Maria Ney

[9][10] She often performed in a sailor suit, perhaps emphasizing her nautical background from the port town of Kiel, and played the accordion.

[9] Her performance "Give It" (Gib ihn) with Heinrich Giesen included a scene in a gondola rowed by two masked characters who seem to be in blackface.

[11] Ney served as the master of ceremonies in several short sound films that consisted of several different acts or scenes.

6 (1931), Ufa-Cabaret Program (4th Part) (1931), Aafa Potpourri II (1932) consisted of mixtures of different cabaret acts and film studio events.

[6] Shots in Cabin 7 was a mystery film set on board a cruise ship traveling from Cape Town to Amsterdam, in which a pair of detectives uncover a diamond smuggling ring.