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Meinhart Maur
Meinhart Maur ( hu, Grünbaum Menyhért, 18 August 1891 – 27 November 1964) was a Hungarian-German film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1919 and 1954. He was born in Hajdúnánás, Hungary and died in London, England. Selected filmography * '' The Howling Wolf'' (1919) * ''Die Tragödie der Manja Orsan'' (1919) – Jean Tanda – Jurist * ''Flimmersterne'' (1919) * ''Ruth's Two Husbands'' (1919) – Notar Lars Sidellius * ''Moderne Töchter'' (1919) * '' The Teahouse of the Ten Lotus Flowers'' (1919) – Wissenschaftler Dr. Yotamo * ''Das Geheimnis des Irren'' (1919) * ''Harakiri'' (1919) – Prince Matahari * ''Kinder der Liebe, 2. Teil'' (1919) * ''Die Toten kehren wieder – Enoch Arden'' (1919) – Chang-Pu * ''Die Nackten – Ein sozialpolitischer Film'' (1919) * ''Die Dame im Pelz'' (1919) – Graf Sacher-Khun (Maler) * ''Der Kampf um die Ehe – 2. Teil: Feindliche Gatten'' (1919) * ''Der Kampf um die Ehe – 1. Teil: Wenn in der Ehe die Liebe stirbt'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hajdúnánás
Hajdúnánás is a town in Hajdú-Bihar County, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 17,172 people (2015). Racetrack On 21 June 2020, it was confirmed that Hungary will build a new modern, multifunctional and economically operable racetrack near Hajdúnánás, at the centre of the Debrecen-Miskolc-Nyíregyháza triangle, in the north-eastern part of the country. This track would be suitable to host MotoGP, as well as Formula 1 races in the future. Notable residents * Zoltán Nagy, footballer * József Mónus, world recorder archer * Zoltán Csehi, footballer * Annamária Bogdanović, handballer * Ágnes Szilágyi, handballer * Anita Kazai, handballer * Valéria Szabó, handballer * Tamás Kulcsár, footballer * Anett Sopronyi, handballer * R. Yisrael Efraim Fischel Schreiber (Sofer), Rabbi of Hajdúnánás and author the Afsei Aretz (1862) * Gábor Tánczos, politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Voice Of The Heart (1924 Film)
''The Voice of the Heart'' (german: Die Stimme des Herzens) is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Mary Johnson, Fritz Kampers, and Ágnes Esterházy. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter Franz Schroedter (9 May 1897 – 14 November 1968) was a German art director.Giesen p.212 Selected filmography * '' The Black Count'' (1920) * ''The Dance of Love and Happiness'' (1921) * ''The New Paradise'' (1921) * '' The Queen of Whitechapel .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1924 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Hanns Schwarz German silent feature films German black-and-white films German drama films 1924 drama films Silent drama films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Band Waggon (film)
''Band Waggon'' is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch and Moore Marriott. It was based on the BBC radio show ''Band Waggon''. Plot Arthur Askey and Stinker Murdoch, two out-of-work performers, are living on the roof of the Broadcasting House in Central London. After being called in for an audition with the BBC three months before, they were forgotten about and settled down to live there waiting for their big chance. One day an item from their clothes line falls and hits Claude Pilkington, a senior figure at the BBC, who has them evicted. They are forced to pack up all their belongings and leave. While driving home that evening one of the tyres on Pilkington's car gets a puncture from broken glass lying on the road. It has been put there by the owners of the Jack-in-the-Box restaurant, who hope their cabaret act will be given a contract with the BBC and have so far failed to gain an audition. Pilkington sits unwittingly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pack Up Your Troubles (1940 Film)
