Long before actress Dita Parlo was brought to Hollywood as "the new Garbo," she enjoyed a substantial film career in Europe. In Melodies des Herzens (Melody of the Heart), Parlo is cast as Julia Balog, a pretty peasant girl who lands a housemaid's ... Read More
The biggest-budgeted movie ever produced at Germany's UFA, Fritz Lang's gargantuan Metropolis consumed resources that would have yielded upwards of 20 conventional features, more than half the studio's entire annual production budget.…Read More