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Märta Torén
Märta Torén (21 May 1925 – 19 February 1957) was a Swedish stage and film actress of the 1940s and 1950s. Torén's father was a Swedish military officer, and for three years, during World War II, she was a secretary in the Swedish war office. After studying at the Stockholm Royal Dramatic Theater's Royal Dramatic Training Academy, Torén began her career on the stage and from 1947 she appeared in films. She appeared on the cover of the June 13 issue of ''Life Magazine'' in 1949. Torén appeared in 11 American film productions during her brief career. One of her roles was opposite Humphrey Bogart in ''Sirocco'' (1951), and she also co-starred with Dana Andrews in ''Assignment – Paris! ''Assignment – Paris!'' is a 1952 American Cold War film noir directed by Robert Parrish and starring Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, George Sanders and Audrey Totter. Premise Paris-based ''New York Herald Tribune'' reporter Jimmy Race (Andrews) i ...'' (1952). On Sunday February 17, 1957 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shadow (1954 Film)
''The Shadow'' ( it, L'ombra) is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Giorgio Bianchi and starring Märta Torén and Pierre Cressoy. Plot Lamont Cranston, a psychiatrist on retainer to the police department, is asked to assist in the Case of the Cotton Kimono murder investigation. Lamont and his girlfriend Margot Lane are not satisfied with Detective Harris' analysis and call on the two prime suspects: the victim's voice instructor and her boyfriend. When Harris, convinced that the boyfriend is guilty, frames the young man for the crime, Lamont is forced to assume his secret identity as "The Shadow", and cloaked by his power of invisibility, seeks to force the true killer to reveal himself. Cast *Märta Torén as Alberta *Pierre Cressoy as Gerardo * Gianna Maria Canale as Elena *Filippo Scelzo as Dr. Magre *Paolo Stoppa as Michele *Emma Baron as Luisa *Renato Navarrini Renato Navarrini (1892–1972) was an Italian stage and film actor.Verdone p.101 He was married t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirocco (film)
''Sirocco'' is a 1951 American film noir directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Humphrey Bogart. The film name is derived from ''Sirocco'', a strong wind blowing in the Mediterranean, coming from the Sahara desert. It is hot and dry and is said to make people irritable. The film is set in Syria somewhat east of the wind's paths. Plot In 1925 Damascus, the native Syrians are engaged in a guerrilla war against the French colonial rule of Syria. Harry Smith is an American black marketeer, secretly selling weapons to the guerillas. As the situation deteriorates, French General LaSalle orders that civilian sympathisers be executed each time his soldiers are killed, but his head of military intelligence, Colonel Feroud, persuades him to alter the plan, and simply detain civilians for 48 hours. Feroud calls in five of the city's profiteers (including Smith and Balukjiaan) and accuses them of selling food at excessive prices. Smith is the only one who appears to be willing to cooper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spy Hunt
''Spy Hunt'', also known as ''Panther's Moon'', is a 1950 American espionage film, based on the novel '' Panther's Moon'' by Victor Canning, directed by George Sherman, and starring Howard Duff and Märta Torén. It was produced by Universal-International Pictures. Plot Rival agents in Switzerland seek two escaped panthers, one with microfilm hidden in its collar. Cast * Howard Duff as Steve Quain * Märta Torén as Catherine Uilven * Philip Friend as Chris Denson * Robert Douglas as Paradou * Philip Dorn as Paul Kopel * Walter Slezak as Doctor Stahl * Kurt Kreuger as Captain Heimer * Aram Katcher as Georg See also * List of American films of 1950 A list of American films released in 1950. Fred Astaire hosted the 23rd Academy Awards ceremony on March 29, 1951, held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The winner of the Best Motion Picture category was Twentieth Century-Fox's ''All ... External links * * * 1950 films Film noir American crime drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Way Street