''Pack Up Your Troubles'' is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Reginald Purdell, Wylie Watson and Patricia Roc. It takes its name from the First World War marching song " Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag". Plot Garage owner Tommy (Reginald Purdell) and ventriloquist friend Eric (Wylie Watson) join the army and travel to France, where they are captured by the Nazis. However, Eric's voice-throwing skills come in handy in engineering their escape and in obtaining top secret information. Cast * Reginald Purdell as Tommy Perkins * Wylie Watson as Eric Sampson * Patricia Roc as Sally Brown * Wally Patch as Sgt. Barker * Muriel George as Mrs. Perkins * Ernest Butcher as Jack Perkins * Manning Whiley as Muller * G. H. Mulcaster as Col. Diehard Critical reception ''TV Guide'' called it a "Lightweight comedy worth watching for Purdell's and Watson's nice comic performances." and '' Sky Cinema'' similarly approved of the pair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Englishman's Home
''An Englishman's Home'' is a threat-of-invasion play by Guy du Maurier, first produced in 1909. The title is a reference to the expression "an Englishman's home is his castle". Play ''An Englishman's Home'' caused a sensation in London when it appeared anonymously, under the name "A Patriot", in 1909. Ticknor 1922 The writer Guy du Maurier was a regular officer in the British Army, who had seen active service during the South African War and who was to be killed in France in 1915. It first played at Wyndham's Theatre on 27 January MacKenzie 1992 and went on to be a long-running success. It is now considered a typical example of the invasion literature popular at the time. The play was produced by Guy's brother Gerald du Maurier, possibly without his knowledge and with some assistance from J. M. Barrie. The story concerns an attack on England by a foreign power identified as "Nearland", generally assumed to represent Germany. The home of an ordinary middle-class family is besie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21 Days
''21 Days'' (also known as ''21 Days Together'', ''The First and the Last'' and ''Three Weeks Together'') is a 1940 British drama film based on the short 1919 play '' The First and the Last'' by John Galsworthy. It was directed by Basil Dean and stars Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and Leslie Banks. The film was renamed ''21 Days Together'' for the American market. Plot Larry Darrant, the black sheep of his family, returns home to London from an unsuccessful business venture in Kenya and embarks on an affair with a married woman, Wanda. When Wanda's long-absent husband, Henry, who is Russian, shows up, he tries to extort money from the lovers, and pulls a knife on Larry when he refuses to pay. In the ensuing fight Henry is accidentally killed when he strikes his head on the fire fender. Larry places Henry's body in a quiet brick archway at Glove Lane. He then visits his brother Keith, a successful barrister hoping to soon become a judge, for advice. Keith tells Larry to leave t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of The Frog
''The Return of the Frog'' is a 1938 British crime film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Gordon Harker, Hartley Power and Rene Ray. It is a sequel to the 1937 film ''The Frog'', and was based on the 1929 novel '' The India-Rubber Men'' by Edgar Wallace. It was shot at Beaconsfield Studios. The film's plot concerns a police hunt for the criminal known as The Frog. Cast * Gordon Harker as Inspector Elk * Hartley Power as 'Chicago Dale' Sandford * Rene Ray as Lela Oaks * Cyril Smith as Maggs * Charles Lefeaux as Golly Oaks * Una O'Connor as Mum Oaks * Meinhart Maur as 'Dutchy' Alkmann * George Hayes as Dandy Lane * Charles Carson as Chief Commissioner * Aubrey Mallalieu as Banker * Alexander Field as Sniffy Offer * Philip Godfrey as Number 39 * Patrick Holt as Cadet with Question * David Keir as Number 23 * Norman Pierce as Policeman * George Street as Waiter * Charles Victor as Customer in Night Club Critical reception ''Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Goes Next?
