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Greta Meyer is a Actor Allemande born on 6 august 1883
Greta Meyer est une actrice américaine d'origine allemande, née le 7 août 1883 dans l'Empire allemand , morte le 8 octobre 1965 à Gardena (Californie).
Au cinéma, hormis un court métrage autrichien (1917) et le film néerlandais De jantjes (1922), elle fait essentiellement carrière dans son pays d'adoption, durant la période du parlant.
Après un premier film américain sorti en 1929 (Die Königsloge, tourné en langue allemande), suit Cette nuit ou jamais de Mervyn LeRoy (1931, avec Gloria Swanson) ; dans cette adaptation de la pièce éponyme, Melvyn Douglas, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Robert Greig et elle y reprennent les rôles qu'ils tenaient à Broadway, de novembre 1930 à juin 1931.
Parmi ses soixante-treize autres films américains (parfois dans des petits rôles non crédités), citons Le Revenant de Berthold Viertel (1932, avec Claudette Colbert et Clive Brook), Suzy de George Fitzmaurice (1936, avec Jean Harlow et Franchot Tone), Toute la ville danse de Julien Duvivier (1938, avec Luise Rainer et Fernand Gravey), ou encore Chante mon amour de W. S. Van Dyke (1940, avec Jeanette MacDonald et Nelson Eddy).
Son dernier film est Une romance américaine de King Vidor (avec Brian Donlevy et Ann Richards), sorti en 1944, après quoi elle se retire.
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Issue d'une famille d'acteurs de théâtre, Greta Meyer y débute dans son pays natal, avant d'émigrer en 1923 aux États-Unis, où elle s'installe définitivement, obtenant la citoyenneté américaine.Au cinéma, hormis un court métrage autrichien (1917) et le film néerlandais De jantjes (1922), elle fait essentiellement carrière dans son pays d'adoption, durant la période du parlant.
Après un premier film américain sorti en 1929 (Die Königsloge, tourné en langue allemande), suit Cette nuit ou jamais de Mervyn LeRoy (1931, avec Gloria Swanson) ; dans cette adaptation de la pièce éponyme, Melvyn Douglas, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Robert Greig et elle y reprennent les rôles qu'ils tenaient à Broadway, de novembre 1930 à juin 1931.
Parmi ses soixante-treize autres films américains (parfois dans des petits rôles non crédités), citons Le Revenant de Berthold Viertel (1932, avec Claudette Colbert et Clive Brook), Suzy de George Fitzmaurice (1936, avec Jean Harlow et Franchot Tone), Toute la ville danse de Julien Duvivier (1938, avec Luise Rainer et Fernand Gravey), ou encore Chante mon amour de W. S. Van Dyke (1940, avec Jeanette MacDonald et Nelson Eddy).
Son dernier film est Une romance américaine de King Vidor (avec Brian Donlevy et Ann Richards), sorti en 1944, après quoi elle se retire.
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An American Romance (1944)
, 2h30Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Brian Donlevy, Ann Richards, Walter Abel, John Qualen, Stephen McNally, J. M. Kerrigan
Roles Mama Hartzler
Rating66%
European immigrant Stefan Dubechek (Brian Donlevy) arrives in America in the 1890s and becomes involved in the steel industry. He eventually becomes an automobile manufacturer. And then, in World War II, a plane manufacturer.
Reunion in France (1942)
, 1h44Directed by Jules Dassin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Joan Crawford, John Wayne, Philip Dorn, Reginald Owen, Albert Bassermann, John Carradine
Roles Customer (uncredited)
Rating62%
1940 in Paris, Michele de la Becque (Joan Crawford) is a career woman in love with industrial designer Robert Cortot (Philip Dorn). Together they enjoy a luxurious lifestyle unfazed by the approach of World War II. After the Battle of France and subsequent German occupation, Michele discovers her lover is socializing with German officers and his plants are manufacturing weapons for them. She confronts him and he does not deny her evidence. She is outraged. She aids a downed American in the Eagle Squadron of the Royal Air Force bomber pilot Pat Talbot (John Wayne) from Pennsylvania and finds herself falling in love with him. Later, she discovers Cortot is turning out defective weapons for the Germans and organizing a French fighting force. Michele is happily reunited with Cortot.
Friendly Enemies (1942)
, 1h35Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Charles Winninger, Charles Ruggles, James Craig, Nancy Kelly, Otto Kruger, Greta Meyer
Roles Gretchen
Rating56%
A New York City brewer by the name of Karl Pfeiffer takes a stand against President Wilson's decision to send troops to Europe to support the Allies in World War I. Karl is a native German who doesn't want his birthplace destroyed in the war.
