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Eva Steen
Eva Steen (née Eva Oscarsdatter Jacobsen, November 12, 1889 – March 30, 1973) was a Norwegian actress. Steen was born in Strømsø. She was the daughter of Oscar Jacobsen and Laura Sofie Fredrikke Jacobsen (née Dahl). Filmography *1933: ''Vi som går kjøkkenveien'' as Aunt Alexandra *1934: ''Sangen om Rondane'' as the aunt *1934: '' Syndere i sommersol'' as a patient *1936: '' Vi bygger landet '' as Mrs. Larsen *1937: '' Bra mennesker'' as Mrs. Haldorsen *1937: ''By og land hand i hand'' as Katrina Larsen *1939: ''Familien på Borgan'' as the wholesaler's wife *1941: ''Den forsvundne pølsemaker'' as Mrs. H. Brand *1949: '' Gategutter'' *1951: ''Kranes konditori'' as Mrs. Buck *1953: ''Brudebuketten'' as the lady in the lingerie shop *1957: ''Stevnemøte med glemte år'' *1957: '' The Violators'' as Jean Theater roles (selected) *1938: ''Non ti conosco più'' (Norwegian title: ''Jeg kjenner deg ikke'') by Aldo De Benedetti at the Oslo New Theater as Rosita Lawrence *19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strømsø
Strømsø is a borough of Drammen, Viken, Norway. Strømsø is located at the southern side of the river Drammenselva. Until about 1600, Stømsø was an island surrounded by the Drammenselva, but was later made landfast. In 1728 Strømsø was granted rights as a trade center by the king, and these rights were expanded to full trade rights in 1745. In 1811 Strømsø and Bragernes (on the northern side of Drammenselva) were united to form the town of Drammen. Strømsø has sports facilities, retail, office, industry and schools. Most of Strømsø consists of residential areas. At Strømsø we find Drammen railway station, being a junction for the Randsfjorden Line (connecting to the Bergen Line crossing the Hardangervidda), the Sørlandet Line (leading to Kristiansand and Stavanger) and the Vestfold Line. The main part of Drammen Harbor is situated at Strømsø. Opened in 1925, the Drammen shipyard (''Drammen Slip og Verksted'') was an important part of Drammen's industry until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brudebuketten
''Brudebuketten'' ( en, The Bridal Bouquet}) is a 1953 Norway, Norwegian comedy film directed by Bjørn Breigutu, starring Randi Kolstad, Lalla Carlsen and Per Aabel. Cast * Randi Kolstad as Siv Blom * Lalla Carlsen as Berthe * Per Aabel as Høyland jr. * Lauritz Falk as Victor Wahlin * Jørn Ording as Picasso, artist * Wenche Foss as a bard * Kari Diesen as bathing guest * Fridtjof Mjøen as psychiatrist * Aud Schønemann as Mirakel, housekeeper * Sigrun Otto as a dutiful mother * Paal Rocky as head of department * Guri Stormoen as hostess * Anne Lise Wang as mannequin * Jon Sund as hotel porter * Arne Bang-Hansen as the Stockholm traveler * Britta Lech-Hanssen as The Stockholm Farmer's Wife * Eva Steen as lady in the shop * Leif Omdal as an art dealer * Lillemor Grimsgaard as a lady * Topsy Håkansson as a mannequin * Greta Syrdahl as an art-loving lady * Turid Balke as secretary * Svein Byhring as messenger External links * ''Brudebuketten'' at Filmweb.no (Norwegian) 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Deaths
Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. * January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. Nixon is the only person to have been sworn in twice as President ( 1969, 1973) and Vice President of the United States ( 1953, 1957). * January 22 ** George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship. ** A Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 flight from Jeddah crashes in Kano, Nigeria; 176 people are killed. * January 27 – U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. February * February 8 – A militar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1889 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas. * January 4 – An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President Grover Cleveland. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. * January 5 – Preston North End F.C. is declared the winner of the inaugural Football League in England. * January 8 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine in the United States. * January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company is originally incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia. * January 22 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. * January 30 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfront
Filmfront is a Norwegian website for films and television series similar to Internet Movie Database. Filmfront also covers various news on movie and celebrity material from both within and outside Norway. It has information on over 28,000 films, 3,000 short films, 220,000 actors and 6,500 TV shows. A community website with the option for users to share their information in a profile, it is modeled after Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Mosk .... Filmfront is owned by Filmfront AS, a Norwegian company owned Pål Frostad and Omega Media AS. References External links * Online film databases Norwegian film websites {{film-website-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Film Database
The Swedish Film Database ( sv, Svensk filmdatabas) is an Internet database about Swedish films, published by the Swedish Film Institute The Swedish Film Institute ( sv, Svenska Filminstitutet) was founded in 1963 to support and develop the Swedish film industry. The institute is housed in the ''Filmhuset'' building located in Gärdet, Östermalm in Stockholm. The building, comp .... It contains information about all Swedish films from 1897 onwards and foreign films that had cinema premiere in Sweden. It also provides many biographies of actors, directors, producers etc. who participated in Swedish films over the years. It is created with the support of the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. The database comprises about 62,000 films (17,000 Swedish films) and 265,000 people. References External linksSwedish Film Database Swedish film websites Online film databases Databases in Sweden {{website-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Kesselring
