Wilhelm Thiele

  • Wilhelm Thiele – The Madonna’s Secret (1946)

    1941-1950CrimeFilm NoirUSAWilhelm Thiele

    Directed by Wilhelm Thiele and written by Thiele and Bradbury Foote with black and white cinematography by film noir giant John Alton

    Quote:
    This drama is an updated version of Ulmer’s 1944 film Bluebeard. It is set in New York and follows the exploits of an eccentric Parisian painter who has come to New York to escape a controversy surrounding his work. The trouble stems when the model he has used in all his work is found floating dead in the Seine.Read More »

  • Wilhelm Thiele – The Jungle Princess (1936)

    1931-1940AdventureClassicsUSAWilhelm Thiele

    Synopsis:
    Christopher Powell is in Malaysia with his fiancée and her father, capturing wild animals. While out hunting, he is attacked by a tiger, and his native guides run away, leaving him for dead. But the tiger is the pet of Ulah, a beautiful young woman who grew up by herself in the jungle. She rescues Chris and takes him back to her cave, where she nurses him to health and falls in love with him. When he eventually returns to camp, she follows. The fiancée is jealous, and the natives don’t like Ulah or her pet tiger either, all of which leads to a lot of trouble.Read More »

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