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Lothar Stark (5 September 1876 – 31 March 1944) was a German film producer. Stark was originally a journalist, but was brought into the film industry by the tycoon Paul Davidson.
- Introduction
- World Agent Arthur G. Gregory
- Lothar Stark - "One of Europe's Most Powerful Filmmakers"
- "Once Again, Danish Film Has Won A Place in The Sun"
- Cross-Border Patents Battle
- Suicide and Escape
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Literature
- Suggested Citation
One August day in 1923, on the premises of the Danish film company Palladium, a sturdy desk and upholstered chairs are moved from the offices and outside onto the studio lot. Here, with the studio as backdrop, Palladium managers Svend Nielsen and Lau Lauritzen pose for the press alongside the company's foreign agent Arthur G. Gregory and the German...
The English-born Arthur George Gregory (21 September 1884 – 10 October 1938), who lived in Copenhagen, first entered into business relations with Palladium in 1923, when the company wanted to expand beyond the borders of the Nordic region. The film was Han, Hun og Hamlet (Lau Lauritzen, DK, 1922), shot in May-July 1922, and premiering in Denmark 16...
By entering into a contract with Lothar Stark and collaborating with Arthur Gregory, Palladium laid a solid foundation for success on the international market. But what enabled Stark to go into partnership with the Danish production company Palladium in the first place? Lothar Stark (5 September 1876 – 31 March 1944), who originally trained as a jo...
With both Arthur G. Gregory and Lothar Stark on board, Palladium's enthusiasm at landing a major international contract was tangible in the summer of 1923. The newspaper B.T.'s report from the staged contract signing at Palladium struck a bombastic and confident note: "Once again, Danish film has won a place in the Sun" (11 August 1923). Stark choo...
Despite numerous productions and business relations both within and outside the borders of Germany, Lothar Stark and his company were still considered a minor production company (Bock 2009: 350) and thus quite vulnerable to the knock-on effects of losing a major client like Palladium. The fact that Stark in late 1925 indirectly chose to take legal ...
For Stark, Schenstrøm and Madsen, it was business as usual yet again. But the film industry, as well as the general political environment, was undergoing dramatic change in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Compared to other European countries, Denmark lagged behind in the introduction of sound film. Thus, Pat and Patachon shot 1000 Worte Deutsch (10...
Both Arthur G. Gregory and Lothar Stark left noticeable marks on Palladium’s successful ‘20s. Svend Nielsen and Lau Lauritzen alike repeatedly emphasised the importance of the two agents. The Danish press regularly wrote about Palladium's dealings with "the well-known Filmmaker", "World Agent", "one of Europe's mighty Filmmakers" and other terms of...
1. The Palladium collection at the Danish Film Institute primarily contains scrapbooks of press clippings on each of the company's film titles as well as actors and the Palladium cinema. However, some of the company's documents from the silent era are also preserved in the collection. This includes a list of distributors and the contracts of Carl S...
Bachmann, Anne (2013): Locating Inter-Scandinavian Silent Film Culture. Stockholm: Stockholm University Library. Blom, Ivo (2003): Jean Desmet and the Early Dutch Film Trade. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. Blom, Ivo (2007): ‘Infrastructure, open system and the take-off phase. Jean Desmet as a case for early distribution in the Netherlands’....
Astrup, Jannie Dahl (2020), World Agents and Mighty Filmmakers – The Transnational Business Relations of Palladium. Kosmorama #276 (www.kosmorama.org). Watch the films mentioned at 'Stumfilm.dk':
This paper explores the Danish production company Palladium and its close relation to the German producer and distributor Lothar Stark. Stark was a pioneer of the early German film industry, employed at PAGU before setting up his own firm Lothar Stark-Film GmbH in Berlin.
Lothar travels to Riverrun with Lord Walder's bastard son, Black Walder, and meets with King Robb Stark and his advisors to discuss the reforging of the Stark-Frey alliance for Robb's planned attack on Casterly Rock.
Lothar Stark (* 5. September 1876 in Klein Strehlitz, Schlesien, Deutschland; † 31. März 1944 in Stockholm, Schweden) war ein deutscher Filmproduzent und Filmverleiher
Lothar Stark ist der Name folgender Personen: Lothar Stark (Filmproduzent) (1876–1944), deutscher Filmproduzent. Lothar Stark (Theologe) (1912–2003), deutscher Theologe und Pastor.
Lothar Stark was born on 5 September 1876 in Klein Strehlitz, Germany. He was a producer, known for Die silberne Kugel (1916), Der dreizehnfache Selbstmord (1915) and Die Sirene und ihr Spielzeug (1915). He died on 31 March 1944 in Stockholm, Sweden.
