Eine Nacht im Grand Hotel - A Night at the Grand Hotel

To celebrate Marta Eggerth's April 17 birthday let's join the young teenage Marta singing a Happy Jazzy song 'Mach die Augen zu, Baby' - Close your Eyes, Baby! Composed by Otto Stransky from the 1931 drama Nero Film Eine Nacht im Grand Hotel - A Night at the Grand Hotel.

"Eine Nacht im Grand Hotel" a 1931 Nero Film was directed by Max Neufeld and produced by the highly regarded Seymour Nebenzahl, who that same year produced the Fritz Lang masterpiece "M". Nero Films founded in 1926 was known for its high-quality productions especially the famed "Testament of Dr. Mabuse" following which both Fritz Lang and Seymour Nebenzahl fled Germany.

Plot of the Film:

In the film Eine Nacht Im Grand Hotel Marta plays the role of a glamorous artist, Glay, who is a guest at the Hotel. An impecunious young man, Fritz Ebner, played by Ulrich Bettac , is in love with this young star and not only manages to bluff his way in to getting a Royal Suite but succeeds in wining, dining and dancing with Marta. All the while he is plotting and scheming how to pay. A hilarious drama unfolds.[J1.1]

Below is a historic press clipping showing Marta Eggerth with Nero Films at the FilmBall 1932 - the Premier pre- war Film Gala in Germany. Left to Right Mrs. Seymour Nebenzahl, Maria Paudler, G. C. Horzetsky, Martha Eggerth, Seymour Nebenzahl, Fritz Lang. Sitting Jakob Glass.

Fritz Lang sitting between his wife, Thea Harbou and Marta Eggerth. Also in the picture the famous comedian Fritz Kampers who in 1930 was in Marta's first movie filmed in London "Die Bräutigamswitwe" The picture is most likely taken in 1930.

Poster for 'Eine Nacht im Grand Hotel'

Berliner Filmball Nov 12th, 1932 - Marta with Ernst Lubitsch, Fritz kampers

Eine Nacht im Grandhotel - Der Kinematograph (December 1931)

Marta Eggerth - born Budapest Hungary April 17th 1912 died Rye NY December 26th 1913.
Prepared by: Jane Knox - Patria Productions, Inc.