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Adolf Dymsza
Adolf Dymsza (born Adolf Bagiński; 7 April 1900 – 20 August 1975) was a Polish comedy actor of both the pre-World War II and post-war eras. He starred in both theatre and film productions, mainly before World War II. He and Kazimierz Krukowski performed as the duo ''Lopek and Florek'' in ''kleynkunst'' productions at Qui Pro Quo and other noted Warsaw cabarets. Another pseudonym was "Dodek."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ7hxz5PpYY Biographical notes He was arguably the most popular Polish comic actor of the 1930s, Andrzej Wajda remarked once, that for him Dymsza and Bodo were symbols of pre-war Polish cinema in general. To this day he is considered the king of Polish film comedy. Life Dymsza was born Adolf Bagiński on 7 April 1900 in Warsaw, then in Russian Empire, to Adolf Sr. and Matylda née Połądkiewicz. At the age of 15 he worked as a busboy in some of Warsaw's cabarets. He graduated from a local II Gymnasium and then studied at the Hipolit Wawelberg's Trade School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dvanáct Křesel
''The Twelve Chairs'' ( cs, Dvanáct křesel; pl, Dwanaście krzeseł) is a 1933 Czechoslovak-Polish comedy film directed by Martin Frič and Michał Waszyński freely based on the eponymous 1928 novel by Soviet authors Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov. Cast *Vlasta Burian ... Ferdinand Šuplátko *Adolf Dymsza ... antiquary Wladyslaw Kepka *Zula Pogorzelska ... director of the orphanage *Zofia Jaroszewska ... employee of the orphanage *Wiktor Biegański ... professor - spiritist * Stanisław Belski ... owner of the furniture shop *Wanda Jarszewska * Lo Kittay *Józef Kondrat ... chauffeur *Eugeniusz Koszutski ... clerk Repecki * Aniela Miszczykówna ... dentist * Hanna Parysiewicz * Stefan Szczuka ... auctioneer *Helena Zarembina Helena Zarembina (1895–1960) was a Polish actress. Selected filmography *'' Zabawka'' (1933) *'' Kocha, lubi, szanuje'' (1934) *''Wacuś'' (1935) *''Antek policmajster'' (1935) *'' Nie miała baba kłopotu'' (1935) *''ABC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian Hemar
Marian Hemar (1901–1972), born Marian Hescheles (other pen names: Jan Mariański, and Marian Wallenrod), was a Polish poet, journalist, playwright, comedy writer, and songwriter. Hemar himself stated that before the outbreak of World War II he had already written 1,200 songs, including such widely popular hits as ''Może kiedyś innym razem (Maybe Some Other Time)'' and ''Upić się warto (Let's get drunk)''. Hemar was a final pen name (a pseudonym) adopted by Marian in his literary career. It was formed from the first two letters of his last name, Hescheles, and the first three letters of his given name, Marian. Life Marian Hemar was born to a Jewish family on 6 April 1901 in Lwów. He studied medicine and philosophy at the Jan Kazimierz University locally, and took part in the Defense of Lwów in 1918 and 1919 as a volunteer on the Polish side of the Polish–Ukrainian War of independence. At the invitation of Jerzy Boczkowski, director of the legendary '' Qui Pro Quo'' Thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Grossówna
Helena Grossówna (1904, Thorn, German Empire – 1994, Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish actress and dancer, who starred in several popular Polish films during the interwar period. She worked as a waitress during the German occupation of Poland, and at the same time, she served as an officer (lieutenant) in the Polish underground. During the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, she was in command of a women's section of the battalion "Sokół" (Eng. ''falcon''), for which she was highly decorated. Selected filmography * '' Kochaj tylko mnie'' (1935) * ''Dodek na froncie'' (1936) * '' Piętro wyżej'' (1937) * ''A Diplomatic Wife'' (1937) * '' Florian'' (1938) * '' Paweł i Gaweł'' (1938) * '' Szczęśliwa trzynastka'' (1938) * '' Zapomniana melodia'' (1938) * '' Królowa przedmieścia'' (1938) * '' Robert and Bertram'' (1938) * '' The Vagabonds'' (1939) * ''The Two Who Stole the Moon'' (1962) In 2013 the Polish Post issued a commemorative stamp of her, with Adolf Dymsza and Mieczysława Ćwikli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powązki Cemetery
