The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Marriage of Baron Won
Bleichroeder and Mary
Orska Most Prominent.
AGNES SORMA COUNTESS
Film Heroine in Deception
Recently Welded to DR..
Won Kaufmans.
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Copyright, 1929, bv THE NEW York HERALD

Special Gable to THE New YoKK HERALD.
Copyright, 1929, by THE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Berlin, Feb. rs.
The romantic marriage of Joseph
Schwarz, Germany's leading barytone,
and Clara Sielcken, widow Of the Ger
man-American coffee king, in addi-
tion to other recently established
matrimonial bonds between several
German stage and film stars and
members Of the country's aristocracy,
has made the much discussed ques-
tion of "aristocracy and the stage"
topical in Germany also.
Among the heroines of the latest
marriages Of this kind Mary Orska. an
actress Of renown in Germany, ranks
foremost. Her husband is Baron Won
Bleichroeder, who in addition to his
title owns one of the best known Ger
man banks. Baroness Bleichroeder has
played Sdlome and the lead in sew
eral plays the moral character of
which gave room to heated discussion.
Since her marriage she has continued
her triumphs on the stage and now
is playing the leading part in French
comedy entitled Merry Goroud,"
which possesses the piquanterie of
being rich in illusions to the Baron
ess's own love story.
Countess MinottO.
Agnes Sorma, another Berlin actress
OF note is now the Countess Minotto.
She bears a name which, it is believed
comes down from an old family of
Neretlsn Doges.
who played the leading womans par,
in Deception" recently became the
wife of Or. Won Kaufmans, and the
ncer Rita Sacchetto lives in Berlin
as the Countess Zamojski.
In connection with the recent COM
petition of German actresses with the
famous beauty choruses'' OF English
theaters in the field of marriages into
the aristocracy 1t Is pointed out that
even in the past the German and the
Austrian stage was by no means free
OF such experiences.
Even royalty Is represented among
the husbands of German stage celebri-
tics. King Ferdinand III. OF Portugal
who was a widower remarked in 1869.
The queen of his heart was Elfriedc
Hensler, then well known singer who
on the occasion of her betrothal to the
King was given the title of Countess.
Koch Welded Stage Beauty.
Celebrated members of the intellectual
aristocracy have established tender
links with the stage. Prof. Robert Koch.
the father of bacteriology, married a
beautiful member of the Berliner The
ater, Frauein Wohlbrueck.
The marriage of an actress to an
Indian Prince is the subject of the
latest musical play, "Bayadere." which
had its first production here last week
The rights in America have been
bought by Charles B. Dillingham;. The
lbretto, for which julius Brammer and
Alfred Greenfield are responsible,
strikes a good average, but rather than
rich in novel ideas is of sentimental
nature The music is by Emmerich
Kalman. whose former products have
had much success. The strains are based
partly upon Niennese and partly upon
French motifs. and may be considered
a, happy mixture.
The expectations OF the Continental
theatergoer have not been disappointed,
inasmuch as the inevitable shimmy and
fox trot were in evidence in the piece.
The setting and the dresses are lux
urious. and the costume worn by Mizzi
Guenter. who is the leading woman. is,
perhaps. worth the annual salaries OF
1--WE civil service clerks here.