Editing Francis Lederer (section)

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Lederer started acting when he was young and was trained at the Academy of Music and Academy of Dramatic Art in [[Prague]].<ref name=amgbio>Erickson, Hal [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:41306~T0 Biography (Allmovie)]</ref> After service in the Austrian-Hungarian Imperial Army in [[World War I]], he made his stage debut as an apprentice with the New German Theater, a walk-on in the play ''Burning Heart''.<ref name=tcmbio /> He toured [[Moravia]] and [[central Europe]], making a name for himself as a matinee idol in theaters in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria and Germany. Notable among his performances was a turn as Romeo in [[Max Reinhardt]]'s staging of ''Romeo and Juliet''.<ref name=tcmbio>TCM [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/110749%7C52654/Francis-Lederer/|52654&afiPersonalNameId=null Biography]</ref>

Lederer worked with [[G.W. Pabst]] in ''[[Pandora's Box (1929 film)|Pandora's Box]]'', starring [[Louise Brooks]], and ''Atlantic'' (both 1929).<ref name=amgbio /> He was also in ''The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna'' in the same year. Lederer, billed as "Franz" at this time, made the transition from [[silent film]]s to sound films.