Money on the Street

Gold on the Street
Directed by	Georg Jacoby
Written by	Rudolph Bernauer (play) Friedrich Raff Julius Urgiss Rudolf Österreicher
Produced by	Nicolas Deutsch
Starring	Lydia Pollman Georg Alexander Franz Schafheitlin Leopold Kramer
Cinematography	Nicolas Farkas
Edited by	Else Baum
Music by	Stefan Weiß
Production companies	Felsom Film Sascha Film
Distributed by	Felsom-Film
Release date	11 November 1930
Running time	85 minutes
Countries	Austria Germany
Language	German

Gold on the Street (German:Geld auf der Straße) is a 1930 Austrian-German romantic comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Lydia Pollman, Georg Alexander and Franz Schafheitlin. It is notable for the screen debut of Hedy Lamarr, who played a small role as an extra.

Production

The was made by Sascha Film, Austria's largest production company, at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. It was the first sound film made in Austria, facilitated by an agreement made with the German firm Tobis Film who supplied the sound recording equipment. The story was adapted from a play by Rudolph Bernauer. The film's art direction was by Hans Jacoby and Emil Stepanek.

Synopsis

A young woman tries to escape her fate of marriage to a dull, but wealthy fiancée.

Cast

• Lydia Pollman as Dodo
• Georg Alexander as Peter Paul Lutz
• Franz Schafheitlin as Bornhausen
• Leopold Kramer as Emil Reimbacher
• Rosa Albach-Retty as Lona Reimbacher
• Hans Moser as Albin Jensch
• Hugo Thimig as Max Kesselberg
• Hans Thimig as Max Kesselberg
• Alfred Neugebauer as Policeman
• Karl Ziegler as Dallibor
• Harry Payer as Sänger in der Carlton-Bar
• Ernst Arnold as Lukas
• Wilhelm Heim as Bookkeeper
• Franz Kammauf as Manager
• Hedy Lamarr as Young Woman at Night Club Table
• Rose Mathe as Tschakowa
• Hermann Wawra as Head Waiter

Bibliography

• Barton, Ruth. Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film. University Press of Kentucky, 2010.

External links

• Money on the Street at IMDb