Sauerkraut & Sausages with a Little Goulash: Germans in Hollywood, 1927

Horak points out that the German-speaking community in Hollywood in 1927 was influential far beyond its numbers or box-office success. He presents a wide-ranging survey of Germans, central Europeans, and others who mainly came from the Berlin film world, with particular attention to actors. Horak discusses directors Paul Leni, Ernst Lubitsch, and Mauritz Stiller, and actors Pola Negri, Emil Jannings, Vilma Banky, as well as the production activities of the German communities at Fox, Universal, and Paramount.