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John Ericsson, Victor Of Hampton Roads
''John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads'' (Swedish: ''John Ericsson - segraren vid Hampton Roads'') is a 1937 Swedish historical film, historical drama film directed by Gustaf Edgren and starring Victor Sjöström, Märta Ekström and Anders Henrikson.Wallengren p.127 It is a biopic of the nineteenth century Swedish engineer and inventor John Ericsson, known for his work in Britain and the United States. The title refers to the 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads in the American Civil War, which featured the ''USS Monitor'' designed by Ericsson. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. It was produced and distributed by Svensk Filmindustri. Cast * Victor Sjöström as John Ericsson * Märta Ekström as Amelia Ericsson * Anders Henrikson as Taylor * Sigurd Wallén as Karl 'Charlie' Petterson * Kotti Chave as James Kerrigan * Hilda Borgström as Ann Cassidy * Carl Barcklind as Stephen Mallory * Marianne Amin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf Edgren
Gustaf Edgren (1 April 1895 – 10 June 1954) was a Swedish screenwriter, film director and producer.Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema p.327 Selected filmography * '' 40 Skipper Street'' (1925) * '' First Mate Karlsson's Sweethearts'' (1925) * ''The Rivals'' (1926) * ''The Ghost Baron'' (1927) * ''Black Rudolf'' (1928) * ''Artificial Svensson'' (1929) * ''Cavaliers of the Crown'' (1930) * ''The Red Day'' (1931) * '' Ship Ahoy!'' (1931) * ''Colourful Pages'' (1931) * '' Tired Theodore'' (1931) * ''Simon of Backabo'' (1934) * ''Walpurgis Night'' (1935) * '' Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1936) * '' Russian Flu'' (1937) * ''John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads'' (1937) * '' Styrman Karlssons flammor'' (1938) * '' With Open Arms'' (1940) * '' Little Napoleon'' (1943) * ''Katrina'' (1943) * '' Dolly Takes a Chance'' (1944) * ''His Majesty Must Wait'' (1945) * ''Kristin Commands'' (1946) * ''Sunshine Follows Rain'' (1946) * '' The Girl from the Marsh Croft'' (1947) * '' A Swedish Tige ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ericsson
John Ericsson (born Johan Ericsson; July 31, 1803 – March 8, 1889) was a Swedish-American inventor. He was active in England and the United States. Ericsson collaborated on the design of the railroad steam locomotive ''Novelty'', which competed in the Rainhill Trials on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which were won by inventor George Stephenson's (1781-1848), ''Rocket''. In North America, he designed the United States Navy's first screw-propelled steam-frigate , in partnership with Captain (later Commodore) Robert F. Stockton (1795-1866), who unjustly blamed him for a fatal accident. A new partnership with Cornelius H. DeLamater (1821-1889), of the DeLamater Iron Works in New York City resulted in the first armoured ironclad warship equipped with a rotating gun turret, , which dramatically saved the U.S. (Union Navy) naval blockading squadron from destruction by an ironclad Confederate States naval vessel, , at the famous Battle of Hampton Roads at the southern m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivar Kåge
Ivar Kåge (21 February 1881 – 21 April 1951) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1913 and 1949. Selected filmography * '' The Conflicts of Life'' (1913) * ''Where the Lighthouse Flashes'' (1924) * '' The Million Dollars'' (1926) * ''Modern Wives'' (1932) * '' Kanske en gentleman'' (1935) * ''Walpurgis Night'' (1935) * '' The Quartet That Split Up'' (1936) * '' Russian Flu'' (1937) * ''John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads'' (1937) * ''The People of Högbogården'' (1939) * ''We at Solglantan'' (1939) * '' Life Begins Today'' (1939) * '' A Sailor on Horseback'' (1940) * ''Heroes in Yellow and Blue'' (1940) * ''A Crime'' (1940) * ''General von Döbeln'' (1942) * ''Dangerous Ways'' (1942) * ''The Case of Ingegerd Bremssen'' (1942) * ''There's a Fire Burning'' (1943) * ''Bambi'' (1943) * '' Life in the Country'' (1943) * ''The Old Clock at Ronneberga'' (1944) * ''Turn of the Century'' (1944) * ''His Excellency'' (1944) * '' The Happy Tailor'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Aminoff
Marianne Aminoff (21 September 1916 – 14 April 1984) was a Swedish film actress. She was born in Uddevalla, Sweden and died in Stockholm. Partial filmography * ''John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads'' (1937) - Mary * '' Thunder and Lightning'' (1938) - Inga, Puttes kusin * ''Styrman Karlssons flammor'' (1938) - Juanita (uncredited) * ''Herr husassistenten'' (1938) - Flower shop assistant * '' Good Friends and Faithful Neighbours'' (1938) - Greta Ask * '' Wanted'' (1939) - Linnéa * ''Frun tillhanda'' (1939) - Eva * ''Mot nya tider'' (1939) - Eva, deras dotter, som vuxen * '' June Night'' (1940) - Nickan * '' Her Melody'' (1940) - Gullan Karlsson * '' One, But a Lion!'' (1940) - Linda Lejon * ''Med dej i mina armar'' (1940) - Britt * ''Magistrarna på sommarlov'' (1941) - Anna-Lisa * '' The Poor Millionaire'' (1941) - Gittan Svensson * ''En sjöman i frack'' (1942) - Madeleine Haller * ''Take Care of Ulla'' (1942) - Ulla Lundin * ''Live Dangerously'' (1944) - Marion * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Barcklind