Powązki Cemetery (; pl, Cmentarz Powązkowski), also known as Stare Powązki ( en, Old Powązki), is a historic necropolis located in Wola district, in the western part of Warsaw, Poland. It is the most famous cemetery in the city and one of the oldest, having been established in 1790. It is the burial place of many illustrious individuals from Polish history. Some are interred along the "Avenue of the Distinguished" - ''Aleja Zasłużonych'', created in 1925. It is estimated that over 1 million people are buried at Powązki. The cemetery is often confused with the newer Powązki Military Cemetery, which is located to the north-west of Powązki Cemetery. History Powązki Cemetery was established on 4 November 1790 on land donated by nobleman Melchior Szymanowski, and consecrated on 20 May 1792. Initially it covered an area of only about 2.5 ha. In the same year Saint Karol Boromeusz Church, designed by Dominik Merlini, was built on the northern edge of the cemetery. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Przekrój
''Przekrój'' (; ''Cross-section'') was the oldest Polish weekly newsmagazine in operation, established in 1945 in Kraków. After temporary closure in 2013, it was bought by photographer Tomasz Niewiadomski and subsequently relaunched in December 2016 as a quarterly magazine. Przekrój's matchless literary style and lively visual charm were created due to the collaboration with the avant-garde of Polish intellectuals, writers, poets, artists and cartoonists. Przekrój was the birthplace of writers such as Wisława Szymborska, Stanisław Lem and Czesław Miłosz. History ''Przekrój'' was created by the writer and graphic artist Marian Eile-Kwaśniewski (1910–1984) from Warsaw who, until 1969, was also the first and only editor-in-chief of the magazine. The magazine focused on current social, political and cultural events, both Polish and international. In the 1970s ''Przekrój'' reached a record circulation, with 700,000 copies per issue, by far the most popular magazine in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabaret Wagabunda
''Wagabunda'' (Polish for ''vagabond'') was a Polish satirical theatre (cabaret) from 1956 to 1968, created by actress Lidia Wysocka (its stage director, creative director and performer) and Karol Szpalski. True to its name it didn't have own stage, being forever on tour, not only all over Poland, but also visiting Polonia centers in the United States and Canada (1957, 1962, 1964), United Kingdom (1965, 1966), Israel (1963), USSR (1968) and Czechoslovakia (1956). 1500 performances by January 1963, in total over 2 million tickets sold, according to its executive manager, Wojciech Furman.''Od Siedmiu Kotów...'' The ever-changing troupe (with the exception of Lidia Wysocka and singer Maria Koterbska) consisted of popular actors, singers and satirists, notably Kazimierz Rudzki (as the compère), Edward Dziewoński, Wiesław Michnikowski, Bogumił Kobiela, Jacek Fedorowicz, Jeremi Przybora, Marian Załucki, Tadeusz Chyła, Janusz Osęka, Mieczysław Czechowicz, Adolf Dymsza, Zdzisł ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indiana University Press
Indiana University Press, also known as IU Press, is an academic publisher founded in 1950 at Indiana University that specializes in the humanities and social sciences. Its headquarters are located in Bloomington, Indiana. IU Press publishes 140 new books annually, in addition to 39 academic journals, and maintains a current catalog comprising some 2,000 titles. Indiana University Press primarily publishes in the following areas: African, African American, Asian, cultural, Jewish, Holocaust, Middle Eastern studies, Russian and Eastern European, and women's and gender studies; anthropology, film studies, folklore, history, bioethics, music, paleontology, philanthropy, philosophy, and religion. IU Press undertakes extensive regional publishing under its Quarry Books imprint. History IU Press began in 1950 as part of Indiana University's post-war growth under President Herman B Wells. Bernard Perry, son of Harvard philosophy professor Ralph Barton Perry, served as the first d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niebezpieczny Romans
