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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.
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(Kloos, 1894)
No trace of the registration on Cartell or DVLA, so sadly can't say how long this has been off the road for. A while I think.
I shudder to think what the house behind must be like...
Back in 1998, it was most normal to cross the river here and to get wet.
Scanned slide, image taken in early February 1998.
A Morris 8 van has a new lease of life doing duty for the Matthew Thomas cafe / restaurant .
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Via Brisbane
Terwijl ook de wereld van de horeca branche op zijn kop staat - mooi toepasselijk in de foto - raast NS met haar enkele en dubbele ICMm's langs de voormalige halte Assel. Het is nog onduidelijk wanneer het meeste weer open mag, tot die tijd kunnen we dit soort plaatjes wel maken.
Sinds de lockdown ben ik dingen gaan opschrijven in een soort dagboek. Niet als frustratie, maar eerder om te laten zien voor later hoe deze periode van corona in elkaar zit. De foto's met bordjes, tekstjes, signing op de winkelruiten, dat soort dingetjes, alles wat maar met corona te maken heeft gaat op de kiek en voeg ik bij het dagboek toe als soort archief.
Terwijl in alle voorgaande jaren de picknick bankjes wel bezet waren op een mooie voorjaarsdag, zijn het nu geel/zwarte linten die het terrein doen afzetten. Het blijft altijd nog een merkwaardig tafereel. Bij de cafetaria gaat men om-en-om naar binnen om een ijsje te halen, wat nog mogelijk is.
Hoewel vroeger - het pré corona tijdperk - met twee tot vier Koplopers werd gereden op het baanvak Amersfoort - Deventer, zijn het tegenwoordig vanwege het lagere reizigersaantal soms zelfs enkele stellen die de dienst uitmaken. Op vrijdag 26 maart 2021 passeert ICMm 4213 het rustieke plaatsje Assel op weg richting Apeldoorn.
A Peugeot D3A at the Oldtimermarkt Bockhorn.
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Armin van Buuren (born in Leiden, Netherlands on 25 December 1976) is a Dutch trance producer and DJ. In 2007, 2008, and 2009 he was voted number one in DJ Magazine's annual top 100 list of the most popular DJs. Since 2001 van Buuren has hosted a weekly radio show called A State of Trance and claims to have over 30 million weekly listeners in more than 40 countries, which would make it the most listened radio show in the world. His 2008 studio album, Imagine, entered the Dutch album chart at #1, a first for a dance artist in Dutch music history.
Armin van Buuren has always had his own studio and worked alone in the beginning of his career. Since the release of his third studio album Imagine from 2008 he has been working with Benno de Goeij of Rank 1 on all solo productions and remixes. He is well known for his annual "Year Mix" which incorporates clips and custom mashups from the year's most popular trance tracks. Each year-mix consists of about 85 individual releases, edited into a 2 hour mix which is released on double CD as well as aired on his weekly radio show at the end of each year. According to van Buuren, each year-mix takes several months to make, including thousands of digital audio edits and hundreds of audio plugins.
Source: Wikipedia
As well as being very successful car makers, Singer made a number of commercial vehicles. This 1931 Singer Van, JU 827, was found in a barn in very poor condition. It was restored by staff at Coventry Transport Museum where it is now on display.
Van Nelle, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Possibly my favorite building in all of The Netherlands - this is Bauhaus.
Brigadoon (MGM, 1954). Half Sheet (22" X 28") Style A. Musical Fantasy. Starring Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse, Elaine Stewart, Barry Jones. Directed by Vincente Minnelli.
Tour of Flanders this weekend in my hometown, Oudenaarde ... Mathieu Vanderpoel, the 3rd-4th from the right (with the white rainbow jersey) is going for the win ... an impressive solo from the Koppenberg to the finish