Talk:Francis Lederer

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Why is he called a "Czech." Nothing in the article indicates that he was one. He might as well be called a German-Bohemian Jew. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.70.38.98 (talk) 01:19, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think the idea is that he was a Czech Jew. He was born in a suburb of Prague after all, and he was raised bilingually in German and Czech, as can be demonstrated in several of his 1930's films in the United States.

I have restored the word Jewish to his bio. As often happens in Wikipedia, the reason he stayed in the USA as a refugee was not stated and it was made to seem as if he were on vacation, not seeking refuge from the Nazis.

I'm always amazed at how possibly inaccurate information spreads around the Internet. Why would Irving Thalburg, at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, want to make Lederer the biggest star ever when he was under contract to RKO Radio?

The citation is from the IMDb, where it is unsourced. It doesn't make sense.

Lederer is one of the few people to have lived in three centuries, having been born in the 19th century and died in the 21st.Maccb (talk) 20:16, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Owensmouth was the name of Canoga Park from 1912 until Mar. 1, 1931 (according to one Wikipedia page, another says 1930), so when Lederer started building in 1934, it was already Canoga Park. The mention of Owensmouth is unnecessary, though that was the original name of my high school.

The western part of Canoga Park became West Hills in 1987. This is my home town (my family lived on Woodlake from 1961 to 1988). I knew it well, and knew many owners of estates, ranches and farms, and I have never heard the expression "Simi Hills" (the first reference to them in Wikipedia is 2009). I am curious as to whether this is a new geologic term (it's not on any old maps that I could find). Simi Valley was kind of low rent and Canoga Park probably didn't want to be associated with it.

The broken link for the "artisan builder John R. Litke" made me wonder if they had misspelled Littge, a local family I knew from 1961 on. It may be that he was just very obscure, as I couldn't find anything with the alternate spelling either. I will check on whether they're related.

Galliv (talk) 03:35, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]