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Paul L. Stein
Paul Ludwig Stein (4 February 1892 – 2 May 1951) was an Austrian-born film director with 67 films to his credit. Stein began his career in Berlin in 1918 and worked exclusively in the German silent film industry until 1926, when he first went to Hollywood, and spent the next five years commuting between Germany and the U.S., where he worked with stars such as Jeanette MacDonald, Lillian Gish and Constance Bennett. In 1931, Stein relocated to England after gaining a contract with British International Pictures, where he was assigned a number of big-name prestige productions, including some of the popular operetta films of the mid-1930s. These included '' Blossom Time'' and '' Heart's Desire'' starring his boyhood friend Richard Tauber, who also made cameo appearances in two of his post-war films ''Waltz Time'' and '' Lisbon Story''. For most his career, Stein's credits tended to be films primarily aimed at female audiences, although later he also directed crime and spy th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Red Peacock
''The Red Peacock'' (German: ''Arme Violetta'') is a 1920 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Pola Negri and Victor Varconi. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios and distributed by UFA. Long thought lost, the film was rediscovered in a New York basement in 2020.https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30944 Cast * Pola Negri as Violetta Duclos * Alexander Antalffy as Gaston * Paul Biensfeldt as Alfred's father * Michael Bohnen * Ernst Bringolf * Guido Herzfeld as Violetta's father * Paul Otto as Graf von Geray * Greta Schröder as Alfred's sister * Victor Varconi Victor Varconi (born Mihály Várkonyi; March 31, 1891 – June 6, 1976) was a Hungarian actor who initially found success in his native country, as well as in Germany and Austria, in silent films, before relocating to the United States, where ... as Alfred Germont * Marga von Kierska as Flora References Bibliography * Mariusz Kotowski. ''Pola Negri: Hollywood's Fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Romantic Night
''One Romantic Night'' is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Paul L. Stein. It is the first sound film version of Ferenc Molnár's play ''The Swan'', and marked silent screen star Lillian Gish's talkie debut. She starred as Princess Alexandra, with Conrad Nagel as the tutor who falls in love with her, and Rod La Rocque as Crown Prince Albert. The film was only fairly successful, though Gish would go on to become as highly regarded in talking pictures as she had been in silent films. A silent version of the play had been produced in 1925 at Paramount Pictures. The 1956 Eastmancolor film version of ''The Swan'', the only one of the three film versions made in color, is much more frequently shown today. Cast * Lillian Gish as Princess Alexandra * Rod La Rocque as Prince Albert *Conrad Nagel as Dr Nicholas Haller *Marie Dressler as Princess Beatrice *O.P. Heggie as Father Benedict *Albert Conti as Count Lutzen *Edgar Norton as Colonel Wunderlich *Billie Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Thing Called Love (1929 Film)
''This Thing Called Love'' is a 1929 American romantic comedy pre-Code film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Edmund Lowe, Constance Bennett, Ruth Taylor, Roscoe Karns, and ZaSu Pitts. Jean Harlow appears in a cameo role as she was not yet famous. The film is based on the play ''This Thing Called Love, a Comedy in Three Acts'', by Edwin J. Burke. The film was recorded in RCA Photophone and featured a two-color Technicolor sequence. No complete copy survives, only the Technicolor sequence. Plot A man returns from a trip to Peru rich and looking for a wife. While still single, he has a real estate agent show him a house or two. The agent invites him to dinner, during which the agent and his wife start bickering, causing the poor fellow to rethink marriage over. He does still want to share his home with someone, however, so he has the agent's sister-in-law move in. Eventually, they fell in love. Cast * Edmund Lowe as Robert Collins * Constance Bennett as Ann Marvin * Roscoe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Office Scandal
''The Office Scandal'' is a 1929 American drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Phyllis Haver, Raymond Hatton and Margaret Livingston.Langman p.84 It was originally made as a silent, but some sound effects a musical score and talking sequences were added. Cast * Phyllis Haver as Jerry Cullen * Raymond Hatton as Pearson, the City Editor * Margaret Livingston as Lillian Tracy * Leslie Fenton as Andrew 'Andy' Corbin * Dan Wolheim as Champ Tracy * Jimmie Adams as Delaney * Clarence Geldart as Capt. Day * Jimmy Aldine as Freddie, the Copy Boy * Louise Carver as Battered Wife * Tom O'Brien as Pool Hall Lookout * Robert Emmett O'Connor as Judge * Florence Wix Florence Wix (16 May 1883 – 23 November 1956) was an English-born American character actress who worked from the 1920s in silent films through sound films of the 1950s. Biography Born on 16 May 1883, in Hertfordshire in England, Wix woul ... as Party Guest References Bibliography * Lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Climbers (1927 Film)