''Niebezpieczny romans'' is a 1930 Polish film directed by Michał Waszyński. Cast * Bogusław Samborski ... Hieronim Spiewankiewicz *Helena Stepowska ... Mrs. Spiewankiewiczowa * Józef Orski ... Hieronim's Son *Betty Amann ... Ada *Eugeniusz Bodo ... The Burglar Chieftain *Zula Pogorzelska ... The Maid *Adolf Dymsza ... The Maid's Admirer *Kazimierz Krukowski ... The Fence *Paweł Owerłło ... The Bank Director *Stefan Szwarc ... Jancio * Lucjan Kraszewski ... Lucek 'Wykalaczka' *Leon Rechenski ... Karaluch * Kazimierz Rawicz ... Lalus *Czesław Raniszewski ... Majsterek *Antoni Adamczyk... Morda *Lech Owron Lech Owron (6 July 1893 – 9 June 1965) was a Polish stage and film actor whose career began in the 1920s during the silent film era. Early life Born in Radom, Lech Owron graduated from the Edward Rontaler Gymnasium in Warsaw, he then studied m ...... Detective External links * 1930 films 1930s Polish-language films Polish black-and-white fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiatr Od Morza
Wiatr is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Jerzy Wiatr (born 1931), Polish politician, sociologist, and political scientist *Kazimierz Wiatr (born 1955), Polish politician *Narcyz Wiatr Narcyz Wiatr (nom-de-guerre "Zawoja""Okruchy historis; Patroni ulic" (Crumbles from history; street patrons)/ref> and "Władysław Brzoza";Andrzej Przybyszewski, "Z dziejów Krakowskiego Okręgu SZP-ZWZ-AK W 60. rocznicę utworzenia Armii Krajowej" ... (1907–1945), Polish political activist {{surname Polish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fryderyk Jarosy
The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name. Its status in the Polish public can be compared to the American Grammy and the UK's BRIT Award. Officially created in 1994 and presented for the first time in 1995, the award was initially conferred by the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry (''Związek Producentów Audio-Video'', ZPAV). Since 1999, nominees and winners have been selected by a body called Phonographic Academy (''Akademia Fonograficzna'') which by now consists of nearly 1000 artists, journalists and music industry professionals. Voting is anonymous and takes place in two rounds: In the first round, all Academy members can nominate five artists in each category, in the second round, members can vote for one candidate in each category from the most successful nominees established in the first round. The Fryderyk statuette is reminiscent of the Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zula Pogorzelska
Zula Pogorzelska (1896 – 10 February 1936) born Zofia Pogorzelska, was a Polish cabaret and film actress. She was the first Polish performer to introduce the Charleston on stage of the Cabaret ''Pod sukienką'' in 1926. Pogorzelska was the wife of popular Warsaw cabaret and film artist Konrad Tom a.k.a. Konrad Runowiecki. Life Pogorzelska was born into a family of a Polish medical doctor Andrzej Pogorzelski in the age of Partitions. She went to high school in Yevpatoria (Eupatoria); but at the same time, took intensive voice and acting lessons from her mother. During World War One she toured Crimea with her own stage programme for the first time. Following the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia she repatriated with her family to newly independent Poland. Pogorzelska found herself in Warsaw in 1918, and debuted at the ''Bagatela'' theatre on 7 May 1919. She soon became the star of several most popular cabarets including ''Qui Pro Quo (pl)'', ''Perskie Oko'', ''Morskie Oko (pl)'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mira Zimińska
Mira Zimińska (1901–1997) was a Polish stage and film actress. She was the founder and long-time director of the Mazowsze folk group. In 1954 she married Tadeusz Sygietyński. After his death in 1955 she became a director of Mazowsze.Anna Mizikowska: ''Tadeusz Sygietyński i jego Mazowsze'', Oficyna Wydawnicza RYTM, Warszawa 2004, Filmography * 1922 – ''Wszystko się kręci'' * 1924 – ''The Unspeakable'' * 1925 – ''Iwonka'' * 1926 – '' The Unthinkable'' * 1930 – ''Exile to Siberia'' * 1930 – ''Paramount on Parade'' (Polish version only) * 1933 – ''Każdemu wolno kochać'' * 1935 – ''Manewry miłosne'' * 1936 – ''Papa się żeni'' * 1936 – ''Ada! To nie wypada!'' * 1951 – ''Warsaw Premiere ''Warsaw Premiere'' (Polish:''Warszawska premiera'') is a 1951 Polish historical film directed by Jan Rybkowski and starring Jan Koecher, Barbara Kostrzewska and Jerzy Duszyński. The film's art direction was by Roman Mann. The film portrays the ...'' (story idea) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
