Adam Aston melancholic songs with appearances by Louise Brooks, Marlene Dietrich, Anita Berber and others

Here are a couple of melancholic songs by Adam Aston, a Polish singer, actor, and pianist of Jewish origin.

First up is the 1935 song "Miasteczko Bełz," sung by Adam Aston, this video with illustrations by the Polish writer Bruno Schulz. Observant viewers may notice a rare drawing of Marlene Dietrich and Louise Brooks.

And here is another number sung by Aston, a Polish tango from 1933 titled " Czemuś o niej zapomniał?" ("Why Have You Forsaken Her?"). Observant viewers may notice images of Anita Berber in this video. Berber starred in The Story of Dida Ibsen (1918), the film of the sequel to the earlier, pre-Brooks version of The Diary of a Lost Girl (1918)

And finally, here is another polish Tango by Aston, "Fordanserka" (A Gigolette). Observant viewers may notice more swell video imagery.