Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Toni Ruberto on February 10, 2024

As someone always looking to find new classic horror films to watch, I like to take time early in the year to look back at what our favorite genre was like in the early days of cinema. Going back 100 years is always a good place to look. Overall, the...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on December 4, 2021

Conrad Veidt packed nearly 120 film roles into his all too brief lifetime, but it was the last film released before his death that guaranteed him a special brand of eternal life, what could be called the “filmmortality” actors receive when they’ve had a key role in a timeless clas   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by minooallen on January 22, 2018

5 Things You May Not Know about Conrad Veidt  Like today is his birthday. Happy 125th Birthday to the legend Conrad Veidt! ..… 1. Conscription: The Alt-Theater Camp And who says war is good for absolutely nothing Due to a little thing called World War I, simply know as The...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on November 2, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on November 2, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor People do not clap nearly enough today. Let me rephrase. They clap at concerts or at that stupid team-building retreat they have to go on or at a play but they do not clap to summon their minions or...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on August 22, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on August 22, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor No one does the death stare better than Conrad Veidt. No one. I mean, behold it in all its glory! I certainly would not like to be on the receiving end, let me tell you. When Mr. Veidt looks...   read more

Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on June 1, 2014

Share This! Women and children first…to die…in U-Boat attack! Suicide submarine crews ravage the high seas…in history’s most ruthless slaughter of innocents! – original release tagline Some films come around at just the right time.  Others not so much.  The premiere of The Sp   read more

The Baz Posted by Neve on November 26, 2013

Conrad Veidt 1893-43 This is a re-style of an earlier post (hence the 45 already extant comments). It’s being re-issued and extended as the first of an occasional series I’ll be doing about the people in Basil’s life who weren’t family, lovers or wives. People he work   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on July 26, 2013

This is just how it is done. No ifs, ands or buts about it. Caligari co-star Lil Dagover later said that Conrad Veidt did not break character during the shoot and lurked through the hallways of the studio startling people. He said he did it for a better performance. but...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on March 20, 2013

Dubbed The King of the Gooseflesh in Germany… Conrad Veidt (1893-1943) Country of birth: Germany The basics: Conrad Veidt wanted to be a doctor but poor grades kept him from the profession and besides, he was bitten with the acting bug. He enlisted the German army during WWI but discharge...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on February 26, 2013

My copy, excuse the glare, the cover is very shiny. There is only one thing I love more than a good silent movie: A good Conrad Veidt movie. And if it is a Conrad Veidt silent movie… This book was a gift from a friend who understood my unwavering fangirliness when it...   read more

The Baz Posted by Neve on January 14, 2013

I saw this quotation on tumblr and thought I had to reproduce it. Anyone heard it or the story that BR and Conrad Veidt were friends before? I wonder if Ouida approved of CV or if he was one of the “undesirable chums.” “One of Conrad’s best friends in Hollywood...   read more