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"Tell us, dear Lubitsch..."
https://www.swr.de/swrkultur/wissen/archivradio/ernst-lubitsch-ueber-den-tonfilm-104.html

Uli

Online as of 4/23, from the maker of the Jerry Lewis documentary THE MAN BEHIND THE CLOWN, geo-restrictions expected to apply: https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/115036-000-A/chaplins-moderne-zeiten/
Uli

The release of the DVD box set this week offers a special surprise; of the 199 episodes of this series, four must be considered lost, but three of these have been reconstructed for this set. For the fourth, practically no trace survives, and the Kirch copies of the source films have been included in...

A treasure trove of German (or German voice over) historic radio interviews: Lang, Hitch (speaking German), Welles, Anny Ondra, Henny Porten, Grock, Disney...https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/br-retro-gespraeche-und-interviews/94799814/

Uli

Thanks! Know these DVDs -- that program was aired in short segments of several minutes in ARD's regional programs in the 1980s (if memory serves) as AUS ALT LACH NEU, hosted by Dutch TV personality and, apparently, film collector, Maarten van Roojen ( https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_van_Rooije...

Courtesy Bundesarchiv; all that survives is a mute print as far as I recall: https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/video/3014/682058

Uli

That sounds like yet another series; KLAMOTTENKISTE (mostly?) used music by Conzelmann/Haensch, like this example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAPRSTgvjPk . VdK had Strittmater/Amper -- here's a nice rendition, from lockdown times apparently, of that show's main theme: https://www.youtube.com/wa...

Looks like this has been, ahem, "lifted" from here, where it might thus be a tad better: https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/video/1333/685918

Uli

Two nice, albeit potentially geoblocked surprises: BLOCKHEADS streaming until Jan 7: https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZDovL3dkci5kZS9CZWl0cmFnLXNvcGhvcmEtN2Y5MjhhODctZGVhYy00ZmEwLWE0MTktZWQ1OWE4YWI0OGJh I take it this is the same (cut?) version as on UK Blu. And, until Jan 21, 2025, and not on ...