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Kurt Katch
Kurt Katch (born Isser Kac; January 28, 1893 – August 14, 1958) was a Polish film and television actor. He appeared in ''Quiet Please, Murder'', '' The Purple V'', ''The Mask of Dimitrios'', ''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'', among many others. Katch appeared in the first James Bond story filmed ( Casino Royale) in 1954 for the Climax! t.v. show. Katch died from cancer and is interred at Eden Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition. Selected filmography *''Die Sekretärin des Gesandten'' (1919) *''Die geheimnisvolle Kugel'' (1919) - Wucherer Rascon Balthasar *''The Mexican'' (1919) *''Das Lied der Nornen'' (1919) - Sado *''Der Todesbote'' (1920) *''Ihr tollster Trick'' (1920) - Tom Gibson, Maler *''Das offene Grab'' (1921) *''Die Apotheke des Teufels'' (1921) - Charley *''Ein ungeklärter Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salome, Where She Danced
''Salome, Where She Danced'' is a 1945 American Technicolor Western drama film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Cameron and Walter Slezak. The film follows the adventures of a dancer in nineteenth-century Europe and the United States. It is loosely based on the story of Lola Montez. Choreography by Lester Horton. Plot The film opens in Virginia in 1865, shortly after General Lee's surrender at Battle of Appomattox Court House. A war correspondent Jim Steed exchanges comments with Count Von Bohlen, an arrogant Prussian army officer serving as a military attaché during the American Civil War. A year later Steed is in Vienna shortly before the outbreak of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. There he encounters a famous dancer, Anna Marie, whom he persuades to spy for him on Von Bohlen, now a member of the Prussian General staff, who has become infatuated with her. However the secret plans which they manage to pass on to the Austrians are unable to prevent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desperate Journey
''Desperate Journey'' is a 1942 American World War II action and aviation film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan. The supporting cast includes Raymond Massey, Alan Hale Sr., and Arthur Kennedy. The melodramatic film featured a group of downed Allied airmen making their way out of the Third Reich, often with their fists. Director Raoul Walsh called it "a war comedy spiced with enough tragedy to give it reality... beyond doubt the forerunner for '' Hogan's Heroes''." Plot Assigned to bomb a critical German railway junction at Schneidemühl, Flight Lt. Terrence Forbes presses home an attack at low altitude, and his bomber is shot down near the former Polish border. The five survivors—Forbes, American Flying Officer Johnny Hammond, Flight Sgt. Kirk Edwards, Flying Officer Jed Forrest, and the injured Flight Sgt. Lloyd Hollis—are quickly captured by the Germans. Interviewed by Major Otto Baumeister, Hammond creates a distraction by p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counter-Espionage
Counterintelligence is an activity aimed at protecting an agency's intelligence program from an opposition's intelligence service. It includes gathering information and conducting activities to prevent espionage, sabotage, assassinations or other intelligence activities conducted by, for, or on behalf of foreign powers, organizations or persons. Many countries will have multiple organisations focusing on a different aspect of counterintelligence, such as domestic, international, and counter-terrorism. Some states will formalise it as part of the police structure, such as the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Others will establish independent bodies, such as the United Kingdom's MI5, others have both intelligence and counterintelligence grouped under the same agency, like the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). History Modern tactics of espionage and dedicated government intelligence agencies developed over the course of the late-19th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin Correspondent
''Berlin Correspondent'' is a 1942 American film. Plot Dana Andrews portrays an American radio correspondent reporting from within Nazi Germany, whose principal source of information is an elderly philatelist. His reports prove so embarrassing to the regime that Captain von Rau sends his own fiancée, Karen Hauen (Virginia Gilmore), to compromise the reporter. As the philatelist is sent off to a concentration camp, it develops that she and the reporter are falling for each other, and the elderly source was actually her own father. Cast * Virginia Gilmore as Karen Hauen * Dana Andrews as Bill Roberts * Mona Maris as Carla * Martin Kosleck as Captain von Rau * Sig Ruman as Dr. Dietrich * Kurt Katch as Weiner * Erwin Kalser as Mr. Rudolph Hauen * Torben Meyer as Manager * William Edmunds as Hans Gruber * Hans Schumm as Gunther * Leonard Mudie as George, English Prisoner * Hans von Morhart as The Actor * Curt Furburg as Doctor * Henry Rowland as Pilot * Christian Rub Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wife Takes A Flyer
''The Wife Takes a Flyer'' (aka ''Highly Irregular'', UK title: ''A Yank in Dutch'') is a 1942 romantic comedy film made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Richard Wallace. The film stars Joan Bennett and Franchot Tone. The screenplay of ''The Wife Takes a Flyer'' was written by Jay Dratler, Gina Kaus and Harry Segall. The film's music score is by Werner R. Heymann. Plot At Nazi headquarters in occupied Holland, Major Zellfritz (Allyn Joslyn) assigned to find a downed British pilot, becomes sidetracked by Anita Woverman (Joan Bennett). He demands that the Wovermans billet him and his men at her house. Upstairs, the butler, Jan (Erskine Sanford), is hiding the escaped pilot, Christopher Reynolds (Franchot Tone). When a group of stormtroopers arrives, Mrs. Woverman learns of Reynolds' presence, but claims he is her son Hendrik. She runs a home for spinsters in the area while her husband is institutionalized as mad. Reynolds decides to protect Anita from Zellfritz's amorous advanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Agent Of Japan
