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Paul Armont
Paul Armont (1874–1943) was a Russian-born French playwright and screenwriter. He also collaborated with the Swiss writer Marcel Gerbidon. He was born Dimitri Petrococchino in Rostov in the Russian Empire. Selected plays * 1913 – ''Le Chevalier au masque'', co-written by Jean Manoussi * 1920 – ''La Maison du passeur'', episode of World War I, co-written by Louis Verneuil * 1934 – ''Le Coup du parapluie'' * 1939 – ''Garçons, filles et chiens'' (''Face to the Wind''), co-written by Paul Vandenberghe In collaboration with Nicolas Nancey * 1905 – ''Le Truc du Brésilien'' * 1906 – ''Le Trèfle à quatre'' * 1909 – ''Théodore et Cie'' * 1920 – ''Le Zèbre'' In collaboration with Marcel Gerbidon * 1914 – ''La Tontine'' * 1916 – ''Le Coq en pâte'' * 1916 – ''Le Mari garçon'' * 1918 – ''School for Coquettes (play), School for Coquettes'', Théâtre du Grand-Guignol * 1923 – ''Dicky'', co-written with Jean Manoussi * 1924 – ''Un chien qui rapporte'' * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder (as in a wheelwright or cartwright). The words combine to indicate a person who has "wrought" words, themes, and other elements into a dramatic form—a play. (The homophone with "write" is coincidental.) The first recorded use of the term "playwright" is from 1605, 73 years before the first written record of the term "dramatist". It appears to have been first used in a pejorative sense by Ben Jonson to suggest a mere tradesman fashioning works for the theatre. Jonson uses the word in his Epigram 49, which is thought to refer to John Marston: :''Epigram XLIX — On Playwright'' :PLAYWRIGHT me reads, and still my verses damns, :He says I want the tongue of epigrams ; :I have no salt, no bawdry he doth mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The French Doll
''The French Doll'' is a 1923 American silent comedy drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Mae Murray, Orville Caldwell and Rod La Rocque. It was based on a French-language novel by Paul Armont and Marcel Gerbidon.Goble p.770 Cast * Mae Murray as Georgine Mazulier * Orville Caldwell as Wellington Wick * Rod La Rocque as Pedro Carrova * Rose Dione as Madame Mazuloier * Paul Cazeneuve as Monsieur Mazulier * Willard Louis as Joseph Dumas * Bernard Randall as Snyder * Lucien Littlefield Lucien Littlefield (August 16, 1895 – June 4, 1960) was an American actor who achieved a long career from silent films to the television era. He was noted for his versatility, playing a wide range of roles and already portraying old men befor ... as Dobbs, the Butler References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1923 films 1923 comedy-drama films American silent feature film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amourous Adventure
''Amourous Adventure'' (French: ''L'amoureuse aventure'') is a 1932 French romantic comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Albert Préjean and Marie Glory. It was a French language version of the 1932 German film ''Madame Makes Her Exit'' which was also directed by Thiele and starred Liane Haid and Hans Brausewetter.Grange p.380 Partial cast * Albert Préjean as Marcel Touzet * Marie Glory as Irène Vernier * Jeanne Boitel as Eve * Mady Berry as Madame Touzet * Marcel André as Jacques Vernier * Armand Morins as Mister Touzet * Aimé Clariond (unknown character name) * Raymond Cordy (unknown character name) * Paulette Dubost Paulette may refer to: * Paulette (name), French feminine given name * Paulette (tax) * Paulette Caveat - a caveat filed in 1973 by a group of Dene chiefs at the land titles office in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories to gain a legal interest in ... (unknown character name) References Bibliography * Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Thiele
Wilhelm Thiele (1890–1975) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director. He directed over 40 films between 1921 and 1960. Life and career Thiele started his show career as a stage actor. He got his start in Austrian and German film during the 1920s, most often as a director of film comedies. His biggest success was the highly influential musical film '' The Three from the Filling Station'' (1930), the highest-grossing film in Germany that year. Thiele, who was of Jewish descent,Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 211 left Germany during the Nazi Era. His first film in Hollywood, ''Lottery Lover'' in 1935, was without success and Thiele never achieved the same level of fame in Hollywood as he had Germany. He mostly made B-Pictures, but is credited with giving actress Dorothy Lamour her big start in movies with ''The Jungle Princess'' (1936). In the 1950s, he worked as a director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame Makes Her Exit
''Madame Makes Her Exit'' (german: Madame hat Ausgang) is a 1932 German romantic comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Liane Haid, Hans Brausewetter, Hilde Hildebrand. It was shot at the Epinay Studios of Tobis Film in Paris. It premiered on 12 January 1932.Grange p. 380 A separate French-language version '' Amourous Adventure'' was also released, directed by Thiele with a largely different cast. Cast * Liane Haid as Madame Vernier * Hans Brausewetter as Marcel Douzet * Hilde Hildebrand as Eva, the friend * Ilse Korseck as Georgette, the maid * Elisabeth Pinajeff as the girlfriend of Verniers * Paul Biensfeldt as Marcel's helper * Ernst Dumcke as Herr Venier * Karl Etlinger as Marcel's father * Hugo Fischer-Köppe as Gaston * Ernst Pröckl as Albert * Toni Tetzlaff Toni Tetzlaff (born Elisabeth Antonie Pauline Tetzlaff; 13 March 1871 – 16 December 1947) was a German stage and film actress.Chander p. 272 Selected filmography * '' Alkohol'' (1919) * '' Lilli'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelqui Migliar
