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Alexandre Bisson
Alexandre Bisson (9 April 1848 – 27 January 1912) was a French playwright, vaudeville creator, and novelist. Born in Briouze, Orne in Lower Normandy, he was successful in his native France as well as in the United States. Remembered as a significant creator of Parisian vaudeville, in collaboration with Edmond Gondinet, Bisson's 1881 three-act comedy ''Un Voyage d'agrément'' was performed at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris. Of his works, Bisson is best remembered for his play ''Madame X'', which was performed in 1910 both in Paris and on Broadway with Sarah Bernhardt in the leading role. Over the years, the play would be revived for Broadway three times and nine '' Madame X'' motion pictures in several languages have been filmed. The first silent screen adaptation was in 1916 and the latest in 2000. Better-known versions include a 1929 sound film starring Ruth Chatterton and directed by Lionel Barrymore plus the 1966 film starring Lana Turner. In 2006, a musical based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briouze
Briouze () is a Communes of France, commune in the Orne Departments of France, department of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy in northwestern France. It is considered the capital of the ''pays d'Houlme'' at the western end of the Orne in the Norman bocage. The nearby Grand Hazé marshland is a heritage-listed area (Natura 2000). William de Braose, First Lord of Bramber (Guillaume de Briouze) was granted lands in England after the Norman conquest and used his wealth to build a priory in his home town. The name Briouze probably comes from an older Norman form of the word "boue", or "mud". Population Heraldry Transport Briouze station has rail connections to Argentan, Paris and Granville. See also * Communes of the Orne department References Communes of Orne {{Orne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saturday Evening Post
''The Saturday Evening Post'' is an American magazine, currently published six times a year. It was issued weekly under this title from 1897 until 1963, then every two weeks until 1969. From the 1920s to the 1960s, it was one of the most widely circulated and influential magazines within the American middle class, with fiction, non-fiction, cartoons and features that reached two million homes every week. The magazine declined in readership through the 1960s, and in 1969 ''The Saturday Evening Post'' folded for two years before being revived as a quarterly publication with an emphasis on medical articles in 1971. As of the late 2000s, ''The Saturday Evening Post'' is published six times a year by the Saturday Evening Post Society, which purchased the magazine in 1982. The magazine was redesigned in 2013. History Rise ''The Saturday Evening Post'' was first published in 1821 in the same printing shop at 53 Market Street in Philadelphia where the Benjamin Franklin-founded ''Pennsyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emília Márkus
Emília Márkus, (married name Pulszky; September 10, 1860 – December 24, 1949), was a Hungarian aristocrat, politician and the most renowned actress of her time in Hungary, known for her roles in a number of Hungarian theatrical and film productions, including ''Three Spinsters'' (1936), ''A táncz'' (1901) and ''Az aranyhajú szfinksz'' (1914). Biography Emília Márkus was born in Szombathely, Hungary as the sixth child of József Márkus and Anna Horvát (sister of Boldizsár Horvát). One of her brothers was József Márkus, the Mayor (1896–1897) then Lord Mayor of Budapest (1897–1906). In 1878 she graduated from the Actor's Academy and was immediately contracted by the National Theatre, where she was engaged until her death in 1949. On June 7, 1882 she married Károly Pulszky (1853-1899), a Hungarian art collector, politician, member of Parliament and director of the Hungarian National Gallery of Art and founder of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. Károly's fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenő Janovics
Jenő Janovics (8 December 1872 – 16 November 1945) was a Hungarian film director, screenwriter and actor of the silent era. He directed 33 films between 1913 and 1920. He also wrote for 30 films between 1913 and 1918. He was the founder and driving force behind the Corvin Film studio, which also involved the rising young director Alexander Korda. He was born in Ungvár, Carpathian Ruthenia, Austria-Hungary (now Uzhhorod, Ukraine), and died in Cluj, Romania. Selected filmography * '' The Yellow Foal'' (1913, dir. Félix Vanyl) * ''The Exile'' (1914, dir. Michael Curtiz) * '' The Borrowed Babies'' (1914, dir. Michael Curtiz) * ''Bánk Bán'' (1914, dir. Michael Curtiz) * '' Miska the Magnate'' (1916, dir. Alexander Korda) * '' Tales of the Typewriter'' (1916, dir. Alexander Korda) * ''White Nights'' (1916, dir. Alexander Korda) * '' Struggling Hearts'' (1916, dir. Alexander Korda) * '' The One Million Pound Note'' (1916, dir. Alexander Korda) * ''Magic Magic or Magic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Donnelly
Dorothy Agnes Donnelly (January 28, 1876 - January 3, 1928) was an actress, playwright, librettist, producer, and director. After a decade-long acting career that included several notable roles on Broadway, she turned to writing plays, musicals and operettas, including more than a dozen on Broadway including several long-running successes. Her most famous libretto was ''The Student Prince'' (1924), in collaboration with composer Sigmund Romberg. Life and career Donnelly was born January 28, 1876, in Brooklyn, New York, to Thomas Lester Donnelly (1832–1880), the manager of the Grand Opera House in New York, and his wife Sarah (née Williams). Donnelly attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart in New York. She began acting on Broadway in 1901, playing the title role in '' Candida''. She made famous the play ''Madame X'' on the Broadway stage in 1910 and in a 1916 silent film. She is the subject of a 1999 book by Lorraine McLean ''Dorothy Donnelly: A Life in the Theatre''. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George F
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame X (1916 Film)
