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Fiancée For Hire
''Fiancée for Hire'' (Swedish: ''Fästmö uthyres'') is a 1950 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Olof Winnerstrand, Karl-Arne Holmsten and Eva Dahlbeck.Qvist & Von Bagh p.115 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall. Cast * Olof Winnerstrand as Fredrik Winkler * Karl-Arne Holmsten as Allan Winkler * Eva Dahlbeck as Margit Berg * Dagmar Ebbesen as Ms. Lauritz * Elsa Carlsson as Mrs. Winkler * Barbro Hiort af Ornäs as Gertrud Stenström * Jan Molander as Mårtensson * Marianne Löfgren as Mrs. Pålman * Stig Järrel as Major Pålman * Thor Modéen as The Colonel * Gunnar Björnstrand as Actor Julius Brumse * Douglas Håge as Boström * Viveca Serlachius as Ann-Marie * Carl-Olof Alm as Hellman * Gull Natorp as Countess Rosenskiöld * Hans Järrsten Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf Molander
Gustaf Harald August Molander (18 November 1888 – 19 June 1973) was a Sweden, Swedish actor and film director. His parents were director Harald Molander, Sr. (1858–1900) and singer and actress Lydia Molander, ''née'' Wessler, and his brother was the director Olof Molander (1892–1966). He was the father of director and producer Harald Molander from his first marriage to actress Karin Molander and father to actor Jan Molander from his second marriage to Elsa Fahlberg (1892–1977). Gustaf Molander was born in Helsinki, Helsingfors (now Helsinki) in the Grand Duchy of Finland (in the Russian Empire), where his father was working at the Swedish Theatre. He studied in the school of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm 1907–1909, acted at the Swedish theatre in Helsingfors 1909–1913, and then at the Royal Dramatic Theatre from 1913 to 1926. The last years there he headed the school; his students included Greta Garbo. Molander wrote several screenplays for Victor Sjöströ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbro Hiort Af Ornäs
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (28 August 1921 – 27 November 2015) was a Swedish stage and film actress. Biography She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, the daughter of Alma (née Ärnström) and Erik Hiort af Ornäs. She had a brother, Torbjorn. Along with Bibi Andersson, Eva Dahlbeck, and Ingrid Thulin, she won the Best Actress Award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival for ''Brink of Life''. In 1989, she was given the Litteris et Artibus for her services to the arts in Sweden. Hiort af Ornäs died in Bromma on 28 November 2015, aged 94. Partial filmography * ''Imprisoned Women'' (1943) - Kaj * ''Youth in Danger'' (1946) - Bibbi Nicklasson * ''Flickan frÃ¥n tredje raden'' (1949) - Dagmar Antonsson * ''Fiancée for Hire'' (1950)- Gertrud Stenström * ''While the City Sleeps'' (1950) - Rutan * ''Count Svensson'' (1951) - Greta Svensson * ''Barabbas'' (1953) - Maria of Magdala (uncredited) * ''Darling of Mine'' (1955) - Linda Loy * ''Das Fräulein von Scuderi'' (1955) - La Martiniere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Comedy Films
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1950 Films
The year 1950 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1950 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 13 – Three weeks after its world premiere at the Paramount and Rivoli theatres in New York City, Cecil B. DeMille's ''Samson and Delilah'' opens in Los Angeles. The film is a massive commercial success and wins the awards for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design at the 23rd Academy Awards. * February 15 – Walt Disney Studios' animated film ''Cinderella'' debuts. The film is the most successful the studio has made since ''Dumbo'', and saves the studio from four million dollars in debt. * July 19 – Walt Disney Studios' first completely live-action film ''Treasure Island'' debuts. Awards Top ten money making stars Notable films released in 1950 US unless stated # *'' 47 morto che parla'', starring Totò – (Italy) *''711 Ocean Drive'', starring Edmond O'Brien and J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven-Axel Carlsson
