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Magazine and newspaper interviews, reviews and related articles
This list includes any articles and interviews, pictorials and cover portraits from newspapers and magazines, with name of publication, date, writer of the article and any other supplementary information, including a brief description of the piece.
This page will be constantly updated as new articles are added to my collection. I am grateful to any readers who wish to supply missing information regarding similar articles and interviews which can be added to this list. Any such information can be sent to me at the usual email address.
The list is in chronological order and includes name of publication, country and date of issue, article title and a brief note about the content. Where available, you can click on the link to read the interview / article. Many of these are now available online via Google News and other archive resources (some websites require registration and payment, these are noted below). For some of the most interesting older interviews I have transcribed the text for this website and they are published online here for the first time. You can now view a selection of magazine covers featuring Luise in the Magazine Covers gallery.
1930s
Stuttgarter Illustriete
(Germany, January 1933)
- including photos and pieces about Rita Georg, Lili Darvas, Lucie Mannheim, Hedwig Bleibtreu and Luise Rainer
Illustrierter Film-Kurier
(Germany 1932)
Illustrierter Film-kurier
(Germany, 1933)
Le Film Complet du Samedi
(France, 28th October 1933)
The Family Circle
(USA, 16th August 1935)
- review of Escapade (1935): '...and why the newcomer to America, Vienna's lovely Miss Rainer is with us to stay'
Photoplay
(USA, October 1935)
Picturegoer
(UK, 19th September 1936)
- cover portrait and review of The Great Ziegfeld
Life
(USA, 11th January 1937)
Private Lives - a brief note about Luise and Clifford's recent comings and goings, with a photo
Modern Screen
(USA, February 1937)
Picturegoer's Famous Film Supplement: The Great Ziegfeld
(UK, 27th February 1937)
The Real Rainer (article)
- also includes articles by William Powell and Myrna Loy, plus background information about, and stills from, the film
The Family Circle
(USA, 5th March 1937)
Picture Show
(UK, 6th March 1937)
Liberty
(USA, March 1937)
Hollywood Builds A Picture Monument by Beverly Hills
- review of The Good Earth (republished in the Summer 1972 edition of the same magazine)
Sunday Mirror Magazine
(USA, 11th April 1937)
Cover portrait and short profile
The Atlanta Constitution: Screen & Radio Weekly
(USA, 2nd May 1937)
The Great Rainer Mystery by Clarke Wales (cover portrait and article)
Cinemonde
(France, 1st July 1937)
La petite Viennoise au doux regard M.G.M. (Cover Portrait)
Modern Screen
(USA, July 1937)
Screenland
(USA, September 1937)
Cover portrait by Marland Stone
Cinema
(Italy, 25th October 1937)
Cover photo, with Frank Borzage, on the set of Big City
Mundo Uruguayo
(Uruguay, 16th December 1937)
Cover portrait (with Spencer Tracy) and pictorial for the film La Ciudad de Acero
Smith and Street's Picture Play
(USA, May 1938)
What's Become of Luise Rainer?
Silver Screen
(USA, July 1938)
Movie Mirror
(USA, August 1938)
Cine-Mundial
(Peru, October 1938)
Cover portrait by Jose M Recader
Modern Movies
(USA, October 1938)
Picture Show
(UK, 15th October 1938)
The Family Circle
(USA, December 1938)
The Family Circle
(USA, 6th January 1939)
Theatre World
(UK, February 1939)
Film Weekly
(UK, 25th March 1939)
Cine Radio Actualidad
(Uruguay, 7th April 1939)
Cover portrait from The Great Waltz, with Fernand Gravet and Miliza Korjus
Picture Post
(UK, 6th May 1939)
Cover portrait to mark her UK stage debut in Behold the Bride
Theatre World
(UK, June 1939)
1940s
Le Film Complet du Samedi
(France, 11th May 1940)
The complete story of the film Coup de Théatre (Dramatic School) with production photographs
Filmski Zurnal
(Yugoslavia, 19th July 1940)
Cover portrait
Theatre World
(UK, December 1941)
Barnstorming in Battledress by Eric John
- Interview with actor Griffith Jones, with reference to his 1939 Behold the Bride co-star Luise Rainer, and a photo from that production
Theatre Arts
(USA, May 1942)
Picture Show and Film Pictorial
(UK, 11th March 1944)
Cinemonde
(France, 27th August 1946)
- article with photos of Luise, baby Francesca and Robert Knittel at Orly airport)
France Illustration
(France, 16th April 1949)
Cover photograph and caption showing Luise posing for the painter Dimitri Berea
La Settimana Incom
(Italy, 24th December 1949)
Article about Luise's trip to Rome with rare photos of her in the city
1950s
Radio Times
(UK, 29th November 1957)
1970s
Photoplay
(UK, July 1974)
People Weekly
(USA, 31st July 1978)
Films in Review
(US, June / July 1979)
Harry Haun interviews Luise Rainer
1980s
The Washington Post
(US, June 1982)
1990s
Hello!
(UK, 27th September 1997)
Thirties Screen Legend Luise Rainer Makes Her Comeback After 50 Years by Richard Stirling
- interview, with exclusive photographs by Mike Daines
Vanity Fair
(US, April 1998)
The Last Goddess by Marie Brenner (interview)
- with new photographs by Annie Liebowitz for the Hollywood 1998 issue. This interview was later reprinted in the Brenner's book Great Dames.
New York Times
(US, 12th August 1999)
Movie Maker
(USA, 1st September 1999)
2000s
Classic Images
(US, December 2002)
- a report from Luise's appearance and interview at Boston University
The Times
(UK, 24th February 2005)
The Independent
(UK, 20th February 2009)
The Daily Telegraph
(UK, 22nd October 2009)
2010s
The Scotsman
(UK, 5th January 2010)
Vanity Fair
(USA, March 2010)
AnOther Magazine
(UK, Spring/Summer 2010)
Luise, interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist and exclusive portrait by Wolfgang Tillmans
Entertainment Weekly
(USA February 2012)
The Oldest Oscar Winner Speaks, an interview with Luise and her daughter Francesca, by Rob Brunner |
