{"id":31001,"date":"2023-06-30T14:54:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T12:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/artikel\/louis-douglas"},"modified":"2023-06-30T16:16:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T14:16:41","slug":"louis-douglas","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/article\/louis-douglas","title":{"rendered":"Louis Douglas"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block block-header-article block-header-article-center block-header-article-align-pullRight\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row middle-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-5 margin-bottom-third block-header-article--text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"zeplin-subHead01 margin-bottom-sixth\">Louis Douglas<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy margin-bottom-third\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The multitalented Louis Douglas toured Europe for thirty years as a dancer, actor, director, comedian, choreographer, singer, writer, and producer. He achieved the pinnacle of his genre- and continent-spanning career in Weimar Berlin, his home from 1926 until 1932.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-header-article-small-image-wrapper has-highlight-color\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/autor\/deborah-pomeranz-en\" class=\"author-view box\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"author-view-label zeplin-category\">by Deborah Pomeranz<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-md-offset-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-header-article-image block-header-article-image-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"30662\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_69f472737a42a\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"1-louis-douglas-300x226.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":226,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":9689},\"large\":{\"file\":\"1-louis-douglas-1024x771.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":771,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":63501},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"1-louis-douglas-768x578.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":578,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":38378},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"1-louis-douglas-1536x1156.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":1156,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":141540},\"small\":{\"file\":\"1-louis-douglas-440x331.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":331,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":16280},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"1-louis-douglas-580x437.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":437,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":24577},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"1-louis-douglas-720x542.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":542,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":34266},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"1-louis-douglas-1280x963.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":963,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":98252},\"original\":{\"file\":\"1-louis-douglas.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1445}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"Portrait-Fotografie von Louis Douglas, die Hand am Ohr, wie lauschend\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : 100,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : {\"x\":0.4,\"y\":0.48},\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : true,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 2,\n\t\t\t\t\"zoom\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"annotations\" : null\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:75.260416666667%;  \" v-if=\"sizes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :zoom=\"zoom\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :annotations=\"annotations\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"lazy-info-on-grid \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"figcaption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">The dancer Louis Douglas in Berlin, ca. 1932.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">\u00a9 University of New Hampshire | Photo: Lotte Jacobi <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-headline has-highlight-color block-no-margin\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h3\">From Plate Juggler to Star<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Louis Douglas was born on May 14<sup>th<\/sup>, 1889 in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA). Although his mother pushed him towards an in her eyes more respectable career, a young Douglas followed in the footsteps of his entertainer father, juggling plates in local theaters. As a fourteen-year-old he was hired to join a group of African American singers for a European tour. He stayed in Europe after the group broke up, touring as a singer, dancer, and comedian, until the First World War began and he moved to London.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-image-copy  align-left\" data-parallax='{\"child\":\".motion-image\",\"mask\":\".row\",\"full\":{\"y\": [5,-5]}}' id=\"sticky_69f472737b5cf\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\" data-parallax='{\"child\":\".row\",\"mask\":\".motion-image\",\"in\":{\"scale\": [1.1,1.1],\"opacity\": [0,0]},\"center\":{\"scale\": [1.1,1],\"opacity\": [0,1],\"ease\":\"sine.out\"},\"out\":{\"opacity\": [1,0]}}'>\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-bottom-minimal padding-top-minimal\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"30664\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_69f472737b8ea\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"2.-Douglas_Cook_Das-Illustrierte-Blatt-15-1927-s.410-187x300.jpg\",\"width\":187,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":11074},\"large\":{\"file\":\"2.-Douglas_Cook_Das-Illustrierte-Blatt-15-1927-s.410-639x1024.jpg\",\"width\":639,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":103879},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"2.-Douglas_Cook_Das-Illustrierte-Blatt-15-1927-s.410-768x1231.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":1231,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":148877},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"2.-Douglas_Cook_Das-Illustrierte-Blatt-15-1927-s.410-958x1536.jpg\",\"width\":958,\"height\":1536,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":227324},\"small\":{\"file\":\"2.-Douglas_Cook_Das-Illustrierte-Blatt-15-1927-s.410-274x440.jpg\",\"width\":274,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":20723},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"2.-Douglas_Cook_Das-Illustrierte-Blatt-15-1927-s.410-362x580.jpg\",\"width\":362,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":34443},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"2.-Douglas_Cook_Das-Illustrierte-Blatt-15-1927-s.410-449x720.jpg\",\"width\":449,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":52014},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"2.-Douglas_Cook_Das-Illustrierte-Blatt-15-1927-s.410-798x1280.jpg\",\"width\":798,\"height\":1280,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":160623},\"full\":{\"file\":\"2.