis: Cafè Hansi Bilder, Hansi Niese Denkmal), Paul Hörbiger (Querverweis zu bereits Hochgeladenem: Elfriede Jelinek - sie schrieb das Stück "Burgtheater" über die Hörbigers, die Wessely)]
Links: eine Bühnenbildassistentin wollte gerne eine Zeichnung aus meinem Soufflierbuch haben. Leider mußte ich sie zunächst enttäuschen, da die Soufflierbücher aufgehoben werden. Doch dann fand sich ein Weg: während der Kritik (Teil der Schlußproben) nutzte ich die Rückseite eines Probenplans um eine Notiz zur Mitteilung an einen Kollegen bezüglich eines Striches zu machen und zeichnete auch. Da dies nun nicht Teil des Soufflierbuches ist, aber genauso eine Zeichnung während der Proben, wie die anderen, entschloß ich mich ihr das zur Premiere zu schenken und schrieb das Toi Toi Toi dazu….
Mitte Schoko 1 Euro Münzen von der Engelecke beim Narrenturm - Dukaten gab`s leider keine.
Rechts: damit`s nicht vergessen wird: Wienerische Aussprache, Betonung "Fiaker" (nicht wie "Viehacker"! - wie es von Deutschen Touristen oft ausgesprochen wird)
maschinell von flickr hinzugefügte Tags: Vase, Blume :-)
Querverweise, Parallelen, rote Fäden, die sich durchziehen, nicht abreißen, Fäden die sich kreuzen, Ablauf, kein Sprung, Verlauf, Dramaturgie: Fortsetzung Höllenangst - eine Strickleiter spielt eine Rolle im Stück - Leiter, Strickleiter Höhenangst Die Höllenangst Bilder folgen auf die Aufzüge, Angst vor der Hölle, Tiefenangst, Vertigo, Höhenangst in gläsernen Aufzügen in gläsernen Panoramaaufzügen, und höllisch Angst hat in der geschlossenen Aufzugskabine der Klaustrophobiker....
Part of: "res noscenda note notiz sketch skizze material sammlung collection entwurf überlegung gedanke brainstorming musterbogen schnittmuster zwischenbilanz bestandsaufnahme rückschau vorschau" das schönste Handwerk: Buchdrucker Tischlerei Konditor Koch Backen Goldschmied Landvermesser Weben Chirurg Schuster Schneider Schuhmacher Fotograf Schauspieler Musiker Optiker Friseur Imker Souffleuse Restaurator Floristin Dreher Glasbläser .... .... .... .... (Reihenfolge der Aufzählung beliebig) Wer sagt "Weben ist das schönste Handwerk der Welt" (wörtl. Zitat: "weben ist ein Handwerk. Das schönste Handwerk der Welt") wertet alle anderen ab, es ist eine Herabwürdigung aller anderen Handwerker. Und weiters: Hat er denn alle Handwerke ausgeübt um sagen zu können, daß dieses eine Handwerk, das er nun ausübt schöner ist als alle anderen, die es auf der ganzen Welt gibt? Und auch die Änderung in: "das schönste Handwerk für mich", ändert daran nichts, und auch die Abwertung aller anderen besteht nach wie vor….
Apropos Änderung - Da sind wir auch schon wieder bei: was von jemandem zu halten ist der andere blockt und Dinge der Geblockten verwendet.... Und wir sind auch wieder bei der in diesem Zusammenhang früher angesprochenen Zwickmühle…. // Empty Padded ~ LeerGefüllt - Waiting Time at Work" - mit links Left handed drawings and writings on the empty left pages of my prompter`s book Soufflierbuch Proben Nestroy "Höllenangst"
Fotos: 131, 134, 128: Samstag 23. 9. 2017, Triptych Sonntag 24.9.2017, Veröffentlichung Montag 25.9. 2017 #premiere #geschenk #present #gift #münze #taler #schokolade #süß #sweet #nascherei #naschen #naschsachen #süßigkeit #euro #dukaten #geld #gold #rand #goldrand #rahmen #silber #silver #fiaker #fuhrwerk #wagen #droschke #kutsche #pferdefuhrwerk #lohnkutscher #chauffeur #taxler #taxi #aussprache #betonung #pronounciation #schriftbild #glückwunsch #glückwunschkarte #karte #brief #mailart #red #rot #green #grün #weiß #white #grey #grau #gray #schwarz #black #nylon #plastik #durchsichtig #transparent #falte #fold #wrinkles #zerknittert #schatten #shadow #tageslicht #licht #tageslichtlampe #light #lampe #scheinwerfer #rad #wheel #kreis #circle #ring #rund #kugellager #spirale #krokodil #maul #zoo #tiergarten #portrait #nude #nackt #doll #puppe #hampelmann #vogelscheuche #schnitt #schneiden #cut #schnittradler #schnittmusterbogen #schnittmuster #kopierrädchen #wartenbergrad #gezahnt #gezackt #perforation #übertragen #kopieren #leiter #ladder #strickleiter #himmelsleiter #strick #strich #faden #wolle #seil #herz #heart #hirn #brain #blume #flower #baum #tree #brille #glasses #spectacles #goggles #zwicker #lorgnon #mountain #berg #wasser #water #lake #sea #meer #ozean #ocean #welle #wave #wellenlinie #feuer #flamme #flame #himmel #sky #hölle #hell #felsen #steher #stele #band #absurd #surreal #assoziation #pareidolia #analogie #zeichnung #drawing #sketch #skizze #doodle #kritzelei #theater #posse #probe #rehearsal #theatre #arbeit #work #profession #handwerk #kunst #buchstabe #letter #handschrift #schrift #zierschrift #ornament #dekor #dekoration #muster #pattern #maserung #holzmaserung #holz #wood #writing #inhalt #aussage #form #note #notiz #buch #book #folder #mappe #textbuch #herbst #autumn #waiting #warten #wartzeit #stehzeit #leerzeit #bleistift #pencil #buntstift #farbstift #crayon
Ganz gelangweilt und antriebslos hat sich Mika zur Ruhe gelegt und der Hampelmann mit der Kamera gibt einfach keine Ruhe.
