The Green Monocle
The Green Monocle (German: Das grüne Monokel) is a 1929 German silent crime film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Ralph Clancy, Betty Bird and Suzy Vernon. The film was based on a novel by Guido Kreutzer. It features the fictional detective Stuart Webbs, one of several German fictional characters inspired by Sherlock Holmes, who had appeared in a series of silent films during the 1910s and 1920s.[1]
| The Green Monocle | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Rudolf Meinert |
| Produced by | Marcel Hellman |
| Written by | Guido Kreutzer (novel) Curt J. Braun Bobby E. Lüthge |
| Starring | Ralph Clancy Betty Bird Suzy Vernon Gaston Modot |
| Music by | Hansheinrich Dransmann |
| Cinematography | Willy Goldberger Curt Oertel |
Production company | Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat |
| Distributed by | Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat |
Release date | 24 September 1929 |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | Silent German intertitles |
Cast
- Ralph Clancy as Stuart Webbs
- Betty Bird as Christa Varell
- Suzy Vernon as Inez Rion
- Gaston Modot as McCornick
- Livio Pavanelli as Miller
- Paul Hörbiger as Snyder
- Alfred Döderlein as Hans von Traß
- Ferdinand Hart as Bruce
- Arnold Korff as Dr. Heinzius
References
- Prawer p.88
Bibliography
- Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2007.
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