eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 8p295 CONRAD VEIDT signed German postcard 1920 super young portrait in suit & tie by Juanita Breyer! Date Sold 8/27/2019Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Autographed German 3 1/2" x 5 1/4" [9 x 13 cm] Postcard (Learn More) Conrad Veidt was born Hans Walter Conrad Weidt in Potsdam, Germany in 1893. In 1916, when he was 23 and movies were in their infancy, he appeared in his first movie, and within a dozen movies he had worked his way up to leading parts. In 1919 Veidt starred in Anders als die Andern (Different From the Others), as a gay violin teacher who falls in love with one of his students. It is believed to be the very first movie with a sympathetic view of homosexuality. The following year Veidt starred in director Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, as Cesare, the somnabulist, and it made him a major international star. The movie is quite powerful, and Veidt is excellent, and I recommend it to everyone. In all he made over 100 movies, the majority of which were made in Germany, and other notable roles he played were in the German Das Wachsfigurenkabinett (Waxworks) in 1924, and in the U.S. The Man Who Laughs in 1928, both for master director Paul Leni (who had moved to the U.S. in 1927). It is said that Veidt and Leni were set to star in Universal's next big budget horror film, Dracula, in 1929, but Leni died that year, and two years later the movie was made with Tod Browning and Bela Lugosi, and one can't help but wonder what that Leni/Veidt version might have been like! In 1933, Veidt, who had been strongly against Hitler and Nazism, married a Jewish lady (his third marriage) and left Germany for England, where he starred in Jew Suss, a biography of a famous German Jewish financier (in 1940 Hitler would have a violently anti-Semitic version of this movie made). He also contributed heavily to the British war effort. Veidt stayed in England and among others, made three movies with director Michael Powell, most notably as Jaffar in The Thief of Bagdad, surely among the handful of greatest movie villains ever! Soon after Veidt moved to the U.S. and he made a handful of movies there, but one of them was as Major Strasser in Casablanca, and although he had a secondary role, he was not under contract to Warner Bros, and he was paid more than anyone else, twice as much as Bogart was paid! Sadly, the following year, in 1943, he died while playing golf in Los Angeles. He was just 50 years old, and he surely would have played several more very memorable roles. Important Added Info: Note that this postcard has been personally autographed (signed) by Conrad Veidt! Not only is it far and away the youngest image of Conrad Veidt we have ever auctioned (it is from 1920, just one year after he became a star), but it also was signed by him in 1920, because he added the date after his signature! Note that this is from a remarkable collection of 26 items (mostly postcards and German Ross postcards) we were consigned from the estate of the late Jan Wahl. Mr. Wahl wrote over 100 children's books and received many awards, including the Coretta Scott King Prize. Throughout his career, he had a great love of silent film, and he collected many items from silent films, including the 26 items we are currently auctioning. Some of them are framed, because they were on the walls of Mr. Wahl's house! Finally, note that this does not come with a certificate of authenticity, but given the fact that Mr. Wahl purchased this item decades ago, and given that he was an expert in such items, we think it is incredibly likely the signature is authentic. This is a rare opportunity to purchase autographed items from great silent film stars that have a wonderful provenance! As is true of all the signed items we are currently auctioning, we give every buyer 30 days in which to review what they purchased and they can return any item as long as it is within 30 days of the end of the auction. On non-signed items, we give a "lifetime guarantee" on everything we auction, but on signed items, we give the above modified guarantee of 30 days after the auction closes. Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades
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