''My Daughter's Tutor'' () is a 1929

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silent

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry (born Géza Gyula Mária Bolváry Zahn, ; 26 December 1897 – 10 August 1961) was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter, and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria. Biography Géza von Bolváry was born i ...

and starring

Harry Liedtke Harry Liedtke (12 October 1882 – 28 April 1945) was a German film actor. Early life Liedtke was born in Königsberg, East Prussia as the seventh out of 12 children of a merchant. After his father's death in 1896, he grew up in an orphanage and ...

Dolly Davis Dolly Davis (30 October 1896 – 3 November 1962) was a French film actress. Born Julienne Alexandrine David in Paris, she died in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Selected filmography * ''Hantise'' (1922) * ''Geneviève'' (1923) * '' Vidocq'' (1923) * ' ...

, and

Charles Puffy Charles Puffy (born Károly Hochstein; 3 November 1884 – 1942 or 1943) was a Hungarian film actor. Biography Hochstein appeared in more than 130 films between 1914 and 1938. He was the only slapstick star in Hungary's silent film era, appeari ...

. The plot closely mirrored that of

Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch (; ; January 29, 1892November 30, 1947) was a German-born American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; a ...

's ''

The Oyster Princess ''The Oyster Princess'' () is a 1919 German silent comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Victor Janson, Ossi Oswalda and Harry Liedtke. It is a grotesque comedy in four acts about an American millionaire's spoiled daughter's marri ...

''. It was shot at the

Tempelhof Studios The Tempelhof Studios are a film studio located in Tempelhof in the German capital of Berlin. They were founded in 1912, during the silent era, by German film pioneer Alfred Duskes, who built a glass-roofed studio on the site with financial back ...

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. The film's

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was

Robert Neppach Robert Neppach (2 March 1890 – 18 August 1939) was an Austrian architect, film producer and art director. Neppach worked from 1919 in the German film industry. He oversaw the art direction of over 80 films during his career, including F.W. Mur ...

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* 1929 films 1929 comedy films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Silent German comedy films Films directed by Géza von Bolváry Films with screenplays by Franz Schulz German black-and-white films Films shot at Tempelhof Studios 1930s German-language films 1930s German films 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-silent-comedy-film-stub