THE most famous of German motion picture actors, Emil Jannings was born in Brooklyn, in which place he resided until he reached the formidable age of one year when his parents took him to Germany. Starting his career on the stage inauspiciously as a spear-carrier in a provincial German theatre, he devoted ten years to enacting various roles in the multitudinous repertory theatres of the smaller German cities as a character actor. He was twenty-eight when Max Reinhardt discovered him. A comedian whose most famous role was Falstafi, Jannings appeared regularly on the stage until 1922. For seven years he has been a film actor, occupying many and diverse roles from Henry VIII in Deception, to the Old Porter in The Last Laugh. The great success of the German film Variety, has made Emil Jannings known throughout America. He has recently arrived here to star in a series of productions, to be made in Hollywood