Biographical Information on RKO Radio Pictures Personalities (1935)

Record Details:

Title:
Biographical Information on RKO Radio Pictures Personalities
Date:
1935
Volume:
Biographical Information on RKO Radio Pictures Personalities
Leaf #:
00061
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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Rutgers Neil sen RKC Radio Pictures Biographical Information RKO Building Radio City, NewYork FRANCIS LEDERER (RKO Radio Pictures) (Francis Lederer was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on November 6th. Height 6 feet. Weight 170 lbs. Dark hair and eyes.) EARLY LIFE Francis Lederer, as a boy in Prague, dreamed of stage success. By day he delivered parcels for a large department story, by night he hung about the Deutsches Theater, occasionally getting a job carrying a spear. An old actor offered him tutoring in acting for $2.50, and so manfully did young Lederer labor that he won a scholarship at the Prague Academy. STAGE CAREER Young Frantisek Lederer played small roles at the Deutsches, and then toured the country. Supporting famous Austrian and German stars, Lederer appeared in more than two hundred roles in a few years, and gained invaluable training. He played in everything from Shakespeare to Noel Coward. Famous feminine stars "discovered" him and made him their leading man. His first big success, however, came in Berlin, as Romeo to the Juliet of the great Elizabeth Bergner. Later he sang and danced in "The Wonder Bar," and became the sensation of Berlin. Called to London for a role in the musical comedy, "Meet My Sister, " he ^earned English in a few weeks, but spoke it parrot( continued)