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Georges Ohnet
Georges Ohnet (3 April 1848, in Paris – 5 May 1918) was a French novelist. Life and career Ohnet was educated at the Collège Sainte-Barbe and the Lycée Napoléon. After the Franco-Prussian War he became editor of the magazines ''Pays'' and ''Constitutionnel'' in succession. In collaboration with the engineer and dramatist Louis Denayrouze (b. 1848) he produced the play '' Regina Sarpi'', and during 1877 '' Marthe''. Ohnet was an admirer of Georges Sand and was opposed to realistic modern novels. He began a series of novels, '' Les Batailles de la vie'', of a character simple and idealistic, which, although scorned by the critics as unreal and commonplace, were very popular. The series included the novels '' Serge Panine'' (1881) which was awarded by the academy; ''Le Maître de forges'' (1882), ''La Grande Marnière'' (1885), ''Volonté'' (1888), and ''Dernier Amour'' (1891). Many of his novels have been dramatized with great success, ''Le Maître de forges'', produced at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Georges may refer to: Places *Georges River, New South Wales, Australia *Georges Quay (Dublin) *Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Other uses *Georges (name) * ''Georges'' (novel), a novel by Alexandre Dumas * "Georges" (song), a 1977 song originally recorded by Pat Simon and covered by Sylvie Vartan *Georges (store), a department store in Melbourne, Australia from 1880 to 1995 * Georges (''Green Card'' character) People with the surname * Eugenia Georges, American anthropologist *Karl Ernst Georges (1806–1895), German classical philologist and lexicographer, known for his edition of Latin-German dictionaries. See also *École secondaire Georges-P.-Vanier, a high school in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada *École secondaire Georges-Vanier in Laval, Quebec, Canada * French cruiser ''Georges Leygues'', commissioned in 1937 * French frigate ''Georges Leygues'' (D640), commissioned in 1979 *George (other) *Georges Creek (other) *Georges Creek Coal and Iron Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Life For A Life (1916 Film)
''A Life for a Life'' (russian: Жизнь за жизнь) is a 1916 drama film directed by Yevgeni Bauer. Plot The film is based on ''Serge Panine (novel), Serge Panine'', a novel by Georges Ohnet. Starring * Olga Rakhmanova as Mrs. Khromova * Lidiya Koreneva as Musya Khromova * Vera Kholodnaya as Nata Khromova * Vitold Polonsky as Prince Vladimir Bartinsky * Ivane Perestiani as Zhurov, the merchant References External links * 1916 films 1910s Russian-language films Russian silent films Russian black-and-white films Russian drama films 1916 drama films Films of the Russian Empire Silent drama films Films based on works by Georges Ohnet {{Russia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusto Genina
Augusto Genina (28 January 1892 – 18 September 1957) was an Italian film pioneer. He was a movie producer and director. Biography Born in Rome, Genina was a drama critic and wrote comedies for the ''Il Mondo'' Magazine, under advise of Aldo de Benedetti switches to movies for the "Film d'Arte Italiana", that produces his first film "La moglie di sua eccellenza". In 1929 Genina moved to France to direct Louise Brooks in sonorized film ''Miss Europe''. He studied sound techniques and worked in France and Germany in same but alternate languages film versions which were filmed simultaneously, before his return to Italy. He won Venice Film Festival Mussolini's cup for Best Italian Film twice, in 1936 by ''Lo squadrone bianco'' and in 1940 by ''The Siege of the Alcazar'', both Fascist propaganda films. In 1953, he filmed ''Three Forbidden Stories'', another version of the real accident depicted by Giuseppe De Santis one year before in '' Rome 11 o'clock'' (''Roma ore 11''). Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianpaolo Rosmino
