Overview

William Thiele is remembered today as the father of the sound film operetta with seminal classics such as Drei von der Tankstelle (1930). While often considered among the most accomplished directors of Late Weimar cinema, as an Austrian Jew he was vilified during the onset of the Nazi regime in 1933 and fled to the United States where he continued making films until the end of his career in 1960. Enchanted by Cinema closely examines the European musical film pioneer’s work and his cross-cultural perspective across forty years of filmography in Berlin and Hollywood to account for his popularity while discussing issues of ethnicity, exile, comedy, music, gender, and race.

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Author:   Jan-Christopher Horak ,  Andréas-Benjamin Seyfert
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
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9781805395362

ISBN 10:   180539536
Pages:   374
Publication Date:   03 May 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Foreword David Thiele and Linda Thiele Introduction Jan-Christopher Horak and Andréas-Benjamin Seyfert Part I: Wilhelm Thiele’s Early Career Chapter 1. Towards Thiele: A Director in the Making Philipp Stiasny Chapter 2. Across Studio Borders: From Hurra, ich lebe (1928) to The Ghost Comes Home (1940) Andréas-Benjamin Seyfert Chapter 3. Modeling Female Agency: Wilhelm Thiele’s Adieu Macotte (1929) Heike Klapdor Part II: Thiele in Europe’s Sound Film Babel, 1929–1933 Chapter 4. From Liebeswalzer (1930) to Die Drei von der Tankstelle (1930): Thiele and the Formation of the UFA Sound Film Operetta Michael Wedel Chapter 5. “Why Settle So Low?”: Fantasies of Female Self-Fulfillment in Wilhelm Thiele’s Die Privatsekretärin (1931) Christian Rogowski Chapter 6. “Greater Success Than Ever Before in Your New Workshop”: Wilhelm Thiele in Britain Geoff Brown Chapter 7. “Fate Goes Like This, and Everything’s Gone”: Großfürstin Alexandra (1933), Exile, and Renunciation Anjeana K. Hans Part III: Thiele in Hollywood, 1935–1946 Chapter 8. Embracing the Off-White: Race and Sex in William Thiele’s Jungle Princess (1936) Valerie Weinstein Chapter 9. Times of Adjustment: Celebrated Innocence and Mass Production in Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937), Bridal Suite (1939), and Bad Little Angel (1940) Imme Klages Chapter 10. Me Thiele, You Tarzan Marianna Torgovnick Chapter 11. “I’m a Bit Gloomy This Evening.” Forgotten Noir: The Madonna’s Secret (1946) Christian Cargnelli Part IV: American Television and Post-War Germany, 1949–1960 Chapter 12. Thiele at Apex Jan-Christopher Horak Chapter 13. The Misfits Make America: Wilhelm Thiele’s The Lone Ranger Episodes A. Dana Weber Chapter 14. William Thiele’s Last Hurrah: Der letzte Fußgänger (1960) and Sabine und die 100 Männer (1960) Jan-Christopher Horak Conclusion Jan-Christopher Horak and Andréas-Benjamin Seyfert Coda Filmography Hans-Michael Bock Interview with W. and B. Thiele Jan-Christopher Horak In His Brother’s Shadow: The Cinema of Eugen Thiele Armin Loacker

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Jan-Christopher Horak is former Director of UCLA Film & Television Archive. Previously he was Director at Munich Filmmuseum, and Curator, George Eastman Museum. He has had professorships in Rochester, Munich, Salzburg, UCLA, and Miami, and presently is teaching at Chapman. He has published more than three hundred articles and reviews in English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Hungarian, Czech, Polish, Swedish, Japanese, and Hebrew publications.

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