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AUTUMN FIRE. A FILM-POEM

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Year
1931
Reference
F10513
Media type
Moving image
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Year
1931
Reference
F10513
Media type
Moving image
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Place of production
United States of America
Categories
Short
Duration
0:21:51
Production company
[Herman G. Weinberg]
Credits
Cast: Erna Bergman
Cast: Willy Hildebrand
Director: Herman G. Weinberg

A couple miss each other as she walks in the countryside and he walks through [Baltimore] city and its docks. The film blends the ‘city symphony’ with a portrait of nature.

“By 1930/31, [film historian and film translator] Herman G. Weinberg was the manager of a little theatre in Baltimore, an outlet for anything indie and/or avant-garde ... He fell in love for a young woman who worked as a seat attendant. To gain her heart, Mr. Weinberg decided to make a movie and invited her to play in it. When she saw the footage, Erna Bergman realized the strength of his feelings: only a man deeply in love could have filmed her natural beauty with so much dedication. They got married soon afterwards ... The man is played by Willy Hildebrand, a refrigerator salesman that Weinberg met by chance.” - ‘Updates, Live’ blog; http://updateslive.blogspot.com/2013/02/herman-g-weinberg-autumn-fire-1931.html; harvested 8/07/2015.