#Dieterle

[detournementsmineurs]

The dancer Nini Theilade in "A Midsummer nNght’s Dream "directed by William Dieterle and Max Reinhardt, 1935.

[postcard-from-the-past]

Dieterle on a vintage Reutlinger postcard

[cithaerons]

Portrait of Jennie (1948) // dir. William Dieterle

[thebarroomortheboy]

The scene in which Quasimodo rings the cathedral bells for Esmeralda was shot the day World War II began in Europe. The director and star were so overwhelmed, the scene took on a new meaning, with Charles Laughton ringing the bells frantically and William Dieterle forgetting to yell "cut." Finally, the actor just stopped ringing when he became too tired to continue. Later, Laughton said, "I couldn't think of Esmeralda in that scene at all. I could only think of the poor people out there, going in to fight that bloody, bloody war! To arouse the world, to stop that terrible butchery! Awake! Awake! That's what I felt when I was ringing the bells!"

CHARLES LAUGHTON (Quasimodo) and MAUREEN O' HARA (Esmerelda) in the HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE-DAME (1939) | dir. William Dieterle

[marypickfords]

Portrait of Jennie (William Dieterle, 1948)

[weirdlookindog]

Maureen O'Hara as Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

[gayfilmgeek]

Geschlecht in Fesseln (1928) | dir. William Dieterle

[mabusecaligari]

Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern (1930) - William Dieterle

[citizenscreen]

Paul Muni in William Dieterle’s THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA, which premiered in New York City #OnThisDay in 1937.

[rapturousrot]

Oh, you little firecracker! Don't pretend you don't like it!

The Accused (1949) dir. William Dieterle

[gatutor]

Andy Devine-Una Merkel "Diplomacia femenina" (Man wanted) 1932, de William Dieterle.

[detournementsmineurs]

“Sans Titre" crayon de Nicolas Dieterlé à l'exposition “Poésie” à La Fab. d'Agnès B., Paris, décembre 2022.

[postcard-from-the-past]

Dieterle on a vintage postcard

[chaptertwo-thepacnw]

jewel robbery |1932|

[thebarroomortheboy]

It's a woman's part to build a fire. But it was a man who first brought it to Earth. Who? Prometheus. Who's that? A God who stole it from heaven by holding a rod to the sun till it burned into flame. He created creatures out of clay and blew his breath into them and they came to life and they too could make fires to warm their bodies. As we do? Just as we do. - Gringoire & Esmerelda.

EDMOND O' BRIEN and MAUREEN O' HARA in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE-DAME (1939) | dir. William Dieterle

[marypickfords]

Portrait of Jennie (William Dieterle, 1948)