Word: neubabelsberg
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Near Berlin, Germany, rises the curious town of Neubabelsberg. To walk through Neubabelsberg is to imagine oneself the Wandering Jew, reviewing his travels in a dream. Here one may stand in awe before India's Taj Mahal, turn the corner and climb an Egyptian pyramid. Miserable Chinese hovels may adjoin the chateau of the French Renaissance. One may be anywhere, at any time, in Neubabelsberg. It is Germany's Hollywood...
Dominating Neubabelsberg, as no producer is able to dominate Hollywood, are the studios of the mighty UFA (Universum Film Aktiengesellschaft), chief among European cinema companies. Here were filmed such popular and artistic successes as Variety, The Last Laugh, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. And from Neubabelsberg, last week, there journeyed many a cinemactor, many a director, to the Berlin premiere of UFA's latest production, The Homecoming...
...position of UFA at the Congress was no less commanding than its position at Neubabelsberg. Behind the scenes was the slightly sinister figure of Dr. Alfred Hugenberg, owner of UFA and the most powerful publisher in Germany. Among his agencies are the Telegraphen Union Internationale, greatest independent agency in Europe and the Berlin newspapers Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger, Der Tag and Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (official organ of the German Foreign Office...
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