Money on the Street

{{Short description|1930 film}}

{{For|the silent film|Money in the Streets}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Expand German|date=April 2024|topic=cult}}{{Infobox film

|name = Money on the Street

|image = Money on the Street.jpg

|caption = German film poster

|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Geld auf der Straße}}

|director = Georg Jacoby

|producer = Nicolas Deutsch

|writer = {{ubl|{{ill|Friedrich Raff|de}}|Julius Urgiß}}

|based_on = {{based on|Geld auf der Straße (play)|Rudolf Bernauer|Rudolf Österreicher}}

|starring = {{ubl|Lydia Pollman|Georg Alexander|Franz Schafheitlin|Leopold Kramer}}

|music = {{ill|Stefan Weiß (composer)|lt=Stefan Weiß|de|Stefan Weiß (Komponist)}}

|editing = Else Baum

|cinematography = Nicolas Farkas

|studio = Felsom Film
Sascha Film

|distributor = Felsom-Film

|released = {{Film date|1930|11|11|df=y}}

|runtime = 85 minutes

|country = Austria
Germany

|language = German

}}

Money on the Street ({{langx|de|Geld auf der Straße|lit=Gold on the Street}}) is a 1930 Austrian-German romantic comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Lydia Pollman, Georg Alexander, and Franz Schafheitlin. It is notable for the screen debut of Hedy Lamarr, who made a short appearance as an extra, and of Rosa Albach-Retty.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020914/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv |title=Geld auf der Straße (1930) - Trivia - IMDb |language=en-US |access-date=2025-01-08 |via=www.imdb.com}}

Plot

A young woman tries to escape her fate of marriage to a dull, but wealthy fiancée.

Cast

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Production

The film was made by Sascha Film, Austria's largest production company, at the Sievering Studios in Vienna.{{cite book|last=Barton|first=Ruth|title=Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|page=17|year=2010|location=Lexington, KY|isbn=0813136547|jstor=j.ctt2jcvm4}} It was the first sound film made in Austria, facilitated by an agreement made with the German firm Tobis Film who supplied the sound recording equipment. The story was adapted from a play by Rudolf Bernauer. The film's art direction was by Hans Jacoby and Emil Stepanek.

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