Looping the Loop

{{Short description|1928 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Looping the Loop

| image = Looping the Loop.jpg

| caption =

| director = Arthur Robison

| producer = Gregor Rabinovitch

| writer = {{ubl|Robert Liebmann|Robert Reinert|Arthur Robison}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Werner Krauss|Jenny Jugo|Warwick Ward|Gina Manès}}

| music = {{ubl|Artur Guttmann|Hugo Riesenfeld}}

| editing =

| cinematography = Carl Hoffmann

| studio = UFA

| distributor = {{ubl|Parufamet (Germany)|Paramount Pictures (US)}}

| released = {{Film date|1928|09|15|df=yes}}

| runtime = 133 minutes

| country = Germany

| language = Silent Version
German Intertitles
Sound Version (Synchronized)
English Intertitles

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Looping the Loop (German: Die Todesschleife) is a 1928 German silent thriller film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Werner Krauss, Jenny Jugo and Warwick Ward.Bock & Bergfelder p.228 The film was produced by UFA. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. As with UFA's Variety, Paramount Pictures handled the film's American distribution as part of the Parufamet agreement. Paramount prepared a sound version for distribution in English speaking countries. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.

Cast

Music

The sound version prepared by Paramount featured a theme song entitled “Poor Punchinello” by Sam Lewis and Joe Young

(words) and Lew Pollack (music).

See also

References

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Bibliography

  • Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.
  • St. Pierre, Paul Matthew. E.A. Dupont and his Contribution to British Film: Varieté, Moulin Rouge, Piccadilly, Atlantic, Two Worlds, Cape Forlorn. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2010.