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Ball At The Savoy (1955 Film)
''Ball at the Savoy'' (german: Ball im Savoy) is a 1955 West German musical comedy film directed by Paul Martin and starring Rudolf Prack, Nadja Tiller, and Peter W. Staub. Inspired by the 1932 operetta '' Ball im Savoy'' by Paul Abraham, this film is closer to a revue show than the previous 1935 film adaptation. The film's sets were designed by the art director Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios The Wandsbek Studios are film production and television studios located in Wandsbek, a district of the German city of Hamburg. The complex was established in 1948 when Real Film, set up the previous year, acquired a site in Wandsbek for constr ... in Hamburg. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1955 films 1955 musical comedy films German musical comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Paul Martin Films scored by Paul Abraham Operetta films Films based on operettas Remak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Martin (director)
Paul Martin (8 February 1899 – 26 January 1967) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter who worked for many years in the German film industry. He directed 60 films between 1932 and 1967. He was romantically involved with the film star Lilian Harvey and directed her in a number of films until he left her in 1938 for the actress Frauke Lauterbach. They made one final film ''Woman at the Wheel'' together during the filming of which their relationship remained cold. Selected filmography Screenwriter * ''Come Back, All Is Forgiven (film), Come Back, All Is Forgiven'' (1929) Director Film * ''Happy Ever After (1932 film), Happy Ever After'' (1932) * ''The Victor (1932 film), The Victor'' (1932) * ''A Blonde Dream'' (1932) * ''Orient Express (1934 film), Orient Express'' (1934) * ''Black Roses (1935 film), Black Roses'' (1935) * ''Lucky Kids'' (1936) * ''Seven Slaps'' (1937) * ''Fanny Elssler (film), Fanny Elssler'' (1937) * ''A Prussian Love Story'' (1938) * ''Woman at the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Kirchhoff
Herbert Kirchhoff (1911–1988) was a German art director. Selected filmography * ''Nora's Ark'' (1948) * ''My Wife's Friends'' (1949) * '' The Last Night'' (1949) * ''Second Hand Destiny'' (1949) * ''Third from the Right'' (1950) * ''Harbour Melody'' (1950) * ''The Man in Search of Himself'' (1950) * ''Maya of the Seven Veils'' (1951) * ''Poison in the Zoo'' (1952) * ''Dancing Stars'' (1952) * ''Under the Thousand Lanterns'' (1952) * ''The Singing Hotel'' (1953) * ''Not Afraid of Big Animals'' (1953) * '' The Flower of Hawaii'' (1953) * ''Dancing in the Sun'' (1954) * ''Money from the Air'' (1954) * ''Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel'' (1954) * ''How Do I Become a Film Star?'' (1955) * ''Operation Sleeping Bag'' (1955) * ''Secrets of the City'' (1955) * '' Ball at the Savoy'' (1955) * ''The False Adam'' (1955) * '' Music in the Blood'' (1955) * '' A Heart Returns Home'' (1956) * ''Between Time and Eternity'' (1956) * '' Heart Without Mercy '' (1958) * ''The Woman by the Dark Windo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Films
The year 1955 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top-grossing hits of 1955 in the United States. Top-grossing films by country The highest-grossing 1955 films from countries outside of North America. Events * January 7 – U.K. release of the Halas and Batchelor film animation of George Orwell's ''Animal Farm'' (completed April 1954), the first full-length British-made animated feature on general theatrical release. *February 24 - 12th Golden Globe Awards announced: '' On The Waterfront'', Marlon Brando, & Judy Garland win * March 18 – The film adaptation of Evan Hunter's novel ''Blackboard Jungle'' previews in New York City, featuring the single " Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets over the opening credits, the first use of a rock and roll song in a major film. Teenagers jump from their seats to dance to it. * June 1 – Premiere of Billy Wilder's film of ''The Seven Year Itch'' featuring an iconic scene of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubert Von Meyerinck
Hubert "Hubsi" von Meyerinck (23 August 1896 – 13 May 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1970. Biography Meyerinck was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, the son of Friedrich von Meyerinck (1858–1928), Hauptmann (Captain) in the Prussian Army. He grew up at his family's estates in the Province of Posen and attended the gymnasium secondary school in Godeberg. Having passed his Abitur exams, he was called up for military service as a cadet in World War I, but soon was dismissed due to a pulmonary disease. In 1917 he gave his debut as a theatre actor at the Schauspielhaus in Berlin and from 1918 to 1920 continued his career at the Hamburg Kammerspiele. Back in Berlin he performed in avant-garde plays by Carl Sternheim, as well as in several revue entertainments and kabarett venues. Later he returned to classical theatre with engagements at the Deutsches Theater and the Lessing Theater, performing as '' The Imaginary Invalid'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigitte Rau
Brigitte Rau (31 December 1933 – 24 September 1979) was a German actress. Life Brigitte Rau was born on the last day of 1933, the daughter of Otto Kurt Rau and Martha Adele Örtel. She appeared as an actress on stage, but she mainly became known through movies and television movies. Rau often took part in comedies and music movies. She had her first film role in 1952 in the family movie '' Fight of the Tertia''. In 1954 she married her professional colleague Gunnar Möller with whom she was seen in the same year in the music movie '' Love and Trumpets''. She continued her acting career after her marriage under her birth name. From her marriage with Gunnar Möller she had three children. Under the direction of Peter Beauvais she played in ''Ist Mama nicht fabelhaft?'' in 1958. She also acted at the side of her husband, so in ''Familie Werner auf Reisen'', a TV series. Here she gave Brigitte Werner, wife of Hans Werner, the student councillor, whom her husband impersonated. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann
Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann (1906–1988) was a German stage, television and film actor.Cowie p.154 He was married to the actress Marianne Pohlenz. Selected filmography * '' The Black Forest Girl'' (1950) - Staubig, Buchhalter * ''Herzen im Sturm'' (1951) - Willy * ''Durch dick und dünn'' (1951) - Tankwart Michel * ''Johannes und die 13 Schönheitsköniginnen'' (1951) - Paul Paschke * '' Queen of the Night'' (1951) - Hoteldetektiv Barak * '' The Heath Is Green'' (1951) - Oberlehrer * '' Mikosch Comes In'' (1952) - Feldwebel Janos * '' We'll Talk About Love Later'' (1953) * '' When The Village Music Plays on Sunday Nights'' (1953) - Dagobert * '' The Cousin from Nowhere'' (1953) - Otto Bauke * '' The Big Star Parade'' (1954) - Wachtmeister #2 (uncredited) * '' Schützenliesel'' (1954) * '' Ball at the Savoy'' (1955) - Johann * ''One Woman Is Not Enough?'' (1955) - Reporter * ''Du mein stilles Tal'' (1955) - Heinrich * ''Der Frontgockel'' (1955) - Wiesböck * ''Das Sonntagskind'' (1956) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibi Johns
Bibi Johns is a Swedish singer and film actress active in Germany.Koepnick p.64 Filmography * ''Ten on Every Finger'' (1954) * ''How Do I Become a Film Star?'' (1955) * '' Ball at the Savoy'' (1955) * ''A Thousand Melodies'' (1956) * ''Beneath the Palms on the Blue Sea'' (1957) * ''When She Starts, Look Out'' (1958) * ''La Paloma "La Paloma", "The Dove" in English, is a popular Spanish song that has been produced and reinterpreted in diverse cultures, settings, arrangements, and recordings over the last 140 years. The song was written by the Spanish Basque composer Seb ...'' (1959) References Bibliography * Lutz Peter Koepnick. ''The Cosmopolitan Screen: German Cinema and the Global Imaginary, 1945 to the Present''. University of Michigan Press, 2007. External links * 1929 births Living people Swedish film actresses 20th-century Swedish women singers Swedish expatriates in Germany {{Sweden-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Garden
Peter Garden (born Karl-Heinz Rothmayer; 1924–2015) was a popular German stage, television, film actor and singer,Cowie p.120 whose career ended abruptly in 1970 when it was revealed by some of his victims that he had worked in 1944 as a paid ''Gestapo'' informant in Salzburg, Austria. Garden, under his birth name Rothmayer, had already been investigated by a Berlin, Germany, state prosecutor between 1967 and 1970 for aiding and abetting murder, because two people he had denounced to the ''Gestapo'' had been sentenced to death, and executed. The prosecutor closed the case without taking further action.'' AFFÄREN: Uralte Kiste – Durch rechtliche Schritte gegen geplant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Edelhagen
Kurt Edelhagen (born 5 June 1920 – 8 February 1982) was a German big band leader. He was born in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Edelhagen studied conducting and piano in Essen. In 1945, he started a trio, then a big band a year later. He performed on the radio station in Frankfurt am Main, then for three years beginning in 1949 led the Bayerischer Rundfunk in Nuremberg. From 1952 to 1957 he led the Südwestfunk big band. In 1954, he participated in the Concerto for jazz band and orchestra by Rolf Libermann. Three years later, he began leading the radio station Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) big band in Cologne. Members included Dusko Goykovich and Jiggs Whigham. The band toured East Germany, USSR, Czechoslovakia, and several Arab countries during the 1960s. His radio orchestra played at the opening ceremony of the 1972 Munich Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: Münch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasma Ducat
Rasma is a Latvian given name and may refer to: *Rasma Garne (born 1941), Latvian actress *Rasma Kārkliņa Rasma Kārkliņa (born Rasma Šilde, often written Karklins) is a Latvian and American political scientist and politician. She worked as a professor of political science both in the United States and in Latvia. For two terms she was the Chair of ... (born 1946), Latvian political scientist References {{given name Latvian feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John W
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caterina Valente
Caterina Valente (born 14 January 1931) is a French multilingual singer, guitarist, and dancer of Italian ethnicity. Valente is a polyglot; she speaks six languages, and sings in eleven. While she is best known as a performer in Europe, Valente spent part of her career in the United States, where she performed alongside Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Perry Como, and Ella Fitzgerald, among others. Career In 1955, she was featured on ''The Colgate Comedy Hour'' with Gordon MacRae. In 1958, she filmed the musical comedy ''Hier bin ich – hier bleib ich'' (''Here I Am, Here I Stay'') which featured a guest appearance by Bill Haley & His Comets. During Haley's segment, Valente sang a duet with Haley on a newly recorded version of his song "Vive la Rock and Roll". Her brother - Italian Musician, Singer and film actor Silvio Francesco (1927-2000) - performed with her, sang many duets, danced, and played the clarinet in the shadow of his famous sister. In the mid-1960s, Valente worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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