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Salka Viertel (June 15, 1889 – October 20, 1978) was an Austrian actress and Hollywood screenwriter. While under contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1933 to 1937, Viertel co-wrote the scripts for many movies, particularly those starring her close friend Greta Garbo , including Queen Christina (1933) and Anna Karenina (1935).
Jan 11, 2019 · A memoir of the actress and scenarist Salka Viertel, who met and worked with many famous European cultural figures in Hollywood during the war years. She tells stories of their struggles, achievements, and tragedies, as well as her own personal and professional challenges. The memoir is a window into the history of Old Hollywood and the cultural exchange between Europe and America.
Jan 2, 2020 · Salka Viertel was a recently naturalized American when Hitler’s war began, having arrived from Berlin on a visitor visa in Hollywood with her husband during one of the earlier waves of ...
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Adina Hoffman’s latest book is “Ben Hecht: Fighting Words, Moving Pictures.”. THE SUN AND HER STARS. Salka Viertel and Hitler’s Exiles in the Golden Age of Hollywood. By Donna Rifkind ...
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Salka Viertel was an influential actress, writer, and organizer of Jewish European immigrants in Hollywood. In 1908 Salka joined the Viennese company Neue Wiener Bühne as a principal actress. In 1916, she met Viennese writer and director Berthold Viertel, who left his wife to marry her in 1918. In 1923, the Viertels founded Die Truppe, an ...
In 1916, Salka met Berthold Viertel, an up-and-coming theater director, who, though married, resolved to wed her. Ditching his wife, he made good on the promise. Berthold was driven, self-absorbed ...
Salka Viertel. Actress: Seven Faces. Salka Viertel was born on 15 June 1889 in Sambor, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Sambir, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]. She was a writer and actress, known for Seven Faces (1929), Anna Christie (1930) and Deep Valley (1947).
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