''Madame X'' is a lost 1916 American silent drama film directed by George F. Marion that was based on the 1908 play of the same name by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848 – 1912). Dorothy Donnelly, star of the 1910 Broadway production of the play, which was also directed by Marion, reprised her starring role for the film. Plot A woman is thrown out of her home by her jealous husband and sinks into depravity. Twenty years later, she finds herself accused of murder for saving her son, who does not know who she is. He finds himself defending her without knowing her background. Cast * Dorothy Donnelly as Jacqueline Floriot * John Bowers as Monsieur Floriot * Edwin Forsberg as Laroque (credited as Edwin Fosberg) * Ralph Morgan as Raymond Floriot * Robert Fischer as Merival * Charles E. Bunnell as Perrissard (credited as Charles Bunnell) * Gladys Coburn as Helene See also * Madame X ''Madame X'' (original title ''La Femme X'') is a 1908 play by French playwright Alexa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oda Nielsen
Oda Laurenze Helmine Nielsen née Larsen (1851–1936) was a highly acclaimed Danish actress who performed both in private theatres in Copenhagen and at the Royal Danish Theatre. Inspired by French actresses, she played the roles of attractive young women, for example in the title roles of Frøken Nitouche and Victorien Sardou's ''Dora''. She later took on roles where she sang, imitating the French singer Yvette Guilbert. This increased her popularity not only in Scandinavia but also in the United States where she performed for Danish audiences. One of her favourite roles in later life was Grevinde Danner (Countess Danner) in Sven Leopold's ''Hos Grevinden''. Biography Born on 7 August 1851 in Liepāja, Latvia, Oda Laurenze Helmine Larsen was the daughter of the ship owner Jens Larsen (1820–85) and Caresia Møller (1822–74). In 1871, she married the telegraphy executive Jens Petersen (1843–80) and in 1884, the actor Martinius Nielsen (1859-1928). Nielsen's début was in May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Livet
Charles Guillaume Livet (24 January 1856 – 16 April 1919) was a French playwright, journalist, novelist and physician. Biography A student in hospitals and journalist with '' L’Événement'', ''Le Temps'', ''Gil Blas'', the ''Voltaire'' (1883-1891) or, among others, the ''Journal'' (1892), he graduated Doctor of Medicine (Paris, 1896) and was distinguished for his research on cancer by applying calcium carbide fragments on cancerous parts and obtained the cessation of pain and bleeding. As a writer, we owe him theatre plays and romance novels, then, during the First World War, novels about the trenches.Benjamin Gilles, ''Lectures de poilus: Livres et journaux dans les tranchées'', 201Lire en ligne/ref> Works *1882: ''Le Mariage de Racine'', comedy in 1 act, in verse, with Gustave Vautrey *1884: ''À travers la porte'', saynète in 1 act, in verse *1884: ''Les Petits Pois'', comedy in 1 act *1885: ''Les Récits de Jean Féru'', novel *1885: ''Chez les Martin'', saynèt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantômas
Fantômas () is a fictional character created by French writers Marcel Allain (1885–1969) and Pierre Souvestre (1874–1914). One of the most popular characters in the history of French crime fiction, Fantômas was created in 1911 and appeared in a total of 32 volumes written by the two collaborators, then a subsequent 11 volumes written by Allain alone after Souvestre's death. The character was also the basis of various film, television, and comic book adaptations. In the history of crime fiction, he represents a transition from Gothic novel villains of the 19th century to modern-day serial killers. The books and films that came out in quick succession anticipate current production methods of Hollywood, in two respects: First, the authors distributed the writing among themselves; their "working method was to draw up the general plot between them and then go off and write alternate chapters independently of each other, meeting up to tie the two halves of the story together in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gillette
William Hooker Gillette (July 24, 1853 – April 29, 1937) was an American actor-manager, playwright, and stage-manager in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best remembered for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage and in a 1916 silent film thought to be lost until it was rediscovered in 2014. Gillette's most significant contributions to the theater were in devising realistic stage settings and special sound and lighting effects, and as an actor in putting forth what he called the "Illusion of the First Time". His portrayal of Holmes helped create the modern image of the detective. His use of the deerstalker cap (which first appeared in some ''Strand'' illustrations by Sidney Paget) and the curved pipe became enduring symbols of the character. He assumed the role on stage more than 1,300 times over thirty years, starred in the silent motion picture based on his Holmes play, and voiced the character twice on radio. His first Civil War drama ''Held by the Enemy'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabrice Carré
Fabrice Carré or Carré-Labrousse, real name Jules Fabrice, (9 July 1855 in the 6th arrondissement of Paris – 1921) was a 19th-century French playwright, and librettist. The dramatist Fabrice Labrousse (1806-1876) was his grandson. After studying law, he worked as a journalist before turning to the theater. He was the author, alone or in collaboration, especially with Paul Ferrier, of many comédies en vaudeville and operetta librettos, the best known being ''Joséphine vendue par ses sœurs'' (1886), music by Victor Roger, ''L'Enlèvement de la Toledad'' (1894) and ''Monsieur Lohengrin'' (1896), music by Edmond Audran. Works ;Theatre * 1882: ''Une aventure de Garrick'', comedy in 1 act and in verse, with Pierre Fernay Théâtre de l'Odéon (15 March) * 1882: ''La Nuit de noces de P. L. M.'', one-act comedy, Théâtre des Variétés (10 December) * 1885: ''Un duel, s'il vous plaît !'', three-act comedy, Théâtre de la Renaissance (11 November) * 1885: ''Flagrant Délit'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
