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La Dernière Valse
''The Last Waltz'' (French:''La dernière valse'') is a 1936 French-British operetta film directed by Leo Mittler, and starring Jean Martinelli, Jarmila Novotna, and Armand Bernard.Feigelson p.47 It was based on the 1920 operetta ''The Last Waltz'' by Oscar Straus. It was made at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. A separate version was also released in Britain. Cast * Jean Martinelli as Le comte Dimitri * Jarmila Novotna as La comtesse Véra-Élisabétha Opalinsky * Armand Bernard as Le vieux général * Gerald Barry as Le prince Paul * Josephine Huntley Wright as Babouchka * Alla Donell * Gautier-Sylla * Robert Goupil * Robert Guillon * Betty Huntley-Wright * Charlotte Lysès * Marthe Mellot * Pierre Piérade * Paul Sheridan * Nora Souané See also * ''The Last Waltz'' (1927) * ''The Last Waltz'' (1934) * ''The Last Waltz'' (UK, 1936) * ''The Last Waltz ''The Last Waltz'' was a concert b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Mittler
Leo Mittler (18 December 1893 – 16 May 1958) was an Austrian playwright, screenwriter and film director. Mittler was born in Vienna, then the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to a Jewish family. He attended the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, University of Music and Performing Arts and worked as a playwright and director in the German theatre. Mittler then switched to work in the booming German film industry during the silent era. Mittler's best known film as director was ''Beyond the Street'' (1929), a "street film" influenced by Soviet cinema.Prawer p.89 As well as his work in the German industry, Mittler also spent time at the American company Paramount Pictures, Paramount's French language-subsidiary based at the Joinville Studios in Paris. Following the Nazi rise to power in 1933, Mittler spent many years in exile in several countries including Britain and France before settling in the United States during the Second World War. Mittler's career as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Piérade
Pierre Piérade (died 1937) was a Belgian stage and film actor.Hardt p.242 Selected filmography * ''Little Lise'' (1930) * ''American Love'' (1931) * '' The Indictment'' (1931) * ''To the Polls, Citizens'' (1932) * ''Here's Berlin'' (1932) * ''Narcotics'' (1932) * ''F.P.1'' (1933) * ''Charlemagne'' (1933) * ''Gold'' (1934) * '' Rothchild'' (1934) * ''Night in May'' (1934) * '' A Man Has Been Stolen'' (1934) * ''My Heart Is Calling You'' (1934) * ''Baccara'' (1935) * ''The Last Waltz'' (1936) * ''Taras Bulba'' (1936) * ''Jenny'' (1936) * ''The Brighton Twins ''The Brighton Twins'' (French: ''Les jumeaux de Brighton'') is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Claude Heymann and starring Raimu, Michel Simon and Suzy Prim.Crisp p.407 It is based on the 1908 play of the same title by Tristan Bernard. T ...'' (1936) References Bibliography * Hardt, Ursula. ''From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars''. Berghahn Books, 1996. External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marthe Mellot
Marthe Mellot (16 February 1870 - 13 August 1947) was a French film actress. Marthe Mellot was born in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Nièvre, France, and died in Paris. Selected filmography * ''Feu Mathias Pascal'' (1925) * ''The Red Robe'' (1933) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1933) * ''Les Misérables'' (1934) * ''The Last Billionaire'' (1934) * '' Miquette'' (1934) * ''Madame Bovary'' (1934) * ' (1935) * ''Woman of Malacca'' (1937) * ''The Citadel of Silence'' (1937) * ''Girls in Distress'' (1939) * '' Thérèse Martin'' (1939) * '' Serenade'' (1940) * '' The Blue Veil'' (1942) * ''Land Without Stars'' (1946) * ''A Cage of Nightingales'' (1945) * ''The Scarlet Bazaar ''The Scarlet Bazaar'' (French: ''La kermesse rouge'') is a 1947 French historical drama film directed by Paul Mesnier and starring Albert Préjean, Andrée Servilanges and Jean Tissier.Burnett p.62 It was shot at the Buttes-Chaumont Studios ...'' (1947) * '' The Lost Village'' (1947) References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Lysès
