Baum, Ralph

(October 4, 1908, Wiesbaden, Germany-1987, Paris, France)

   He began his film career as assistant director to Georg Jacoby (1930 Der Witwenball) and to Max Ophuls (1933 Libeleï, also editor; 1934 La signora di tutti / USA: Everybody's Woman / Italy: On a volé un Homme, also editor; 1935 Divine; 1936 La Tendre Ennemie; 1937 Yoshiwara). He was forced into exile in Paris after the Nazi takeover in 1933. He worked as production manager, executive producer, and line producer on almost eighty movies from 1930 (Lévy et Cie, André Hugon) to 1985 (Gefahr fur die Liebe—Aids / A.I.D.S. Trop jeune pour mourir, Hans Noever, West Germany / France).

 Filmography

        ◘ Nuits de Paris / USA: Paris Nights

        ◘ Plaisirs de Paris / USA: Pleasures of Paris

        ◘ Traumschône Nacht (also co-author of original book; Germany / France)

1957 ◘ Bonsoir Paris, Bonjour l'Amour / Bonsoir Paris / Suss ist die Liebe in Paris (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / West Germany)