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Ernest Ferny
Ernest Ferny (1886–1939) was a Swiss film actor.Goble p.411 Selected filmography * ''Tarakanova'' (1930) * ''Moscow Nights'' (1934) * '' The Lady of Lebanon'' (1934) * ''Light Cavalry'' (1935) * ''Taras Bulba'' (1936) * ''The Red Dancer'' (1937) * ''The Silent Battle ''The Silent Battle'' is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Herbert Mason and starring Rex Harrison, Valerie Hobson and John Loder. It is also known by the alternative titles ''Continental Express'' and ''Peace in our Time''. It was insp ...'' (1937) * '' Street of Shadows'' (1937) * '' The Messenger'' (1937) * '' The Patriot'' (1938) * '' Stolen Life'' (1939) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1886 births 1939 deaths Swiss male film actors Actors from Geneva {{Switzerland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneva
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situated in the south west of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva, Republic and Canton of Geneva. The city of Geneva () had a population 201,818 in 2019 (Jan. estimate) within its small municipal territory of , but the Canton of Geneva (the city and its closest Swiss suburbs and exurbs) had a population of 499,480 (Jan. 2019 estimate) over , and together with the suburbs and exurbs located in the canton of Vaud and in the French Departments of France, departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie the cross-border Geneva metropolitan area as officially defined by Eurostat, which extends over ,As of 2020, the Eurostat-defined Functional Urban Area of Geneva was made up of 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Dancer
''The Red Dancer'' (French: ''La danseuse rouge'') is a 1937 French drama film directed by Jean-Paul Paulin and starring Véra Korène, Maurice Escande and Jean Worms.Roust p.125 The film's sets were designed by the art director Alexandre Lochakoff Alexandre Lochakoff was a Russian-born art director.Phillips p.39 After fleeing following the Russian Revolution in 1917 he settled in France where he worked designing film sets. Selected filmography * ''Heart of an Actress'' (1924) * ''Michel S .... Cast References Bibliography * Colin Thomas Roust. ''Sounding French: The Film Music and Criticism of Georges Auric, 1919-1945''. University of Michigan, 2007. External links * 1937 films French drama films 1937 drama films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Jean-Paul Paulin French black-and-white films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 Deaths
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to work with Germans. *** The Youth Protection Act was passed on April 30, 1938 and the Working Hours Regulations came into effect. *** The Jews name change decree has gone into effect. ** The rest of the world *** In Spain, it becomes a duty of all young women under 25 to complete compulsory work service for one year. *** First edition of the Vienna New Year's Concert. *** The company of technology and manufacturing scientific instruments Hewlett-Packard, was founded in a garage in Palo Alto, California, by William (Bill) Hewlett and David Packard. This garage is now considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. *** Sydney, in Australia, records temperature of 45 ˚C, the highest record for the city. *** Philipp Etter took over as Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is published in New York and London. * January 16 – A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the Prussian deportations, the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from Prussia, initiated by Otto von Bismarck. * January 18 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. * January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885). * February 6– 9 – Seattle riot of 1886: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington. * February 8 – The West End Riots following a popular meeting in Trafalgar Square, London. * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolen Life (1939 Film)
''Stolen Life'' is a 1939 British drama film directed by Paul Czinner and starring Michael Redgrave, Elisabeth Bergner and Wilfrid Lawson. Production The film was made at Pinewood Studios with location filming in Cornwall, the South of France and the Dolomites in Kingdom of Italy under Fascism (1922-1943), Italy. It was adapted from a novel by Karel J. Benes and was remade in 1946 as ''A Stolen Life (1946 film), A Stolen Life''.Goble p.966 The film score was composed by William Walton. The film's sets were by the art director John Bryan (art director), John Bryan, while the costumes were designed by Joe Strassner. The film was re-released in 1942 during the Second World War. It premiered in France in 1946 and in 1951 in West Germany. Czinner and Bergner had been forced to leave Germany following the Nazi takeover in 1933 and their films were banned there. Synopsis After meeting and apparently falling in love with Martina, a young woman he meets in Switzerland, mountaineer Alan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Patriot (1938 Film)
''The Patriot'' (French: ''Le patriote'') is a 1938 French historical drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Harry Baur, Pierre Renoir and Suzy Prim. The film was based on a novel by Alfred Neumann which had previously been turned into a 1928 American silent film '' The Patriot'' starring Emil Jannings. It was made by the French subsidiary of the German company Tobis Film. The sets were designed by the Russian-born art director Alexandre Lochakoff. The film portrays the life of Tsar Paul I of Russia.Waldman p.156 Cast * Harry Baur as Le tsar Paul 1er * Pierre Renoir as Pahlen * Suzy Prim as Anna Ostermann * Jacques Varennes as Panin * Elmire Vautier as La tsarine * Geller * Nicolas Rimsky as Yocov * André Carnège as Zoubov * Fernand Mailly as L'amiral * Jacques Mattler as Le commandant disgrâcié * Robert Seller as Narichkine * André Varennes as Le ministre de la guerre * Victor Vina * Paula Clère as L'espionne * Gérard Landry as Le tsa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Messenger (1937 Film)
