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Premiere (1937 Film)
''Premiere'' is a 1937 Austrian musical crime film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Zarah Leander, Attila Hörbiger, and Karl Martell. The wealthy backer of a Viennese musical revue is murdered on the first night of the show. It was Leander's first German language role after previously appearing in Swedish films. On the basis of her performance in the film, Leander was signed by the German Major studio UFA after their major rival, Tobis, had decided she had insufficient star appeal. Her next film ''To New Shores ''To New Shores'' (german: Zu neuen Ufern) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Detlef Sierck (later known as Douglas Sirk) and starring Zarah Leander, Willy Birgel and Viktor Staal. It was Leander's first film for the German studio UFA, a ...'' established Leander as the leading star in Germany. In 1938 the film was remade in Britain with many of the original musical numbers re-used. Main cast References Bibliography * * External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géza Von Bolváry
Géza von Bolváry (born Géza Gyula Mária Bolváry Zahn, german: Géza Maria von Bolváry-Zahn; 26 December 1897 – 10 August 1961) was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter, and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria. Biography Géza von Bolváry was born in Budapest. He attended the Imperial Military Academy in Budapest and subsequently served in the Hungarian army (Honved Hussars). After World War I he left military service with the rank of Royal Hungarian '' Rittmeister''. He then earned his living in the new Hungarian film industry. He began his career in about 1920 as an actor in various silent films, but soon changed to the Star-Film company, where he was first active as a director and made his debut as director and screenwriter with ''A Kétarcú asszony''. In 1922 the film concern Emelka in Munich hired him as a director for four years. Between 1926 and 1928 he worked for the firm Felsom Film in Berlin, after which he went to London for a year to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate "production numbers". The musical film was a natural development of the stage musical after the emergence of sound film technology. Typically, the biggest difference between film and stage musicals is the use of lavish background scenery and locations that would be impractical in a theater. Musical films characteristically contain elements reminiscent of theater; performers often treat their song and dance numbers as if a live audience were watching. In a sense, the viewer becomes the diegetic audience, as the performer looks directly into the camera and performs to it. With the advent of sound in the late 1920s, musicals gained popularity with the public and are exemplified by the films of Busb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Skraup
Karl Skraup (31 July 1898 – 2 October 1958) was an Austrian stage and film actor. From 1947 until his death in 1958 he worked at the Volkstheater in Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST .... Selected filmography References External links * 1898 births 1958 deaths Austrian male film actors {{Austria-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Steinbeck
Walter Steinbeck (26 September 1878 – 27 August 1942) was a German film actor. Steinbeck was born in Niederlößnitz (now Radebeul), Saxony, Germany. He died at age 63 in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * ''The Romance of a Poor Sinner'' (1922) * '' The Chain Clinks'' (1923) * '' Night of Mystery'' (1927) * '' Panic'' (1928) * '' Sixteen Daughters and No Father'' (1928) * '' The Great Longing'' (1930) - film director * ''Her Majesty the Barmaid'' (1931) * '' Marriage with Limited Liability'' (1931) * '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1931) * '' 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman'' (1931) * '' Louise, Queen of Prussia'' (1931) * '' In the Employ of the Secret Service'' (1931) * ''Thea Roland'' (1932) * '' Impossible Love'' (1932) * ''The Blue of Heaven'' (1932) * '' A Tremendously Rich Man'' (1932) * '' Johnny Steals Europe'' (1932) * '' The Mad Bomberg'' (1932) * '' All is at Stake'' (1932) * ''When Love Sets the Fashion ''When Love Sets the Fashion'' (German: ''Wenn die Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Günther