Adelqui Migliar (5 August 1891 – 6 August 1956), also known as Adelqui Millar, was a Chilean film actor, director, writer and producer. He appeared in 31 silent films between 1916 and 1928. He also directed 24 films between 1922 and 1954. He was born in Concepción, Chile, and lived and worked in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. He died in Santiago, Chile. Selected filmography * '' Een danstragedie'' (1916) * '' Genie tegen geweld'' (1916) * ''Madame Pinkette & Co'' (1917) * '' Toen 't licht verdween'' (1918) * '' American Girls'' (1918) * ''De kroon der schande'' (1918) * '' Oorlog en vrede'' (1918) * '' Zonnetje'' (1919) * ''A Carmen of the North'' (1919) * '' Het goudvischje'' (1919) * '' John Heriot's Wife'' (1920) * ''Fate's Plaything'' (1920) * '' As God Made Her'' (1920) * '' Hidden Lives'' (1920) * ''Schakels'' (1920, lost) * '' The Little Hour of Peter Wells'' (1921) * '' Laughter and Tears'' (1921) * ''Blood Money'' (1921) * '' The Oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey (11 November 1887 – 28 August 1967) was one of the most prolific film directors in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year. He also produced more than fifty films - his own as well as films directed by others.Rachael Low:''The History of British Film (Volume 3): The History of the British Film 1914 - 1918'' Linked 2015-03-18 Biography Born William Seward Folkard in Stockton-on-Tees, he ran away from home at the age of nine, seeking his fortune i ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glad Eye (1927 Film)
''The Glad Eye'' is a 1927 British silent comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Estelle Brody, Mabel Poulton and Jeanne de Casalis. It was a remake of '' The Glad Eye'', a 1920 film based on the play ''Le Zebre'' by Paul Armont. It was made at Twickenham Studios. Cast * Estelle Brody - Kiki * Mabel Poulton - Suzanne * Jeanne de Casalis - Lucienne * Hal Sherman - Chausette * Aubrey Fitzgerald - The Footman * A. Bromley Davenport - Galipau * John Longden - Floquet * John Stuart - Maurice * Humberston Wright Humbertson Wright (1876 in London, England, UK – 1953), sometimes credited as Humberstone Wright or Humberston H. Wright, was a British film actor. Filmography * '' Trapped by the London Sharks'' (1916) * '' Thelma'' (1918) * '' The Secre ... - Gaston References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Arzner
Dorothy Emma Arzner (January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979) was an American film director whose career in Feature films, Hollywood spanned from the silent era of the 1920s into the early 1940s. With the exception of longtime silent film director Lois Weber (who directed ''White Heat'' in 1934), from 1927 until her retirement from feature directing in 1943, Arzner was the only female director working in Hollywood. Additionally, she was one of a very few women able to establish a successful and long career in Hollywood as a film director until the 1970s. Arzner made a total of twenty films between 1927 and 1943 and launched the careers of a number of Hollywood actresses, including Katharine Hepburn, Rosalind Russell, and Lucille Ball. Additionally, Arzner was the first woman to join the Directors Guild of America and the first woman to direct a sound film. Early life Arzner was born in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1897 to Jenetter (née Young) and Louis Arzner but grew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fashions For Women
Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. The term implies a look defined by the fashion industry as that which is ''trending''. Everything that is considered ''fashion'' is available and popularized by the fashion system (industry and media). Given the rise in mass production of commodities and clothing at lower prices and global reach, sustainability has become an urgent issue among politicians, brands, and consumers. Definitions The French word , meaning "fashion", dates as far back as 1482, while the English word denoting something "in style" dates only to the 16th century. Other words exist related to concepts of style and appeal that precede ''mode''. In the 12th and 13th century Old French the concept of elegance begins to appear in the context of aristocratic preferences to enhance beauty and display refinement, and , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Korda
Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; hu, Korda Sándor; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956) BFI Screenonline. was a Hungarian-British film director, producer and screenwriter, who founded his own film production studios and film distribution company. Born in , where he began his career, he worked briefly in the Austrian and German film industries during the era of s, before being based in Hollywood from 1926 to 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing Mad
''Dancing Mad'' (German: ''Der Tänzer meiner Frau'') is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Victor Varconi, María Corda and Willy Fritsch. It based on the French play ''Le Danseur de Madame'' by Paul Armont and Jacques Bousquet. A free-spirited young wife flirts with an old flame, before finally settling down in her marriage. Cast *Victor Varconi as Edmund Chauvelin *María Corda as Lucille Chauvelin *Willy Fritsch as Max de Sillery *Livio Pavanelli as Claude Gerson *Lea Seidl as Mad. Ivonne Trieux *Hans Junkermann as prima dancer *Hermann Thimig as Der Diener *Olga Limburg as the maid *Marlene Dietrich Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ... as dancing extra *Alexander Choura as dancing extra * John Loder as dancing extr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
