Johann Hopkins III: John Hopkins the Third (Dua Film, 1920)

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Johann Hopkins III (John Hopkins the Third)

Still courtesy of moviemonstermuseum.com

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Very little is known of  Bela Lugosi’s first film for Dua. Surviving stills show Lugosi as both a cowboy and an accordion-playing sailor.

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Production company: Dua Film

Producer: Liddy Hegewald

Director: Wolfgang Neff

Cinematographer: Herrmann Saalfrank

Art Director: Franz Schroedter

Screenplay: Jane Bess

Cast:

Curd Cappi: D.I. Winsor

Sybill de Bree

 Fritz Falkenberg: Eddy Corvin

Harry Frank: Johann Hopkins

Frydel Fredy

Béla Lugosi

Ludwig Rex

Preben J. Rist: W.R. Turner George Corvin

Alfred Schmasow: Kommissar Sam

Lya Sellin: de schwarze Mary

Heinrich von Korff: Mat Bliß

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Still courtesy of moviemonstermuseum.com

Still courtesy of moviemonstermuseum.com

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