Hollywood in the 30s

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Hollywood in the 30s

Hollywood in the 1930s is a book by illustrator Robert Nippoldt and film critic Daniel Kothenschulte . It was published in 2010 by Gerstenberg Verlag . In 2013 it was published by Taschen Verlag in English, French and Spanish translation . The book has received national and international prizes; In 2010 it was voted Book of the Month by the Deutsche Kinemathek and Film Book of the Year by Hans Helmut Prinzler , and in 2011 it received the Red Dot Design Award .

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On 160 pages, the authors introduce important actors, directors and other filmmakers and explain their importance for the Hollywood film world in the 1930s. These biographical portraits are embedded in historical and cultural facts. There is a personal information box for each star, which gives data such as age, marriages and children, but also the amount of the fee, number of films and Oscars. The following stars are featured in the book: Louis B. Mayer , Charlie Chaplin , Buster Keaton , Marie Dressler , Greta Garbo , Joan Crawford , James Cagney , Jean Harlow , Jack P. Pierce , Willis O'Brien , Tod Browning , Mae West , Cary Grant , Busby Berkeley , Fred Astaire , Marlene Dietrich , Frank Borzage , Walt Disney , Shirley Temple , William H. Daniels , The Marx Brothers , Katharine Hepburn , George Cukor , Ernst Lubitsch , Fritz Lang , Erich Wolfgang Korngold , Errol Flynn , Charles Laughton , Judy Garland , James Stewart , Ben Hecht , Clark Gable , Humphrey Bogart and John Ford . In addition to the stars portrayed, the illustrations also show the most important films of the time (e.g. Chaplin's City Lights (1931), Gone with the Wind (1936), Robin Hood, King of the Vagabonds (1938) or The Wizard of Oz (1939) ), The background to the making of the film (e.g. the structure of a film set) and various infographics. No photos are used in the entire book; all portraits and scenes are drawn by Robert Nippoldt.

Book editions

German edition

English version

  • Robert Nippoldt: Hollywood in the Thirties with Daniel Kothenschulte (concept, text) and Christine Goppel (coloration), TASCHEN, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8365-4498-6

French edition

  • Robert Nippoldt: Hollywood dans les années 1930 avec Daniel Kothenschulte (idée originale, texts) et Christine Goppel (coloration), TASCHEN, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8365-4500-6

Spanish edition

  • Robert Nippoldt: Hollywood en los años 30 en colaboración con Daniel Kothenschulte (idea, texto) y Christine Goppel (coloreado), TASCHEN, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8365-4499-3

Awards

  • Best American Infographic for “Facemap” 2015, New York
  • Nomination for the German Design Award 2012, Frankfurt
  • Award from the German Designer Club 2011, Frankfurt
  • Red Dot Design Award 2011, Essen
  • Film book of the year, Hans Helmut Prinzler 2010, Berlin
  • Book of the month, Deutsche Kinemathek 2010, Berlin

Press reviews

  • It is the wealth of detail in Kothenschultes portraits of the most important and some surprising, because rather unknown, protagonists of the Hollywood of the time that makes this book so instructive. And it is Nippoldt's pictures that make it worth seeing. [...] That's just eye candy. - Andreas Platthaus , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
  • Hollywood in the 30s is a perfectly staged illustrated book that is convincing in terms of both appearance and content. In other words: He is beautiful like the Garbo, elegant like Fred Astaire and lively like the Marx Brothers. This epoch has certainly never been portrayed so light-footed, so lively, so witty, but above all so original. - Eva Hepper, Deutschlandradio Kultur, Berlin
  • The illustrated book takes the reader on a journey through what is probably the most fascinating decade of the dream factory. The illustrator Robert Nippoldt and the film critic Daniel Kothenschulte have teamed up to pay tribute to this special time: with dreamy drawings and exciting background texts. A book not only for fashion fans, but also for nostalgics and film buffs. - Harper`s Bazaar, Munich
  • Robert Nippoldt flatters divas like Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich with his perfect stroke. - Katja Lüthge, Berliner Zeitung
  • The texts speak in classic, but unpretentiously modern language, about equally classic, but no longer quite so modern, cinematographic phenomena. Browsing through it was fun ... and good old Tod Browning, it's nice that he isn't completely forgotten. - Tom Tykwer , film director, screenwriter, film producer
  • Nippoldt, just 32 years old, has a keen eye for characteristics and defining details. In his drawings, people get an individual, not a standardized expression. You are not seen through the distorting glasses of a cartoonist, but with the loving gaze of an admirer. It's easy to rave about this book. It doesn't end when you start reading. Daniel Kothenschulte's texts are informative, factual, without false irony or teasing punch lines. An impressive essay on film history. Seen as a whole, this creates a nice balance between word and image. - Hans Helmut Prinzler, Deutsche Kinemathek Berlin
  • A cool, glamorous, encyclopedic celebration of perhaps the most important decade in movie history - the '30s. Robert Nippoldt's wood-cut style illustrations are frameable, jazz-age art and Daniel Kothenschulte's text is as knowing and alive as the decade itself. Hollywood in the '30s bubbles like a post-prohibition champagne cocktail. - Mitch Glazer, producer, Los Angeles
  • The booming cinematic era captured in the work of Kothenschulte and Nippoldt continues to be a true inspiration to contemporary directors, producers and actors alike. - Tom LaBonge, Councilman, Los Angeles, 2014
  • Hollywood in the 30's… features gorgeous illustrations by Robert Nippoldt, explaining everything from jobs on a film set to the movie monsters of the era. - VanityFair, New York
  • Hollywood in the 30's pays homage to the inspired creative direction and celebrity egos both in front of the camera and behind the silver screen. Nippoldt's evocative drawings conjure up the magical and not-so-magical world of old Hollywood and the thrills of movie-making in this timeless keepsake from a bygone age. - Bethan King, Toni & Guy Magazine, London

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hollywood in the 1930s at Gerstenberg Verlag
  2. ↑ Hollywood in the Thirties in English from TASCHEN Verlag
  3. ↑ Hollywood dans les années 1930 in French by TASCHEN Verlag
  4. ↑ Hollywood en los años 30 in Spanish from TASCHEN Verlag
  5. ↑ Hans Helmut Prinzler on the book "Hollywood"
  6. ↑ Hollywood in the 1930s faz.net, 2010
  7. ↑ The pure pleasure of deutschlandradiokultur.de, 2010
  8. ↑ Books with Style - Hollywood in the 30s harpersbazaar.de, 2014
  9. ↑ The shine of old Hollywood berliner-zeitung.de, 2010
  10. ↑ Hollywood in the 30s hhprinzler.de, 2010
  11. ↑ An Illustrated Guide to Hollywood in the 1930s vanityfair.com, 2014
  12. ↑ Tinsel Town toniandguy.com, 2014