Carl Barcklind (1 June 1873 – 21 August 1945) was a Swedish stage actor, stage and film actor. Biography Carl Vilhelm Barcklind was born at Sala in Västmanland County, Sweden. He made his debut as an opera singer in 1907 at the Oscarsteatern. He was associated with Albert Ranft as an actor in operettas in his theaters 1898–1922. Barcklind was director of Stora Teatern in Gothenburg 1925–1927. He toured the United States from 1927 to 1928 and was employed by the Dramaten in 1930. Barcklind is buried at Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm. Selected filmography * ''Ingeborg Holm'' (1913) * ''The People of Norrland'' (1930) * ''Longing for the Sea'' (1931) * ''Servant's Entrance (1932 film), Servant's Entrance'' (1932) * ''Black Roses (1932 film), Black Roses'' (1932) * ''Dear Relatives'' (1933) * ''Kanske en gentleman (1935 film), Kanske en gentleman'' (1935) * ''Adventure in Pyjamas'' (1935) * ''The Quartet That Split Up (1936 film), The Quartet That Split Up'' (1936) * ''Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilda Borgström
Hilda Teresia Borgström (13 October 1871 – 2 January 1953) was a Swedish stage and film actress. Biography Born in 1871 in Stockholm, Borgström made her film debut in 1912. She starred in leading parts in Victor Sjöström's silent films ''Ingeborg Holm'' (aka ''Margaret Day'') (1913) and '' Körkarlen'' (aka ''The Phantom Carriage/The Stroke of Midnight/Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness'') in 1921. Borgström started out to be a dancer and trained at the old Royal Theatre's ballet school in Stockholm 1880–1887. Later she decided to turn to the theatre instead and studied drama. Her professional debut on stage came in 1890 at one of Albert Ranft's theatres. She was an actress of Sweden's national stage, the Royal Dramatic Theatre (Dramaten), between 1900 and 1912 and 1920 and 1938. She retired from the stage in 1938 because of stage fright and returned to film. She appeared in several supporting parts in Swedish films in the 1930s to the 1950s, for example in Ingmar Bergman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotti Chave
Kotti Chave (born Björn Julius Haraldsson Chave; 18 September 1911 – 4 May 1986) was a Finnish-born Swedish film actor.Quirk p.56 He was the son of the theatre actor Harald Sandberg. Selected filmography * ''In the Hour of Trial'' (1915) * ''The False Millionaire'' (1931) * ''Skipper's Love'' (1931) * ''His Life's Match'' (1932) * '' The Lady Becomes a Maid'' (1936) * '' The Family Secret'' (1936) * ''Sara Learns Manners'' (1937) * ''John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads'' (1937) * ''Dollar'' (1938) * '' Good Friends and Faithful Neighbours'' (1938) * '' With Open Arms'' (1940) * ''Första divisionen'' (1941) * ''The Fight Continues'' (1941) * ''Goransson's Boy'' (1941) * ''Life and Death'' (1943) * ''Katrina'' (1943) * ''The Old Clock at Ronneberga'' (1944) * '' The Lady in Black'' (1958) * ''Mannequin in Red'' (1958) * ''Musik ombord'' (1958) * ''Fridolf Stands Up!'' (1958) * ''Rider in Blue ''Rider in Blue'' (Swedish: ''Ryttare i blått'') is a 1959 Swedish mystery thrill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigurd Wallén
Sigurd Richard Engelbrekt Wallén (1 September 188420 March 1947) was a Swedish actor, film director, and singer.Sigurd Wallén biographical entry in '''' Selected filmography * '' His Lordship's Last Will'' (1919) * '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1922) * ''New Pranks of Andersson' ...
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Arne Åkermark
Arne Åkermark (1902–1962) was a Swedish art director who worked on around a hundred and eighty films during a thirty-year career. In 1948 Åkermark was employed in Britain for Ealing Studios epic '' Scott of the Antarctic''.Barr p.199 Selected filmography * ''Colourful Pages'' (1931) * '' Skipper's Love'' (1931) * '' Dante's Mysteries'' (1931) * '' The False Millionaire'' (1931) * '' Ship Ahoy!'' (1931) * '' Tired Theodore'' (1931) * '' Black Roses'' (1932) * '' Servant's Entrance'' (1932) * ''International Match'' (1932) * '' Mother-in-Law's Coming'' (1932) * '' Love and Deficit'' (1932) * '' His Life's Match'' (1932) * '' Lucky Devils'' (1932) * ''Dear Relatives'' (1933) * '' Two Men and a Widow'' (1933) * '' Augusta's Little Misstep'' (1933) * '' Boman's Boy'' (1933) * ''What Do Men Know?'' (1933) * ''Marriageable Daughters'' (1933) * '' The Song to Her'' (1934) * '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1934) * '' The Atlantic Adventure'' (1934) * '' Fired'' (1934) * ''Simon of Backabo' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it visual communication, communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style (visual arts), style(s) to use, and when to use motion graphic design, motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Råsunda Studios
Filmstaden was a film studio situated in Råsunda, Solna Municipality in Stockholm, Sweden. History Filmstaden was once one of the most modern film studios in Europe. It was built in 1919–1920 on the basis of designs by Swedish architect Ebbe Crone (1885-1960). It was owned and operated by SF Studios (''Svensk Filmindustri''), the main Swedish film producer at the time. Some 400 movies have been created at Filmstaden. The first movie to be filmed at Filmstaden was ''The Phantom Carriage'' (''Körkarlen''. 1921) by director Victor Sjöström. Practically all Swedish actors and film directors of the 20th century had some connection with Filmstaden. In 1969, Svensk Filmindustri left Filmstaden and the studios were used by small film producers, production of television dramas and the ''Riksteatern'' Theatre. One of the last major films to partly have been filmed at Filmstaden was '' The Emigrants'' (''Utvandrarna''. 1971) directed by Jan Troell Jan Gustaf Troell (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
