The year 1954 was a big year for James Stewart: He starred in no less than two films that have shaped the image of the …
Fred Astaire: Master of the dance
It all started in Omaha, Nebraska: Fred Astaire, whose real name was Frederick Austerlitz, was born there in 1899. His mother was the daughter of …
Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief
The summer of 1954 is a unique event in the life of actress and later Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly: from the end of May …
Katharine Hepburn: Kate the Great
It was at the end of the thirties when Katharine Hepburn was put on the list of actors considered “box office poison”: Back in 1937, …
Gert Fröbe: Goldfinger from Zwickau
He was one of the few German actors to achieve international fame after the Second World War: Gert Fröbe. Gert Fröbe took part not only …
Grace Kelly in “Rear Window” (2.)
In 1954, Grace Kelly had just finished shooting Dial M for Murder, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and it didn’t take long until the next film …
The Manhattinate — Grace Kelly in “Rear Window“
The actress and later princess of Monaco Grace de Monaco (before her marriage she was called Grace Kelly) stood in front of a film camera …
Leni Riefenstahl & physical exercises
For a lot of readers, the German expression “Leibesübungen“ certainly is unknown. “Leibesübungen“ can be translated with “physical exercises“. The “Leibesübungen“ have a lot in …