Else (film series)

In the years between 1916 and 1921 a series of short comedy films was made in Berlin about the stage actress Else Eckersberg , who played the title role “Else” in them. Margarete Lindau-Schulz wrote the script for three parts, and Walter Schmidthässler for three others . In the second film in the series, Franz Eckstein and Rosa Porten were the authors of the scenario. Paul Otto and Louis Neher directed two episodes each, and Rudi Bach the rest . Four parts were produced by Jules Greenbaum , three by Gustav Althoff .

In the films z. Well-known actors of the silent film era such as Wilhelm Diegelmann , Kurt Vespermann , Julius Falkenstein and Senta Söneland .

There is currently almost nothing to be found about the series in the relevant literature; only at GECD are brief references to the content of individual episodes given.

Movies

year	GECD	No. of the Berlin police censorship card	title	Director	Screenwriter	producer
1916	# 21154	39808	Else's last tutor	Paul Otto	Margarete Lindau-Schulz	Greenbaum
1916	# 27479	39992	Countess Else	Paul Otto	Franz Eckstein, Rosa Porten	Greenbaum
1917	# 21151	40338	Else as a detective	Louis Neher	Margarete Lindau-Schulz	Greenbaum
1917	# 21152	40445	Else and her cousin	Louis Neher	Margarete Lindau-Schulz	Greenbaum
1920			Else the robber bride	Rudolf Bach	Walter Schmidthässler	Althoff
1920/21			Else, the Excellency's daughter	Rudolf Bach	Walter Schmidthässler	Althoff
1920/21			Princess Else	Rudolf Bach	Walter Schmidthässler	Althoff

Web links

Illustrations

Photos by Else Eckersberg at virtual-history
Photo by Kurt Vespermann (accessed April 20, 2015)
Photo by Fritz Kampers (accessed April 20, 2015)

Remarks

↑ Henny's older sister, with whom Franz had been married since 1914
↑ Director and actor born in Prague in 1896; Died in Vienna in 1934, cf. IMDb [1]
↑ Vespermann was a partner of Eckersberg in "Countess Else" and "Else's Last House Teacher", Diegelmann, Falkenstein and Söneland in "Else and her cousin", cf. GECD; Fritz Kampers was her partner in "Else the robber bride", cf. filmportal.de
↑ cf. z. B. Art. 'Kurt Vespermann' at steffi-line.de [2] , where "... a series of comedies with, among others, the theater actress Else Eckersberg (1895 - 1989) as a partner ...". Thomas Staedteli at cyranos.ch [3] names at least a few titles for Else Eckersberg on his page: “In the next few years, more silent films were made such as" Die Erbtante "(14)," Die Böse Buben "(15) and a whole series of films with her in the main role like "Komtess Else" (16), "Else als Detektiv" (17) and "Else und ihr Vetter" (17). ”
↑ z. B. “Taming a Tomboy” to “Else's Last Head of House” (1916), “She joins a ladies' band to check what is intended” to “Countess Else” (1916), “She plays Else for the aunt, the cousin for the uncle ”to“ Else and her cousin ”(1917), no information about“ Else as a detective ”(1917)

[1] Henny's older sister, with whom Franz had been married since 1914

[2] Director and actor born in Prague in 1896; Died in Vienna in 1934, cf. IMDb [1]

[3] Vespermann was a partner of Eckersberg in "Countess Else" and "Else's Last House Teacher", Diegelmann, Falkenstein and Söneland in "Else and her cousin", cf. GECD; Fritz Kampers was her partner in "Else the robber bride", cf. filmportal.de

[4] . z. B. Art. 'Kurt Vespermann' at steffi-line.de [2] , where "... a series of comedies with, among others, the theater actress Else Eckersberg (1895 - 1989) as a partner ...". Thomas Staedteli at cyranos.ch [3] names at least a few titles for Else Eckersberg on his page: “In the next few years, more silent films were made such as" Die Erbtante "(14)," Die Böse Buben "(15) and a whole series of films with her in the main role like "Komtess Else" (16), "Else als Detektiv" (17) and "Else und ihr Vetter" (17). ”

[5] z. B. “Taming a Tomboy” to “Else's Last Head of House” (1916), “She joins a ladies' band to check what is intended” to “Countess Else” (1916), “She plays Else for the aunt, the cousin for the uncle ”to“ Else and her cousin ”(1917), no information about“ Else as a detective ”(1917)