''Secret Agent of Japan'' is a 1942 film directed by Irving Pichel. It was the first American anti-Japanese war film produced by a major studio after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The film stars Preston Foster as a nightclub owner in Shanghai who becomes involved in espionage revolving around preparations for the attack. Cast *Preston Foster as James Carmichael, alias Roy Bonnell *Lynn Bari as Kay Murdock *Noel Madison as Isoda Saito *Victor Sen Yung as Fu Yen *Janis Carter as Doris Poole *Steven Geray as Mulhauser, alias Constantin Alexandri *Kurt Katch as Traeger *Addison Richards as Detective Remsen *Ian Wolfe as Capt. Karl Larsen *Hermine Sterler as Frau Mulhauser *Selmer Jackson as American Naval Captain *Frank Puglia as Victor Eminescu *Leyland Hodgson as English Secret Service *Leslie Denison as English Secret Service *Jean Del Val as Pierre Solaire Critical reception The film drew mixed reviews from critics. Theodore Strauss of ''New York Times'' panned the film, calling it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Winslow Of The Navy
''Don Winslow of the Navy'' is a 1942 Universal Pictures Serial film based on the comic strip '' Don Winslow of the Navy'' by Commander Frank V. Martinek. It was theatrically released in January 1942. Plot Commander Don Winslow is returned to the Office of Naval Intelligence from his command of his cruiser to investigate strange events on the Pacific island of Tangita, noticeably a ship being torpedoed. He discovers that there is a ring of saboteurs and enemy agents who are trying to destroy ships carrying supplies to the troops stationed in the islands and sabotage the war effort. Though the US Navy is preparing to build a naval base on Tangita, an unknown foreign power secretly has a subterranean submarine base beneath the island with the goal of preventing the American base from being completed. He sets out with three assistants to find the mastermind behind the activities. Cast Production The serial was based on the comic strip by Commander Frank V. Martinek, which was appr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man At Large
''Man at Large'' is a 1941 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and written by John Larkin. The film stars Marjorie Weaver, George Reeves, Richard Derr, Steven Geray, Milton Parsons and Spencer Charters. The film was released on September 26, 1941, by 20th Century Fox. Plot Cast *Marjorie Weaver as Dallas Davis *George Reeves as Bob Grayson *Richard Derr as Max *Steven Geray as Karl Botany *Milton Parsons as Mr. Sartoris *Spencer Charters as Mr. Gallon *Lucien Littlefield as Jones * Elisha Cook, Jr. as Hotel Clerk *Minerva Urecal as Mrs. Jones *Bodil Rosing as Klara * Richard Lane as Editor Grundy *Barbara Pepper as Myrtle * William Edmunds as Otto Kisling *George Cleveland as Sheriff Pickering *Kurt Katch as Hans Brinker *Lenita Lane as Cataloni's Nurse-Receptionist *Ethel Griffies Ethel Griffies (born Ethel Woods; 26 April 1878 – 9 September 1975) was an English actress of stage, screen, and television. She is remembered for portraying the ornithologist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The League Of Three
''The League of Three'' (German: ''Der Bund der Drei'') is a 1929 German silent crime film directed by Hans Behrendt and starring Jenny Jugo, Max Maximilian and Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur. The film's art direction was by Willi Herrmann. It premiered at the Ufa-Pavillon am Nollendorfplatz. Cast *Jenny Jugo as Inez *Max Maximilian as Diaz, Inez's Vater *Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Renard * Friedrich Benfer as Henri, Renards Sohn *Raimondo Van Riel as Baramo *Michael von Newlinsky as Gaston *Kurt Katch as Morris *Viktor Gehring as Privatdetektiv *Alfred Beierle Alfred Beierle (4 June 1885 – 16 March 1950) was a German stage and film actor.Alpi p.346 Selected filmography * '' The League of Three'' (1929) * ''The Flute Concert of Sanssouci'' (1930) * '' The Tiger Murder Case'' (1930) * '' Oh Those Glori ... as Hausmeister References External links * Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Hans Behrendt UFA GmbH films German blac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Das Land Ohne Frauen
''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] |
Dudu, A Human Destiny
''Dudu, a Human Destiny'' (german: Dudu, ein Menschenschicksal) is a 1924 German silent film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Alfred Abel, Robert Garrison, and Maly Delschaft. It is part of the tradition of circus films. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Seemann. Cast *Alfred Abel * Robert Garrison *Maly Delschaft *Philipp Manning *Lotte Sachs *Max Schreck *Margot Morgan *Margarete Kupfer *Olga Limburg *Johanna Ewald *Leopold von Ledebur *Kurt Katch *Wilhelm Diegelmann * Emil Albes *Paul Henckels Paul Henckels (9 September 1885 – 27 May 1967) was a German film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1921 and 1965. Paul Henckels had started his acting career on the stage in the 1900s. He was well known for his e ... References External links * Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Rudolf Meinert German black-and-white films Circus films 1920s German films {{1920s-Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
