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Josef Somlo
Josef Somlo (1884–1973) was a Hungarian film producer. Following the Nazi takeover in Germany, where he had worked for a number of years, Somlo went into exile in Britain. During his German period he was associated with Hermann Fellner with whom he co-produced a number of films for their Felsom Film company. Partial filmography * ''Sins of Yesterday'' (1922) * ''Dancing Mad'' (1925) * ''One Does Not Play with Love'' (1926) * ''Unmarried Daughters'' (1926) * '' The Ghost Train'' (1927) * ''The Famous Woman'' (1927) * ''A Modern Dubarry'' (1927) * ''The Great Adventuress'' (1928) * '' The Bold Dragoon'' (1928) * '' Odette'' (1928) * '' Number 17'' (1928) * ''The Woman on the Rack'' (1928) * ''Strauss Is Playing Today'' (1928) * ''Land Without Women'' (1929) * ''The Fourth from the Right'' (1929) * '' The Wrecker'' (1929) * '' Storm in a Water Glass'' (1931) * ''Three Days of Love'' (1931) * ''Tell Me Tonight'' (1932) * ''Girls to Marry'' (1932) * ''The Arsenal Stadium Mystery'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pápa
Pápa is a historical town in Veszprém county, Hungary, located close to the northern edge of the Bakony Hills, and noted for its baroque architecture. With its 32,473 inhabitants (2011), it is the cultural, economic and tourism centre of the region. Pápa is one of the centres of the Reformed faith in Transdanubia, as the existence of numerous ecclesiastical heritage sites and museums suggest. Due to the multitude of heritage buildings the centre of the town is now protected. Pápa has a large historical centre, with renovated old burgher's houses, cafes, and museums, including the Blue-Dyeing Museum (:hu:Kékfestő Múzeum (Pápa), Kékfestő Múzeum), set up in a former factory which produced clothes and other textiles dyed with indigo blue under a unique method. The town is also noted for its thermal baths, particularly a newly constructed swimming complex, the House of Esterházy, Esterházy family's palace, its grand Roman Catholic church, and Calvinist secondary school; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bold Dragoon
''The Gallant Hussar'' (german: Der fesche Husar) is a 1928 German-British romance film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Ivor Novello, Evelyn Holt, and Paul Hörbiger. It was based on a story by the Hungarian writer Arthur Bárdos and Margarete-Maria Langen. The film was a co-production made under an agreement between Gainsborough Pictures and the German studio Felsom-Film and was shot in Berlin. After the passage of the Cinematograph Films Act 1927 by the British Parliament it was classified under the terms of the Act as a foreign film and only received a limited release in Britain. It is also known under the alternative title ''The Bold Dragoon''. It is now considered a lost film. Along with ''A South Sea Bubble'' (1928), the film marked a significant change in the role played by Novello. He had previously appeared as unsettled, outsider figures in films such as '' The Lodger'', but from now on played more well-balanced romantic figures. Synopsis The daughter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Bill And Son
''Old Bill and Son'' is a 1941 British black-and-white comedy war film directed by Ian Dalrymple. Centred on the First World War cartoon figure Old Bill and his escapades in the early Phoney War of World War II and with that character's creator Bruce Bairnsfather as one of its screenwriters, it stars Morland Graham, John Mills, Mary Clare and Ronald Shiner as Herbert 'Bert' Smith. It is executive produced by Alexander Korda for Legeran Films. Plot Old Bill, an old First World War soldier, argues with his son Young Bill about the latter not holding down a job. Soon afterwards the Second World War breaks out and Young Bill and the family lodger Sally both join up. Envious of them and despite his wife Maggie's entreaties not to, Old Bill attempts to join up but is turned down at the recruiting office and by his old commanding officer, who Old Bill had hoped would pull strings for him. He is finally successful, joining the Royal Pioneer Corps, and both he and his son are sent to Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
