Jannings
Americannoun
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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
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
Though Italians are partial to German imports, an observer for Cinema reports that when Emil Jannings in Othello was shown at the Royal Opera in Florence, at one performance the audience consisted of six people.
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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