BETTY AMANN – GUSTAV FROHLICH in JOE MAY's "ASPHALT" 1933 ART DECO MOVIE HERALD

Description

Original Herald from Uruguay and Argentina in South America. This kind of gorgeous heralds are quite scarce, they were printed by a local distributor (Max Glücksmann) just during a short period of time between the late 1920’s and the late 1930’s. Usually printed on both sides, in full color or in duotone inks featuring Art Deco style, they show great graphics from the films advertised. Most advertise a single feature movie, while a few examples advertise double movie programs.
Local Title:
ASFALTO
Original Title:
ASPHALT
Year / Country:
1929 – GERMANY
Company:
UFA
Director:
Joe May
Starring:
Gustav Frohlich, Betty Amann, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Hans Albers, Paul Horbiger, Rosa Valetti (Strangely, this herald wrongly quotes DITA PARLO as co-star instead of BETTY AMANN)
Size (unfolded):
235 mm x 170 mm
Condition:
Excellent
Herald advertises this film as shown at
CINE DORE
from Uruguay on
Thursday, July 27, 1933
Comments:
“Asphalt” is a 1929 German silent film directed by Joe May. The film stars Gustav Fröhlich and Betty Amann and is about a young woman in Berlin who is driven into poverty and steals a valuable piece of jewelry. She is caught by a police officer which leads to the woman to attempt to seduce him into letting her go. The film was shot between October and December 1928 at UFA.
Joe May’s sensual drama of life in the Berlin underworld is in many ways the perfect summation of German filmmaking in the silent era: a dazzling visual style, a psychological approach to its characters, and the ability to take a simple and essentially melodramatic story and turn it into something more complex and inherently cinematic.