Looping the Loop

Looping the Loop
Directed by	Arthur Robison
Written by	Robert Liebmann Robert Reinert Arthur Robison
Produced by	Gregor Rabinovitch
Starring	Werner Krauss Jenny Jugo Warwick Ward Gina Manès
Cinematography	Carl Hoffmann
Music by	Artur Guttmann Hugo Riesenfeld
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	Parufamet (Germany) Paramount Pictures (US)
Release date	15 September 1928 (1928-09-15)
Running time	133 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent Version German Intertitles Sound Version (Synchronized) English Intertitles

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. 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

• Werner Krauss as Botto, a famous clown
• Jenny Jugo as Blanche Valette
• Warwick Ward as Andre Melton, artist
• Gina Manès as Hanna, a trick shooter
• Sig Arno as Sigi, Hanna's partner
• Max Gülstorff as Blanche's male relative
• Lydia Potechina as Blanche's female relative
• Gyula Szőreghy as an agent
• Harry Grunwald

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

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

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.

External links

• Looping the Loop is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
• Looping the Loop at IMDb