Jannings
Americannoun
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Jannings won for “The Last Command” and “The Way of All Flesh.”
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2021
Emil Jannings stars as Immanuel Rath, “a professor at the local college,” as he pretentiously introduces himself, expecting others to be impressed.
From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2020
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
As movie lore, it may fascinate cinemagoers who know little about German films except that they gave the world Marlene Dietrich, Peter Lorre, Emil Jannings and Director Fritz Lang.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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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