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Lajos Bíró
Lajos Bíró (; born Lajos Blau; 22 August 1880 – 9 September 1948) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who wrote many films from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. Life He was born in Nagyvárad, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Oradea, Romania) and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where he worked as a scenario chief for London Film Productions run by Alexander Korda, collaborating on many screenplays with Arthur Wimperis. He died in London on 9 September 1948 of a heart attack. He is buried in the northern section of Hampstead Cemetery in north London. In 1929, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Writing for '' The Last Command'', but lost to Ben Hecht for ''Underworld'', the only other nomination in this category. Novels *''A Serpolette'' (The Serpolette, 1914) *''A bazini zsidók'' (The Jews of Bazin; 1921). Plays * ''Szinmü négy felvon (Hotel Imperial)'' (1917) * ''Gods and Kings'', six one-ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 in the aftermath of the Austro-Prussian War and was dissolved shortly after its defeat in the First World War. Austria-Hungary was ruled by the House of Habsburg and constituted the last phase in the constitutional evolution of the Habsburg monarchy. It was a multinational state and one of Europe's major powers at the time. Austria-Hungary was geographically the second-largest country in Europe after the Russian Empire, at and the third-most populous (after Russia and the German Empire). The Empire built up the fourth-largest machine building industry in the world, after the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom. Austria-Hungary also became the world's third-largest manufacturer and exporter of electric home appliances, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of Molitor
''The House of Molitor'' (German: ''Das Haus Molitor'') is a 1922 Austrian silent film directed by Hans Karl Breslauer and starring Alfred Abel, Anny Miletty and Magda Unger.Büttner & Dewald p.495 Cast * Alfred Abel as Molitor * Anny Miletty * Magda Unger * Hans Effenberger * Hela Lukacz * Eugen Preiß * Pauline Schweighofer Pauline may refer to: Religion *An adjective referring to St Paul the Apostle or a follower of his doctrines *An adjective referring to St Paul of Thebes, also called St Paul the First Hermit *An adjective referring to the Paulines, various relig ... * Willy Czapp * Oliver Turchanyi References Bibliography * Elisabeth Büttner & Christian Dewald. ''Das tägliche Brennen: eine Geschichte des österreichischen Films von den Anfängen bis 1945, Volume 1''. Residenz, 2002. External links * 1922 films Austrian silent feature films Films directed by Hans Karl Breslauer Austrian black-and-white films {{Austria-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Service For Ladies (1932 Film)
''Service for Ladies'' (released as ''Reserved for Ladies'' in the U.S.) is a 1932 British comedy film, the second based on the novel ''The Head Waiter'' by Ernest Vajda. The film was directed by Alexander Korda and starred Leslie Howard. A previous 1927 silent film which starred Adolphe Menjou is now lost. Plot Max Tracey is the highly respected head waiter at London's Grand Palace Hotel. He falls in love at first sight Love at first sight is a personal experience as well as a common trope in literature: a person or character feels an instant, extreme, and ultimately long-lasting romantic attraction for a stranger upon first seeing that stranger. Described by p ... with Sylvia Robertson, a young woman staying at the hotel, even though he is carrying on an affair with Countess Ricardi. He impulsively joins Sylvia and her father when they leave for the Continent, much to her delight. Max encounters a monarch traveling incognito as "Mr. Westlake", though all the guests at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael And Mary (film)
''Michael and Mary'' is a 1931 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Elizabeth Allan, Edna Best, Frank Lawton, and Herbert Marshall. This was the first of the Edna Best and Herbert Marshall co-starring talkies. It was based on a play of the same name by A.A. Milne. Milne's story was adapted by Lajos Bíró,Robert Stevenson and Angus MacPhail. Produced by Gainsborough Pictures, it was shot at the company's Islington Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky. The play was first performed on 13 December 1929 at the Charles Hopkins Theatre in New York. It starred Henry Hull, Edith Barrett and Harry Beresford. It then transferred to the St James's Theatre in London's West End. Plot A young bride (Edna Best) is deserted by her husband (D. A. Clarke-Smith) but finds happiness with another man (Herbert Marshall). They contract a bigamous marriage for the sake of their child (Frank Lawton). The first husband turns up and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Everywhere
''Women Everywhere'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical adventure film directed by Alexander Korda and starring J. Harold Murray, Fifi D'Orsay, and George Grossmith, Jr. It is set amongst the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. The film's songs include: "Women Everywhere," "Beware of Love," "One Day," "Good Time Fifi," "Bon Jour," "Marching Song" (William Kernell), "All in the Family" (Kernell, George Grossmith), and "Smile, Legionnaire" (Kernell, Charles Wakefield Cadman). Cast * J. Harold Murray as Charles Jackson * Fifi D'Orsay as Lili La Fleur * George Grossmith, Jr. as Aristide Brown * Clyde Cook as Sam Jones * Ralph Kellard as Michael Kopulos * Rose Dione as Zephyrine * Walter McGrail as Lieutenant of Legionnaires * Harry Cording as Legionnaire in Cafe * Hans Fuerberg as German Legionnaire * Bob Kortman as Swedish Legionnaire * Louis Mercier as Waiter * Hector Sarno as Italian Legionnaire * Harry Semels Harry Semels (November 20, 1887 – March 2, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Haunted House (1928 Film)
