Emil Jannings

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1910: The U.S Bureau of Mines was established. (It ceased operations in 1996, its functions having been transferred to other agencies.) 1929: The first Academy Awards were presented. The movie ''Wings'' won ''best production,'' while Emil Jannings and...

There's not much reason to watch Ernst Lubitsch's silent historical epic "Anna Boleyn" (which Netflix informs me is also called "Deception"), unless you're, say, a movie blogger who has set herself the cussed task of watching only films from 1920, 1940,...

Forgotten Men As you probably read, film director, Joseph Von Sternberg has sued Fox for $1 million, charging the 1959 version of "The Blue Angel" with May Britt and Curt Jurgens was made without his consent and was inferior to his 1929 version with...

This year's Oscars numbered only one foreign-born winner -- Austria's Christoph Waltz ("Inglorious Basterds") -- among the four acting champs. However, that does not mean the Oscars are guilty of any homegrown bias. After all, six of the 20 acting...

If anybody knows the whereabouts of the Oscar statuette for "Wings," the first film to win the best picture honor back on Feb. 17, 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences would love to hear from you. The academy wanted the early Oscar for...

MOVIES `THE BLUE ANGEL' A newly restored version of one of the great classics of movie eroticism is now at the Music Box: Marlene Dietrich and Emil Jannings 1930's "The Blue Angel." Jannings was regarded as the best film actor of his day when he...

Film fans, prepare for a busy, gratifying fall. In addition to the spate of remakes, sequels and prequels at the cineplex, the art-house calendar might as well be wrapped in a celluloid ribbon. Dates have yet to be finalized in most cases, but there are...

When: May 16, 1929 Where: Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Host: Academy President Douglas Fairbanks and William C. DeMille Winners Best picture: "Wings"; best actress: Janet Gaynor for "Sunrise," "Seventh Heaven" and "Street Angel";...

Polish filmmakers recently have been making new versions of their country's beloved 19th century novels, none more cherished than those by Henryk Sienkiewicz. The veteran Jerzy Kawalerowicz, who turns 80 this year, has completed an elaborate version of...