Conrad Veidt sings-'When the Lighthouse Shines Across the Bay'1933

[allanh53]

You are correct will amend accordingly :)

[MrBulldogtools]

@allanh53 Of such songs memories are made,this takes me back to when I used to hear it on the radio,the Jimmy Young,Terry Wogan days years ago.

[cookieman29]

It's actually called 'When the Lighthouse Shines Across the Bay'...

[Wnoronz]

@HaisleySnook It was autumn 1980 when Terry Wogan made a big thing of featuring this song.

[sofyrue69]

Hi, do you have a video of the movie Wahnsinn of Conrad Veidt in 1919 is very difficult find the movie or the trailer... Thank you by the way thank you for all those amazing videos, greetings =)

[replicas11]

@HaisleySnook This song used to make late for school, i waited for him to play it , i was about 11yrs old, i'm 46 now and found on youtube, Wogans winner.

[Bealings48]

/wonderful I love it. especially the crackles

[buntybunny]

Tel you have a lot to answer for - great fun, thanks. Eurovision a possibility for this? lol! Thanks BB x

[allanh53]

theres a lot today who dont sing as well :)

[injamaven]

Sprechstimme, only. Not singing, for sure!

[gezz69]

Thanks Terry!

[tarporley2947]

theres a cottage kissed with fume and spray!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rrclerk]

It is ironic that Conrad Veidt, who was so well known for playiing despicable Nazis in a number of films was a vehement anti-Nazi. Veidt fervently opposed the Nazi regime, motivating him to emigrate from Germany in 1933 a week after marrying a Jewish woman. He settled in the United Kingdom and became a British citizen.. Sadly, Veidt died of a heart attack in 1943 at the age of 50. It takes a real actor to portray a villain. Möge Gott mit euch sein, Conrad Veidt.

[cupidvogel]

Inspiration for Joker, the arch-nemesis of Batman...

[eatamymeata]

@cupidvogel he played an incredible character and the story was a romantic melodrama. yeah, the glasgow smile was an inspiration but that is ALL. all these joker fanatics are a disgrace to actors like veidt and the immense accomplishments of his career. you try marrying a jew and talking trash about nazis in 1930's germany. he was much more than an actor and more than a dc comics fun-fact

[cupidvogel]

@eatamymeata I haven't seen any movie starring Veidt, so can't comment on him. But the Joker is much much more than a a mere Glasgow smile. He is an immensely powerful character, and few have succeeded in making a man ponder about his real self as him. Heath Ledger portrayed him brilliantly in The Dark Knight, and every God-damned body in the world has attested to it. So comparing somebody to him is NOT a disgrace. Ledger was a terrific actor. Please don't bring Veidt the person in the mix.

[eatamymeata]

@cupidvogel touche, sir.

[cupidvogel]

@eatamymeata Ummm, What the hell does that mean?

[eatamymeata]

@cupidvogel was trying to be nice. but i guess you can't pick up a dictionary. thanks for responding to a kind gesture with aggression. hey, now we're arguing on youtube!

[ilovegnomeland]

@cupidvogel Touche is pronounced 'too-shay'. Does it sound familiar now? It's a term used when someone has a good retort.

[ilovegnomeland]

@eatamymeata I know, I agree. Conrad Veidt has become my favorite actor recently, not because of the Joker.I didn't even know that the Joker was based off of him until after I started getting into his movies.I discoverd Conrad through "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari". I love "The Man Who Laughs",it's the most romantic movie I've ever seen and the only silent film that has managed to bring me to tears.It's sad that Conrad isn't getting credit for his great talent, but for being the Joker prototype.

[055697]

acrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrros ze bay!

[ThingsTerrestrial]

So many actors had emulated Conrad Veidt. To watch Veidt is to be reminded of John Barrymore, Frederic March, Rudolf Valentino, Charles Boyer, Gary Cooper and Clark Gable.

[musicluver326]

I have this on my iPod now too! So happy to find out he narrated a song and that it is actually available! Thanks for posting this! Lovely

[supergav67]

Ditto.Reminds me of OlD Radio 2 before it got TrendY.

[davetherave6724]

i cant eat weetabix without thinking of this song

[WhiskeyyWoman]

I love that picture at 1: 11

The Hands of Orlac ! Muahahahahaaaa.

[buckfelize]

Tel played this on his 2nd to last show. I'd not heard this since 1980. I remember listening to it virtually every morning before going to school. I was thus prompted to search for it on Youtube. And here it is! Superb!

[andyjh64]

Snap! I did the very same thing on many a school morning!

[buntybunny]

Wonderful, fond memories of Tel - can't spell TOG Meister. lol, lol! Found a group of TOGs, where else but stair gazing with Conrad Veidt, pleased to meet you all!! Going to miss Terry! Back to the video, great, brings back such wonderful memories!!!! Take care and pos. see you all at the Floral Dance ;0) !

[MsAloneagain]

Great memories of Terry's wonderful programme

[yohannbiimu]

Another wonderful German who would not be a tool for the Nazis was Brigitte Helm, who is best known as "Maria" in Fritz Lang's Metropolis. She was offered roles in Hollywood too, but she left Germany for Switzerland to raise a family with her husband in 1936.

[ipacinema]

One of the great German actors, along with Austrian Paul Henreid, both of whom were wonderful in "Casablanca" and both also fervent anti-Nazis. Very interesting and moving - thanks for posting.

[4MaryAnna]

What a wonderful actor! He's almost as good as Lon Chaney Sr. imo.

[hdkingsbury]

Wonderful to listen to the late, great Conrad Veidt. Thank you for posting, and Happy Birthday, Conrad!

[FilmTraum9a]

Ein hoch interessanter Kuenstler!

[uhprah]

Excellent vocal history of one of the films gretest actors. A Teutonic Lon Chaney. His conveyance of emotions is without European equal. Peace.

[NezTheXenophile]

It's not really singing. It's more of spoken word like Vincent Price's part in "Thriller". Still, a very interesting tibit from Veidt's career.

[Badger737]

This had a reurgance in the early eighties.I actually have it on 7 inch vinyl somewhere.

Great song.

[inya1lake]

Wogan used to play it a lot as a bit of cult thing. He used to take the p*** out of some of the diction - the fair haired lassie STAIR gazing used to be his favoured vicim.

[Bolstaf]

I remember the Wogan thing, he also picked out "kissed by human spray" and led a lengthy discussion on that. I seem to remember that his persistence managed to get the record into the English charts.

[lapislazuli7]

ui ui, heavy accent ;)

Thank you, that was interesting.