Die Blonde Nachtigall (1931)
Directed by Johannes Meyer
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The title character in this German backstage musical is Grete Schubert (Else Elster), a pretty blonde who indeed has the voice of a nightingale. While squandering her talents in a cheap cabaret, Grete is discovered by a pair of ambitious theatrical agents. Try as they might, they can't secure a decent booking for the girl, but there's still one chance left in the form of Ziegfeld-like impresario Hirschfield (Paul Kemp). Alas, the Great Man is too busy to see either the agents or their client. Tired of being treated like a commodity rather than a human being, Grete tries to escape her mentors, only to accidentally run into Hirschfield on her own. Sure enough, the celebrated showman makes her a star, and even plays Cupid between Grete and her stagehand boyfriend Walter (Arthur Hell).
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music, addiction, agent [representative], America, backstage, behind-the-scenes, coma, fear, gore, hatred, killing, mass-murder, musical [play], rape, revenge, stars [celebrities], tourist, tracking [following], violence, wife