Laemmle family visits St Moritz; Carnival; skiing
Creator(s)
- Alyse Laemmle (Subject)
- Deborah F. Blum
- Kurt Laemmle (Camera Operator)
Biographical History
Kurt Laemmle was born in Laupheim, Germany on April 14, 1909. Kurt worked in the Ritz Theatre in Chicago. He became a naturalized US citizen on May 21, 1936 and married Alyse in October 1937. In 1938, Kurt and his older brother Max (b. May 4, 1906) founded Laemmle Theatres in Los Angeles, CA. Kurt is the nephew of legendary Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle.
Scope and Content
MS Laemmle family on vacation in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Shots include Kurt's parents, Siegfried and Alice Laemmle; Kurt and Alyse; and Kurt's brother, Max, and his wife, Bobby, and young son, Robert. They gather on a snowy mountain wearing skis. VS of the group, some don costumes, including one with a comically large moustache, a couple in wedding dress, and two people as a horse (probably during Carnival in the first week of March). VAR CUs of the family on holiday in St. Moritz. Shifts to black and white, skiing, Olympic Ice Rink.
Note(s)
The four original 16mm films in this collection were spliced together into one reel and scanned to 4K resolution by Periscope Films in 2017.
Subjects
- FAMILIES
- COSTUMES
- SPORTS/GAMES
- WINTER
- JEWS
- SNOW
- VACATIONS
Places
- Saint Moritz, Switzerland
Genre
- Film
- Amateur.