Gianpaolo Rosmino (2 July 1888 – 20 July 1982) was an Italian actor and film director. Rosmino enjoyed a lengthy screen career. After making his debut in the silent era in 1913 he appeared in more than 80 films and television series up to 1965. He played a prominent role in the 1913 silent '' Love Everlasting'', one of the two most famous Italian early silent films.Moliterno (2008), p. 185. He is sometimes credited as Gian Paolo Rosmino. He played the title role in the 1935 film ''Don Bosco''. Selected filmography Actor *'' Love Everlasting'' (1913) *''Don Bosco'' (1935) *''Aldebaran'' (1935) * ''The Dance of Time'' (1936) * ''Marcella'' (1937) *''Guest for One Night'' (1939) *''Rita of Cascia'' (1943) * ''The Flame That Will Not Die'' (1949) *''The Young Caruso'' (1951) * ''Frine, Courtesan of Orient'' (1953) * ''Mata Hari's Daughter'' (1954) *''Hercules'' (1958) *'' Afrodite, dea dell'amore'' (1958) *''The Giant of Marathon'' (1959) *''Hercules Unchained'' (1959) *''Fury of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Roberti
Vincenzo Leone (24 July 1879 – 10 January 1959), known professionally as Roberto Roberti, was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. He made over sixty films, mostly during the silent era. He was married to the actress Bice Valerian. Their son Sergio Leone became a celebrated director. During the 1910s Roberti made a number of films for the Turin-based Aquila Films, often featuring his wife in a leading role. He then moved to Caesar Film where he directed eighteen films starring the diva Francesca Bertini. Selected filmography * '' Tower of Terror'' (1913) * '' Indian Vampire'' (1913) * '' The Mystery of St. Martin's Bridge'' (1913) * '' The Princess of Bedford'' (1914) * ''The Bandit of Port Avon'' (1914) * '' The Danube Boatman'' (1914) * ''Theodora'' (1914) * ''Darkness'' (1916) * ''The Sinful Woman'' (1916) * ''The Cavalcade of Dreams '' (1917) * '' Eugenia Grandet'' (1918) * '' The Conqueror of the World'' (1919) * ''Countess Sarah'' (1919) * '' The Cheerful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countess Sarah
''Countess Sarah'' (Italian:''La contessa Sara'') is a 1919 Italian silent film directed by Roberto Roberti and starring Francesca Bertini.Abel p.552 Cast * Francesca Bertini * Sandro Salvini * Alberto Albertini * Vittorio Bianchi Vittorio is an Italian male given name which has roots from the Byzantine-Bulgarian name Victor. People with the given name Vittorio include: * Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, pretender to the former Kingdom of Italy * Vittorio Adorni, prof ... * Emma Farnesi * Giuseppe Farnesi * Raoul Maillard * Ugo Piperno References Bibliography * Abel, Richard. ''Encyclopedia of Early Cinema''. Taylor & Francis, 2005. External links * 1919 films 1910s Italian-language films Films based on French novels Films based on works by Georges Ohnet Films directed by Roberto Roberti Italian silent short films Italian black-and-white films {{Italy-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenio Perego
Eugenio Perego (1876–1944) was an Italian film director of the silent era. During the 1920s he directed a number of comedy films starring Leda Gys.Abel p.292 Selected filmography * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1913) * ''The Railway Owner'' (1919) * ''A Woman's Story ''A Woman's Story'' or ''The Story of One Woman'' (Italian: ''La storia di una donna'') is a 1920 Italian silent drama film directed by Eugenio Perego and starring Pina Menichelli, Luigi Serventi and Livio Pavanelli. A single mother has to work ...'' (1920) * '' Chief Saetta'' (1924) * '' Naples is a Song'' (1927) References Bibliography * Abel, Richard. ''Encyclopedia of Early Cinema''. Taylor & Francis, 2005. External links * 1876 births 1944 deaths Italian film directors Film people from Milan {{Italy-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Railway Owner
''The Railway Owner'' (Italian title:''Il padrone delle ferriere'') is a 1919 Italian silent drama film directed by Eugenio Perego and starring Luigi Serventi, Maria Caserini and Amleto Novelli.Dalle Vacche p.263 It is based on Georges Ohnet's novel ''Le Maître de Forges''. Cast * Maria Caserini as Marchesa di Beaulieu * Myriam De Gaudi as Sig.na Derblay * Isabel De Lizaso * Pina Menichelli as Clara de Beaulieu * Lina Millefleurs as Athenaide Moulinet * Amleto Novelli Amleto Novelli (18 October 1885 – 16 April 1924) was an Italian film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 110 films between 1909 and 1924. Selected filmography * ''Brutus'' (1911) * '' Agrippina'' (1911) * '' Quo Vadis'' (1913) * '' A ... as Filippo Derblay * Luigi Serventi as Duca di Bligny References Bibliography * Angela Dalle Vacche. ''Diva: Defiance and Passion in Early Italian Cinema''. University of Texas Press, 2008. External links * 1919 films 1919 drama films Italian si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Âme De Pierre
