Das Spielzeug von Paris

Das Spielzeug von Paris
Lili Damita and Georges Treville
Directed by	Michael Curtiz
Produced by	Arnold Pressburger
Starring	Lili Damita Eric Barclay Hugo Thimig Georges Treville
Cinematography	Gustav Ucicky, Max von Nekut
Distributed by	Sascha-Film
Release dates	October 16, 1925
Country	Austria
Language	silent

Das Spielzeug von Paris (English title Red Heels) is an Austrian silent film released in 1925 and directed by Michael Curtiz. It was the first film to feature French actress Lili Damita in the leading role.

Plot

A young British Bohemian (Eric Barclay), who lives in Paris, marries a stage dancer (Lili Damita). He persuades her to give up her stage career, and they take a cottage in the country. She accepts an invitation from her former manager (Georges Treville) to attend a party. She performs a dance at the party. She quarrels with her husband, but starts searching for him in the countryside on a stormy night. As a result, she catches pneumonia and nearly dies. After being nursed back to health by her husband, she decides to give up the stage for good.

Cast

Production

Based on the novel Red Heels by Margery Lawrence, Das Spielzeug von Paris was filmed largely in Paris by the Austrian company Sascha-Film with the help of finance from the German FPS and the British Stoll film companies.

Reception

Critical response

The film was well received by the film magazines of the time, although sometimes the storyline was criticised for being kitsch. Artur Berger's sets in particular were highly praised by film reviewers. The film was universally regarded as a success. Sascha-Film made two more films with the same team. Samuel Goldwyn invited Lili Damita to Hollywood after watching this film.

Other information

Availability

Some copies of the film still exist, the most complete having Spanish intertitles. An advertising trailer also exists.

Pop culture

The film inspired the song Tired of Dancing by William Helmore.

Soundtrack

The original score of the film is considered lost. In 2009, Austrian musician Florian C. Reithner composed and recorded a new score in which he plays the original "Welte - Kinoorgel" (a cinema organ by German organ manufacturer "Welte") at "Filmmuseum Potsdam", Germany. The new music was first brought to audience in a broadcast by French television channel "France 3" in Winter 2009.

References

Poupée de Paris 1925 French booklet by Union Artistic Films

External links

Red Heels at the Internet Movie Database
Das Spielzeug von Paris at Filmarchiv Austria

Films directed by Michael Curtiz

1910s	The Last Bohemian Today and Tomorrow Captive Souls My Husband's Getting Married The Exile The Borrowed Babies The Princess in a Nightrobe Prisoner of the Night Bánk Bán Golddigger One Who Is Loved By Two Seven of Spades The Strength of the Fatherland The Karthauzer The Black Rainbow The Wolf The Medic Mr. Doctor Master Zoard The Red Samson The Last Dawn Spring in Winter Tartar Invasion Secret of St. Job Forest Nobody's Son The Charlatan A Penny's History The Fishing Bell Earth's Man The Colonel Peace's Road Jean the Tenant The Merry Widow Magic Waltz A skorpió I. The Devil Lulu Lu, the Coquette Júdás The Ugly Boy Alraune 99 The Sunflower Woman Liliom (unfinished) The Lady with the Black Gloves

1920s	Boccaccio The Star of Damascus The Scourge of God Mrs. Tutti Frutti Good and Evil Mrs. Dane's Confession Labyrinth of Horror Sodom and Gomorrah Young Medardus Avalanche Nameless A Deadly Game General Babka Harun al Raschid The Moon of Israel Red Heels Cab No. 13 The Golden Butterfly The Third Degree A Million Bid The Desired Woman Good Time Charley Tenderloin Noah's Ark Glad Rag Doll Madonna of Avenue A The Gamblers Hearts in Exile

1930s	Mammy Under a Texas Moon The Matrimonial Bed Bright Lights A Soldier's Plaything River's End Demon of the Sea God's Gift to Women The Mad Genius The Woman from Monte Carlo Alias the Doctor The Strange Love of Molly Louvain Doctor X The Cabin in the Cotton 20,000 Years in Sing Sing Mystery of the Wax Museum The Keyhole Private Detective 62 Goodbye Again The Kennel Murder Case Female Mandalay Jimmy the Gent The Key British Agent The Case of the Curious Bride Black Fury Front Page Woman Little Big Shot Captain Blood The Walking Dead The Charge of the Light Brigade Stolen Holiday Mountain Justice Kid Galahad The Perfect Specimen Gold Is Where You Find It The Adventures of Robin Hood (with William Keighley) Four's a Crowd Four Daughters Angels with Dirty Faces Dodge City Daughters Courageous The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Four Wives

1940s	Virginia City The Sea Hawk Santa Fe Trail The Sea Wolf Dive Bomber Captains of the Clouds Yankee Doodle Dandy Casablanca Mission to Moscow This Is the Army Passage to Marseille Janie Roughly Speaking Mildred Pierce Night and Day Life with Father The Unsuspected Romance on the High Seas My Dream Is Yours (with Friz Freleng) Flamingo Road The Lady Takes a Sailor

1950s	Young Man with a Horn Bright Leaf The Breaking Point Force of Arms Jim Thorpe – All-American I'll See You in My Dreams The Story of Will Rogers The Jazz Singer Trouble Along the Way The Boy from Oklahoma The Egyptian White Christmas We're No Angels The Scarlet Hour The Vagabond King The Best Things in Life Are Free The Helen Morgan Story The Proud Rebel King Creole The Hangman The Man in the Net

1960s	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn A Breath of Scandal Francis of Assisi The Comancheros

Short films	Jön az öcsém (1919) Sons of Liberty (1939)

Productions	Bright Lights (1935)

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