Word: riefenstahl
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...then a cinema comes from across the sea to break up the monotony of a steady fare of Hollywood banalities, which restores our faith and interest in motion pictures. Such a picture is "The Blue Light" now playing at the Fine Arts Theatre, the work of Fraulein Leni Riefenstahl, now much in the public eye because of her intimate friendship with Der Fuehrer...
...against the sublime grandeur of the Dolomites, this simple folk-tale becomes a motion picture of heroic proportions. Every scene is beautifully photographed, yet without obvious pretension. The roles are competently handled by Fraulein Riefenstahl, who plays the mountain girl, and a group of native Tyroleans. There is so little dialogue as to obviate any necessity for familiarity with German or Italian. "The Blue Light" is a truly distinguished and unusual film and one that would provide a refreshing evening to any picturegoer...
Marching out amid cheers, the Congress then resolved part of itself into a Culture Chamber and Orator Hitler spoke for a time on Kultur. The only female in his audience was beauteous Leni Riefenstahl. the Realmleader's cinema favorite.* Perspiring freely as he wrestled with his subject, the Realmleader cried: "To be German means to be clear! The Greeks of ancient Athens were akin to the National Socialists of today. Only a pure race can create high art. National Socialism is a reaction against Jewish intellectualism. It is a return to intuition. . . . Literature has done more than anything else...