Paul Klee, Münchenbuchsee 1879 - Muralto 1940
Hampelmann – Jumping Jack (1919)
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Paul Klee’s persistent shifts in style, technique, and subject matter indicate a deliberate and highly playful evasion of aesthetic categorization. Nevertheless, it is virtually impossible to confuse a work by Klee with one by any other artist, even though many have emulated his idiosyncratic, enigmatic art.
Source: Guggenheim Museum, New York
Möbius gibt vor, daß ihm der König Salomo erscheint und geht in eine psychiatrische Anstalt. Die Liebesgeschichte mit Schwester Monika beendet er indem er sie während des ersten Kußes ermordet - denn sie will nicht nur heiraten, sondern auch mit ihm aus dem Sanatorium - sie hat bereits die Entlassungspapiere. Das ist ihr Todesurteil. Letztendlich muß er aber so wie die zwei anderen Physiker erkennen, daß es keinen Rückzug aus der Welt gibt, kein Elfenbeintürmchen, keinen Narrenturm, keine Möglichkeit sich der Verantwortung zu entziehen, wieviel man auch verbannt oder mordet ..... Im Gegenteil, es wird am Ende nur noch viel schlimmer.
Part of "res noscenda note notiz sketch skizze material sammlung collection entwurf überlegung gedanke brainstorming musterbogen schnittmuster zwischenbilanz bestandsaufnahme rückschau vorschau" - Empty Padded ~ LeerGefüllt - Time at Work - Left handed drawings and writings on the empty left pages of my prompter`s book: Soufflierbuch "Die Physiker The physicists" (Friedrich Dürrenmatt) Seite 29
DMC-GH3 - P1050802 - 2015-07-03
#kimono #schnittmuster #musterbogen #portrait #porträt #frau #woman #female #red #rot #grey #gray #grau #schwarz #black #wood #holz #pattern #schaubild #stille #silence #totenstille #szene #scene #aktion #aktionismus #body #körper #ereignis #narrenturm #narrenhaus #gugelhupf #rosine #hampelmann
A LEGO IDEAS Project ideas.lego.com/projects/7312dea7-6f11-43df-ac17-498de41ecd2b
Today I would like to introduce you to my new creation of a "Jumping Jack - Pot Whale" figure.
Already for a long time I've been realizing that LEGO has no "Jumping Jack" figure in their set portfolios. So I was thinking about an own creation which is more than just a simple man who raises arms and legs: the idea of a 3D whale figure was born. My "Jumping Jack - Pot Whale" has the following functions:
- tail fin goes up and down
- vertical fin rotates
- mouth open and close
- and the blow (water fountain) goes up and down
I wanted to show up all these features by pulling only one cord down.
The LEGO whale measures are the following: 54cm in length, 20cm in width, 23cm in height. It was built with app. 1300 bricks.
It would be awesome if you could support me.
Enid Blyton: Oui-Oui à la plage / Bibliotheque Rose
Originaltitel: Noddy at the Seaside
Illustration: Jeanne Hives
Verlag: Hachette (Frankreich; 1976)
Copyright: Enid Blyton; 1953 und Librairie Hachette 1964 (Texte), Sampson Low, Marston and Co Ltd 1953 und Librairie Hachette 1964
ex libris MTP
J'aimerais de temps en temps ne plus avoir de conscience.
J'aimerais ne plus rien comprendre, ne plus réfléchir.
j'aimerais ne suivre que mes instincts. j'aimerais ne suivre que la voix du maître.
Où sont donc mes fils ? Où est la main qui me dirige ?
dites moi et j'obéirai... Demain je serai le maître.
sous-titre : Descente de croix
Belgian postcard, no. 3036. Photo: RKO Radio Films.
Handsome, deep-voiced leading man Frits van Dongen (1901-1975) was the first Dutch Hollywood star. He started his film career in the Netherlands, and in the mid-1930s he became a matinee idol in the German cinema. From 1940 on, he worked in Hollywood, billed as Philip Dorn. A tragic accident caused him to retire in 1955.
Frits van Dongen was born as Hein van der Niet in Scheveningen, The Netherlands, in 1901. he was the son of shoemaker Leendert van der Niet and maid-servant Femia Schijf. At the age of 14, Hein made his amateur stage debut. At 20, he married to Cornelia Twilt whom he had met at the amateur stage company. Seven months later he became a father. He earned his money as a shoemaker but in 1923 he became a professional actor. Under the stage name Frits van Dongen he worked for the well-known Dutch theatre company De Haeghe-spelers from 1926 on. After a second son in 1926, his marriage did not go well. In 1929 he made a tour through the Dutch colonies. Reportedly Van Dongen had several affairs and in 1930 he and his wife divorced. A few months later, during another tour through the West Indies, he met the young actress Marianne van Dam. Two years later they married. In 1921, he had already made his film debut as an extra in the Dutch silent film De zwarte tulp/The Black Tulip (Maurits Binger, 1921), but his film career really started with a leading part in the fisher drama Op hoop van zegen/The Good Hope (Alex Benno, Louis Saalborn, 1934). This was the third film adaptation of the most famous Dutch stage play, written by Herman Heijermans, and Van Dongen was praised for his natural acting style. Soon more Dutch films followed. Van Dongen starred in the musical Op stap/On the Road (1935, Ernst Winar) starring Fien de la Mar, the comedy De big van het regiment/The Regiment’s Mascot (Max Nosseck, Jan Teunissen, 1935), another comedy De Kribbebijter/The Grumbler (Hermann Kosterlitz aka Henry Koster, Ernst Winar, 1935) and the tempestuous tropical romance Rubber (Gerard Rutten, Johan de Meester, 1936) with Enny Meunier.