''The Haunted House'' is a 1928 American mystery film directed by Benjamin Christensen. The film stars Larry Kent and Thelma Todd and is based on Owen Davis's 1926 Broadway play of the same name. As of 2020, UCLA Film and Television Archive has a copy of the film. Plot A group of heirs to a family fortune are summoned to an old dark house to attend the reading of a will. Weird events occur, leading the group to believe the house is haunted. The house features sliding panels, hidden rooms, weird attendants and even a mad scientist. It turns out to be just a gang of crooks trying to scare them off before they can inherit their money. Cast Background After his success in Europe with his 1922 film '' Haxan'', director Christensen relocated to Hollywood in 1926, where he directed Thelma Todd in ''The Devil's Circus'' who would appear again in ''The Haunted House''. The screenplay for the film was written by Lajos Biro and Benjamin Christensen who used the name Richard Bee. Product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Watch (1928 Film)
''Night Watch'' is a 1928 American drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Billie Dove, Paul Lukas and Donald Reed. It was an adaptation of the dramatic 1921 play ''In the Night Watch'', written by Michael Morton. The film is set almost entirely on a French warship at the beginning of the First World War. Although largely a silent film, ''Night Watch'' was the first of Korda's films to feature sound effects and music but no dialogue from Vitaphone. Plot On the night of August 1, 1914, Commander Corlaix of the French Navy and his wife, Yvonne, arrange a shipboard dinner for the officers of his cruiser. Afterward, Lieutenant D'Artelle asks Yvonne to stay on board with him, and when Corlaix (learning by classified wireless that war has been declared) abruptly orders her from the ship, she goes instead with D'Artelle to his cabin. The ship is sunk by a torpedo, and Corlaix is brought before the Admiralty Court on charges of incompetence. Yvonne comes forward to testif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow Lily
''Yellow Lily'' is a 1928 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Billie Dove, Clive Brook and Gustav von Seyffertitz. The film closely followed the formula of Korda's first American film ''The Stolen Bride (1927 film), The Stolen Bride''. Cast * Billie Dove - Judith Peredy * Clive Brook - Archduke Alexander * Gustav von Seyffertitz - Kinkelin * Marc McDermott - Archduke Peter * Nicholas Soussanin - Dr. Eugene Peredy * Eugenie Besserer - Archduchess * Jane Winton - Mademoiselle Julie * Charles Puffy - Mayor of Tarna References ;Notes ;Bibliography * Kulik, Karol. ''Alexander Korda: The Man Who Could Work Miracles''. Virgin Books, 1990. External links * * 1928 films 1928 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films Films directed by Alexander Korda First National Pictures films Films set in Austria Films set in Hungary Films set in the 1890s American black-and-white films Films with screenplays by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Way Of All Flesh (1927 Film)
''The Way of All Flesh'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Victor Fleming, written by Lajos Bíró, Jules Furthman, and Julian Johnson from a story by Perley Poore Sheehan. Star Emil Jannings won the first Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 1929 ceremony for his performances in this film and '' The Last Command,'' the only year that multiple roles were considered. It is now considered a lost film. Plot In the story, which opens in the early 1900s, Jannings plays August Schiller, a bank clerk in Milwaukee who is happy with both his job and his family. But when bank officials ask him to transport $1,000 in securities to Chicago, he meets a blond seductress on the train, who sees what he is carrying. She flirts with him, convinces him to buy her a bottle of champagne, and takes him to a saloon run by a crook. The next morning he awakes alone in a dilapidated bedroom, without the securities. He finds the woman, and at first pleads with her, then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Imperial (1927 Film)
''Hotel Imperial'' is a 1927 American silent war drama film directed by Mauritz Stiller and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is set in Austria-Hungary during World War I and starring Pola Negri as a hotel chambermaid. It is based on the 1917 Hungarian play of the same name by Lajos Bíró.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Hotel Imperial'' at silentera.com Plot Officer Paul Almasy (Hall) is separated from his unit behind enemy lines and hides in the Hotel Imperial in Lemberg (nowadays , ), where chambermaid Anna (Negri) disguises him as ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heart Thief
''The Heart Thief'' is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Nils Olaf Chrisander and starring Joseph Schildkraut, Lya De Putti, and Robert Edeson.Bock & Bergfelder, p. 83 Cast * Joseph Schildkraut as Paul Kurt * Lya De Putti as Anna Gallambos * Robert Edeson as Count Franz Cserhati * Charles K. Gerrard as Count Lazlos * Eulalie Jensen as Countess Lazlos * George Reehm as Galambos * William Bakewell William Bakewell (May 2, 1908 – April 15, 1993) was an American actor who achieved his greatest fame as one of the leading juvenile performers of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Early years Bakewell was a native of Los Angeles, where he at ... as Victor References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links * * 1927 films American romantic drama films 1927 romantic drama films Films directed by Nils Olaf Chrisander American sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Modern Dubarry
''A Modern Dubarry'' (German: ''Eine Dubarry von heute'') is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring María Corda, Alfred Abel and Friedrich Kayßler. Chandler, Charlotte. ''Marlene: Marlene Dietrich, A Personal Biography''. Simon and Schuster, 2011. p. 50. A young woman working at a dressmakers rises to become a model and entertainer before falling in love with a King. The title is a reference to the life of the eighteenth century courtesan Madame Du Barry. It was made by Felsom Film and distributed by the major studio UFA. The film's sets were designed by the art director Oscar Friedrich Werndorff. It features performances from Hans Albers and Marlene Dietrich both of whom later achieved greater fame. Cast * María Corda as Toinette *Alfred Abel as Sillon *Friedrich Kayßler as Cornelius Corbett *Gyula Szőreghy as Gen. Padilla *Jean Bradin as King Sandor *Hans Albers as Toinette's first lover * Alfred Gerasch as Graf Rabbatz *Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
