#Alvin J. Neitz

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A Different Homefront Experience

The homefront during the first and second World Wars was marked with outpourings of patriotism, restraint and focus on the war effort.  Women notably “did their part” moving into industries and work vacated by men fighting overseas.  Here is a peek at a different homefront, that of alien enemy women: women who were born (or married to men who were born) in enemy nations. In celebration of Women’s History Month, we introduce three women whose wartime experiences were unique.

Ingeborg Meyer was the common-law wife of Claes Adler, a physical trainer and masseuse in Beverly Hills.  Ingeborg was paroled throughout the war, required to remain in the Los Angeles area, check in with her sponsor and to have her landlady listen to her phone calls.  Her friends were continually interviewed by immigration agents.  Marguerite Neitz (daughter of film director Alvin J. Nietz) said, “she may be meek and mild in some instances, but she definitely has a mind of her own.” Included here is the report submitted by Neitz about Meyer’s activities between March and October, 1942.

Lollie Murff Bretschneider, born in Texas and Dolores Padilla Bachman born in Mexico, became alien enemies due to their marriage to German citizens.  Bachman and Bretschneider were required to register with the Department of Justice, listing their parents, siblings and children as well as their husbands.  Attached are excerpts from their registration affidavits.

See Women’s History Month website here.

Enemy Alien Case Files, 1941-1948. Record Group 85: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004. National Archives Identifier 6217699.  

Alien Registration Affidavits, 1918. Record Group 21, Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009. National Archives Identifier 160920782.  

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Back Fire 1922 Two cowboys drift into town. Both are broke, and one of them jokingly suggests they rob the local express office.

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Dorothy Revier in The Cowboy and the Flapper (1924)

Direction: Alvin J. Neitz

Costumes: Not credited

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Stunt Man and Stunt Pilot for The Phantom

  The acting in this film is pretty bad, but I still think it’s a fun flick for a “Stuck In A House With A Killer” flick.  What it doesn’t have in the way of  good actors it easily makes up for in the thrills it provides. Right from the start, it sets itself apart…

Stunt Man and Stunt Pilot for The Phantom was originally published on Brothers' Ink Productions

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Yakima Canutt and Canyon Hawks

  There’s a scene in this one where Yak drives an open wagon driven by two horses straight down a precipitous hill that just blows the mind! The scene is shot with a group of men on horses watching from the top, obviously afraid of riding their own single horses down the hill – let…

Yakima Canutt and Canyon Hawks was originally published on Brothers' Ink Productions