Joseph Otto Kesselring (July 21, 1902 – November 5, 1967) was an American playwright who was best known for writing '' Arsenic and Old Lace'', a hit on Broadway from 1939 to 1944 and in other countries as well. Biography He was born in New York City to Henry and Frances Kesselring. His father's parents were immigrants from Germany. His mother was an English Canadian. Kesselring spent much of his life in and around the theater. In 1922, he began teaching vocal music and directed stage productions at Bethel College, a Mennonite school in North Newton, Kansas. After two years, Kesselring left teaching and returned to the stage, working for two years with an amateur theatrical group in Niagara, New York. He began working as a freelance playwright in 1933, completing 12 original plays, of which four were produced on Broadway: '' There's Wisdom in Women'' (1935), "Cross-Town" (1937), ''Arsenic and Old Lace'' (1939), and ''Four Twelves are 48'' (1951). '' Arsenic and Old L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsenic And Old Lace (play)
''Arsenic and Old Lace'' is a play by American playwright Joseph Kesselring, written in 1939. It has become best known through the 1944 film adaptation starring Cary Grant and directed by Frank Capra. The play was produced by Lindsay and Crouse and directed by Bretaigne Windust, and opened on Broadway at the Fulton Theatre on January 10, 1941. On September 25, 1943, the play moved to the Hudson Theatre, closing there on June 17, 1944, having played 1,444 performances. The West End production - directed by Marcel Varnel and produced at London's Strand Theatre - enjoyed a similarly long run. Opening on December 23, 1942 and closing on March 2, 1946, it totalled 1,337 performances. Of the 12 plays written by Kesselring, ''Arsenic and Old Lace'' was by far the most successful. According to the opening night review in ''The New York Times'', the play was "so funny that none of us will ever forget it." Plot The play is a farcical black comedy revolving around the Brewster fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo Nye Teater
Oslo Nye Teater is a theater located in Oslo, Norway. The theater has its main stage in its own theater house at Rosenkrantz' gate 10. It is one of Norway's most visited theatres. Oslo Nye Teater AS is wholly owned by Oslo Municipality. History The theater opened as Det Nye Teater on February 26, 1929. Architects Gudolf Blakstad (1893–1985) and Jens Dunker (1898–1984) were engaged to design the building resulting in a concrete building in a simplified neoclassical style. In 1994–1995, a thorough upgrade of the audience area in the theater building was carried out under the direction of the architects Kristin Jarmund and Ola Helle. In September 1959, Oslo Nye Teater resulted from a merge between Folketeatret Folketeateret is a theatre in Oslo, Norway. The building has been used as a movie theatre and as an opera house. The theatre has 1,400 seats. History The theatre itself operated from 1952 to 1959, but the institution has a much longer history. ... and De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldo De Benedetti
Aldo De Benedetti (13 August 1892 – 19 January 1970) was an Italian screenwriter. He wrote for more than 110 films between 1920 and 1958. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * '' Marco Visconti'' (1925) * ''What Scoundrels Men Are!'' (1932) * ''Mr. Desire'' (1934) * ''Just Married'' (1934) * '' The Countess of Parma'' (1936) *''Music in the Square'' (1936) * ''Thirty Seconds of Love'' (1936) * ''Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' (1936) * ''The Last Days of Pompeo'' (1937) * ''The Carnival Is Here Again'' (1937) * ''Mother Song'' (1937) * '' These Children'' (1937) * '' Triumph of Love'' (1938) * ''Nonna Felicità'' (1938) * ''They've Kidnapped a Man'' (1938) *''The House of Shame'' (1938) * ''The Lady in White'' (1938) * ''The Faceless Voice'' (1939) * ''We Were Seven Sisters'' (1939) * ''We Were Seven Widows'' (1939) * ''Unjustified Absence'' (1939) * '' Mille chilometri al minuto'' (1939) * ''Red Roses'' (1940) * ''Red Tavern'' (1940) * '' Two on a Vac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Violators
''The Violators'' is a 1957 American crime film directed by John Newland, written by Ernest Pendrell, and starring Arthur O'Connell, Nancy Malone, Fred Beir, Clarice Blackburn and Henry Sharp. It was released on November 27, 1957, RKO Pictures. Plot A probation officer who is known for his sympathetic attitude towards juvenile delinquents is confronted with a personal conflict when his daughter falls in love with a boy who is himself in trouble with the law. Cast *Arthur O'Connell as Solomon Baumgarden *Nancy Malone as Debbie Baumgarden *Fred Beir as Jimmy Coogan *Clarice Blackburn as Eva Baumgarden *Henry Sharp as David Baumgarden *Mary Michael as Mrs. Riley *Joseph Julian as Mr. Riley *Bill Darrid as Anthony Calini *Sheila Copelan as Sharon Riley *Bernard Lenrow as Judge McKenna *Martin Freed as Barnie *Mercer McLeod as Judge Blatz *Eva Steen as Jean *Norman Rose as Stephen *Maxine Stewart as Salesgirl *Margaret Draper as Molly Coogan Casey *Frank Maxwell as Sam *John McGov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevnemøte Med Glemte år
''Stevnemøte med glemte år'' (Rendezvous with Forgotten Years) is a 1957 Norwegian drama film directed by Jon Lennart Mjøen. It was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Mona Hofland * Espen Skjønberg * Henki Kolstad * Inger Marie Andersen * Jon Lennart Mjøen * Rolf Christensen * Pål Skjønberg * Bab Christensen * Eva Steen Eva Steen (née Eva Oscarsdatter Jacobsen, November 12, 1889 – March 30, 1973) was a Norwegian actress. Steen was born in Strømsø. She was the daughter of Oscar Jacobsen and Laura Sofie Fredrikke Jacobsen (née Dahl). Filmography *1933: ' ... References External links * 1957 films 1950s Norwegian-language films 1957 drama films Norwegian black-and-white films Films directed by Jon Lennart Mjøen Norwegian drama films {{Norway-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