''The Arsenal Stadium Mystery'' is a 1939 British mystery film and one of the first feature films wherein football is a central element in the plot. The film was directed by Thorold Dickinson, and shot at Denham Film Studios and on location at the original Arsenal Stadium in Highbury. It was written by Dickinson, Donald Bull, and Alan Hyman, adapted from a 1939 novel by Leonard Gribble. Plot The film is a murder mystery set, as the title suggests, at the original Arsenal Stadium, Gillespie Road, Highbury, London, the then home of Arsenal Football Club, who were at the time one of the dominant teams in English football. The backdrop is a friendly match between Arsenal and The Trojans, a fictitious amateur side. One of the Trojans' players drops dead during the match and when it is revealed he has been poisoned, suspicion falls on his teammates as well as his former mistress. Detective Inspector Slade (Leslie Banks) is called in to solve the crime. The victim has been poisoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls To Marry
''Girls to Marry'' (german: Mädchen zum Heiraten) is a 1932 German romantic comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Renate Müller, Hermann Thimig and Wolf Albach-Retty.''Gainsborough Pictures'' p. 42 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jacoby. It was remade the same year in Britain as '' Marry Me'', also directed by Wilhelm Thiele, with Müller starring again. Cast * Renate Müller as Gerda Arnhold * Hermann Thimig as Robert Goll * Wolf Albach-Retty as Paul, sein Bruder * Gustl Gstettenbaur as Willi, sein Bruder * Fritz Grünbaum as Sigurd Bernstein, Heiratsvermittler * Willi Grill as Meyer, sein Sekretär * S.Z. Sakall as Alois Novak * Gertrud Wolle as Frau Krause * Oskar Sima as Direktor Korten * Margita Alfvén * Ilse Fürstenberg * Else Ward * Ludwig Donath * Erich Dunskus Erich Adolf Dunskus (27 July 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German film actor. He appeared in 170 films betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tell Me Tonight
''Tell Me Tonight'' or ''Be Mine Tonight'' is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Jan Kiepura, Sonnie Hale and Magda Schneider. It was shot in Berlin at the Babelsberg Studios as part of a co-production between Gainsborough Pictures and the German firm Cine-Allianz.Wood p.76 A separate German-language version ''The Song of Night'' was also released. Cast * Jan Kiepura as Enrico Ferraro * Sonnie Hale as Alexander Koretsky * Magda Schneider as Mathilde Pategg * Edmund Gwenn as Mayor Pategg * Athene Seyler as Mrs. Pategg * Betty Chester as Miss Barker * Aubrey Mather Aubrey Mather (17 December 1885 – 16 January 1958) was an English character actor. Career Mather was born in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, and began his career on the stage in 1905. He debuted in London in ''Brewster's Millions'' i ... as Balthasar References Bibliography * Creekmur, Corey & Mokdad, Linda. ''The International Film Musical''. Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Days Of Love
''Three Days of Love'' (german: Drei Tage Liebe) is a 1931 German drama film directed by Heinz Hilpert and starring Hans Albers, Käthe Dorsch, and Trude Berliner. It was made and distributed by the independent Felsom Film company. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci .... The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jacoby. Synopsis A poor servant girl falls in love with a man but becomes convinced that he will leave her because of her poverty. Encouraged in this belief by his jealous former lover, she steals a ring and smart clothes to try and impress him. However this leads only to tragedy. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1931 films 1931 drama films German drama films Films o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storm In A Water Glass (1931 Film)
''Storm in a Water Glass'' (German: ''Sturm im Wasserglas'') is a 1931 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Hansi Niese, Renate Müller and Paul Otto. The film is based on the by Bruno Frank, later adapted into the British film '' Storm in a Teacup''. The film is known by the alternative title ''The Flower Woman of Lindenau'' (''Die Blumenfrau von Lindenau''). It is notable, in part, for the small role played by Hedy Lamarr in her second film. The film's art direction was by Hans Jacoby. It premiered in Vienna on 13 March 1931, coinciding with the opening of the Sascha-Filmpalast cinema.Barton, Ruth. ''Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film''. University Press of Kentucky, 2010. p. 17. The film was remade in 1960. Plot An ambitious town councillor feels confident he will be elected the next mayor, but a dispute over a mongrel dog owned by a local flower seller rapidly turns into a scandal which threatens his political career. Cast *Hansi N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wrecker (1929 Film)
