Zaza, the girl from the variety theater
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Zaza, the girl from the variety theater |
| Original title | Zaza |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1923 |
| length | 66 (today's fragment) approx. 80 (Austrian version 1925) minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Allan Dwan |
| script |
Albert S. Le Vino based on the play of the same name by Pierre Berton and Charles Simon |
| production | Allan Dwan Adolph Zukor for Famous Players-Lasky Corporation |
| camera | Harold Rosson |
| occupation | |
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Zaza, the girl from the variety theater , often called Zaza for short in Germany and Austria , is an American silent film melodrama with Gloria Swanson from 1923.
action
Zaza is a celebrated actress on Parisian stages and celebrates one success after another in the music halls of the French metropolis. One day she meets a man and seduces him by all means of a woman. It is the diplomat Bernard Dufresne, who quickly falls for the beautiful artist. Dufresne takes them to his villa-like property, where both experience a time of intense passion. After a long time together, Zaza learns through the indiscretion of a jealous rival that her lover is already married and has a family. Thereupon she leaves him despite the great pain of love. Only years later, when his wife died, did the two find each other again.
production
Zaza, the girl from the variety show , started in the USA on September 21, 1923. The German premiere was in September 1924, the Austrian on January 23, 1925. The version shown in Vienna was about 80 minutes long.
criticism
Vienna's Neue Freie Presse reported in its edition of February 3, 1925: “In this role, Gloria Swanson has the broadest possible field of activity: Tingeltangelprinz, little temperament devil with very funny emotions, teasing and fine love in the secretive nest - most recently the opera star with the airs of the lady from World. She does all of this with the great security of the film actress and with a lot of humor and taste. The director has to be praised for having happily avoided too much sentimentality and for achieving a lot of mood and good effect in a series of impressive images. "
Paimann's film lists summed up: “A pretty, appealing subject, impeccably played in all roles and carefully staged. The presentation is generous and effective, the photos consistently up to date. "
“Zaza has been around as a play for around 30 years and was filmed once before when Allan Dwan modernized it and made it a star vehicle for Gloria Swanson. His directing brought out Swanson's spontaneous side, and although her performance is a bit bumpy, she loved working with him so much that they both did it again on several more films. "
Web links
- Zaza, the girl from the variety in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Zaza, the girl from the vaudeville". In: Neue Freie Presse , February 3, 1925, p. 10 (online at ANNO ).
- ^ Zaza in Paimann's film lists
