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Jannings

American  
[jan-ingz, yahn-ings] / ˈdʒæn ɪŋz, ˈyɑn ɪŋs /

noun

  1. Emil Theodor Emil Janenz, 1886–1950, German film actor.


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Emil Jannings, the best actor winner, had returned to his native Germany, though he asked for, and received, his award before he left.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2021

Emil Jannings, who had won the first Oscar a year earlier, co-stars as a middle-aged professor who falls in love with her and descends into madness.

From New York Times • May 10, 2018

In one episode, Secretariat’s director Kelsey Jannings, along with help from Bojack, attempts to shoot a scene that studio head Lenny Turtletaub doesn’t want her to shoot.

From The Verge • Aug. 30, 2016

Its success was responsible for the Hollywood importation of Jannings, Freund* and Director F. W. Murnau, as well as for the development of several new cinema techniques.

From Time Magazine Archive

Filmed in France in 1932, with Emil Jannings.

From Checklist A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians. by Bradley, Marion Zimmer

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