The Conrad Veidt Society

Miklos Rosza composed the score for The Thief of Bagdad. Two CDs of his music are available through Amazon.com. Film Music of Miklos Rosza HERE and Hungarian Sketches HERE .


George Cukor directed Veidt in A Woman's Face.

His biography, George Cukor: A Double Life by Patrick McGilligan is available at Amazon.com HERE .



Michael Curtiz directed Veidt in Casablanca. This webpage on Curtiz is under construction.

http://www.princeton.edu/~eanthony/directors.htm

The Casablanca Man: The Cinema of Michael Curtiz by James C. Robertson is available at Amazon.com HERE .


Jules Dassin directed Veidt in Nazi Agent.

Patrick McGilligan has a chapter's interview with Jules Dassin in Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist available from Amazon.com: HERE .


Jules Dassin directed Veidt in Nazi Agent.

Patrick McGilligan has a chapter's interview with Jules Dassin in Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist available from Amazon.com: HERE .


F.W. Murnau directed Veidt in Satanas, Der Gang in der Nacht, Der Januskopf, Abend, Nacht und Morgen, and Sehnsucht.

The F.W. Murnau Projekt site is in German, created for the 100th anniversary of FW Murnau's birth in 1988. http://www.fh-bielefeld.de/fb4/murnau/

The Web of Murnau was designed by an American enthusiast of Murnau's works. http://home.earthlink.net/~jakre/murnau/

Nosferatu, a fictional biography of Murnau, is available through Amazon.com HERE.


Michael Powell directed Veidt in The Spy in Black and Contraband. Powell and Emeric Pressburger (a screenwriter) formed The Archers and collaborated on several classic movies.

A video site has put together alot of information on the Archers: http://www.homevisioncinema.com/movies/directors/powell_pressburger/p_pbio.html

Arrows of Desire : The Films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger by Ian Christie and Martin Scorsese is available from Amazon.com HERE.


Berthold Viertel directed The Passing of the Third Floor Back.

His wife's autobiography The Kindness of Strangers is out of print, but this site will probably have it: MX Bookfinder.


Alexander Korda produced The Thief of Bagdad.

His biography, Alexander Korda : the man who could work miracles by Karol Kulik is is out of print, but this site will probably have it: MX Bookfinder.


Emeric Pressburger teamed with director Michael Powell and as 'The Archers' they made over twenty unforgettable films, two of which featured Conrad Veidt.

Emeric Pressburger : The Life and Death of a Screenwriter by Kevin MacDonald is available at Amazon.com HERE.


Arrows of Desire : The Films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger by Ian Christie and Martin Scorsese is available from Amazon.com HERE.


Salka Viertel was the screenwriter for The Passing of the Third Floor Back, and her husband directed it.

Her autobiography The Kindness of Strangers is out of print, but this site will probably have it: MX Bookfinder.


Eve Arden starred with Veidt in Whistling in the Dark.

Her autobiography, Three Phases of Eve : An Autobiography is out of print, but this site will probably have it: MX Bookfinder.


John Barrymore requested Viedt to come to America to star with him in The Beloved Rogue.

The Silents Majority has a one page site on him: http://www.mdle.com/ClassicFilms/FeaturedStar/star12.htm

There's a new book that deals with Barrymore's theatrical career. There's a comprehensive site about John Barrymore, Theaterical Actor here: http://www.shakespearean.com/

This book is also available for purchase through Amazon.com HERE.

Good Night, Sweet Prince, a biography, is available for purchase through Amazon.com HERE.


Ingrid Bergman starred with Viedt in Casablanca.

An excellent tribute to Bergman, and a starting point for many other links:

http://www.cmgww.com/stars/bergman/


Humphrey Bogart starred with Viedt in All Through the Night and Casablanca.

An excellent tribute to Bogart, and a starting point for many other links:

http://www.zweb.com/bogart

Bogart : A Life in Hollywood by Jeffrey Meyers is available from Amazon.com: HERE.


Joan Crawford starred with Viedt in A Woman's Face and Above Suspicion.

Bright Lights Online film magazine has a one page article on her here: http://slip.net/~gmm/19_crawford.html

A very detailed site is here. http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/9766/crawford.html

Joan Crawford, the Last Word, a biography, is available for purchase through Amazon.com HERE.


Melvyn Douglas starred with Veidt in A Woman's Face.

His autobiography, See You at the Movies : The Autobiography of Melvyn Douglas is out of print, but this site will probably have it: MX Bookfinder.


Cedric Hardwicke starred with Veidt in Rome Express, Jew Süss, and Bella Donna.

His autobiography, A Victorian in Orbit; The Irreverent Memoirs of Sir Cedric Hardwicke As Told to James Brough is out of print, but this site will probably have it: MX Bookfinder.


Paul Henreid starred with Veidt in Casablanca.

His autobiography, Ladies' Man is out of print, but this site will probably have it: MX Bookfinder


Vivien Leigh starred with Veidt in Dark Journey.

Vivien: The Life of Vivien Leigh, a biography, is available for purchase through Amazon.com HERE.


Raymond Massey starred with Veidt in Under the Red Robe.

His autobiography, A Hundred Different Lives : An Autobiography is out of print, but this site will probably have it: MX Bookfinder.



Asta Nielsen starred with Veidt in Der Reigen and Kurfurstendamm.

Bright Lights Online film magazine has a one page article on Asta Nielsen here: http://slip.net/~gmm/asta.html


Basil Rathbone starred with Veidt in Above Suspicion.

Basil Rathbone site: http://www.televar.com/~bubba1/rathbone.html

Basil Rathbone, His Life and Films: http://members.aol.com/mjessen337/basilr.html

In and Out of Character, an autobiography, is available for purchase through Amazon.com HERE.


Norma Shearer starred with Veidt in Escape.

Bright Lights Online film magazine has a one page article on her here: http://slip.net/~gmm/norma.html

A site called Shearer Sophistication is well illustrated. http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Boulevard/5255/

Prominent Canadians has a one page site. http://alvin.lbl.gov/bios/NShearer.html


Loretta Young starred with Veidt in The Men in Her Life.

Loretta Young website: http://http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/1478/loretta.html

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Notes on Various Films
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