-Douglas_Cook_Das-Illustrierte-Blatt-15-1927-s.410-1198x1920.jpg\",\"width\":1198,\"height\":1920,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":341572},\"original\":{\"file\":\"2.-Douglas_Cook_Das-Illustrierte-Blatt-15-1927-s.410.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1924}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"Marion Cook und Louis Douglas beim Tanz, 1927\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : 100,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 1,\n\t\t\t\t\"zoom\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"annotations\" : null\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:160.33333333333%;  \" v-if=\"sizes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :zoom=\"zoom\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :annotations=\"annotations\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">Louis Douglas and Marion Cook, 1927. From: Das Illustrierte Blatt 15, 1927, p. 410.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">Stadtmuseum Berlin Collection | Photo: Baruch. <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-4 col-md-offset-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-bottom-minimal padding-top-minimal copy\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDouglas was, if anything, more successful in London, and became known as a local audience favorite. In 1919 he met the dancer Marion Cook, who had come to England from New York with the \u201cSouthern Syncopated Orchestra,\u201d and the two married and had a daughter. Cook and Douglas began performing together, traveling between London, New York, Buenos Aires, and Paris.<br><br>In 1925, Douglas took on a particularly multifaceted job: to work as the male lead, choreographer, assistant director, organizer, and translator for a new revue set to open in Paris. His opposite onstage was none other than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/article\/josephine-baker\">Josephine Baker<\/a>, in the European debut that would propel her into stardom.<br>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-headline has-highlight-color block-no-margin\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h3\">The Berlin Years<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The revue was a runaway success, and Douglas and Cook, who was in the ensemble, accompanied it on tour. After shows in Berlin in 1926, they settled in the city, where Douglas quickly made the rounds of the theater scene. By the end of the year he had choreographed for the respected director Erik Charell, reported for culture magazines, given interviews, and staged his own revue in the Metropol Theater.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-image block-standard-image-large\">\n\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"30668\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_69f472737bed0\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"4-metropol-theater-berlin-300x178.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":178,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":18981},\"large\":{\"file\":\"4-metropol-theater-berlin-1024x607.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":607,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":177390},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"4-metropol-theater-berlin-768x456.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":456,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":105997},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"4-metropol-theater-berlin-1536x911.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":911,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":359184},\"small\":{\"file\":\"4-metropol-theater-berlin-440x261.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":261,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":38066},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"4-metropol-theater-berlin-580x344.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":344,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":63486},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"4-metropol-theater-berlin-720x427.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":427,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":94429},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"4-metropol-theater-berlin-1280x759.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":759,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":265466},\"original\":{\"file\":\"4-metropol-theater-berlin.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1139}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"Au\\u00dfenansicht des Metropol-Theaters in der Behrenstra\\u00dfe\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : 100,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 1,\n\t\t\t\t\"zoom\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"annotations\" : null\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:59.322916666667%;  \" v-if=\"sizes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :zoom=\"zoom\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :annotations=\"annotations\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  \t<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"figcaption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">The Metropol Theater, Postcard, 1924-1929. <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">\u00a9 Stadtmuseum Berlin <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Douglas modeled this revue, which he titled \u201cBlack People\u201d, on the show with Baker. Its cast was a who\u2019s who of the most renowned Black actors and musicians in Europe at the time, including Sidney Bechet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/article\/arabella-fields\">Arabella Fields<\/a>, and Louis Brody. The revue borrowed liberally from racist and exotifying theatrical tropes, presumably both as parody and in the interests of commercial success.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-image-copy  align-left\" data-parallax='{\"child\":\".motion-image\",\"mask\":\".row\",\"full\":{\"y\": [5,-5]}}' id=\"sticky_69f472737c140\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\" data-parallax='{\"child\":\".row\",\"mask\":\".motion-image\",\"in\":{\"scale\": [1.1,1.1],\"opacity\": [0,0]},\"center\":{\"scale\": [1.1,1],\"opacity\": [0,1],\"ease\":\"sine.out\"},\"out\":{\"opacity\": [1,0]}}'>\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-bottom-minimal padding-top-minimal\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"30666\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_69f472737c36f\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"3-von-mund-zu-mund-magazin-219x300.jpg\",\"width\":219,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":20968},\"large\":{\"file\":\"3-von-mund-zu-mund-magazin-747x1024.jpg\",\"width\":747,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":158340},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"3-von-mund-zu-mund-magazin-768x1053.