James Bauer
James Bauer (born March 1, 1884 as James Ephraim in Hamburg , † after 1940, possibly in Argentina ) was a German theater actor and film director .
Life
Bauer came from a Hamburg merchant family. He received his theater training from Cord Machmann and made his debut as a stage actor in Hagen in 1902 . In 1905 he worked in Neisse for the first time as a theater director . In 1908 he became director of the Volks-Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, later he was director of the Hamburg New Theater. In 1912 he visited Berlin with his touring stage Napoleon and his women .
In 1920 he began his career as a film director there. Until 1923 he worked regularly with the actor and producer Hans Mierendorff , after which he staged for various clients. In 1928 he founded his own film company Ines Internationale Spielfilm GmbH in Berlin
After the National Socialists came to power in 1933, he emigrated to Spain , where he directed the unsuccessful police film parody No me mates . After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, he emigrated to Argentina . There he was able to continue his directorial career until 1940. In 1938 he was expelled from the Reichsfilmkammer because of "non-Aryan" descent.
Filmography
- 1920: The Mask of Death (2 parts; also screenplay)
- 1921: The fight for home
- 1921: I am you (also screenplay)
- 1922: The scoundrel violinist
- 1922: The black star
- 1922: The slumbering volcano (also script)
- 1923: The midnight train
- 1924: The Journey to Doom ( Op hoop van zegen )
- 1925: The Anne-Liese of Dessau
- 1927: My Heidelberg, I cannot forget you
- 1927: Walpurgis Night
- 1927: Did you make love on the beautiful Rhine?
- 1928: The Foreign Legionnaire
- 1929: The Three's Confession
- 1929: The provincial girl (also production)
- 1929: § 173 St.GB Blood Shame (also production)
- 1930: Be a student when the violets are in bloom (production only)
- 1932: Night column (also production)
- 1933: Escape to Nice
- 1936: No me mates
- 1937: Paraguay, tierra de promisión
- 1938: Cantando llegó el amor (also screenplay)
- 1939: El misterio de la dama gris
- 1940: Explosivo 008 (also screenplay)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source: Birth certificate No. 837, Hamburg registry office 03, Hamburg State Archives
literature
- Kay Less : 'In life, more is taken from you than given ...'. Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. P. 89 f., ACABUS-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8
- Bauer, James . In: Kurt Mühsam, Egon Jacobsohn: Lexikon des Films . Lichtbildbühne publishing house, Berlin 1926, p. 13.
Web links
- James Bauer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bauer, James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ephraim, James (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater actor and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1940 |
| Place of death | Argentina |