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Jannings

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

noun

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


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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

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 Marion Zimmer Bradley

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