In 1936 the German film studio Tobis offered Frits van Dongen a contract. He traveled to Berlin, and appeared in Immer wenn ich glücklich bin/Waltz Melodies (Karl Lamac, 1936) with Márta Eggerth. The famous director Richard Eichberg gave him the leading part of Maharaja Chandra in the monumental two-part adventure Der Tiger von Eschnapur/The Tiger of Eschnapur - Das Indische Grabmal/The Indian Tomb (Richard Eichberg, 1938). This exotic extravaganza would be his breakthrough. The popular matinee idol appeared next in the mystery melodrama Verwehte Spuren/Covered Tracks (Veit Harlan, 1938) with Kristina Söderbaum, Der Hampelmann/The Jumping Jack (Karl Heinz Martin, 1938) with Hilde Krahl, and the psychological drama Die Reise nach Tilsit/The Trip to Tilsit (Veit Harlan, 1939), based on the novel by Hermann Sudermann, which was already filmed in a silent version as Sunrise (1927) by F.W. Murnau. Van Dongen was now top of the bill in Berlin, but he disliked the Nazi regime so much that he decided to leave Germany.
In 1939, Frits van Dongen moved to America just before World War II broke out. Director Henry Koster had invited him to come to Hollywood and gave him introductions. Between 1940 and 1951 he acted in dozens of MGM productions under the name Philip Dorn. He started with the low-budget anti-nazi film Enemy Agent (Lew Landers, 1940). During the war years, 10 of his 15 films were also such propaganda films. He was usually cast as Continental lovers, anti-Nazi Germans or refugees. His notable films include Escape (Mervyn LeRoy, 1940) starring Norma Shearer and Robert Taylor, Ziegfeld Girl (Robert Z. Leonard, 1941) with Judy Garland, Underground (Vincent Sherman, 1941), Tarzan's Secret Treasure (Richard Thorpe, 1941) starring Johnny Weissmuller, Random Harvest (Mervyn LeRoy, 1942) with Greer Garson, the melodrama Reunion in France (Jules Dassin, 1942) opposite Joan Crawford, Blonde Fever (Richard Whorf, 1944) with Gloria Grahame, and Passage to Marseille (Michael Curtiz, 1944) with Humphrey Bogart. In between films he did tours for the army with the Freedoms War Bond Show. Having long suffered from phlebitis, he had the first of a series of strokescin 1945. Over the next few years he went on to have a heart attack and to require brain surgery. He couldn’t work for a period, but in 1947 he appeared on Broadway in The Big Two at the side of Claire Trevor. He began playing more mature film roles in the late 1940s, notably as a tyrannical symphony conductor in I've Always Loved You (Frank Borzage, 1946) and as Papa in I Remember Mama (George Stevens, 1948) with Irene Dunne.
When his MGM-contract ended in 1952, Frits van Dongen returned to Europe and acted in German films like the drama Hinter Klostermauern/The Unholy Intruders (Harald Reinl, 1952) with Olga Tschechova, the romance Der Träumende Mund/Dreaming Lips (Josef von Baky, 1953) starring Maria Schell, and the circus romance Salto Mortale (Victor Tourjansky, 1953). He did not succeed in making a really successful come-back in Germany, and in 1954-1955 he appeared opposite former Dutch film star Lily Bouwmeester on the Dutch stages in the comedy play Het Hemelbed (The Four-poster) by Jan de Hartog. When he was visiting his birthtown Scheveningen in 1955, he was the victim of a freak accident. While he walked along a building site, a plank fell on his head. A brain injury eventually ruined his speaking ability; and Van Dongen had to retire. He lived the last two decades of his life confined to his comfortable California home. Frits van Dongen died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, USA, in 1975. He was still married to Marianne van Dam. He had divorced his Jewish wife in 1937 but they remarried in 1939 and would stay together in California till his death. In 2002 a biography was published in the Netherlands: Nederlands eerste Hollywood-ster, Hein van der Niet alias Frits van Dongen alias Philip Dorn (The First Dutch Hollywood Star, Hein van der Niet aka Frits van Dongen aka Philip Dorn), by Hans Toonen.
Sources: Hal Erickson (AllMovie), Thomas Staedeli (Cyranos), Henk van Gelder (Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland) (Dutch), Mariska Graveland (De Filmkrant) (Dutch), Wikipedia and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
German postcard by Kunst und Bild, Berlin, no. A 664. Photo: Allegro / Herzog-Film / Bayer. Frits van Dongen in Türme des Schweigens/Towers of silence (Hans Bertram, 1952).
Handsome, deep-voiced leading man Frits van Dongen (1901-1975) was the first Dutch Hollywood star. He started his film career in the Netherlands, and in the mid-1930s he became a matinee idol in the German cinema. From 1940 on, he worked in Hollywood, billed as Philip Dorn. A tragic accident caused him to retire in 1955.