Friendly Enemies (1942)
Directed by George Melford, Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Charles Winninger, Charles Ruggles, James Craig, Nancy Kelly, Otto Kruger, Ilka Grüning
Roles Gretchen
Deux amis de nationalité allemande, durant la Première Guerre mondiale émigrent aux États-Unis. L'un s’intègre totalement tandis que l'autre s’entête à rester loyal à une culture et à un pays qui à cette époque, est de plus en plus rejeté. Son entêtement et sa loyauté aveugle seront à l'origine de la tragédie.
Come Live with Me (1941)
, 1h26Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about immigration
Actors James Stewart, Hedy Lamarr, Ian Hunter, Donald Meek, Verree Teasdale, Barton MacLane
Roles Frieda
Rating69%
Johnny Jones (Lamarr), a native of Vienna, Austria who escaped after its annexation by Nazi Germany, is having an affair with the married Barton Kendrick (Ian Hunter), a publisher. One night an officer from the Department of Immigration finds her and tells her that she will be deported because her temporary passport expired three months ago. The investigator tells her that if she can be married within a week, she can stay.
Bitter Sweet (1940)
, 1h34Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Operetta films
Actors Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, George Sanders, Ian Hunter, Sig Ruman, Felix Bressart
Roles Mama Luden
Rating58%
Set in late 19th century Vienna, the story focuses on the romance between music teacher Carl Linden (Nelson Eddy) and his prize pupil Sarah Milick (Jeanette MacDonald).
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
, 1h43Directed by William Dieterle, Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger, Donald Crisp, Albert Bassermann, Maria Ouspenskaïa
Roles Female Nurse
Rating73%
Paul Ehrlich (Edward G. Robinson) is a physician working in a German hospital. He is dismissed for his constant disregard for hospital rules, which are bound by bureaucratic red tape. The reason for his conflict is his steadily rising interest in research for selective color staining, the marking of cells and microorganisms, using certain dyes and marking agents, which, as he describes in the film, have a certain 'affinity' to that which is to be stained and nothing else. Emil von Behring (Otto Kruger), whom Dr. Ehrlich meets and befriends, while experimenting with his staining techniques, is impressed with Dr. Ehrlich's staining methods and refers to it as 'specific staining,' adding that this is one of the greatest achievements in science, especially for diagnostic purposes, based on optical microscopy. After attending a medical presentation of one Dr. Robert Koch (Albert Basserman) showing that tuberculosis is a bacterial disease, Ehrlich is able to obtain a sample of the isolated bacterium. After an intense time of research and experimentation in his own lab, paired with a portion of luck, he is able to develop a staining process for this bacterium. This result is honored by Koch and medical circles as a highly valuable contribution to diagnostics.
The Man I Married (1940)
, 1h17Directed by Irving Pichel
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II, Children's films
Actors Joan Bennett, Francis Lederer, Lloyd Nolan, Anna Sten, Otto Kruger, Maria Ouspenskaïa
Roles Hausfrau
Rating69%
A successful American woman, Editor at The Smart World - Editorial, General Offices, Carol Cabbott (Joan Bennett) has just married a German, Eric Hoffman (Charles Lederer), a streamline marriage. They have a seven year old son, Ricky (Johnny Russell). They are to have a vacation to Germany to visit Erics father he didn't see for ten years, although everybody tells them to go to Germany is foolish. A friend, Dr. Hugo Gerhardt (Ludwig Stössel), originally german, asks them a favor: his brother, the famous philosopher Gerhardt has been arrested and put in a concentration camp, if they can bring him money and somehow help him.
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
, 1h30Directed by John M. Stahl
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Barbara O'Neil, Onslow Stevens, Nydia Westman, Nella Walker
Roles Madeline's Nurse Maid
Rating66%
Un célèbre pianiste français en tournée s'arrête dans un bar et tombe amoureux d'une serveuse.
The Women (1939)
, 2h14Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Themes Feminist films, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Political films, Films based on plays, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Mary Boland, Joan Fontaine
Roles Masseuse (uncredited)
Rating76%
The Women follows the lives of Manhattan women, focusing in particular on Mary Haines (Norma Shearer), the cheerful, contented wife of Stephen and mother of Little Mary (Virginia Weidler). After a bit of gossip flies around the salon these wealthy women visit, Mary's cousin Sylvia Fowler (Rosalind Russell) goes to a Salon to get the newest, exclusive nail color: Jungle Red. She learns from a manicurist that Mary's husband has been having an affair with a predatory perfume counter girl named Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford). A notorious gossip, Sylvia delights in sharing the news with Mary's friends; she sets up Mary with an appointment with the same manicurist so that she hears the rumor about Stephen's infidelity.
