Georg Alexander
Acting
Biography
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Born: April 3, 1888
Place of Birth: Hannover, Germany
Known For
Woman at the Wheel
Maria Kelemen is a secretary in the office of a bank in Budapest. Her boss, director Borden, courts her, albeit she is engaged to Paul (about which she has remained silent). On the day of the wedding, Paul becomes unemployed and takes on the role of a house-husband. During a visit at Borden’s, Maria introduces Paul as her brother, which incites raging jealousy in the latter.
Homeland
In 1885, famous New York Metropolitan Opera singer Maddalena dall' Orto is scheduled to perform at a festival in the German residence of Ilmingen. It soon becomes obvious that she is non other than Magda von Schwartze, who left the town eight years ago against her father's wishes to become a singer.
The Love Waltz
Originally Liebeswalzer, this German operetta was the third talkie vehicle for the effervescent Lillian Harvey. The plot is a typical Graustarkian affair, with Princess Eva (Harvey) preparing to marry a duke whom she's never met. Getting cold feet, the duke ducks the wedding, persuading a handsome young commoner named Bobby (Willy Fritsch) to take his place. The wedding goes on as planned, with Eva never suspecting that her new hubby is a ringer. Eventually, the false duke confesses everything, leading to all sorts of intrigue before a happy ending can be realized. Love Waltz was simultaneously filmed in an English-language version, which posed no problem for the British-born Harvey but caused a few uncomfortable moments for her Teutonic co-stars (eventually, Willy Fritsch was replaced by John Batton, who'd played a bit role in the German version).
The English Marriage
Georg Alexander plays Douglas Mavis, the son of a rich English family who falls in love with a Berlin girl (Renate Müller) and marries her. However, he doesn't tell his family, and for a reason: the resolute head of the family (played by the inimitable Adele Sandrock) has other designs for her grandson. Further complications arise when the family lawyer (Adolf Wohlbrück) gets to know the Berlin lady without knowing who she is. And meanwhile, Mavis meets an alluring lady from a cabaret (Hilde Hildebrand).
Adventure in the Grand Hotel
The impoverished Count Lerchenau works under the name Rudi Lindt as a chauffeur. Because he is so well-loved by women, he lost his last position. His former servant Franz has not abandoned him in his time of need and the servant keeps trying to find a rich bride for the former Count. In the Grand Hotel, where the Count is supposed to be finding a suitable mate, he instead flirts with the attractive Alice. In order to get a job with the employer Ottokar Frühwirt, Rudi uses Count Lerchenau as a reference. But then the employer wants to speak with Lerchenau and Franz has to play the role of the Count. Alice, it turns out, is the employer's niece. When she finds out that Rudi is only a chauffeur, she wants nothing to do with him.
Lola Montez, the King’s Dancer
Deviating from the historical facts, Lola is introduced as a young Spanish “Gypsy” who becomes involuntarily embroiled in an attempt to poison the Infante of Spain (a short but splendid cameo by Heinrich George). As a result, she has to flee the country, arriving first in Italy, where she is taught how to act like a lady. Later, in Paris, she is invited to dance at the city’s prestigious opera house, becoming a worldwide sensation. She then becomes secretly involved in a revolutionary plot by Louis Napoléon, the future emperor of France. When the plot fails, Lola is once again forced to flee, this time to Munich, where she captures the attention of Ludwig I. Their ensuing affair arouses a great deal of hatred among the people and the establishment, however. In the end, Lola has no choice but to leave again, and vanishes into the night mist.
The Testament of Cornelius Gulden
The Stars Shine
German all-star musical from 1938 that was a big commercial success.
Der Doppelgänger
Die Kleine vom Varieté
Peter Verdy falls in love with Lola (Ossi Oswalda) who is mistaken for a boy when she appears in stage regalia before a rich uncle who has other marriage plans for his nephew. The tangle ensuing is finally sorted out with excellent results all round.
Filmography
as Der Theaterdirektor
as Rittmeister a. D. Hans-Heinz Langendorff
as Barmixer
as Gutsbesitzer Lutz Willner
as Viktor Sugorsky
as Dr, Hubert Spindler
as Karl Forbach
as Ludwig Gruber
as Freiherr v. Falsz-Pennwiel
as Fürst Walefsky
as Direktor Bordon
as Leopold Pasemann
as Dr. Elliot
as Kommerzienrat Larken
as Ludwig Prinz von Ilmingen
as Lord Radley
as Gast
as Arnd Krusemark
as Staatsanwalt Wentin / Frank
as Hans Roewer
as Dr. Kurt Hachfeld - Fabriksbesitzer
as Dr. Pirovius
as Arthur Lenox
as Grand Duke Sergej Andrejewitsch
as Bob Harrogate
as Percy Poole - englischer Verleger
as Graf Stanislaus
as Bob Crawler
as Oberst Hallifax
as Kurt
as Georg Plüschkow, Bankdirektor
as Peter Bergson, Hellas Vater
as Erbprinz von Bayreuth
as Douglas Mavis, ihr Enkel
as Eduard Swalt
as Graf Leopold Stauffenstein
as Harry Selsbury
as Baron Leopold Witzdorf
as Peter Lambach, Ingenieur
as Fritz Butenschön
as Alwin Roehn
as Bankier Morgan
as Dr. Felix Rainer
as Charby
as Tommy Quint
as Direktor Hans Oltendorff
as Georg Helmbach
as Mr. Brown, Fabrikant
as Fürst Michael
as Dr. Wender, Rechtsanwalt
as Baron Queritz
as Rittmeister Graf Rudi von Werthern
as Der Leutnant
as Georg, sein bester Freund
as Kurt Weidingen
as George Brown, ein reicher Junggeselle
as Georg
as Peter Paul Lutz
as Prince Vicky
as Rudi Feldegger
as Grandduke Peter Ferdinand
as Erzherzog Peter Ferdinand
as Georg Hess
as Rechtsanwalt Dr. Ponsar
as Nachtredakteur Dr. Richard Curtius
as Dr. Gonter
as François Dubois
as Chamberlain
as Fürst Adolar Gilka
as Herr Marschall
as Jolly Jefferson
as John Bennet
as Dr. Peter Kretschmar
as von Bärenfels
as Pierre de Ronceray
as Mario Sarlo
as Anatole Pigeard
as Studiosus Ludwig von Hirschberg
as George
as Bobby Dodd
as Dr. Erich Fuld
as Maler Knut