''The Messenger'' (French: ''Le messager'', or also known as ''Messenger Boy'') is a 1937 French drama film directed by Raymond Rouleau and starring Gaby Morlay, Jean Gabin and Mona Goya.Kennedy-Karpat p.32 It was based on a play by Henri Bernstein. Morlay reprised her role while Victor Francen, who had played the male lead on stage, was replaced by Gabin. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's art direction was by Eugène Lourié. Synopsis After leaving his socialite wife to marry her secretary, Nick Dange finds his well-connected wife has arranged for him to be made unemployable in Paris. The only work that he is able to get is to manage a mine in Uganda. He feels lonely and isolated, thousands of miles from his wife. His only companion is a fellow worker named Jack. When Jack returns to Paris after being injured, Nick asks him to take a message to his wife. Yet she is also lonely and begins an affair with Jack, who has alr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Of Shadows (1937 Film)
''Street of Shadows'' (french: Mademoiselle Docteur or ) is a 1937 French spy film directed by G. W. Pabst. An English-language version with exactly the same plot was filmed at the same time under the direction of Edmond T. Gréville, but with some changes in the cast. Dita Parlo remained as Mademoiselle Docteur, but Erich von Stroheim took over the part of the German spy chief. The English-language version was released in the United States under the title ''Under Secret Orders''. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Hubert and Serge Piménoff. Cast * Pierre Blanchar as Grégor Courdane * Dita Parlo as Mademoiselle Docteur * Pierre Fresnay as Le capitaine Georges Carrère * Roger Karl as Le colonel Bourget * Viviane Romance as Gaby * Jean-Louis Barrault as Le client fou * Marcel Lupovici as Alexandre * Gaston Modot as Le patron du café * Robert Manuel as Un invité au consulat * Ernest Ferny as Le capitaine Lou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silent Battle (1937 Film)
''The Silent Battle'' (French: ''La bataille silencieuse'') is a 1937 French thriller film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Käthe von Nagy, Pierre Fresnay and Michel Simon.The A to Z of French Cinema p.174 The film's sets were designed by the art director Aimé Bazin. It was remade as a British film of the same title in 1939. Synopsis A journalist on the trail of a group of arms smugglers becomes aware of an impending attack on the Orient Express. Cast * Käthe von Nagy as Draguicha * Pierre Fresnay as Bordier * Michel Simon as Sauvin * Abel Tarride as Bartoff * Renée Corciade as L'américaine * Pierre Sergeol as Fernando * Geno Ferny as Ernest * Ernest Ferny as Méricant * Albert Gercourt as Sanneman * Pierre Huchet as Le sécretaire * André Alerme André Alerme (9 September 1877 – 31 January 1960) was a French actor. Alerme was born Marie André Alerme in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France and died at the age of 82 in Montrichard, Loir-et-Cher, France. Selec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taras Bulba (1936 Film)
''Taras Bulba'' (French: ''Tarass Boulba'') is a 1936 French historical drama film directed by Alexis Granowsky and starring Harry Baur, Jean-Pierre Aumont and Danielle Darrieux. It is one of many films based on the story of Taras Bulba. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lucien Aguettand and Andrej Andrejew. The costumes were designed by Georges Annenkov. Many of the film's production team were Russian exiles, who had left following the Russian Revolution. The rights to the film were bought by Alexander Korda who remade it in Britain as ''The Rebel Son ''The Rebel Son'' is a 1938 British historical adventure film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Harry Baur, Anthony Bushell and Roger Livesey. Patricia Roc also appears in her first screen role. It is a re-working by Alexander Korda of Gran ...''. Cast References External links * French historical drama films 1930s historical drama films Films based on Taras Bulba Films directed by Alexis Granows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel, St. Gallen a.o.). , coordinates = , largest_city = Zürich , official_languages = , englishmotto = "One for all, all for one" , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , religion = , demonym = , german: Schweizer/Schweizerin, french: Suisse/Suissesse, it, svizzero/svizzera or , rm, Svizzer/Svizra , government_type = Federalism, Federal assembly-independent Directorial system, directorial republic with elements of a direct democracy , leader_title1 = Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council , leader_name1 = , leader_title2 = , leader_name2 = Walter Thurnherr , legislature = Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Cavalry (1935 French-language Film)
''Light Cavalry'' (French: ''Cavalerie légère'') is a 1935 French-German musical film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Mona Goya, Gabriel Gabrio and Constant Rémy.Goble p.293 It is the French-language version of ''Light Cavalry'', part of a trend during the 1930s to make Multiple-language versions of productions. Like the German original, it uses music from the operetta ''Light Cavalry''. Cast * Mona Goya as Rosika * Gabriel Gabrio as Chérubini * Constant Rémy as Flip * Jean-Louis Allibert as Géza von Rakos * Ernest Ferny as Palato * Line Noro as Mme. Palato * Marcel Vallée as Franconi * Raoul Marco as Pietro * Myno Burney as Catella * Fernand Fabre Fernand Fabre (1899–1987) was a French stage, television and film actor.Goble p.49 Selected filmography * ''The Queen's Necklace'' (1929) * '' The Indictment'' (1931) * ''Luck'' (1931) * ''The Weaker Sex'' (1933) * ''Madame Bovary'' (1934) * '' ... as Coloman References Bibliography * Goble, Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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