Rudi Feld
Rudi Feld | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 December 1896 |
| Died | 25 March 1994 (aged 97) |
| Occupation | Art director |
| Years active | 1920–1969 (film) |
| Relatives | Fritz Feld (brother) |
Rudi Feld (1896–1994) was a German art director and set designer who worked for many years in the United States.
Germany[edit]
Feld was born Rudi Feilchenfeld in Berlin, the elder brother of the actor Fritz Feld. He served in the German army during World War I[1] and then began his early career designing posters for revue and cabaret shows, before graduating to creating film sets.[2] Feld worked in the German film industry during the boom years of the late silent era. He was employed by the German Major studio UFA as head of advertising.[3] He designed the exterior displays of the flagship UFA cinema Ufa-Palast am Zoo for each new premiere.
Exile[edit]
Following the Nazi rise to power in 1933, the Jewish Feld went into exile. Feld settled in Mandatory Palestine where he briefly owned a nightclub. In 1937 he emigrated to the United States and from the mid-1940s he found regular work in the American film industry. Feld was frequently employed by smaller Hollywood studios such as Eagle-Lion during the post-World War II years, and worked as a draftsman for MGM.[1] He continued working until 1969.
Partial filmography[edit]
- Miss Rockefeller Is Filming (1922)
- William Tell (1923)
- King of Women (1923)
- Leap Into Life (1924)
- The Adventure of Mr. Philip Collins (1925)
- Express Train of Love (1925)
- The Wooing of Eve (1926)
- The Armoured Vault (1926)
- Summer Storm (1944)
- Voice in the Wind (1944)
- The Captain from Köpenick (completed in 1941, released in 1945)
- Whistle Stop (1946)
- New Orleans (1947)
- Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948)
- The Argyle Secrets (1948)
- The Vicious Circle (1948)
- My Dear Secretary (1948)
- Parole, Inc. (1948)
- Impact (1949)
- Guilty of Treason (1950)
- Death of a Scoundrel (1956)
- Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
- Escape from Red Rock (1957)
- Operation Eichmann (1961)
- The Gun Hawk (1963)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "MoMA | The Collection | Rudi Feld (American, born Germany. 1896–1994)". MoMA.org. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ^ "The Danger of Bolshevism". 1919. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ^ Ward p.193
Bibliography[edit]
- Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.
- Ward, Janet. Weimar Surfaces: Urban Visual Culture in 1920s Germany. University of California Press, 2001.
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