''Who Goes Next?'' is a 1938 British war drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Barry K. Barnes, Sophie Stewart and Jack Hawkins. The story was inspired by the real-life escape of 29 officers through a tunnel from Holzminden prisoner-of-war camp in Lower Saxony, Germany, in July 1918. Premise During the First World War, a number of captured British officers attempt to escape from a prisoner-of-war camp. Main cast * Barry K. Barnes as Maj. Hamilton * Sophie Stewart as Sarah Hamilton * Jack Hawkins as Capt. Beck * Charles Eaton as Capt. Royde * Andrew Osborn as F/O Stevens * Frank Birch as Capt. Grover * Roy Findlay as Lt. Williams * Alastair Macintyre as Lt. Mackenzie * Meinhart Maur as Commandant Production The film was made at Wembley Studios by Twentieth Century Fox. It was a more expensive production than the quota quickie The Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 ('' 17 & 18 Geo. V'') was an act of the United Kingdom Parliament designed to stimulate the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Barricade
''The Last Barricade'' is a 1938 British drama film directed by Alex Bryce and starring Frank Fox, Greta Gynt and Meinhart Maur. It was produced by the British subsidiary of 20th Century Fox at the company's Wembley Studios in London for release as a Quota Quickie.Chibnall p.299 The film's sets were designed by the art director Carmen Dillon. Cast * Frank Fox as Michael Donovan * Greta Gynt as Maria * Paul Sheridan as Valdez * Meinhart Maur as Don Jose * Dino Galvani as Lopez * Vernon Harris as Captain Lee * Hay Petrie David Hay Petrie (16 July 1895 – 30 July 1948) was a Scottish actor noted for playing eccentric characters, among them Quilp in ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' (1934), the McLaggen in ''The Ghost Goes West'' (1935) and Uncle Pumblechook in '' Great ... as Captain MacTavish * Andreas Malandrinos as General References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmakin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Syn (film)
''Doctor Syn'' (''Dr. Syn'' in the United States) is a 1937 British black-and-white historical dramatic adventure film, directed by Roy William Neill for Gainsborough Pictures. It stars George Arliss (in his last feature film), Margaret Lockwood, Graham Moffatt, and Ronald Shiner. The film is based on the ''Doctor Syn'' novels of Russell Thorndike, set in 18th century Kent. The character of Syn and the events at the film's climax were both softened considerably in comparison to Thorndike's original storyline. Plot Led by Captain Collyer, a detachment of Royal Navy tax revenue collectors arrive in the village of Dymchurch on Romney Marsh. The area is known for liquor-smuggling, and they are on the trail of the culprits. They find a peaceful village of apparently honest, pious, and simple folk, looked after benevolently by their philanthropic vicar, Doctor Syn. Dr Syn is in fact The Scarecrow, the leader of the band of parish smugglers. He uses his cover as a man of the cloth to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O-Kay For Sound
''O-Kay for Sound'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring the Crazy Gang troupe of comedians. After falling on hard times the members of the Crazy Gang are busking on the streets of London. However, they are hired as extras on a film set. After arriving at the studios they are mistaken for a group of potential investors and given free run of the studios, causing chaos. The film was based on a stage work by Bert Lee and R. P. Weston. It was made at Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures, with sets designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky. Main cast * Jimmy Nervo as Cecil * Teddy Knox as Teddy * Bud Flanagan as Bud * Chesney Allen as Ches * Charlie Naughton as Charlie * Jimmy Gold as Jimmy * Fred Duprez as Hyman Goldberger * Enid Stamp-Taylor as Jill Smith, secretary * Meinhart Maur as Guggenheimer * Graham Moffatt as Albert, the page boy * Patricia Bowman as Dancer * Peter Dawson as Singer * Jan Gotch as All-In Wrestler * H. F. Malt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Bureau (1936 Film)
''Second Bureau'' is a 1936 British spy romance film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Marta Labarr, Charles Oliver and Arthur Wontner. It was made at Shepperton StudiosWood p.92 and based on a novel ''Second Bureau'' by Charles Robert-Dumas. It was a remake of a 1935 French film of the same name. The film's title refers to the French military intelligence outfit Deuxième Bureau. Synopsis A French spy, Captain Paul Benoit, manages to steal some German secrets. The Germans send Erna Fielder, an agent of their own, after him, but the two spies end up falling in love. Cast * Marta Labarr as Erna Fielder * Charles Oliver as Paul Benoit * Arthur Wontner as Col. Gueraud * Meinhart Maur as Gen. von Raugwitz * Fred Groves as Sgt. Colleret * Joan White as Dorothy Muller * Anthony Eustrel as Lt. von Stranmer * G. H. Mulcaster as Yvanne Brosilow * Leo de Pokorny as Dr. Weygelmann * Fewlass Llewellyn as Director of Schaffingen * Bruno Barnabe Bruno Bianco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