Frits van Dongen was born as Hein van der Niet in Scheveningen, The Netherlands, in 1901. he was the son of shoemaker Leendert van der Niet and maid-servant Femia Schijf. At the age of 14, Hein made his amateur stage debut. At 20, he married to Cornelia Twilt whom he had met at the amateur stage company. Seven months later he became a father. He earned his money as a shoemaker but in 1923 he became a professional actor. Under the stage name Frits van Dongen he worked for the well-known Dutch theatre company De Haeghe-spelers from 1926 on. After a second son in 1926, his marriage did not go well. In 1929 he made a tour through the Dutch colonies. Reportedly Van Dongen had several affairs and in 1930 he and his wife divorced. A few months later, during another tour through the West Indies, he met the young actress Marianne van Dam. Two years later they married. In 1921, he had already made his film debut as an extra in the Dutch silent film De zwarte tulp/The Black Tulip (Maurits Binger, 1921), but his film career really started with a leading part in the fisher drama Op hoop van zegen/The Good Hope (Alex Benno, Louis Saalborn, 1934). This was the third film adaptation of the most famous Dutch stage play, written by Herman Heijermans, and Van Dongen was praised for his natural acting style. Soon more Dutch films followed. Van Dongen starred in the musical Op stap/On the Road (1935, Ernst Winar) starring Fien de la Mar, the comedy De big van het regiment/The Regiment’s Mascot (Max Nosseck, Jan Teunissen, 1935), another comedy De Kribbebijter/The Grumbler (Hermann Kosterlitz aka Henry Koster, Ernst Winar, 1935) and the tempestuous tropical romance Rubber (Gerard Rutten, Johan de Meester, 1936) with Enny Meunier.
In 1936 the German film studio Tobis offered Frits van Dongen a contract. He traveled to Berlin, and appeared in Immer wenn ich glücklich bin/Waltz Melodies (Karl Lamac, 1936) with Márta Eggerth. The famous director Richard Eichberg gave him the leading part of Maharaja Chandra in the monumental two-part adventure Der Tiger von Eschnapur/The Tiger of Eschnapur - Das Indische Grabmal/The Indian Tomb (Richard Eichberg, 1938). This exotic extravaganza would be his breakthrough. The popular matinee idol appeared next in the mystery melodrama Verwehte Spuren/Covered Tracks (Veit Harlan, 1938) with Kristina Söderbaum, Der Hampelmann/The Jumping Jack (Karl Heinz Martin, 1938) with Hilde Krahl, and the psychological drama Die Reise nach Tilsit/The Trip to Tilsit (Veit Harlan, 1939), based on the novel by Hermann Sudermann, which was already filmed in a silent version as Sunrise (1927) by F.W. Murnau. Van Dongen was now top of the bill in Berlin, but he disliked the Nazi regime so much that he decided to leave Germany.
In 1939, Frits van Dongen moved to America just before World War II broke out. Director Henry Koster had invited him to come to Hollywood and gave him introductions. Between 1940 and 1951 he acted in dozens of MGM productions under the name Philip Dorn. He started with the low-budget anti-nazi film Enemy Agent (Lew Landers, 1940). During the war years, 10 of his 15 films were also such propaganda films. He was usually cast as Continental lovers, anti-Nazi Germans or refugees. His notable films include Escape (Mervyn LeRoy, 1940) starring Norma Shearer and Robert Taylor, Ziegfeld Girl (Robert Z. Leonard, 1941) with Judy Garland, Underground (Vincent Sherman, 1941), Tarzan's Secret Treasure (Richard Thorpe, 1941) starring Johnny Weissmuller, Random Harvest (Mervyn LeRoy, 1942) with Greer Garson, the melodrama Reunion in France (Jules Dassin, 1942) opposite Joan Crawford, Blonde Fever (Richard Whorf, 1944) with Gloria Grahame, and Passage to Marseille (Michael Curtiz, 1944) with Humphrey Bogart. In between films he did tours for the army with the Freedoms War Bond Show. Having long suffered from phlebitis, he had the first of a series of strokescin 1945. Over the next few years he went on to have a heart attack and to require brain surgery. He couldn’t work for a period, but in 1947 he appeared on Broadway in The Big Two at the side of Claire Trevor. He began playing more mature film roles in the late 1940s, notably as a tyrannical symphony conductor in I've Always Loved You (Frank Borzage, 1946) and as Papa in I Remember Mama (George Stevens, 1948) with Irene Dunne.
When his MGM-contract ended in 1952, Frits van Dongen returned to Europe and acted in German films like the drama Hinter Klostermauern/The Unholy Intruders (Harald Reinl, 1952) with Olga Tschechova, the romance Der Träumende Mund/Dreaming Lips (Josef von Baky, 1953) starring Maria Schell, and the circus romance Salto Mortale (Victor Tourjansky, 1953). He did not succeed in making a really successful come-back in Germany, and in 1954-1955 he appeared opposite former Dutch film star Lily Bouwmeester on the Dutch stages in the comedy play Het Hemelbed (The Four-poster) by Jan de Hartog. When he was visiting his birthtown Scheveningen in 1955, he was the victim of a freak accident. While he walked along a building site, a plank fell on his head. A brain injury eventually ruined his speaking ability; and Van Dongen had to retire. He lived the last two decades of his life confined to his comfortable California home. Frits van Dongen died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, USA, in 1975. He was still married to Marianne van Dam. He had divorced his Jewish wife in 1937 but they remarried in 1939 and would stay together in California till his death. In 2002 a biography was published in the Netherlands: Nederlands eerste Hollywood-ster, Hein van der Niet alias Frits van Dongen alias Philip Dorn (The First Dutch Hollywood Star, Hein van der Niet aka Frits van Dongen aka Philip Dorn), by Hans Toonen.
