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Metropolis, v. 1, issue 1, 1939
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FRITZ LANG (Lahngl, Director of METROPOLIS, divorced from its authoresse, now lives in Celluloid City. A letter from Lang reveals he never has seen the version of METROPOLIS cut for consumption on the N. Americontinent! Adapted by Channing Pollock (cousin of a Los-Angelese esperantisto), 4 reels were deleted, so that a little over 1/2 hr has been lost. Lang says he got his inspiration for the City of the Future from New York on his firstrip here in '26. One wonders what inspirations he might get from attending the CONVENTION! [Some cursive signature in middle of page] The Cameraman ___ __________ Such is the signature of KARL FREUND (pronounst Froyndt) - the brain behind the "box" on "Frankenstein" & other imaginative movies. Freund was present the first nite of the revival in Hollywood & was interviewd from the floor. "It was the first film of Brigitte Helm" he informd. "Strangely, the one thing we feared--the public's reaction to the robot she portrayd--was passt by without comment; but the picture was attackt politicly, being called Communist Propaganda, Capitalist Propaganda, even Religious Propaganda... The technical trick of the luminous rings circling automation during the transformation of the manikin" he went on to reveal, "was accomplisht by whirling small lit bulbs, like electric Christmas lites." This was at variance with the info once publisht in Science & Invention that circular glass tubes, gasfild & illuminated by electricity, were manipulated by 3 operators. The Cast: ___ ____ "Maria", woman & "mechanigal" - Brigitte Helm (Brih-gih'teh) [?] Masterman: Alfred Abel His Son, Eric: Gustav Frolich (Goo'stahf Frew'lich) Rotwang (Rote'vahng): Rudolf Kiein-Rogge (Rogue, eh?) Joseph: Theodor (Tay'o-dore) #7: Heinrich George / Loos The Transformation (Photo on right hand side of page)
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FRITZ LANG (Lahngl, Director of METROPOLIS, divorced from its authoresse, now lives in Celluloid City. A letter from Lang reveals he never has seen the version of METROPOLIS cut for consumption on the N. Americontinent! Adapted by Channing Pollock (cousin of a Los-Angelese esperantisto), 4 reels were deleted, so that a little over 1/2 hr has been lost. Lang says he got his inspiration for the City of the Future from New York on his firstrip here in '26. One wonders what inspirations he might get from attending the CONVENTION! [Some cursive signature in middle of page] The Cameraman ___ __________ Such is the signature of KARL FREUND (pronounst Froyndt) - the brain behind the "box" on "Frankenstein" & other imaginative movies. Freund was present the first nite of the revival in Hollywood & was interviewd from the floor. "It was the first film of Brigitte Helm" he informd. "Strangely, the one thing we feared--the public's reaction to the robot she portrayd--was passt by without comment; but the picture was attackt politicly, being called Communist Propaganda, Capitalist Propaganda, even Religious Propaganda... The technical trick of the luminous rings circling automation during the transformation of the manikin" he went on to reveal, "was accomplisht by whirling small lit bulbs, like electric Christmas lites." This was at variance with the info once publisht in Science & Invention that circular glass tubes, gasfild & illuminated by electricity, were manipulated by 3 operators. The Cast: ___ ____ "Maria", woman & "mechanigal" - Brigitte Helm (Brih-gih'teh) [?] Masterman: Alfred Abel His Son, Eric: Gustav Frolich (Goo'stahf Frew'lich) Rotwang (Rote'vahng): Rudolf Kiein-Rogge (Rogue, eh?) Joseph: Theodor (Tay'o-dore) #7: Heinrich George / Loos The Transformation (Photo on right hand side of page)
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