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":1053,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":166078},\"small\":{\"file\":\"3-von-mund-zu-mund-magazin-321x440.jpg\",\"width\":321,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":38202},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"3-von-mund-zu-mund-magazin-423x580.jpg\",\"width\":423,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":60390},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"3-von-mund-zu-mund-magazin-525x720.jpg\",\"width\":525,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":86924},\"original\":{\"file\":\"3-von-mund-zu-mund-magazin.jpg\",\"width\":875,\"height\":1200}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"Programmheft der Charell-Revue \\u201eVon Mund zu Mund\\u201c mit drei stilisierten Frauenfiguren\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : 100,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 1,\n\t\t\t\t\"zoom\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"annotations\" : null\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:137.14285714286%;  \" v-if=\"sizes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :zoom=\"zoom\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :annotations=\"annotations\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">Douglas was in the cast of Charell\u2019s revue \u201cVon Mund zu Mund\u201d [Word of Mouth]. Program, Berlin 1926.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">\u00a9 Stadtmuseum Berlin <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-4 col-md-offset-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-bottom-minimal padding-top-minimal copy\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttheatrical tropes, presumably both as parody and in the interests of commercial success.<br>While \u201cBlack People\u201d toured Europe and parts of North Africa, Douglas and Cook remained sought after dancers in Berlin, working with some of the biggest names in performance, including Claire Waldoff, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/article\/max-reinhardt\">Max Reinhardt<\/a>, and a young Marlene Dietrich.<br><br>In 1929 Douglas wrote another Black revue, \u201cLouisiana,\u201d which premiered in Berlin with Cook as the lead. He once again organized an extensive tour for the show while keeping up with the nonstop obligations in Berlin, which now included film work.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-image-copy  align-left\" data-parallax='{\"child\":\".motion-image\",\"mask\":\".row\",\"full\":{\"y\": [5,-5]}}' id=\"sticky_69f472737c4a2\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\" data-parallax='{\"child\":\".row\",\"mask\":\".motion-image\",\"in\":{\"scale\": [1.1,1.1],\"opacity\": [0,0]},\"center\":{\"scale\": [1.1,1],\"opacity\": [0,1],\"ease\":\"sine.out\"},\"out\":{\"opacity\": [1,0]}}'>\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-bottom-minimal padding-top-minimal copy\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAfter dancing in \u201cEinbrecher\u201d [Burglars] in 1930, he played one of the main characters in the 1931 antiwar film \u201cNiemandsland\u201d [No Man\u2019s Land]. As a multilingual performer drafted into the trenches, his character makes otherwise unlikely relationships possible and illuminates the tragic hypocrisies of modern Europe.<br><br>Douglas always stayed up to date on African American cultural developments, especially in New York, where he had extensive professional and personal contacts. From Berlin, he participated in the lively exchange between Europe and the Harlem Renaissance, the Black American intellectual and cultural revival. Douglas embodied the movement\u2019s self-confidence: he believed that Black culture was so powerful, and its immense value so obvious, that it could even overcome racism.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7  col-md-offset-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-bottom-minimal padding-top-minimal\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"30670\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_69f472737c73c\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"5-louis-douglas-niemandsland-212x300.jpg\",\"width\":212,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":8807},\"large\":{\"file\":\"5-louis-douglas-niemandsland-724x1024.jpg\",\"width\":724,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":68714},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"5-louis-douglas-niemandsland-768x1086.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":1086,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":76078},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"5-louis-douglas-niemandsland-1086x1536.jpg\",\"width\":1086,\"height\":1536,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":145947},\"small\":{\"file\":\"5-louis-douglas-niemandsland-311x440.jpg\",\"width\":311,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":16061},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"5-louis-douglas-niemandsland-410x580.jpg\",\"width\":410,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":25631},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"5-louis-douglas-niemandsland-509x720.jpg\",\"width\":509,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":36223},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"5-louis-douglas-niemandsland-905x1280.jpg\",\"width\":905,\"height\":1280,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":104718},\"original\":{\"file\":\"5-louis-douglas-niemandsland.jpg\",\"width\":1358,\"height\":1920}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"Louis Douglas im Film \\u201eNiemandsland\\u201c, Aushangfoto von 1931\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : 100,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 1,\n\t\t\t\t\"zoom\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"annotations\" : null\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:141.38438880707%;  \" v-if=\"sizes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :zoom=\"zoom\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :annotations=\"annotations\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">Louis Douglas im Film \u201eNiemandsland\u201c, Aushangfoto, 1931.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">Sammlung Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-headline has-highlight-color block-no-margin\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h3\">Displacement<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the face of the National Socialists\u2019 growing power and increasing racist agitation, Douglas and Cook left Berlin in 1932 and settled in Paris. Though Douglas continued to work on revues, he never again attained the success of his Berlin years. Ever more Black performers were fleeing the continent, shattering his network of local collaborators. A 1937 Italian tour ended in disaster after Cook fell ill and couldn\u2019t perform. Unable to pay the production costs of the cancelled shows, the family left Europe impoverished. Douglas would live in New York for just two years before passing away on May 19<sup>th<\/sup>, 1939, five days after his fiftieth birthday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A multi-talented dancer, actor, director, comedian, choreographer, singer, screenwriter and producer, he spent thirty years on European stages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30663,"template":"","ho_author":[402],"ho_category":[182,301],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/31001"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/31001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31031,"href":"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/31001\/revisions\/31031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ho_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ho_author?post=31001"},{"taxonomy":"ho_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ho_category?post=31001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}