Curt Bry
Curt Bry (born January 16, 1902 in Berlin , † 1974 in Los Angeles ) was a German cabaret artist .
Life
Bry was considered one of the leading cabaret writers in Berlin in the early 1930s, where he was also the in-house writer for The Catacomb . After the National Socialists came to power , they ended his career.
He wrote, for example, the chansons ship boy song and sea shanty in three colors , which were interpreted by Lale Andersen .
In 1933 Bry emigrated to Amsterdam and worked with the ping-pong ensemble (cabaret) . Curt Bry moved to Vienna in 1935 . Ultimately he had to emigrate to the United States in 1938, where his career in the entertainment industry ended.
A star on the Walk of Fame of the cabaret in Mainz is dedicated to him.
Discography
Five minutes of world history. Cabaret chansons by and with Curt Bry. CD with a text accompanying the CD by Alan Lareau. Bear Family, Hambergen 2006
literature
- Volker Kühn (Ed.): Germany's Awakening: Cabaret under the swastika; 1933-1945 . Volume 3. Weinheim: Quadriga, 1989 ISBN 3-88679-163-7 , p. 368
Web links
- Curt Bry in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Entry in the German Cabaret Archive (PDF file; 72 kB)
- Lale Andersen and Curt Bry
Individual evidence
- ↑ Litta Magnus-Andersen: Lale Andersen, the Lili Marleen. Life picture of an artist. Ullstein publishing house, Frankfurt a. M.
- ↑ Peter Jelavich, Berlin Cabaret, 1993, p. 259 (en)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bry, Curt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cabaret artist, author, composer, pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1974 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |