Expressionism in Nosferatu (1922)

max-schreck-count-orlock

Märtsil 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau released Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau neglected to purchase the rights to film the story from Stoker’s estate, which almost led to this film being lost to film viewers. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture. The

osa
» Loe edasi

Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

johannpeter perekonda

Julius “Onu Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO märtsil 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Onu Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Lee” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee had the challenge of raising her two-year-old son Gilbert as a single

osa
» Loe edasi
1 48 49 50 51 52 64