Sources: Hal Erickson (AllMovie), Thomas Staedeli (Cyranos), Henk van Gelder (Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland) (Dutch), Mariska Graveland (De Filmkrant) (Dutch), Wikipedia and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
König Nussknacker und der arme Reinhold
Ein Kindermärchen in Bildern von Heinrich Hoffmann
Nach der Urfassung neu gezeichnet von Willi Harwerth
Rütten & Loening Verlag
(Darmstadt - Frankfurt/Deutschland)
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König Nussknacker und der arme Reinhold
Ein Kindermärchen in Bildern von Heinrich Hoffmann
Nach der Urfassung neu gezeichnet von Willi Harwerth
Rütten & Loening Verlag
(Darmstadt - Frankfurt/Deutschland)
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German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 1982/1, 1937-1938. Photo: Haenchen / Tobis.
Handsome, deep-voiced leading man Frits van Dongen (1901-1975) was the first Dutch Hollywood star. He started his film career in the Netherlands, and in the mid-1930s he became a matinee idol in the German cinema. From 1940 on, he worked in Hollywood, billed as Philip Dorn. A tragic accident caused him to retire in 1955.
Frits van Dongen was born as Hein van der Niet in Scheveningen, The Netherlands, in 1901. he was the son of shoemaker Leendert van der Niet and maid-servant Femia Schijf. At the age of 14, Hein made his amateur stage debut. At 20, he married to Cornelia Twilt whom he had met at the amateur stage company. Seven months later he became a father. He earned his money as a shoemaker but in 1923 he became a professional actor. Under the stage name Frits van Dongen he worked for the well-known Dutch theatre company De Haeghe-spelers from 1926 on. After a second son in 1926, his marriage did not go well. In 1929 he made a tour through the Dutch colonies. Reportedly Van Dongen had several affairs and in 1930 he and his wife divorced. A few months later, during another tour through the West Indies, he met the young actress Marianne van Dam. Two years later they married. In 1921, he had already made his film debut as an extra in the Dutch silent film De zwarte tulp/The Black Tulip (Maurits Binger, 1921), but his film career really started with a leading part in the fisher drama Op hoop van zegen/The Good Hope (Alex Benno, Louis Saalborn, 1934). This was the third film adaptation of the most famous Dutch stage play, written by Herman Heijermans, and Van Dongen was praised for his natural acting style. Soon more Dutch films followed. Van Dongen starred in the musical Op stap/On the Road (1935, Ernst Winar) starring Fien de la Mar, the comedy De big van het regiment/The Regiment’s Mascot (Max Nosseck, Jan Teunissen, 1935), another comedy De Kribbebijter/The Grumbler (Hermann Kosterlitz aka Henry Koster, Ernst Winar, 1935) and the tempestuous tropical romance Rubber (Gerard Rutten, Johan de Meester, 1936) with Enny Meunier.
In 1936 the German film studio Tobis offered Frits van Dongen a contract. He traveled to Berlin, and appeared in Immer wenn ich glücklich bin/Waltz Melodies (Karl Lamac, 1936) with Márta Eggerth. The famous director Richard Eichberg gave him the leading part of Maharaja Chandra in the monumental two-part adventure Der Tiger von Eschnapur/The Tiger of Eschnapur - Das Indische Grabmal/The Indian Tomb (Richard Eichberg, 1938). This exotic extravaganza would be his breakthrough. The popular matinee idol appeared next in the mystery melodrama Verwehte Spuren/Covered Tracks (Veit Harlan, 1938) with Kristina Söderbaum, Der Hampelmann/The Jumping Jack (Karl Heinz Martin, 1938) with Hilde Krahl, and the psychological drama Die Reise nach Tilsit/The Trip to Tilsit (Veit Harlan, 1939), based on the novel by Hermann Sudermann, which was already filmed in a silent version as Sunrise (1927) by F.W. Murnau. Van Dongen was now top of the bill in Berlin, but he disliked the Nazi regime so much that he decided to leave Germany.
In 1939, Frits van Dongen moved to America just before World War II broke out. Director Henry Koster had invited him to come to Hollywood and gave him introductions. Between 1940 and 1951 he acted in dozens of MGM productions under the name Philip Dorn. He started with the low-budget anti-nazi film Enemy Agent (Lew Landers, 1940). During the war years, 10 of his 15 films were also such propaganda films. He was usually cast as Continental lovers, anti-Nazi Germans or refugees. His notable films include Escape (Mervyn LeRoy, 1940) starring Norma Shearer and Robert Taylor, Ziegfeld Girl (Robert Z. Leonard, 1941) with Judy Garland, Underground (Vincent Sherman, 1941), Tarzan's Secret Treasure (Richard Thorpe, 1941) starring Johnny Weissmuller, Random Harvest (Mervyn LeRoy, 1942) with Greer Garson, the melodrama Reunion in France (Jules Dassin, 1942) opposite Joan Crawford, Blonde Fever (Richard Whorf, 1944) with Gloria Grahame, and Passage to Marseille (Michael Curtiz, 1944) with Humphrey Bogart. In between films he did tours for the army with the Freedoms War Bond Show. Having long suffered from phlebitis, he had the first of a series of strokescin 1945. Over the next few years he went on to have a heart attack and to require brain surgery. He couldn’t work for a period, but in 1947 he appeared on Broadway in The Big Two at the side of Claire Trevor. He began playing more mature film roles in the late 1940s, notably as a tyrannical symphony conductor in I've Always Loved You (Frank Borzage, 1946) and as Papa in I Remember Mama (George Stevens, 1948) with Irene Dunne.