''One Way Street'' is a 1950 American film noir crime film directed by Hugo Fregonese and starring James Mason, Märta Torén and Dan Duryea. The crime film takes place mainly in Mexico. Plot Dr. Frank Matson, a physician, steals $200,000 from the henchmen of mob boss John Wheeler, after a robbery that Wheeler has pulled off along with Ollie, a member of his gang. Forced to go on the run, Matson also takes Wheeler's girlfriend Laura Thorsen with him. After hiding out in Mexico, word gets back to Matson that Wheeler knows where he is. He and Laura return to Los Angeles planning to return the money, only to find Wheeler has been shot by Ollie. About to meet the same fate, Matson produces a gun and kills Ollie instead. Laura is waiting for him at a cafe. As they leave, Matson turns to go phone the airline to get away with Laura, but is hit by a car coming down the one-way street. Cast * James Mason as Dr. Frank Matson * Märta Torén as Laura Thorsen (as Marta Toren) * Dan Duryea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sword In The Desert
''Sword in the Desert'' is a 1949 American war film directed by George Sherman. It was the first American film to deal with the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and marked the first significant feature film role for Jeff Chandler. Plot Freighter owner and captain Mike Dillon reluctantly smuggles Jewish immigrants into Palestine, making it very clear to the Jewish leader, David Vogel, he is only doing it for the money. Dillon is annoyed to learn that he will have to go ashore to get paid the eight thousand U.S. dollars he is owed. When a British patrol boat arrives sooner than expected, Dillon is forced to join the Jews in their flight for freedom. There are casualties on both sides before the refugees get away, including one of Dillon's men. Cast Production The screenplay was based on a short story by Robert Buckner, who came up with the idea after a visit to Palestine in 1934. Bucker later expanded this into a short story about Christmas in Palestine as experienced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illegal Entry (film)
''Illegal Entry'' is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Frederick De Cordova and starring Howard Duff, Märta Torén and George Brent. The film and its treatment of illegal entry and unlawful residence in the United States is introduced by Watson B. Miller, the commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service under President Harry S. Truman. Plot An undercover agent (Howard Duff) attacks an illicit Mexican border immigrant smuggling operation. Cast * Howard Duff as Bert Powers * Märta Torén as Anna Duvak O'Neill * George Brent as Chief Agent Dan Collins * Gar Moore as Lee Sloan * Tom Tully as Nick Gruber * Paul Stewart as Zack Richards * Richard Rober as Dutch Lempo * Joseph Vitale as Joe Bottsy * James Nolan as Agent Benson * Clifton Young as Billy Rafferty * David Clarke as Carl * Robert Osterloh as Agent Crowthers * Anthony Caruso as Teague * Donna Martell as Maria Reception Critical response ''The New York Times'' film critic, Bosley Crowth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rogues' Regiment
''Rogues' Regiment'' is a 1948 film noir action film directed by Robert Florey and starring Dick Powell, Märta Torén, and Vincent Price. It is the first American feature film to be set in the First Indochina War. Plot An American Intelligence Agent and Nazi hunter is on the trail of a former SS war criminal reminiscent of Martin Bormann believed to be hiding in the French Foreign Legion in French Indochina. He joins forces with a French Intelligence agent investigating supplies of weapons to the Việt Minh from the Eastern Bloc. Cast * Dick Powell as Whit Corbett * Märta Torén as Lili Maubert * Vincent Price as Mark Van Ratten * Stephen McNally as Martin Bruener a.k.a. Carl Reicher * Edgar Barrier as Colonel Mauclaire * Henry Rowland as Erich Otto Heindorf * Carol Thurston as Li-Ho-Kay * James Millican as Cobb * Richard Loo as Kao Pang * Philip Ahn as Tran Duy Gian * Richard Fraser as Rycroft * Otto Reichow as Stein * Kenny Washington as Sam Latch * Denni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casbah (film)