Twelve Crowded Hours (1939)
, 1h4Directed by Lew Landers
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Actors Richard Dix, Lucille Ball, Allan Lane, Donald MacBride, Cy Kendall, John Arledge
Roles Mrs. Rovitch (uncredited)
Rating56%
When the brother of his girlfriend Paula Sanders is accused of murder, reporter Nick Green tries to clear him.
No Place to Go (1939)
, 56minutesOrigin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dennis Morgan, Gloria Dickson, Fred Stone, Sonny Bupp, Charles Halton, Frank Faylen
Roles Hilda
Rating60%
The Great Waltz (1938)
, 1h44Directed by Victor Fleming, Josef von Sternberg, Julien Duvivier
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Luise Rainer, Miliza Korjus, Lionel Atwill, Henry Hull, Hugh Herbert, Curt Bois
Roles Mrs. Vogelhuber
Rating64%
The highly fictionalised story sees 'Schani' dismissed from his job in a bank. He puts together a group of unemployed musicians who wangle a performance at Dommayer's cafe. The audience is minimal, but when two opera singers, Carla Donner and Fritz Schiller, visit whilst their carriage is being repaired, the music attracts a wider audience.
The Patient in Room 18 (1938)
, 59minutesDirected by Crane Wilbur
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime, Romance
Actors Patric Knowles, Ann Sheridan, John Ridgely, Rosella Towne, Charles Trowbridge, Edward Raquello
Roles Hilda - Lethany Housekeeper
Rating59%
Private investigator Lance O'Leary (Patric Knowles) suffers a nervous breakdown from being unable to solve a case and his doctor has him hospitalized for rest. It just happens to be the same place where his lady friend, Sara Keate (Ann Sheridan), is the head nurse. The first night there a murder takes place as wealthy Mr. Warren is killed in his room and $100,000 worth of medicinal radium on his chest is stolen. Also, head doctor Dr. Lethany is murdered as well. Everyone on the staff seems to have a motive and O'Leary must work with combative Inspector Foley (Cliff Clark) to solve the crime.
Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
, 1h10Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Janet Gaynor, Robert Montgomery, Franchot Tone, Guy Kibbee, Claire Dodd, Reginald Owen
Roles Mrs. Swanson, a Masseuse (uncredited)
Rating63%
Malcolm Niles, un écrivain new-yorkais, apprécie une soirée romantique avec l'actrice Vivian Herford, jusqu'à ce que la mère de celle-ci arrive et parle mariage. Pour éviter ce mariage, Malcolm décide de partir en tournée de promotion à travers le pays, comme le lui a suggéré son ami et éditeur Robert Hanson. Lors d'une séance de signature dans une petite ville du Sud, Malcolm rencontre Nancy Briggs, qui ne montre aucun intérêt à ses livres et prévoit de se marier le soir même avec George Wilkins Jr. Lorsqu'il reçoit un télégramme de Robert lui annonçant que Vivian vient de quitte New York, il prend un train pour rentrer en ville, et y trouve Nancy, dont le fiancé ne s'est pas présenté lors de la cérémonie et qu'elle a l'intention de retrouver. Malgré ses efforts pour l'éviter, c'est à cause de Nancy qu'il rate une correspondance car il était en train de chercher les gants que la jeune femme avait oubliés. Il la retrouve à la porte de chez lui, car elle a découvert que non seulement George avait disparu mais qu'il n'étais pas comme elle le lui avait dit directeur de magasin. Comme elle n'a nulle part où aller, elle demande à Malcolm de l'aider à retrouver son fiancé. Il est sur le point de la jeter dehors mais, quand Vivian arrive, il lui dit qu'il est avec Nancy. Habitant chez Malcolm, Nancy prend une part de plus en plus importante dans la vie de ce dernier et dans celle de Robert. Malcolm commence à tomber amoureux d'elle, de même que Robert. Il le nie mais quand George réapparaît et réclame Nancy, il se bat avec lui. Malcolm finit par admettre qu'il l'aime et la demande en mariage. Peu après le mariage, Nancy et Malcolm s'embarquent pour l'Europe, mais elle réalise soudain qu'elle a oublié ses gants à terre, Malcolm court pour les retrouver mais ne peut revenir à temps au quai et voit le bateau s'éloigner.