Sven-Axel Carlsson (1932–1971) was a Swedish film actor.Vermilye p.71 He began his screen career as a child actor in the 1940s. Many of his final film performances came in the Åsa-Nisse series. Selected filmography * '' Bill Bergson, Master Detective'' (1947) * ''The Key and the Ring'' (1947) * '' This Can't Happen Here'' (1950) * ''The Motor Cavaliers'' (1950) * ''Fiancée for Hire'' (1950) * ''Skipper in Stormy Weather'' (1951) * '' She Came Like the Wind'' (1952) * '' Say It with Flowers'' (1952) * '' U-Boat 39'' (1952) * '' Speed Fever'' (1953) * '' The Glass Mountain'' (1953) * '' En karl i köket'' (1954) * ''Dance in the Smoke'' (1954) * ''The Vicious Breed'' (1954) * ''Paradise'' (1955) * ''Voyage in the Night'' (1955) * '' Suss gott'' (1956) * ''The Stranger from the Sky'' (1956) * '' Night Light'' (1957) * ''The Jazz Boy'' (1958) * ''Crime in Paradise'' (1959) * '' Heaven and Pancake'' (1959) * '' Åsa-Nisse slår till'' (1965) * '' Åsa-Nisse i raketform'' (1966) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Järrsten
Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi actor and singer, son of Hans Raj Hans * Hans clan, a tribal clan in Punjab, Pakistan Places * Hans, Marne, a commune in France * Hans Island, administrated by Greenland and Canada Arts and entertainment * ''Hans'' (film) a 2006 Italian film directed by Louis Nero * Hans (Frozen), the main antagonist of the 2013 Disney animated film ''Frozen'' * ''Hans'' (magazine), an Indian Hindi literary monthly * ''Hans'', a comic book drawn by Grzegorz Rosiński and later by Zbigniew Kasprzak Other uses * Clever Hans, the "wonder horse" * ''The Hans India'', an English language newspaper in India * HANS device, a racing car safety device *Hans, the ISO 15924 code for Simplified Chinese script See also * Han (other) *Hans im Glüc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gull Natorp
Gull Natorp (10 January 1880 – 30 April 1962) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1913 and 1956. Selected filmography * ''Skottet'' (1914) - Maid * ''Hans hustrus förflutna'' (1915) - Countess Flemming * ''Erotikon'' (1920) - Spectator at the Opera * ''A Fortune Hunter'' (1921) - Mrs. Margarete Grijp * ''A Wild Bird'' (1921) - Guest * ''Thomas Graal's Ward'' (1922) - Lady with piano * ''Kalle Utter'' (1925) - Prostinna * '' A Perfect Gentleman'' (1927) * '' Frida's Songs'' (1930) - Post clerk (uncredited) * ''Markurells i Wadköping'' (1931) - Member of the board (uncredited) * ''What Do Men Know?'' (1933) - Mrs. Holm * ''En stilla flirt'' (1934) - Mrs. Wilder (uncredited) * ''Kärlek efter noter'' (1935) - Mrs. Tranman * ''Kungen kommer'' (1936) - Adele Löwencreutz * ''Pappas pojke'' (1937) - Mrs. Fanny Hellman * ''Du gamla du fria!'' (1938) - Ellen * ''DÃ¥ länkarna smiddes'' (1939) - Anna Björnberg, hans hustru * ''Between Us Barons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viveca Serlachius