''The Wrecker'' (german: Der Würger) is a 1929 British-German silent crime film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Joseph Striker, and Benita Hume. The film was based on the play of the same title by Arnold Ridley. It was produced by Michael Balcon for Gainsborough Pictures in a co-production with the German firm Felsom Film. Plot A criminal referred to by the press as "The Wrecker" is orchestrating accidents on Britain's railways. One such accident occurs on the (fictional) United Coast Lines Railway, whose train is carrying Roger Doyle (Joseph Striker), who has retired from cricket to work on the railway. Roger survives, and reports the accident to his uncle, Sir Gerald Bartlett (Winter Hall), the managing director of the railway, and his assistant, the sly Ambrose Barney (Carlyle Blackwell). Unbeknownst to them, Ambrose is The Wrecker, and is also the head of the Kyle Motor-Coach Company, whose buses are introduced on services where The Wrecker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fourth From The Right
''The Fourth from the Right'' (German: ''Die vierte von rechts'') is a 1929 German silent comedy film directed by Conrad Wiene and starring Ossi Oswalda, Betty Bird and Arthur Pusey.Habel p.197 The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler. It was released by the German subsidiary of Fox Film. Cast * Ossi Oswalda as Josyane * Betty Bird as Betty * Arthur Pusey as Lord Douglas Blandford * Adolphe Engers as Bob Murphy * Albert Paulig * Gustav Püttjer * Fritz Spira * Mathilde Sussin * Otto Wallburg Otto Wallburg (21 February 1889 – 29 October 1944) was a German actor and Kabarett performer. He was a prolific film actor during the late silent and early sound era. Wallburg was born Otto Maximilian Wasserzug in Berlin, the son of a Jewis ... References Bibliography * Frank-Burkhard Habel. ''Verrückt vor Begehren.: Die Filmdiven aus der Stummfilmzeit. Ein leidenschaftlicher Blick zurück in die Zeit der ersten Stars.''. Schwarzkopf und Schw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Land Without Women
''Land Without Women'' (german: Das Land ohne Frauen) is a 1929 German drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Conrad Veidt, Elga Brink and Clifford McLaglen. It was based on the novel ''Die Braut Nr. 68'' by Peter Bolt. The film is set amongst a community of gold diggers in Western Australia. It was shot at the Staaken and Templehof Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art directors Hans Sohnle and Otto Erdmann. It was made by the small independent production company Felsom Film as a Part-talkie film, the first German-speaking sound film A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed before ... to be released.Hardt p. 127 It was followed a month later by the first all-taking film '' Atlantik'', which had been made in Britain. Cast References Bibliography * * E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strauss Is Playing Today
''Strauss Is Playing Today'' (german: Heut' spielt der Strauss) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Conrad Wiene and starring Alfred Abel, Hermine Sterler and Imre Ráday. The film was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin.Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999. p. 219. . It portrays the relationship between the father and son Austrian composers Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II. Cast *Alfred Abel as Johann Strauss father *Hermine Sterler as Anna, his wife *Imre Ráday as Johann Strauss son *Antonie Jaeckel as Deisinger's wife *Willy Schmieder as Deisinger * Lilian Ellis as Liesl *Ferdinand Bonn as Drechsler *Trude Hesterberg as Trampusch *Jakob Tiedtke as Wieß *Paul Hörbiger as Lamperlhirsch *Eugen Neufeld as Grand Duke *John Mylong John Mylong (September 27, 1892 – September 8, 1975), also known as Jack Mylong-Münz, born Adolf Heinrich Münz, was an Austrian actor who later settled in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