When his MGM-contract ended in 1952, Frits van Dongen returned to Europe and acted in German films like the drama Hinter Klostermauern/The Unholy Intruders (Harald Reinl, 1952) with Olga Tschechova, the romance Der Träumende Mund/Dreaming Lips (Josef von Baky, 1953) starring Maria Schell, and the circus romance Salto Mortale (Victor Tourjansky, 1953). He did not succeed in making a really successful come-back in Germany, and in 1954-1955 he appeared opposite former Dutch film star Lily Bouwmeester on the Dutch stages in the comedy play Het Hemelbed (The Four-poster) by Jan de Hartog. When he was visiting his birthtown Scheveningen in 1955, he was the victim of a freak accident. While he walked along a building site, a plank fell on his head. A brain injury eventually ruined his speaking ability; and Van Dongen had to retire. He lived the last two decades of his life confined to his comfortable California home. Frits van Dongen died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, USA, in 1975. He was still married to Marianne van Dam. He had divorced his Jewish wife in 1937 but they remarried in 1939 and would stay together in California till his death. In 2002 a biography was published in the Netherlands: Nederlands eerste Hollywood-ster, Hein van der Niet alias Frits van Dongen alias Philip Dorn (The First Dutch Hollywood Star, Hein van der Niet aka Frits van Dongen aka Philip Dorn), by Hans Toonen.
Sources: Hal Erickson (AllMovie), Thomas Staedeli (Cyranos), Henk van Gelder (Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland) (Dutch), Mariska Graveland (De Filmkrant) (Dutch), Wikipedia and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
Helmut Kolle, Berlin-Charlottenburg 1899 - Chantilly 1931
Junge mit Hampelmann / Boy with Jumping Jack - Detail (1929)
Helmut Kolle (Pseudonym Helmut vom Hügel) lebte ab 1924 in Frankreich und war einer der wenigen deutschen Malern, die sich während der1920er Jahre auf dem französischen Kunstmarkt durchsetzen konnten.
Belgian postcard. Photo: Republic Pictures. Frits van Dongen in I've Always Loved You (Frank Borzage, 1946).
Handsome, deep-voiced leading man Frits van Dongen (1901-1975) was the first Dutch Hollywood star. He started his film career in the Netherlands, and in the mid-1930s he became a matinee idol in the German cinema. From 1940 on, he worked in Hollywood, billed as Philip Dorn. A tragic accident caused him to retire in 1955.
Frits van Dongen was born as Hein van der Niet in Scheveningen, The Netherlands, in 1901. he was the son of shoemaker Leendert van der Niet and maid-servant Femia Schijf. At the age of 14, Hein made his amateur stage debut. At 20, he married to Cornelia Twilt whom he had met at the amateur stage company. Seven months later he became a father. He earned his money as a shoemaker but in 1923 he became a professional actor. Under the stage name Frits van Dongen he worked for the well-known Dutch theatre company De Haeghe-spelers from 1926 on. After a second son in 1926, his marriage did not go well. In 1929 he made a tour through the Dutch colonies. Reportedly Van Dongen had several affairs and in 1930 he and his wife divorced. A few months later, during another tour through the West Indies, he met the young actress Marianne van Dam. Two years later they married. In 1921, he had already made his film debut as an extra in the Dutch silent film De zwarte tulp/The Black Tulip (Maurits Binger, 1921), but his film career really started with a leading part in the fisher drama Op hoop van zegen/The Good Hope (Alex Benno, Louis Saalborn, 1934). This was the third film adaptation of the most famous Dutch stage play, written by Herman Heijermans, and Van Dongen was praised for his natural acting style. Soon more Dutch films followed. Van Dongen starred in the musical Op stap/On the Road (1935, Ernst Winar) starring Fien de la Mar, the comedy De big van het regiment/The Regiment’s Mascot (Max Nosseck, Jan Teunissen, 1935), another comedy De Kribbebijter/The Grumbler (Hermann Kosterlitz aka Henry Koster, Ernst Winar, 1935) and the tempestuous tropical romance Rubber (Gerard Rutten, Johan de Meester, 1936) with Enny Meunier.
In 1936 the German film studio Tobis offered Frits van Dongen a contract. He traveled to Berlin, and appeared in Immer wenn ich glücklich bin/Waltz Melodies (Karl Lamac, 1936) with Márta Eggerth. The famous director Richard Eichberg gave him the leading part of Maharaja Chandra in the monumental two-part adventure Der Tiger von Eschnapur/The Tiger of Eschnapur - Das Indische Grabmal/The Indian Tomb (Richard Eichberg, 1938). This exotic extravaganza would be his breakthrough. The popular matinee idol appeared next in the mystery melodrama Verwehte Spuren/Covered Tracks (Veit Harlan, 1938) with Kristina Söderbaum, Der Hampelmann/The Jumping Jack (Karl Heinz Martin, 1938) with Hilde Krahl, and the psychological drama Die Reise nach Tilsit/The Trip to Tilsit (Veit Harlan, 1939), based on the novel by Hermann Sudermann, which was already filmed in a silent version as Sunrise (1927) by F.W. Murnau. Van Dongen was now top of the bill in Berlin, but he disliked the Nazi regime so much that he decided to leave Germany.
