Draft:Erwin Baron

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Declined by RangersRus 4 months ago. Last edited by RangersRus 4 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Erwin Baron was an actor in German films, some of which he directed.

He is named in the copyright for the film Martin Luther, the nightingale of Wittenburg (Die Wittenberger Nachtigall) in 1913.¹

He played seven of nine parts in the 1922 film The Arsonist which featured sound on film.²

Theater

The Lightning Girl (1909)³

Films

Actor

Der Kampf um das Erbe (1913)
On the Brink of Paradise (1920), Auf den Trümmern des Paradiese
Der Mord in der Greenstreet (1921)⁴
The Arsonist, Der Brandstifter, (1922)² an adaptation for the screen of a 1903 one-act play In de Jonge Jan by Dutch author Herman Heijermans who lived in Berlin from 1907 to 1911

Director

Lorbeerbaum und Bettelstab (1913)
Branded by the Past (Das Brandmal Vergangenheit) (1921)⁵

References

"Catalog of Copyright Entries: Works of art..." Library of Congress, Copyright Office. September 29, 1918 – via Google Books.
Robertson, Patrick (November 11, 2011). "Robertson's Book of Firsts: Who Did What for the First Time". Bloomsbury Publishing USA – via Google Books.
"The New York Dramatic Mirror". Dramatic Mirror Company. September 29, 1909 – via Google Books.
Hardt, Ursula (December 29, 1996). "From Caligari to California: Eric Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars". Berghahn Books – via Google Books.
Grange, William (September 29, 2008). "Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic". Bloomsbury Publishing PLC – via Google Books.

[1] "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Works of art..." Library of Congress, Copyright Office. September 29, 1918 – via Google Books.

[st-2] Robertson, Patrick (November 11, 2011). "Robertson's Book of Firsts: Who Did What for the First Time". Bloomsbury Publishing USA – via Google Books.

[3] "The New York Dramatic Mirror". Dramatic Mirror Company. September 29, 1909 – via Google Books.

[4] Hardt, Ursula (December 29, 1996). "From Caligari to California: Eric Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars". Berghahn Books – via Google Books.

[5] Grange, William (September 29, 2008). "Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic". Bloomsbury Publishing PLC – via Google Books.

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