Charlotte Lysès (1877–1956) was a French stage actor, stage and film actress.Capua p.124 Selected filmography * ''The Heir of the Bal Tabarin'' (1933) * ''La dame de chez Maxim's (1933 film), La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933) * ''The Rosary (1934 film), The Rosary'' (1934) * ''The Last Waltz (1936 French film), The Last Waltz'' (1936) * ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936) References Bibliography * Capua, Michelangelo. ''Anatole Litvak: The Life and Films''. McFarland, 2015. External links * 1877 births 1956 deaths French stage actresses French film actresses Actresses from Paris {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Huntley-Wright
Betty Huntley-Wright (3 December 1911 – 27 May 1993) was a British actress and vocalist. Daughter of the comic actor Huntley Wright, she had a long career on stage, chiefly in comedy and pantomime, and in film, radio and television. Later she also ran an antiques business in London. Biography Early years Huntley-Wright was born Betty Jessie Wright in Hampstead, London, one of three children of the comic actor Huntley Wright and his wife, the actress Mary Fraser. She was educated at Hampstead High School and studied for the stage under Julian Kimbell (singing), Anton Dolin and the Cone School (dancing).Gaye, Freda (ed). ''Who's Who in the Theatre'', 14th Jubilee Edition, London: Pitman, 1967 She made her first appearance on the stage at the Regent Theatre, Kings Cross, London, in 1928, as Chris Haversham in ''The Eye of Siva'', and her first appearance in the West End, at His Majesty's Theatre in July 1929, as Freda in Noël Coward's operetta ''Bitter Sweet''. Acting career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Guillon
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Goupil
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alla Donell (الله), the Arabic term for "God"
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Alla may refer to: * Ara Gaya, also called Alla (안라), a city-state kingdom in the part of Gaya confederacy, in modern-day Haman County of Korea Music * "Alla" (song) a song by Swedish singer Sofia * Allá, a rock band from Chicago * '' At.Long.Last.A$AP'', an album by American rapper A$AP Rocky People * Alla (female name), a Slavic female given name * Alla (surname), a surname Places *Alla, Bhutan *Alla, California, aka Alla Station or Alla Junction *Alla, Iran, a village in Semnan Province, Iran See also * Alla, the Maltese term for "God" *Allah Allah (; ar, الله, translit=Allāh, ) is the common Arabic word for God. In the English language, the word generally refers to God in Islam. The word is thought to be derived by contraction from '' al- ilāh'', which means "the god", an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josephine Huntley Wright
Josephine may refer to: People * Josephine (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Josephine (singer), a Greek pop singer Places *Josephine, Texas, United States *Mount Josephine (other) * Josephine County, Oregon, a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon Film and music * ''Josephine'' (2001 film), an English-language Croatian film directed by Rajko Grlić * ''Joséphine'' (2013 film), a French film directed by Agnès Obadia * ''Josephine'' (album), album by Magnolia Electric Co. Songs * "Josephine" (Wayne King song), a 1951 song, recorded by many artists including Les Paul and Ray Charles *"My Girl Josephine", by Fats Domino, also known as "Josephine" and "Hello Josephine", recorded by many artists *Josephine (Too Many Secrets)", a song by Jon English, 1982 * "Josephine" (Chris Rea song), a 1985 song * "Josephine" (Terrorvision song), a 1998 song *"Yes Tonight Josephine", a 1957 song by Johnnie Ray *"Josephine", a 1955 song from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Barry (actor)
Gerald Barry was a British stage and film actor. He also co-directed the 1936 film ''The Last Waltz'' with Leo Mittler.Goble p.833 Selected filmography * '' The Unholy Night'' (1929) * ''His Glorious Night'' (1929) * ''Girl of the Port'' (1930) * '' Son of India'' (1931) * ''What Price Hollywood?'' (1932) * ''Channel Crossing'' (1933) * ''The Lad'' (1935) * '' The Right Age to Marry'' (1935) * ''The Night of the Party'' (1935) * ''Once in a New Moon'' (1935) * ''The Improper Duchess'' (1936) * '' Cheer Up'' (1936) * ''The Last Waltz'' (1936) * ''The Crimes of Stephen Hawke'' (1936) * ''Everything Is Rhythm'' (1936) * ''Tropical Trouble'' (1936) * ''Radio Lover'' (1936) * ''Everything in Life'' (1936) * ''La dernière valse'' (1936) * ''It's You I Want'' (1936) * ''The Schooner Gang'' (1937) * ''Knights for a Day ''Knights for a Day'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Norman Lee and starring Nelson Keys, John Garrick and Nancy Burne. It was made as a quota quickie at Welw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