In 1939, Frits van Dongen moved to America just before World War II broke out. Director Henry Koster had invited him to come to Hollywood and gave him introductions. Between 1940 and 1951 he acted in dozens of MGM productions under the name Philip Dorn. He started with the low-budget anti-nazi film Enemy Agent (Lew Landers, 1940). During the war years, 10 of his 15 films were also such propaganda films. He was usually cast as Continental lovers, anti-Nazi Germans or refugees. His notable films include Escape (Mervyn LeRoy, 1940) starring Norma Shearer and Robert Taylor, Ziegfeld Girl (Robert Z. Leonard, 1941) with Judy Garland, Underground (Vincent Sherman, 1941), Tarzan's Secret Treasure (Richard Thorpe, 1941) starring Johnny Weissmuller, Random Harvest (Mervyn LeRoy, 1942) with Greer Garson, the melodrama Reunion in France (Jules Dassin, 1942) opposite Joan Crawford, Blonde Fever (Richard Whorf, 1944) with Gloria Grahame, and Passage to Marseille (Michael Curtiz, 1944) with Humphrey Bogart. In between films he did tours for the army with the Freedoms War Bond Show. Having long suffered from phlebitis, he had the first of a series of strokescin 1945. Over the next few years he went on to have a heart attack and to require brain surgery. He couldn’t work for a period, but in 1947 he appeared on Broadway in The Big Two at the side of Claire Trevor. He began playing more mature film roles in the late 1940s, notably as a tyrannical symphony conductor in I've Always Loved You (Frank Borzage, 1946) and as Papa in I Remember Mama (George Stevens, 1948) with Irene Dunne.
When his MGM-contract ended in 1952, Frits van Dongen returned to Europe and acted in German films like the drama Hinter Klostermauern/The Unholy Intruders (Harald Reinl, 1952) with Olga Tschechova, the romance Der Träumende Mund/Dreaming Lips (Josef von Baky, 1953) starring Maria Schell, and the circus romance Salto Mortale (Victor Tourjansky, 1953). He did not succeed in making a really successful come-back in Germany, and in 1954-1955 he appeared opposite former Dutch film star Lily Bouwmeester on the Dutch stages in the comedy play Het Hemelbed (The Four-poster) by Jan de Hartog. When he was visiting his birthtown Scheveningen in 1955, he was the victim of a freak accident. While he walked along a building site, a plank fell on his head. A brain injury eventually ruined his speaking ability; and Van Dongen had to retire. He lived the last two decades of his life confined to his comfortable California home. Frits van Dongen died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, USA, in 1975. He was still married to Marianne van Dam. He had divorced his Jewish wife in 1937 but they remarried in 1939 and would stay together in California till his death. In 2002 a biography was published in the Netherlands: Nederlands eerste Hollywood-ster, Hein van der Niet alias Frits van Dongen alias Philip Dorn (The First Dutch Hollywood Star, Hein van der Niet aka Frits van Dongen aka Philip Dorn), by Hans Toonen.
Sources: Hal Erickson (AllMovie), Thomas Staedeli (Cyranos), Henk van Gelder (Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland) (Dutch), Mariska Graveland (De Filmkrant) (Dutch), Wikipedia and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
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Isn´t she lovely - her name is "quaksi" and she is a jumping-jack, but the threads are gone, i have to fix it...
Sometimes I´ll sew a dress like hers for the shop, because I love red and white gingham and this cute little border at the edge. but first at all I need a studio for all my stuff, fabrics, pattern and things left from studying and being a fashion designer.
dream on - dream on..... ;)
218 494 mit Fahrradsonderzug Tübingen - Horb.
An diesem Tag waren wichtige Straßen im Neckartal für den MIV gesperrt und nur für Radfahrer freigegeben.
(Mein Vater bezeichnet diese immer liebevoll als "Hampelmannen" wenn er welche vor sich hat beim Autofahren ;) )
German autograph card by Gevaert.
Handsome, deep-voiced leading man Frits van Dongen (1901-1975), was one of the first Dutch Hollywood stars. He started his film career in the Netherlands, and in the mid-1930s he became a matinee idol in the German cinema. From 1940 on, he worked in Hollywood, billed as Philip Dorn. A freak accident caused him to retire in 1955.
Frits van Dongen was born as Hein van der Niet in Scheveningen, The Netherlands, in 1901. he was the son of shoemaker Leendert van der Niet and maid-servant Femia Schijf. At the age of 14, Hein made his amateur stage debut. At 20, he married to Cornelia Twilt whom he had met at the amateur stage company. Seven months later he became a father. He earned his money as a shoemaker but in 1923 he became a professional actor. Under the stage name Frits van Dongen he worked for the well-known Dutch theatre company De Haeghe-spelers from 1926 on. After a second son in 1926, his marriage did not go well. In 1929 he made a tour through the Dutch colonies. Reportedly Van Dongen had several affairs and in 1930 he and his wife divorced. A few months later, during another tour through the West Indies, he met the young actress Marianne van Dam. Two years later they married. In 1921, he had already made his film debut as an extra in the Dutch silent film De zwarte tulp/The Black Tulip (Maurits Binger, 1921), but his film career really started with a leading part in the fisher drama Op hoop van zegen/The Good Hope (Alex Benno, Louis Saalborn, 1934). This was the third film adaptation of the most famous Dutch stage play, written by Herman Heijermans, and Van Dongen was praised for his natural acting style. Soon more Dutch films followed. Van Dongen starred in the musical Op stap/On the Road (1935, Ernst Winar) starring Fien de la Mar, the comedy De big van het regiment/The Regiment’s Mascot (Max Nosseck, Jan Teunissen, 1935), another comedy De Kribbebijter/The Grumbler (Hermann Kosterlitz aka Henry Koster, Ernst Winar, 1935) and the tempestuous tropical romance Rubber (Gerard Rutten, Johan de Meester, 1936) with Enny Meunier.
