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Died. Alexander Granach, 54, Polish-born stage & screen actor (A Bell for Adano, The Seventh Cross), pre-Hitler German star; following an emergency appendectomy; in Manhattan. He once played the title role in Yiddish in the pioneer anti-Nazi play, Professor Mam-lock, for 300 performances in Poland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 26, 1945 | 3/26/1945 | See Source »

...killing of Hitler's Hangman Reinhard Heydrich by the Czecho-Slovakian underground is the springboard from which Hangmen's characters take their dives. These include a shrewd Gestapo inspector (Alexander Granach) who makes it very tough for Prague's patriotic citizens to hide Heydrich's killer, one Dr. Svoboda (Brian Donlevy); a venerable professor (Walter Brennan) who gives his life to thwart the dastardly inspector; the professor's pretty daughter (Anna Lee) who gives her reputation-to throw the inspector off the scent, she lets herself be discovered in Dr. Svoboda's bedroom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema, Also Showing Mar. 29, 1943 | 3/29/1943 | See Source »

Ominous is the word for Alexander Granach's performance as a Gestapo bloodhound. The squat, square-headed, muscle-bound sleuth ticks along with the sinister near silence of a clock. He never speaks; his approach is heralded by the patient squeak of his shoes. Actor Granach knew his role well. One of Germany's best actors, but a Jew, he escaped from his country a stride ahead of the real Gestapo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 23, 1942 | 2/23/1942 | See Source »

...Life of the Virgin" which clearly shows methods of lighting utilized in his time, the styles of furniture, and sanitary facilities. Other engravings by Durer include a design for lace, and his famous "St. Jerome in his Cell," which illustrates a porcelain slove. A picture by Lucas Granach splendidly portrays a suit of sixteenth century armor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collections and Critiques | 4/25/1929 | See Source »

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