Franz Arnold

Franz Arnold (1878–1960) was a German actor and playwright. He frequently collaborated with Ernst Bach after their debut play '' The Spanish Fly'' was a hit.Grange p.61 He emigrated to Britain in 1933.

Plays by Arnold and Bach

*'' The Spanish Fly'' (1913)
*''Die schwebende Jungfrau'' (1916)
*''Die Fahrt ins Glück'' (1916, Operetta, music by Jean Gilbert)
*''Die bessere Hälfte'' (1917)
*''Fräulein Puck'' (1919, Vaudeville, music by Walter Kollo)
*''Das Jubiläum'' (1920)
*''Zwangseinquartierung'' (1920)
*''Der keusche Lebemann'' (1921)
*''Die Königin der Nacht'' (1921, Operetta, music by Walter Kollo)
*''Der kühne Schwimmer'' (1922)
*''Dolly'' (1923, Operetta, music by Hugo Hirsch)
*''Der Fürst von Pappenheim'' (1923, Operetta, music by Hugo Hirsch, English title: ''Toni'')
*''Die vertagte Nacht'' (1924)
*''Der wahre Jakob'' (1924)
*''Die vertauschte Frau'' (1924, Operetta, music by Walter Kollo)
*''Olly-Polly'' (1925, Operetta, music by Walter Kollo)
*''Stöpsel'' (1926)
*''Hurra, ein Junge'' (1926)
*''Unter Geschäftsaufsicht'' (1927)
*''Arme Ritter'' (1928, Operetta, music by Walter Kollo)
*''Weekend im Paradies'' (1928)
*''Hulla Di Bulla'' (1929)

Plays by Franz Arnold

*''Mein alter Herr'' (with Victor Arnold, 1913)
*''Das Fräulein vom Amt'' (with Georg Okonkowski, 1916, Operetta, music by Jean Gilbert)
*''Das öffentliche Ärgernis'' (1931)
*''Da stimmt was nicht'' (1932)
*''Rise and Shine'' (with Robert Gilbert, 1936, Operetta, music by Robert Stolz. English adaptation by Harry Graham and Desmond Carter)

Arnold and Bach Filmography

* '' The Whole Town's Talking'' (1926, based on the play ''The Whole Town's Talking'' by Anita Loos and John Emerson, which is based on ''Der keusche Lebemann'')
* '' The Prince of Pappenheim'' (1927, based on ''Der Fürst von Pappenheim'')
* '' A Warm Corner'' (1930, based on ''Stöpsel'')
* ''The True Jacob'' (1931, based on ''Der wahre Jakob'')
* '' Ex-Bad Boy'' (1931, based on the play ''The Whole Town's Talking'' by Anita Loos and John Emerson, which is based on ''Der keusche Lebemann'')
* '' The Soaring Maiden'' (1931, based on ''Die schwebende Jungfrau'')
* '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1931, based on ''Weekend im Paradies'')
* '' Business Under Distress'' (1931, based on ''Unter Geschäftsaufsicht'')
* '' Hooray, It's a Boy!'' (1931, based on ''Hurra, ein Junge'')
* '' The Spanish Fly'' (1931)
* ''The Night Without Pause'' (1931, based on ''Der keusche Lebemann'')
* ''Wehe, wenn er losgelassen'' (1932, based on ''Unter Geschäftsaufsicht'')
* ''A Thousand for One Night'' (1933, based on ''Stöpsel'')
* ''Tisíc za jednu noc'' (1933, based on ''Stöpsel'')
* '' The Dangerous Game'' (1933, based on ''Unter Geschäftsaufsicht'')
* '' It's a Boy'' (1933, based on ''Hurra, ein Junge'')
* ''The Daring Swimmer'' (1934, based on ''Der kühne Schwimmer'')
* ''Oh, Daddy!'' (1935, based on ''Der wahre Jakob'')
* ''The Interrupted Honeymoon'' (1936, based on ''Die vertagte Nacht'')
* ''Oh, Such a Night!'' (1937, based on ''Die vertagte Nacht'')
* ''Pappas pojke'' (1937, based on ''The Spanish Fly'')
* ''One Night Apart'' (1950, based on ''Der wahre Jakob'')
* '' The Prince of Pappenheim'' (1952, based on ''Der Fürst von Pappenheim'')
* ''The Chaste Libertine'' (1952, based on ''Der keusche Lebemann'')
* '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1952, based on ''Weekend im Paradies'')
* '' Josef the Chaste'' (1953, based on ''Unter Geschäftsaufsicht'')
* '' The Postponed Wedding Night'' (1953, based on ''Die vertagte Nacht'')
* '' Hooray, It's a Boy!'' (1953, based on ''Hurra, ein Junge'')
* '' The Spanish Fly'' (1955)
* ''The Daring Swimmer'' (1957, based on ''Der kühne Schwimmer'')
* ''The True Jacob'' (1960, based on ''Der wahre Jakob'')
* ''Ach Egon!'' (1961, based on ''Hurra, ein Junge'')
* ''To gelio vgike ap' ton Paradeiso'' (1963, based on ''Der keusche Lebemann'')
* ''Den kyske levemand'' (1974, based on ''Der keusche Lebemann'')

Franz Arnold Filmography

* ''Sein Scheidungsgrund'' (screenplay, with Max Jungk, 1931)
* ''Da stimmt was nicht'' (1934)
* ''Public Nuisance No. 1'' (Story idea, 1936)
* '' The Wedding Trip'' (1936, based on ''Da stimmt was nicht'')
* ' (1959, based on ''Das öffentliche Ärgernis'')

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Historical Dictionary of German Literature to 1945''. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Arnold, Franz
1878 births
1960 deaths
German male stage actors
German male dramatists and playwrights
20th-century German dramatists and playwrights
People from Żnin County
German emigrants to England
People from the Province of Posen
20th-century German male actors