In 1936 the German film studio Tobis offered Frits van Dongen a contract. He traveled to Berlin, and appeared in Immer wenn ich glücklich bin/Waltz Melodies (Karl Lamac, 1936) with Márta Eggerth. The famous director Richard Eichberg gave him the leading part of Maharaja Chandra in the monumental two-part adventure Der Tiger von Eschnapur/The Tiger of Eschnapur - Das Indische Grabmal/The Indian Tomb (Richard Eichberg, 1938). This exotic extravaganza would be his breakthrough. The popular matinee idol appeared next in the mystery melodrama Verwehte Spuren/Covered Tracks (Veit Harlan, 1938) with Kristina Söderbaum, Der Hampelmann/The Jumping Jack (Karl Heinz Martin, 1938) with Hilde Krahl, and the psychological drama Die Reise nach Tilsit/The Trip to Tilsit (Veit Harlan, 1939), based on the novel by Hermann Sudermann, which was already filmed in a silent version as Sunrise (1927) by F.W. Murnau. Van Dongen was now top of the bill in Berlin, but he disliked the Nazi regime so much that he decided to leave Germany.
In 1939, Frits van Dongen moved to America just before World War II broke out. Director Henry Koster had invited him to come to Hollywood and gave him introductions. Between 1940 and 1951 he acted in dozens of MGM productions under the name Philip Dorn. He started with the low-budget anti-nazi film Enemy Agent (Lew Landers, 1940). During the war years, 10 of his 15 films were also such propaganda films. He was usually cast as Continental lovers, anti-Nazi Germans or refugees. His notable films include Escape (Mervyn LeRoy, 1940) starring Norma Shearer and Robert Taylor, Ziegfeld Girl (Robert Z. Leonard, 1941) with Judy Garland, Underground (Vincent Sherman, 1941), Tarzan's Secret Treasure (Richard Thorpe, 1941) starring Johnny Weissmuller, Random Harvest (Mervyn LeRoy, 1942) with Greer Garson, the melodrama Reunion in France (Jules Dassin, 1942) opposite Joan Crawford, Blonde Fever (Richard Whorf, 1944) with Gloria Grahame, and Passage to Marseille (Michael Curtiz, 1944) with Humphrey Bogart. In between films he did tours for the army with the Freedoms War Bond Show. Having long suffered from phlebitis, he had the first of a series of strokescin 1945. Over the next few years he went on to have a heart attack and to require brain surgery. He couldn’t work for a period, but in 1947 he appeared on Broadway in The Big Two at the side of Claire Trevor. He began playing more mature film roles in the late 1940s, notably as a tyrannical symphony conductor in I've Always Loved You (Frank Borzage, 1946) and as Papa in I Remember Mama (George Stevens, 1948) with Irene Dunne.
When his MGM-contract ended in 1952, Frits van Dongen returned to Europe and acted in German films like the drama Hinter Klostermauern/The Unholy Intruders (Harald Reinl, 1952) with Olga Tschechova, the romance Der Träumende Mund/Dreaming Lips (Josef von Baky, 1953) starring Maria Schell, and the circus romance Salto Mortale (Victor Tourjansky, 1953). He did not succeed in making a really successful come-back in Germany, and in 1954-1955 he appeared opposite former Dutch film star Lily Bouwmeester on the Dutch stages in the comedy play Het Hemelbed (The Four-poster) by Jan de Hartog. When he was visiting his birthtown Scheveningen in 1955, he was the victim of a freak accident. While he walked along a building site, a plank fell on his head. A brain injury eventually ruined his speaking ability; and Van Dongen had to retire. He lived the last two decades of his life confined to his comfortable California home. Frits van Dongen died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, USA, in 1975. He was still married to Marianne van Dam. He had divorced his Jewish wife in 1937 but they remarried in 1939 and would stay together in California till his death. In 2002 a biography was published in the Netherlands: Nederlands eerste Hollywood-ster, Hein van der Niet alias Frits van Dongen alias Philip Dorn (The First Dutch Hollywood Star, Hein van der Niet aka Frits van Dongen aka Philip Dorn), by Hans Toonen.
Sources: Hal Erickson (AllMovie), Thomas Staedeli (Cyranos), Henk van Gelder (Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland) (Dutch), Mariska Graveland (De Filmkrant) (Dutch), Wikipedia and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
cute jumping jacks - max & moritz, namend according to the two cheeky boys from wilhelm busch. the mum of my childhood friend anne gave them to me (from anne´s nursery) as a lovely birthday gift. she told me, andrea and i had the same at our nursery in the 1960s and so she bought them for anne too, because she liked them so much...
made in western-germany (c)1967 by alfred mertens, pfullingen
Helmut Kolle, Berlin-Charlottenburg 1899 - Chantilly 1931
Junge mit Hampelmann / Boy with Jumping Jack (1929)
Helmut Kolle (Pseudonym Helmut vom Hügel) lebte ab 1924 in Frankreich und war einer der wenigen deutschen Malern, die sich während der1920er Jahre auf dem französischen Kunstmarkt durchsetzen konnten.