''L'Âme de Pierre'' ("Pierre's soul" or "The Soul of Stone") is a French novel by Georges Ohnet Georges Ohnet (3 April 1848, in Paris – 5 May 1918) was a French novelist. Life and career Ohnet was educated at the Collège Sainte-Barbe and the Lycée Napoléon. After the Franco-Prussian War he became editor of the magazines ''Pays'' an ..., first published in 1890. It was adapted for the screen twice: in 1918 and in 1929. Synopsis At a dinner party hosted by Prince Patrizzi, Doctor Davidoff shares the idea that a person may save the life of a loved one who is deathly ill, by giving them their soul, at the price of their own life. This makes a great impression on Pierre Laurier, a painter, and Jacques de Vignes, who is seriously ill himself. The same evening, Pierre disappears after having been dismissed by his mistress, the beautiful Clémence Villa, leaving behind a suicide note in which he expresses the wish to give up his soul to restore Jacques' health... Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Burguet
Charles Burguet (26 May 1878 – 9 June 1946) was a French director best known for his silent films of the late 1910s and early 1920s. He directed well over 30 films between 1912 and 1929. Selected filmography * ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922) * ''Montmartre'' (1925) * ''Barocco'' (1925) * ''Martyr'' (1927) * ''The Veil Dancer ''The Veil Dancer'' (french: Le meneur de joies, german: Die Schleiertänzerin) is a 1929 French-German silent film directed by Charles Burguet and starring René Navarre, Hertha von Walther Hertha von Walther (born Hertha Stern und Walter v ...'' (1929) References Bibliography * External links * French film directors Silent film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters 1878 births 1946 deaths 20th-century French male writers {{france-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King Of Paris (1917 Film)
''The King of Paris'' (Russian:Король Парижа, translit:Korol' Parizha) is a 1917 Russian silent feature film directed by Yevgeni Bauer. The film was shot in the cinema factory of Aleksandr Khanzhonkov in Yalta. This was the last work of Yevgeni Bauer. As he worked on his previous film, ''For Happiness'' (ru: «За счастьем»), Bauer broke his leg, and he shot this film while in a bathchair, but soon fell ill with pneumonia. He began shooting in early summer of 1917, but he was soon placed in Yalta hospital and on 9 June 1917 he died. Actress Olga Rakhmanova finished the film. Plot In Paris, Raskol takes young Bremond under his protection. He tells him that if he treats women as slaves, men as enemies and businessmen as puppets, he will become King of Paris. The two men, now passing as Count de Saint-Venkov and Marquis de Predamond apply the recipe very successfully. However, when Bremond wants to marry the Duchess von Dorstein for her money, he will have to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Lloyd
Frank William George Lloyd (2 February 1886 – 10 August 1960) was a British-born American film director, actor, scriptwriter, and producer. He was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and was its president from 1934 to 1935. Biography Lloyd was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His mother Jane was Scottish and his father Edmund was Welsh. Lloyd started his career as a singer and stage actor in London. He is Scotland's first Academy Award winner and is unique in film history, having received three Oscar nominations in 1929 for his work on a silent film (''The Divine Lady''), a part-talkie (''Weary River'') and a full talkie ('' Drag''). He won for ''The Divine Lady''. He was nominated and won again in 1933 for his adaptation of Noël Coward's ''Cavalcade'' and received a further Best Director nomination in 1935 for perhaps his most successful film, ''Mutiny on the Bounty''. Lloyd is credited with being a founder of the Academy of Motion Picture A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
