List Of Czech Films Before 1920
A List of Czech films, the earliest silent films before 1920. 1898–1919 {{DEFAULTSORT:Czech Films: Pre 1920 1890s Czech Czech Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places * Czech, ...

1898 In Film
The following is an overview of the events of 1898 in film, including a list of films released and notable births. The Spanish–American War was a popular subject. Several films made by Col. William N. Selig dealt with the subject of war preparations at Camp Tanner in Springfield, Illinois, including ''Soldiers at Play'', ''Wash Day in Camp'' and ''First Regiment Marching''. __TOC__ Events *May 19 – Vitagraph is founded in New York. *August 27 – Alfred John West gives a Royal Command Performance to Queen Victoria of film from the cruise of HMS ''Crescent'' at Osborne House. *Birt Acres invents the first amateur format, Birtac, by splitting 35 mm film into two halves of 17.5 mm. Films released in 1898 * ''The Accursed Cavern'', directed by George Melies *'' The Astronomer's Dream'', directed by Georges Méliès; re-released in 1899 as ''A Trip to the Moon'' *'' The Ball Game'' *''The Cavalier's Dream'', directed by Edwin S. Porter * ''The Cave of the Demon ...
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Pan Profesor, Nepřítel žen
''Pan profesor, nepřítel žen'' is a 1913 Austro-Hungarian comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol .... External links * 1913 comedy films 1913 films Austrian silent films Hungarian black-and-white films Austrian black-and-white films Hungarian silent films Austrian comedy films Hungarian comedy films Austro-Hungarian films Lost Czech films Silent comedy films {{1910s-comedy-film-stub ...
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Joe Jenčík
Joe or JOE may refer to: Arts Film and television * ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle * ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage * ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971 * ''Joe'', a 2002 Canadian animated short about Joe Fortes Music and radio * "Joe" (Inspiral Carpets song) * "Joe" (Red Hot Chili Peppers song) * "Joe", a song by The Cranberries on their album ''To the Faithful Departed'' *"Joe", a song by PJ Harvey on her album '' Dry'' *"Joe", a song by AJR on their album ''OK Orchestra'' * Joe FM (other), any of several radio stations Computing * Joe's Own Editor, a text editor for Unix systems * Joe, an object-oriented Java computing framework based on Sun's Distributed Objects Everywhere project Media * Joe (website), a news website for the UK and Ireland * ''Joe'' (magazine), a defunct periodical developed originally for Kenyan youth Places * Joe, North Carolina, United States, a town * Jõe, Saaremaa Parish, Eston ...
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Palimpsest (film)
In textual studies, a palimpsest () is a manuscript page, either from a scroll or a book, from which the text has been scraped or washed off in preparation for reuse, in the form of another document. Parchment was made of lamb, calf, or kid skin and was expensive and not readily available, so, in the interest of economy, a page was often re-used by scraping off the previous writing. In colloquial usage, the term ''palimpsest'' is also used in architecture, archaeology and geomorphology to denote an object made or worked upon for one purpose and later reused for another; for example, a monumental brass the reverse blank side of which has been re-engraved. Etymology The word ''palimpsest'' derives , which derives from grc, παλίμψηστος, palímpsēstos, label=none (), a compound word that describes the process: "The original writing was scraped and washed off, the surface resmoothed, and the new literary material written on the salvaged material." The Ancient Gre ...
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Vladimír Slavínský
Vladimír Slavínský (26 September 1890 16 August 1949) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. Life Vladimír Slavínský was born Otakar Vladimír Pitrman in Dolní Štěpánice, on September 26, 1890. Since his youth he acted in amateur theatres while working as a typesetter. In 1912 he wrote his first two screenplays. After the World War I he co-founded a production company Pojafilm with Alois Jalovec and started directing. He directed mostly sentimental dramas and comedy films, which were very commercially successful at the time. He died in Prague on August 16, 1949. Selected filmography Director * '' The Son of the Mountains'' (1925) * '' The Little Window'' (1933) * '' Three Men in the Snow'' (1936) * ''Delightful Story'' (1936) * '' The Minister's Girlfriend'' (1940) * '' Lawyer of the Poor'' (1941) * '' Chalk and Cheese'' (1941) * ''Fish Out of Water'' (1942) * ''Seine beste Rolle'' (1944), Nazi German film * '' The last Mohican'' (1947) * ''No Surgery Hours ...
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Přemysl Pražský
Přemysl Pražský was an early Czech film director, film actor, screenwriter and radio producer. He directed and appeared in a number of films in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s and 1930s, directing comedy films such as '' Two Mothers'' (1921), '' The Mysterious Beauty'' (1922), ''The Countess from Podskalí'' (1926) and '' Prague Seamstresses'' (1929). He is best known for his adaptation of the Josef Hais Týnecký novel ''Battalion'' (1927). He often worked with Theodor Pištěk. Early life and career Pražský was born on 24 July 1893 in Nýřany. He began his studies in 1910 and continued them until 1914. He moved to Prague and began to work in the theater. He became the director of the Švanda Theatre during this time and was a frequent guest at the Vinohrady Theatre. It wasn't until 1919 that he moved to filmmaking. He had a successful acting and directing career. His 1927 film ''Battalion'' was his biggest success. It has been considered one of the most important works in C ...
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Boby Nesmí Kouřit
Boby is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pułtusk, within Pułtusk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Pułtusk and north of Warsaw. References Boby Boby is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pułtusk, within Pułtusk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Pułtusk and north of Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially th ...

Jan S
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Number, a barcode standard compatible with EAN * Japanese Accepted Name, a Japanese nonproprietary drug name * Job Accommodation Network, US, for people with disabilities * ''Joint Army-Navy'', US standards for electronic color codes, etc. * ''Journal of Advanced Nursing'' Personal name * Jan (name), male variant of ''John'', female shortened form of ''Janet'' and ''Janice'' * Jan (Persian name), Persian word meaning 'life', 'soul', 'dear'; also used as a name * Ran (surname), romanized from Mandarin as Jan in Wade–Giles * Ján, Slovak name Other uses * January, as an abbreviation for the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar * Jan (cards), a term in some card games when a player loses without taking any tricks or scoring a mini ...
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