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Irén Ágay
Irén Ágay (23 February 1912 —2 September 1950) was a Hungarian actress. She was a leading star of 1930s Hungarian cinema, before emigrating to the United States. Selected filmography * '' Romance of Ida'' (1934) * '' Everything for the Woman'' (1934) * '' Emmy'' (1934) * '' Her Highness Dances the Waltz'' (1935) * '' Szenzáció'' (1936) * '' Half-Rate Honeymoon'' (1936) * '' Hochzeitsreise zu 50%'' (1937) * '' Maga lesz a férjem'' (1938) * ''The Fabulous Suzanne ''The Fabulous Suzanne'' is a 1946 American romantic comedy film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Barbara Britton, Rudy Vallee and Otto Kruger. A waitress inherits a fortune from one of her customers. Plot The young and beautiful Suzanne ...'' (1946) References External links * 1912 births 1950 deaths Hungarian film actresses Actresses from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian actresses Hungarian emigrants to the United States {{Hungary-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a city and county, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,303,786; it is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into the Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century, but the area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–42. Re-established Buda became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century. The Battle of Mohács, in 1526, was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the region en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From Budapest
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarian Film Actresses
Hungarian may refer to: * Hungary, a country in Central Europe * Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ..., state of Hungary, existing between 1000 and 1946 * Hungarians, ethnic groups in Hungary * Hungarian algorithm, a polynomial time algorithm for solving the assignment problem * Hungarian language, a Finno-Ugric language spoken in Hungary and all neighbouring countries * Hungarian notation, a naming convention in computer programming * Hungarian cuisine, the cuisine of Hungary and the Hungarians See also * * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 Deaths
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 Births
Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 191 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Parthia * King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V. China * A coalition of Chinese warlords from the east of Hangu Pass launches a punitive campaign against the warlord Dong Zhuo, who seized control of the central government in 189, and held the figurehead Emperor Xian hostage. After suffering some defeats against the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo forcefully relocates the imperial capital from Luoyang to Chang'an. Before leaving, Dong Zhuo orders his troops to loot the tombs of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fabulous Suzanne
''The Fabulous Suzanne'' is a 1946 American romantic comedy film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Barbara Britton, Rudy Vallee and Otto Kruger. A waitress inherits a fortune from one of her customers. Plot The young and beautiful Suzanne O'Neill (Barbara Britton) works as a waitress in her fiancé William "Bill" Harris's ( William Henry) diner. Suzanne's problem is that Bill doesn't want to decide on a wedding date. He claims that he doesn't have enough money to get married; he wants to be able to support her on his own first, so that she doesn't have to work at all. But Suzanne gets tired of Bill's pride getting in the way of her dreams for the future. Suzanne starts betting on horse races, using her "lucky pin" to pick the right ones for the infamous and not always apt gambler Jonathan Tuttle (Frank Darien). When Tuttle passes away shortly after their enterprise has taken off, Suzanne finds out that he has left her seven thousand dollars through his will. She is more than s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maga Lesz A Férjem
