Renato Monti Collection 1920-1963

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Renato Monti Collection 1920-1963

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This collection contains documents, including residency permits, letters of recommendation for employment, and correspondence, which illustrate thetheatrical career and migration of Leo Balagur (later Renato Monti) from his Ukrainian home to Lviv, Vienna, Berlin, Italy, and finally to the United States.

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Balagur, Leo, 1898-1979

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Warburg, Lola Hahn

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Theater am Nollendorfplatz (Berlin, Germany)

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Theater in der Josefstadt (Vienna, Austria)

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The letter was apparently written by an assistant to the director of the theater, Rudolf Steinboeck, but the signature is not legible. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1953. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864595 ...

Monti, Renato, 1898-1979

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Renato Monti was born as Leo Balagur to a middle class family in Medzhybizh, Ukraine in 1898. His father was a lawyer. In 1920 he moved to Lviv and worked a series of jobs, before emigrating to Vienna and embarking on a theatrical career in 1922. After landing several roles, including some smaller parts under the direction of Max Reinhardt at the Theater in der Josefstadt, Balagur emigrated to Berlin and continued working on the stage, and in addition, on the screen. In 1933 he was prohibited by...