The Angel, Islington The Angel, Islington The Angel, Islington is a historic landmark and a series of buildings that have stood on the corner of Islington High Street and Pentonville Road in Islington, London, England. The land originally belonged to the Clerkenwell Priory and has had various properties built on it since the 16th century. The site was bisected by the New Road, which opened in 1756, and properties on the site have been rebuilt several times up to the 20th century. The corner site gave its name to Angel tube station, opened in 1901, and the surrounding Angel area of London. The
The Blue Angel threatening to quit the production. "The Blue Angel" was to be his last great cinematic moment; it was also one of UFA's last great films. Film historian Andrew Sarris comments on this double irony: "The Blue Angel" was scheduled for its Berlin premiere on April 1, 1930, but UFA owner and industrialist Alfred Hugenberg, unhappy with socialist Heinrich Mann's association with the production, blocked release. Production manager Pommer defended the film, and Mann issued a statement distancing his scurrilous anti-bourgeois critique from Sternberg's more humane portrayal of the Professor Immanuel Rath in his movie version.. Sternberg, who declared himself apolitical,