Maga or MAGA may refer to: MAGA * Make America Great Again, a political slogan famously used by Donald Trump * Museo MAGA, a modern-art museum in Gallarate, Italy * ''maga'', the logo of the Cornish Language Partnership, an organisation promoting the use of the Cornish language Botany Trees in the family Malvaceae of the rosids clade, referred to as maga, include: * Genus ''Thespesia'' * Species '' Thespesia grandiflora'' People * Maga (footballer, born 1996), Brazilian women's football forward * Maga (footballer, born 1999), Portuguese football defender * Miguel Maga (born 2002), Portuguese football right-back Other uses * Maga (name) * Maga, Cameroon, a commune * ''Maga'' (aka '' Blackwood's Magazine''), 19th- and 20th-century British magazine * Krav Maga, an Israeli hand-to-hand self-defense system * Maga Brahmins, or Sakaldwipiya, Indian priests, and Ayurveda teachers and practitioners * Maga, an Egyptian crocodile deity sired by Set. See also * Magaly (disambiguat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Half-Rate Honeymoon
''Half-Rate Honeymoon'' (Hungarian: ''Nászút féláron'') is a 1936 Cinema of Hungary, Hungarian romance film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Irén Ágay, Pál Jávor (actor), Pál Jávor and Gyula Kabos. A Hungarian couple take advantage of a cut-price holiday offer in Italy where they visit many of the major sights. A German-language version ''Hochzeitsreise zu 50%'' was also released. Cast * Irén Ágay - Kovács Kató * Pál Jávor (actor), Pál Jávor - Kerekes Pál, mérnök * Gyula Kabos - Pernauer Lajos * György Dénes - Ifj. Majer úr * Mici Erdélyi - Lujza, Pernauer titkárnője és felesége * Lajos Köpeczi-Boócz - Id. Majer úr, vezérigazgató Bibliography * Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004. External links * 1936 films Hungarian romantic comedy films 1930s Hungarian-language films Films directed by Steve Sekely Films set in Italy Hungarian multilingual films 1936 romantic comedy films Hunga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood, California
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable film studios, such as Columbia Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures, are located near or in Hollywood. Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It was consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910. Soon thereafter a prominent film industry emerged, having developed first on the East Coast. Eventually it became the most recognizable in the world. History Initial development H.J. Whitley, a real estate developer, arranged to buy the E.C. Hurd ranch. They agreed on a price and shook hands on the deal. Whitley shared his plans for the new town with General Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the ''Los Angeles Times'', and Ivar Weid, a prominent businessman in the area. Daeida Wilcox, who donated land to help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szenzáció
''Sensation'' (Hungarian: ''Szenzáció'') is a 1936 Hungarian comedy drama film directed by Steve Sekely and Ladislao Vajda and starring Irén Ágay, Gyula Kabos and Zoltán Makláry.Khatib p.40 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Pán. Synopsis A journalist and his editor discuss stories and the need for sensation in the news. Four different stories are then portrayed including one in which a down-on-his-luck many takes employment in a circus as the assistant to a knife thrower. Cast * Irén Ágay as Katica * Gyula Kabos as Szálka Leó * Zoltán Makláry as Gordon * Ferenc Kiss as Bányamunkás * Lajos Gárdonyi as Föszerkesztö * Sándor Pethes as Cirkuszi titkár * Sándor Peti as Elöfizetö * Kálmán Rózsahegyi as Katica apja * Ilona Erdös as Keretjáték * Nusi Somogyi as Szálka felesége * Zoltán Szakáts as Liszt Ferenc * István Szegedi Szabó as Kocsis * Menyhért Gulyás as Cirkuszi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Highness Dances The Waltz (1935 Film)
''Her Highness Dances the Waltz'' (German: ''Hoheit tanzt Walzer'') is a 1935 German-language Czech musical comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Irén Ágay, André Mattoni and Hans Homma.Von Dassanowsky p. 9 The operetta film is based on the 1912 operetta '' Hoheit tanzt Walzer'' by Leo Ascher (music) and Alfred Grünwald ( libretto). It was filmed at the Barrandov Studios in Prague. The film's sets were designed by the art director Artur Berger. A French version '' Valse éternelle'' was released in 1936. Cast * Irén Ágay as Princess Marika * André Mattoni as Prince Georg, Count Hohenaus' son * Hans Homma as Count Franz von Hohenau * Anna Kallina as Agnes, Count Hohenau's wife * Phillis Fehr as Liesl, Count Hohenaus' daughter * Maria Balcerkiewiczówna as Countess Lubowska * Teddy Bill * Alexander Fischer-Marich as Hofer, music copyist * Hans Jaray as Josef Langer, composer * Eugen Neufeld * Camilla Spira Camilla Spira (1 March 1906 – 25 August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
