Word: takt
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...suave elegances of Vienna get barely a nod; even the sets and costumes lack lure. The Waltz King's own music has been reduced to a minimum and revamped to no good end. Most of the tunes in Mr. Strauss are by Robert (Zwei Herzen im Drei-Viertel Takt) Stolz, and the best of them are not more than agreeable...
Michael Bohnen, famous baritone of the Metropolitan Opera Company, portrays the role of the great composer. He is supported by Gretl Theimer, who first captured the hearts of American audiences as the heroine of "Zwei Herzen in 3-4 Takt," Lee Parry, Paul Hoerbringer and others. The melodic Strauss music, fine settings and striking photography, make "Wiener Blut" one of the conspicuously good German films...
...exported from Europe on phonograph records becomes in time a best-seller in the U. S. "Goodnight, Sweetheart," which Ray Noble wrote in London, ran such a course.* So did "Parlez-moi d'Amour," the fragile song which Lucienne Boyer introduced in Paris, and "Zwei Herzen im ¾ Takt" which plump, be-monocled Richard Tauber introduced in Berlin...
Burschen, heraus!; Heidenroslein; Du, du liegst mir im Herzen; Zwei Herzen im drei-viertel Takt; Auch Du wirst mich einmal betrugen; O Dona Clara; Das schwarzbraune Bier; Crambambuli; O alte Burschen herrlichkeit...
...nurtured on the theory that all educated men could understand French, and that German was only a slightly more conspicuous accomplishment. He didn't actually try his German on the ticket-girl at the Repertory box-office, but when he went in to see "Zwei Herzen im 3/4 Takt" well, he was supremely confident of his linguistic ability. The music was beautiful, the camera work nearly perfect, but just why did the girl go into dinner alone and what was the point of the scene anyway, and do all German movies have so many unintelligible jokes in them? The Vagabond...
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