''The Climbers'' is a 1927 silent film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and presumed lost. The film stars Irene Rich and was directed by Paul Stein. It was based on a 1901 Clyde Fitch play of the same name, but bore scant resemblance to it. Previous versions of Fitch's play had been made, under the same name, in 1915 with Gladys Hanson and also in 1919 with Corinne Griffith. Plot The action takes place in Spain and Puerto Rico during the early 19th-century reign of Ferdinand VII. The Duchess of Arrogan (Irene Rich) is the victim of the machinations of court "climber" Countess Veya (Myrna Loy). The Countess arranges to hide the king's enemy, Duke Cordova (Forrest Stanley) in the Duchess's room where he is discovered resulting in the banishment of both to the colony of Puerto Rico, and the Duchess's estrangement from her powerful husband. In exile the Duchess successfully but cruelly manages her extensive land holdings, nursing bitterness against all men, while Cordova ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Tell The Wife (1927 Film)
''Don't Tell the Wife'' is a 1927 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Irene Rich, Huntley Gordon and Lilyan Tashman.Weaver p.489 Cast * Irene Rich as Mrs. Cartier * Huntley Gordon as Jacques Cartier * Lilyan Tashman as Suzanna * Otis Harlan as Magistrate * William Demarest Carl William Demarest (February 27, 1892 – December 27, 1983) was an American character actor, known especially for his roles in screwball comedies by Preston Sturges and for playing Uncle Charley in the sitcom ''My Three Sons'' Demarest, w ... as Ray Valerian * Margaret Gray as Frie See also * List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features References Bibliography * John T. Weaver. ''Twenty Years of Silents, 1908-1928''. Scarecrow Press, 1971. External links * 1927 films 1927 romantic comedy films Films directed by Paul L. Stein American silent feature films American films based on plays Films based on works by Victorien Sardou Warn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Official Wife (1926 Film)
''My Official Wife'' is a 1926 silent film by Austrian director Paul L. Stein, and his first American film. It stars Irene Rich and Conway Tearle. It is an adaptation of the 1891 novel ''My Official Wife'' by Richard Henry Savage (which had been filmed once before in 1914 by the Vitagraph Company of America with Clara Kimball Young as the lead), but the storyline was updated to include World War I. Cast Reception Reviews were extremely mixed. '' Film Daily'' compiled newspaper review quotes upon the film's release (as it did for many releases), citing the ''New York American'' as stating it was "repulsive ... players are badly miscast." The '' Daily News'' called it "worth going to see ... well acted, well directed and nicely dressed up bit of screen hokum." The ''Evening World'' called it a "matinee picture for unhurried chocolate munchers ... too long and too slow moving," and the ''Morning Telegraph ''Morning Telegraph'' may refer to: * ''Sheffield Telegraph'', known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tea Time In The Ackerstrasse
''Tea Time in the Ackerstrasse'' (German: ''Fünf-Uhr-Tee in der Ackerstraße'') is a 1926 German silent drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Reinhold Schünzel, Mary Nolan and Fritz Kampers. The film's sets were designed by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. Cast *Reinhold Schünzel *Mary Nolan *Maria Kamradek *Fritz Kampers *Heinrich Schroth *Angelo Ferrari *Frigga Braut *Rosa Valetti Rosa Valetti (25 January 1876, Berlin, Germany – 10 December 1937, Vienna, Austria), born Rosa Alice Vallentin, was a German actress, cabaret performer, and singer. Biography Rosa Valetti was born in Berlin, the daughter of industrialist Fel ... References External links * Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Paul L. Stein 1926 drama films Films set in Berlin German black-and-white films Silent German drama films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Love You (1925 Film)
''I Love You'' (german: Ich liebe dich) is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Liane Haid, Alfons Fryland, and Anny Ondra. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Richter Heinrich Richter (1884–1981) was a German painter and art director.Soister p.122 He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''The Confessions of the Green Mask'' (1916) * ''The Sensational Tr .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1925 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Paul L. Stein German silent feature films German black-and-white films UFA GmbH films German drama films 1925 drama films Silent drama films 1920s German films {{Germany-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Island Of Dreams
''The Island of Dreams'' (german: Die Insel der Träume) is a 1925 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Liane Haid, Harry Liedtke, and Alfons Fryland. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Reimann Walter Reimann (2 June 1887 – 8 November 1936) was a German painter and art director. He was an Expressionist and member of the group of artists associated with Zurich magazine, Der Sturm. He worked on the production design of a number of film .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1925 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Paul L. Stein UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films {{Germany-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire Of Love (1925 Film)
''Fire of Love'' (german: Liebesfeuer) is a 1925 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Liane Haid, Alfons Fryland, and Walter Rilla. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Reimann. It was distributed by the major studio UFA Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital city, capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya River (Kama), Belaya and Ufa River, Ufa rivers, in the centre-n .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1925 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Paul L. Stein German silent feature films UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films {{Germany-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