Viveca Elisabeth Marianne Serlachius Olsson (2 March 1923 – 9 January 1993) was a Finnish-born Swedish actress, best known as the first actress to play Pippi Longstocking on film, ''Pippi Longstocking'' in 1949, when she was aged 26 portraying a 9-year-old girl. She was married to Torbjörn Olsson from 1954 until her death in 1993. Selected filmography * ''The Journey Away'' (1945) * ''The Night Watchman's Wife'' (1947) * '' I Love You Karlsson'' (1947) * ''Pippi Longstocking'' (1949) * ''Playing Truant'' (1949) * ''Fiancée for Hire'' (1950) * '' The Motor Cavaliers'' (1950) * ''Teacher's First Born ''Teacher's First Born'' (Swedish: ''Frokens forsta barn'') is a 1950 Swedish comedy film directed by Schamyl Bauman and starring Sickan Carlsson, Edvin Adolphson and Viveca Serlachius.Segrave & Martin p.273 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna ...'' (1950) * '' Defiance'' (1952) References External links * 1923 births 1993 deaths Actresses from Helsinki 20th-cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas HÃ¥ge
Douglas HÃ¥ge (6 March 1898 – 18 November 1959) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1932 and 1959. Selected filmography * ''Career'' (1938) * ''Just a Bugler'' (1938) * '' The Great Love'' (1938) * '' Nothing But the Truth'' (1939) * '' With Open Arms'' (1940) * '' Only a Woman'' (1941) * ''Goransson's Boy'' (1941) * ''Skipper Jansson'' (1944) * '' Dolly Takes a Chance'' (1944) * ''My People Are Not Yours'' (1944) * '' Blood and Fire'' (1945) * '' The Girls in Smaland'' (1945) * ''Oss tjuvar emellan eller En burk ananas'' (1945) * ''It Rains on Our Love'' (1946) * ''While the Door Was Locked'' (1946) * ''Evening at the Djurgarden'' (1946) * ''A Ship to India'' (1947) * ''Poor Little Sven'' (1947) * '' Private Karlsson on Leave'' (1947) * '' Dinner for Two'' (1947) * ''The Bride Came Through the Ceiling'' (1947) * ''Song of Stockholm'' (1947) * ''The Night Watchman's Wife'' (1947) * ''Music in Darkness'' (1948) * ''Private Bom'' (1948) * '' A Swedis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnar Björnstrand
Knut Gunnar Johanson (13 November 1909 – 24 May 1986) was a Swedish actor known for his frequent work with writer and director Ingmar Bergman. Biography Björnstrand was born Knut Gunnar Johanson in Stockholm as son of actor Oscar Johanson and Ella Mauléon. After his education at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school, he made several appearances in theatre, film and radio. Björnstrand's first collaboration with Ingmar Bergman was the 1941 theatre production of August Strindberg's ''The Ghost Sonata''. His first major film role was in Hampe Faustman's ''Natt i hamn'' in 1943. After signing a contract with Svensk Filmindustri, he was offered mainly parts in comedies, including Bergman's ''Smiles of a Summer Night'' (1955). In 1957, however, he appeared in two dramatic roles for Bergman, in ''The Seventh Seal'' and '' Wild Strawberries''. He regularly starred in other films by Bergman until 1968, when his work for the director became infrequent. He also played major roles at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thor Modéen
Thor Modéen (22 January 1898 – 28 May 1950) was a Swedish actor and comedian who was active in both movies and on stage. Thor Modéen Teatern, a 3D cinema and theater in Kungsör, was named in his honor. Biography Thor Odert Folke Modéen was born in Kungsör, Sweden. He began his career as a dancer and singer. He became a student with director Muck Linden at the Lorensberg Theater in Gothenburg in 1916 and subsequently appeared with Novilla, Folkteatern, Södra Teatern, Oscarsteatern, Vasateatern and Folkets hus in Stockholm,. He appeared in 88 films between 1923 and 1950. He mainly appeared in comedies, often worked with fellow comedians Åke Söderblom and John Botvid. Selected filmography * ''The Tales of Ensign Stål'' (1926) * '' The Devil and the Smalander'' (1927) * ''The Ghost Baron'' (1927) * '' Ship Ahoy!'' (1931) * ''Love and Deficit'' (1932) * '' Lucky Devils'' (1932) * ''Two Men and a Widow'' (1933) * ''Augusta's Little Misstep'' (1933) * ''Boman's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
