Bel Ami Film Program

Pages from a film program for the German production of Bel Ami from 1939.  It starred Lizzi Waldmuller who is seen in the last page and as the solo dancer in the second and third pages.

See the source:

http://filmprogramm.blogspot.com/2010/02/bel-ami.html

For a better look:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LIZZI-WALDMULLER-2-Photos-Musical-Film-Cancan-Danse-39-/161218823702?pt=FR_SK_dvd_Photo&hash=item2589640616

Earlier postings:

http://classiccancan.blogspot.com/search?q=bel+ami

Bel Ami (1939)

The German film Bel Ami from 1939, based on de Maupassant's story, contains a cancan by Lizzi Waldmuller.  See a photo in the Pictures Section of this site:

https://picasaweb.google.com/111110048689955606979/BerlinNights?authkey=Gv1sRgCIO_3Ou7naiEPw#5799240935496056002

The above photo is from a film magazine of the period and shows the cancan chorus girls in the background.  See the original at a  German EBay auction:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/IFB-Nr-679-Bel-ami-Willi-Forst-/150989488466?pt=DE_Filme_DVD_s_TV_Fanartikel&hash=item2327acc152

More about the film:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031092/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel_Ami_(1939_film)

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel_Ami_(1939)

Lizzi Waldmüller - Illustrierte Magazine

Lizzi Waldmüller was a German film star during the Nazi period.  Here she is shown hoofing it at a much earlier date in this photo from Das Magazin, which is archived at the Illustrierte Magazine site.   I can't determine the name of the film this comes from. Ms. Waldmüller appeared in at least two films from the 1940s with cancans - Bel Ami and Frau Luna

See the earlier postings about her here, with some some nicer photos and links to photos, at:

https://picasaweb.google.com/111110048689955606979/BerlinNights?authkey=Gv1sRgCIO_3Ou7naiEPw#5799240935496056002

http://classiccancan.blogspot.com/2013/11/lizzi-waldmuller.html

http://classiccancan.blogspot.com/2013/02/lizzi-waldmuller-frau-luna.html

http://classiccancan.blogspot.com/2014/02/bel-ami-film-program.html

http://classiccancan.blogspot.com/2014/06/bel-ami-german-1939.html

The above images are from the Illustrierte Magazine site:

http://www.illustrierte-presse.de/en/

Description from the site:

"Illustrated magazines from the era of Classic Modernism are a rich and esthetically top-rate source for the history of the period between the wars with regard to everyday life, culture, communication, design and photography. Our website offers the complete inventories of "Querschnitt", "UHU", "Kriminal-Magazin", "Jüdische Magazin" and "Auto-Magazin", soon to be joined by five more titles. Ten of the most important German-language magazines of the period with roughly 650 issues, with 75,000 printed pages and more than 50,000 illustrations have for the first time been compiled virtually and made available to both researchers as well as to readers interested in cultural history."

Full-size original at:

http://digital.slub-dresden.de/fileadmin/data/368358402-19320970/368358402-19320970_tif/jpegs/00000009.tif.large.jpg

Das Magazin

Band-/Heftnummer

9.1932/33, September = 97

http://www.illustrierte-presse.de/die-zeitschriften/werkansicht/dlf/85148/9/0/cache.off

The Illustrierte Magazine search page:

http://www.illustrierte-presse.de/die-zeitschriften/listenansicht/

Bel Ami 1939

There is now a full copy of the German film Bel Ami from 1940 available on You Tube.  The lead cancan dancer is Lizzi Waldmuller. The quality is not good, but it is the best that is currently available.  It is too large a file to post here, but you can see it at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxpJk90oAgo
(cancan at 51:05)

More about the film:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel_Ami_(1939_film)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031092/

Prior postings (with photos):

http://classiccancan.blogspot.com/search?q=bel+ami

Bel Ami 1939

Bel Ami, featruring Lizzi Waldmuller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Ujww_ArWE
(cancan at 51:08)

See yesterday's post for more.

Bel Ami - German - 1939

Heretofore there was no You Tube video of the 1939 German film "Bel Ami" that featured Lizzi Waldmuller as a cancan dancer, and the above still was the best available image from the performance. 

That void has now been filled with this posting of the full movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaGnWu4h2qI
(the cancan appears intermittently from 51:20 until about 57:00)

You might want to look quickly.  I don't know how long this will remain posted at You Tube.

Bad Tiimes

Produced by the German, hated by the French, this wartime rendering of de Maupassant's story features a cancan by Lizzi Waldmueller (upper left).

https://www.delcampe.net/fr/collections/photographie/diapositives/photo-diapo-diapositive-cinema-dun-monde-en-guerre-n-10-limperial-pathe-a-paris-film-bel-ami-french-cancan-voir-zoom-574704285.html

Prior posts:

https://classiccancan.blogspot.com/search?q=bel+ami

Tomorrow, the video.

Bel Ami 1939

The German version from 1939

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDnlEImJufk

(cancan at 51:10)

See the companion post at Club CCD

Lizzi Waldmüller

German star Lizzi Waldmüller in a set of photos performing "Valencia Tanz" at a 1937 event called "Kabarett der Komiker: 300 Jahre Kabarett".   The costume isn't a cancan costume, but I like it, and she certainly shows she can kick with the best of them.  She did in fact do a cancan number in "Bel Ami".

https://picasaweb.google.com/111110048689955606979/BerlinNights?authkey=Gv1sRgCIO_3Ou7naiEPw#5799240935496056002

These photos are from the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek website that in turn comes from the holdings of the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg.

The links are:

https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/UHBKOLKNTC5GFWBY6E766SREZCGQ4Q4K?viewType=list&offset=20&query=lizzi+waldmueller&rows=20&firstHit=H45Z2QG5HVSNK4VMR6QEDBPNB42WYJIP&lastHit=lasthit&hitNumber=30

https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/YCODY4YAUQ3LNIVRHIPZLBORQT4QHKWY?viewType=list&offset=20&query=lizzi+waldmueller&rows=20&firstHit=H45Z2QG5HVSNK4VMR6QEDBPNB42WYJIP&lastHit=lasthit&hitNumber=26

https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/6LEX6TABTDHIEFZ54P2ET5ZU675D6NKA?viewType=list&offset=40&query=kabarett+tanz&rows=20&firstHit=O6YU54D3C5AOBI2NGULGWHJJCAYK7B76&lastHit=lasthit&hitNumber=41

https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/MSNYAPCXG75FQSRTQGWWOVZAV7SNPYHS?viewType=list&offset=20&query=kabarett+tanz&rows=20&firstHit=O6YU54D3C5AOBI2NGULGWHJJCAYK7B76&lastHit=lasthit&hitNumber=40

https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/IRD6A4ZMSMHZ3O2HCG2J3CCFJXQLM45R?viewType=list&offset=40&query=kabarett+tanz&rows=20&firstHit=O6YU54D3C5AOBI2NGULGWHJJCAYK7B76&lastHit=lasthit&hitNumber=42

Lizzi Waldmuller - Frau Luna

Lizzi Waldmuller, mentioned in the last post about "Bel Ami", also starred in another German film with a cancan, "Frau Luna"

There is a slide show from the film at YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9a2ySpTT3M

Ms. Waldmuller was killed in an air raid toward the end of the War.  Biographies can be found at:

http://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/2013/01/lizzi-waldmuller.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzi_Waldm%C3%BCller