''Casbah'' is a 1948 American film noir crime musical film directed by John Berry starring Yvonne De Carlo, Tony Martin, Peter Lorre, and Märta Torén. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song "For Every Man There's a Woman". It is a musical remake of ''Algiers'' (1938), which was in turn an American remake of the French film ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937). Plot Pépé le Moko ( Tony Martin) leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah district of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France. Inez (Yvonne De Carlo), his girl friend, is infuriated when Pépé flirts with Gaby (Märta Torén), a French visitor, but Pépé tells her to mind her own business. Detective Slimane (Peter Lorre) is trying to lure Pépé out of the Casbah so he can be jailed. Against Slimane's advice, Police Chief Louvain (Thomas Gomez) captures Pépé in a dragnet, but his followers free him. Inez realizes that Pépé has fallen in love wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ombyte Av Tåg
''Ombyte av tåg'' (''Change of Train'') is a 1943 Swedish drama film directed by Hasse Ekman. Plot Inga Dahl, an unemployed actress, and Joakim Lundell is a couple from times past, many years later by chance they happen to meet on a train station. They drink a cup of coffee together and in flashbacks we get to follow their love sagas beginning and end. Cast *Sonja Wigert as Inga Dahl *Hasse Ekman as Joakim "Kim" Lundell *Georg Rydeberg as Leo Waller, actor *Karin Kavli as Vera, actress *Georg Funkquist as Hugo Linde, Theatre manager * Ludde Gentzel as Anderson, Theatre doorman *Torsten Hillberg as herr Lundell, Kims father *Gull Natorp as Rut Lundell, Kims mother * Barbro Flodquist as Ebba, actress *Gabriel Alw as doctor * Anna-Stina Wåglund as Waitress at the Railway station *Gösta Bodin as Angry Visitor at the Theatre *Agda Helin as Angry Man's Wife *Willy Peters as Rehearsing Actor *Astrid Bodin as Waitress at the Railway station *Märta Torén Märta Torén (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ride Tonight!
''Ride Tonight!'' (Swedish: ''Rid i natt'') is a 1942 Swedish historical drama film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Lars Hanson, Oscar Ljung, Gerd Hagman and Eva Dahlbeck. It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel ''Ride This Night'' by Vilhelm Moberg. The film, like the original novel, alluded directly to events in occupied Europe during the Second World War and helped to bolster anti-Nazi sentiment in neutral Sweden.Winkel & Welch p.271 Synopsis In 17th century Southern Sweden, a peasant uprising takes place against German landowners. Partial cast * Lars Hanson as Jon Stånge * Oscar Ljung as Ragnar Svedje of Svedjegaarden * Gerd Hagman as Annika * Eva Dahlbeck as Botilla * Erik 'Bullen' Berglund as Lars Borre * Hilda Borgström as Mother Sigga * Nils Lundell as Ygge, the thief of Bläsemåla * Erik Hell as Hans of Lenhovda * Hugo Björne as Petrus Magni * Sven Bergvall as Archbishop * Carl Ström as Klas Bock * Gunnar Sjöberg as Foreign peasant * Hampe Faustman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escanaba, Michigan
Escanaba ( ), commonly shortened to Esky, is a port city in Delta County in the U.S. state of Michigan, located on Little Bay de Noc in the state's Upper Peninsula. The population was 12,616 at the 2010 census, making it the third-largest city in the Upper Peninsula after Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie. It is the seat of government of Delta County. There is also Escanaba Township, which is north of the city and is not adjacent to it, although a portion of the urban area around the city extends into the township. Both are named for the Escanaba River, which flows into the Little Bay de Noc of Lake Michigan just north of the city. The names are derived from the Ojibwa language. History Escanaba was the name of an Ojibwa village in this area in the early 19th century. The Ojibwa are one of the Anishinaabe, Algonquian-speaking tribes who settled and flourished around the Great Lakes. The word "Escanaba" roughly translates from Ojibwe and other regional Algonquian languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. newspapers and broadcasters. The AP has earned 56 Pulitzer Prizes, including 34 for photography, since the award was established in 1917. It is also known for publishing the widely used '' AP Stylebook''. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters, English, Spanish, and Arabic. The AP operates 248 news bureaus in 99 countries. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides newscasts twice hourly for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations. Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers, paying a fee to use AP material without being contributing members of the cooperative. As part of their cooperative agreement with the AP, most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
