Crimson Romance (1934)
Approved | 71 min | Action, Drama, War | 12 October 1934 (USA)
After Fred von Bergen, a German immigrant in America, is forced from his job by anti-German hysteria before the first world war, he and his friend Bob Wilson leave America and join the German air force. There, both men fall in love with ambulance driver Alida Hoffman. When America enters the war, Bob is caught between loyalty to his home country and the threat of execution for desertion and treason to Germany. It remains for his friend Fred to extricate him from the dilemma - but at what cost?
Director: David Howard
Writers: Milton Krims (screenplay), Al Martin (story)
Stars: Ben Lyon, Sari Maritza, Erich von Stroheim
Approved | 71 min | Action, Drama, War | 12 October 1934 (USA)
After Fred von Bergen, a German immigrant in America, is forced from his job by anti-German hysteria before the first world war, he and his friend Bob Wilson leave America and join the German air force. There, both men fall in love with ambulance driver Alida Hoffman. When America enters the war, Bob is caught between loyalty to his home country and the threat of execution for desertion and treason to Germany. It remains for his friend Fred to extricate him from the dilemma - but at what cost?
Director: David Howard
Writers: Milton Krims (screenplay), Al Martin (story)
Stars: Ben Lyon, Sari Maritza, Erich von Stroheim
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00:00I'm awfully sorry we cracked up another ship, Mr. Fleming, but you see, that strut seemed to...
00:04Just a moment, Bob.
00:07I'm sorry, Fred, but I must ask for your resignation.
00:10But why? It wasn't his fault the plane cracked up. I'm the one that tears them apart.
00:15That has nothing to do with it. It's a new rule. Mr. Pierce's idea.
00:20He thinks that Fred, coming from Germany...
00:22Why, he's more American than I am.
00:24Well, there's nothing personal, boys. It's just that we're making planes for the Allies.
00:28Yeah, and he thinks that Fred might be yellow enough to crack them up.
00:31Please, Bob. I understand, Mr. Fleming.
00:37I'm sorry.
00:38Yeah, well, so am I. Because you're going to have to find yourself a new test pilot.
00:42Now, don't be a sap, Bob. There's no reason for you to quit.
00:44Yeah, and there's no reason for them to ask you to quit.
00:46I won't work for a firm that fires a man just because he happens to have a German name.
00:51Wilson and von Bergen, huh?
00:53Von Bergen?
00:55We don't employ Germans here.
01:09Mr. Burton will see you now, Mr. Wilson.
01:11Oh, thanks. Come on, Fred.
01:12Oh, excuse me. Not Mr. von Bergen. Just you, Mr. Wilson.
01:16Oh, excuse me. Not Mr. von Bergen. Just you, Mr. Wilson.
01:20What?
01:21I don't know anything about it, only he was talking to your old boss on the phone this morning.
01:25Yeah? Well, tell him to go jump in the lake.
01:28Come on, Fred. We'll fly for American aircraft.
01:31Their gain, Burton's loss. Make a note of that.
01:42Sorry, no one will pass you in.
01:44Now, listen. Mr. Hayward's been after me for the past six months to go to work for him.
01:48Send our names in. He'll see us.
01:50Save your breath. No jobs, no admittance.
01:52No brains.
01:54All right. Well, we gave him their chance.