Mini-Biography:
Jane Bess was born on November 28, 1894. She was a German Author, known for Dagfin, der Schneeschuhläufer (1926), Die Todesmaske (1920), Der lachende Ehemann (1926), Jane Bess's first movie on record is from 1918. Jane Bess died after 1935 in Berlin (?). The date of her death is not on record. Her last motion picture on file dates from 1932.
Biographical Notes
Drehbuchautorin des deutschen Stummfilms, verheiratet mit dem Produzenten Alfons Fruchter (Ima-Film), für welchen sie auch als Dramaturgin arbeiutete. Nach 1933 erst Emigration in die Niederlande, um 1937 anscheinend wieder in Berlin. Todesdatum unbekannt.
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1932: Hilfe! Überfall! (Alarm um Mitternacht) (Scenario), Directed by Johannes Meyer, with Siegfried Berisch, Hans Brausewetter, Hugo Fischer-Köppe,
1930: Einbruch im Bankhaus Reichenbach (Scenario), Directed by Jakob Fleck, Luise Kolm, with Evelyn Holt, Ivan Koval-Samborskij, Paul Otto,
1929: Die Abenteurer G.m.b.H. (Verbrecher) (Scenario), Directed by Fred Sauer, with Carlo Aldini, Valy Arnheim, Hilda Bayley,
1928: Ein Mädel mit Temperament (Scenario), Directed by Victor Janson, with Maria Paudler, Eugen Neufeld, Luigi Serventi,
1928: Frauenarzt Dr. Schäfer (Scenario), Directed by Jakob Fleck, Luise Kolm, with Ivan Petrovich, Hans Albers, Evelyn Holt,
1928: Totte et sa chance (Scenario), Directed by Augusto Genina, with Carmen Boni, Loni Nest, André Roanne,
1927: Die Sandgräfin (Scenario), Directed by Hans Steinhoff, with Christa Tordy, Käthe von Nagy, Jack Trevor,
1926: Dagfin, der Schneeschuhläufer (Scenario), Directed by Joe May, with Marcella Albani, Paul Biensfeldt, Ernst Deutsch,
1926: Der lachende Ehemann (Scenario), Directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein, with Hans Albers, Charlotte Ander, Carl Auen,
1926: Staatsanwalt Jordan (Scenario), Directed by Karl Gerhardt, with Mary Johnson, Hans Mierendorff, Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein,
1926: Der goldene Schmetterling (Scenario), Directed by Michael Curtiz, with Nils Asther, Curt Bois, Lili Damita,
1922: Die Macht einer Frau (Anderes... (0)), Directed by Siegfried Dessauer, with Lilli Flohr,
1922: Im Glutrausch der Sinne (Scenario), Directed by Willy Zeyn, with Sascha Gura, Carl Auen, ,
1922: Brudermord (Scenario: --??--), with Lilli Flohr, Martha Orlanda, Robert Scholz,
1922: Bummellotte (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff, with Kurt Falkenberg, Lilli Flohr, Maria Forescu,
1922: Im Glutrausch der Sinne, 2. Teil: Die geschminkte Frau (Scenario), Directed by Willy Zeyn, with Sascha Gura, Carl Auen, Kurt Rottenburg,
1922: Die Kaschemmengräfin (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff, with Loo Hardy, Sadjah Gezza,
1921: Schande (Scenario), Directed by Siegfried Dessauer, with Lilli Flohr, Gerda Frey, Robert Scholz,
1921: Die Brillantenmieze - 2. Teil (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff, with Ria Alldorf, Karl Falkenberg, Grete Weixler,
1921: Die kleine Midinette (Erlauschtes aus der Konfektion) (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff, with Lilli Flohr, Curd Cappi, Fritz Falkenstein,
1921: Die Brillantenmieze - 1. Teil (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff, with Ria Alldorf, Karl Falkenberg, Grete Weixler,
1921: Die Hafenlore - 1. Teil (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff, with Maria Zelenka, Fred Immler, Alfred Läutner,
1921: Die Hafenlore - 2. Teil (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff, with Maria Zelenka, Fred Immler, Alfred Läutner,
1921: Lola, die Apachenbraut (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff, with Sadjah Gezza, Friedrich Berger,
1921: Schamlose Seelen oder Ein Mädchenhandel (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff, with Lia Eibenschütz, Erich Kaiser-Titz, Olga Limburg,
1921: Gelbstern (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff, with Uschi Elleot, Robert Scholz, Loo Hardy,
1920: Ratten der Grosstadt - 1. Teil: Die geheimnisvolle Nacht (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff, with Olaf Storm, Marian Alma, Sadjah Gezza,
1920: Das Geheimnis der Spielhölle von Sebastopol (Scenario), Directed by Eugen Klöpfer, with Sybil Morel,
1920: Apachenrache - 3. Teil: Die verschwundene Million (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff, with Harry Frank, Preben Rist,
1920: Apachenrache - 4. Teil: Der Affenmensch (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff, with Harry Frank, Preben Rist,
1920: Der schwarze Gast (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff,
1920: Menschliche Hyänen (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff,
1920: Der Unerkannte (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff,
1920: Der Spitzel (Scenario: --??--), Directed by Wolfgang Neff,
1920: Der Sklavenhalter von Kansas-City (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff, with Ludwig Rex, Grete Weixler, ,
1920: Das grüne Plakat (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff,
1920: Der Plan der Drei (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff,
1920: Der Mann in der Falle (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff, with Harry Frank, Ernst Dernburg, Richard Georg,
1920: Das eherne Gesetz (Scenario), Directed by Jaap Speyer, Wolfgang Neff, with Charles Willy Kayser,
1920: Das Geheimnis der Mitternachtsstunde (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff,
1920: Die Todesmaske (Detektiv Mortens-Serie) (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff, with Harry Frank, Grete Weixler, Trude Lehmann,
1920: (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff, with Oscar Marion, Harry Frank, Gertrud Hoffmann,
1919: In den Krallen des Vampyrs - Eine Frauenschönheit unter dem Seziermesser (Scenario), Directed by Heinz Sarnow, Wolfgang Neff, with Eduard von Winterstein, , Heinz Sarnow,
1919: Seine Kammerzofe (Scenario), Directed by Bruno Ziener, with Emil Sondermann, , Fritz Spira,
1919: Die Erbschaft von New York (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff, with Sigmund Aschenbach, Erwin Fichtner, ,
1919: Sklaven des Kapitals (Scenario), Directed by Wolfgang Neff, with Rudolf Klein-Rohden, Käte Haack, Ida Perry,
1918: Der Prozess Hauers (Scenario: --??--), Directed by Willy Zeyn, with Magda Madeleine, Werner Krauss, Rudolf Lettinger,
Bibliography
- The BFI Companion to German Cinema, edited by Thomas Elsaesser with Michael Wedel, British FILM Institute, London 1999