Conrad Veidt at home
The complete filmography of Conrad Veidt
Faces of the Silver Screen: Conrad Veidt
An amazing story about Connie, written by the novelist Christopher Isherwood
Small article about Connie’s movie “I Was a Spy” (1933).
*Conrad Veidt and his acting career (complete article)
I appreciate your taking so much time to find and scan these articles. While I can guess at the general periods when these first appeared, would it be possible to add dates of publication to each of them?
Thank you,
Moira
Thank you for reading the articles. Some of them have the date. I will try to add to the other ones, too. Anyway, I am officially opening the website next Saturday, on Connie’s birthday. I still have to work on the Movies II section. I don’t have enough time right now, because I am in a session of exams, but be sure that in a few weeks you’ll see hundreds of new photos and articles on the website. I am also opening a youtube channel, with clips I made with Connie’s films. And I also encourage you to vote for your favourite Conrad Veidt character/characters – you could vote for more than one, if you like. The Poll is on the first page.
Monica
Thank you Monica. I love the material that you have added to your site and will continue to read through the articles. It’s a very beautiful job and I am so appreciative of your work. I subscribed to your Youtube channel on Connie’s birthday! Your first video related to The Thief of Bagdad is glorious.
Good luck on your exams!
All the best,
moira
I still have so many articles to add, and they provide a lot of information about Connie’s career. They will all be on this website over the next couple of months.
Thanks, I really enjoyed the articles.
Wow, what a treat for all of us Connie fans! Great articles, thanks so much for posting them. I was very much impressed by the one by Christopher Isherwood, about the last scene of “Jew Suess”. I have to admit, when I first saw this film, I had tears in my eyes at the end. Heart-breaking, seriously. This final scene in particular must be one of the most emotional movie endings, at least in the b/w era and Herr Veidt’s performance feels real and touches the heart, even by today’s standarts. That article shows how much “in character” he was during filming – he was not acting, he had become the character. Thanks again for this great article, much appreciated!
Thank you, too, for reading it. I have many, many articles to put there, but for the moment I have to complete the Movies II gallery. Expect many new articles by the end of March.
Thank you for the article by Herbert Cole but did you notice the mention of The Phantom of the Opera? To my knowledge, Veidt never appeared in any film of that name in Hollywood or elsewhere. Interesting idea but I think Mr. Cole made a mistake. He couldn’t have meant The Man Who Laughs? Of course they didn’t have Google back then. And I never thought the Danish sea captain was a “ninny”. Not at all.
You are right. Lon Chaney appeared in Phantom of the Opera. And yes, the newspapermen were sometimes quite unfair to Connie. What surprised me was that I found very few obituaries. Some newspapers wrote in just a few words that he died. Viola herself found out from the radio that her father died, and it was the last piece of information. Connie wasn’t respected as much as he deserved.
He has no star on the so called “Walk of Fame” in Hollywood. I can’t imagine why except most of his films were made abroad. More often than not humble men who achieve greatness are not given the recognition they deserve.
These articles are genuine and I truly enjoyed reading them. Thank you so much for sharing them with everyone who loves Connie.
Lily Traeger? It was Praeger. The dog’s name is Mattie? I thought the terrier’s name was Mackie, as in Mackie Messer from The Threepenny Opera. I’ve seen other articles where Lily is said to be an actress but this is never mentioned in any biography. Thanks Monica. The articles are all quite interesting but they prove the newspapers often have unreliable information.
Apparently, FP1 was cut because we never see Ellison’s junker crash. And yet in the article above, this is recounted as a highlight. Hmmm.
It shouldn’t surprise you this. Most of Connie’s films have been cut over the time. What we see nowadays is a poor copy of his glorious films. F.P.1 makes no exception when it comes to cuttings.
Fascinating articles Monica! He left so little because he gave so much to charity and the war effort. Half of his legacy was a lot of money in the forties but not to live on. Did he really strike Loretta Young in The Men in Her Life? Poor Loretta, he was a big man to take a sock from. Poor Conrad Veidt, who was such a gentleman. What a great backstory. It says a lot of good things about Loretta and Connie. Reminds one of the Three Stooge short “The Brideless Groom” wherein the lovely opera singer Christine McIntyre had to attack Shemp Howard. She didn’t want to hurt him. After many takes he begged her to do him a favor and “cut loose.” She did and it was a very funny scene. She hugged him after and cried. Nice lady.
Thank you for all these wonderful Connie articles; much appreciated!
Thank you, too. Keep looking at this section, because you will see many more in the near future.
Thank you Monica for the technical articles.