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William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his career, becoming a United States citizen in 1937.
William Dieterle. Actor: Faust. Born in Ludwigshafen, Germany, Wilhelm Dieterle was the youngest of nine children of parents Jacob and Berthe Dieterle. They lived in poverty, and when he was old enough to work, young Wilhelm earned money as a carpenter and a scrap dealer. He dreamed of better things, though, and theater caught his eye as a teen.
William Dieterle was a German-born filmmaker who directed a diverse range of movies but was perhaps best known for a series of acclaimed biopics, one of which won the Warner Brothers studio its first-ever Academy Award for best picture.
Jul 11, 2024 · William Dieterle - German Director, Hollywood Career: Dieterle subsequently signed with RKO and established his own production company, the first release from which was All That Money Can Buy (1941).
William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German actor and film director, who worked in Hollywood for much of his career. His best known films include The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Story of Louis Pasteur and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Dec 16, 1972 · MUNICH, West Germany, Dec. 15 (UPI)—William Dieterle, a German‐born screen and stage director, died Saturday at Otto ?? near here. He was 79 years old. Made Film on Zola
Feb 27, 2015 · Take “Syncopation” (1942), a snappily titled, wildly ambitious jazz chronicle that might be the last thing you’d expect from Warner Bros.’ German-born workhorse, William Dieterle (1893-1972).
William Dieterle. Portrait of Jennie. 1949. Exhibition What Price Hollywood. Mar 30–Jun 15, 2019. MoMA. Licensing. If you would like to reproduce an image of a work of art in MoMA’s collection, or an image of a MoMA publication or archival material (including installation views, checklists, and press releases), please contact Art Resource ...
Mar 18, 2003 · Director William Dieterle’s 1941 film adaptation of Stephen Vincent Benét’s short story “The Devil and Daniel Webster” is a melodramatic fever dream, a hallucinatory tour de force.
William Dieterle. "Though the director's filmography includes memorably dull biopics (Zola, Pasteur, Juarez and the discoverer of a cure for syphilis) his finest work reveals a flair for romanticism…. Though a minor, erratic talent, Dieterle is deserving of more serious critical attention than he has so far received."