Karl Günther (25 November 1885 – 27 June 1951) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * '' The Masked Ones'' (1920) * ''The Riddle of the Sphinx'' (1921) * ''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921) * ''The Call of Destiny'' (1922) * '' Your Valet'' (1922) * '' Modern Vices'' (1924) * ''The Queen of Moulin Rouge'' (1926) * ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1935) * '' Court Theatre'' (1936) * ''Alarm in Peking'' (1937) * ''Premiere'' (1937) * ''The Charm of La Boheme'' (1937) * ''A Prussian Love Story'' (1938) * ''The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl'' (1938) * ''Triad'' (1938) * ''Secret Code LB 17'' (1938) * ''Maria Ilona'' (1939) * ''Hotel Sacher'' (1939) * '' Stern von Rio'' (1940) * ''Women Are Better Diplomats'' (1941) * ''Der große König'' (1942) * ''Andreas Schlüter'' (1942) * '' A Man With Principles?'' (1943) * ''The Big Number'' (1943) * ''Romance in a Minor Key'' (1943) * '' The Second Shot'' (1943) * '' The War of the Oxen'' (1943) * ''Nora'' (1944) * ''The Roedern A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Bard
Maria Bard (7 July 1900 – April 1944) was a German stage actress, who made a handful of films in the silent era for Rimax, her first husband Wilhelm Graaff's company. By 1930, her marriage with Graaff was over, and she appeared with Werner Krauss in the stage production ''Der Kaiser von Amerika'' or ''The King of America'' and the two became involved. Krauss' wife discovered their affair and committed suicide; a year later, in 1931, Maria Bard married Krauss. Her third husband was actor Hannes Stelzer. Bard committed suicide in April 1944, reportedly for political reasons. Selected filmography * '' Berlin-Alexanderplatz'' (1931) * '' Man Without a Name'' (1932) * ''Premiere'' (1937) * ''Capers'' (1937) * ''Above All Else in the World ''Above All Else in the World'' (german: link=no, Über alles in der Welt) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Karl Ritter and starring Paul Hartmann, Hannes Stelzer and Fritz Kampers.Kreimeier p. 312 The title refers to the second line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premiere (1938 Film)
''Premiere'' is a 1938 British musical mystery film directed by Walter Summers and starring John Lodge, Judy Kelly, Joan Marion, Hugh Williams. In Paris a leading theatre impresario is murdered on opening night, shortly after replacing his leading lady. A police Inspector in the audience takes over the investigation. The film was shot at Elstree Studios.Wood p.99 It was a close remake of the 1937 Austrian film '' Premiere'' and re-used a number of musical scenes from the original which were dubbed into English. Cast * John Lodge as Inspector Bonnard * Judy Kelly as Carmen Daviot * Joan Marion as Lydia Lavalle * Hugh Williams as Nissen, Rene * Edward Chapman as Lohrmann * Steven Geray as Frolich * Edmund Breon as Morel * Wallace Geoffrey as Renoir * Geoffrey Sumner as Captain Curry * Joss Ambler Joss Ambler (23 June 1900 – 1959) was an Australian-born British film and television actor. He usually played somewhat pompous and irascible figures of authority, particul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To New Shores
''To New Shores'' (german: Zu neuen Ufern) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Detlef Sierck (later known as Douglas Sirk) and starring Zarah Leander, Willy Birgel and Viktor Staal. It was Leander's first film for the German studio UFA, and its success brought her into the front rank of the company's stars.Ascheid p. 177 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studio in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Maurischat. Synopsis London, 1846. Gloria Vane, is a cabaret singer and the lover of Sir Albert Finsbury, a selfish aristocrat set to join the royal cavalry in Australia, as an officer. The night before Albert leaves England, he begs a friend for money to repay debts. The angry friend gives Albert only £15, instead of the £615 Albert needs, so Albert forges the number 6 before the 15 on the check. When his forgery is discovered, Albert has already left. Gloria confesses to the crime out of love for Albert and to protect his promising career as an off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobis Film
Tobis Film was a German film production and film distribution company. Founded in the late 1920s as a merger of several companies involved in the switch from silent to sound films, the organisation emerged as a leading German sound studio. Tobis used the Tri-Ergon sound-on-film system under the Tobis-Klang trade name. The Ufa production company had separate rights to the Tobis system, which it used under the trade name of Ufa-Klang. Some Tobis films were released in Germany by the subsidiary Europa Film. Its principal production studios were the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. During the Nazi era, Tobis was one of the four major film companies along with Terra Film, Bavaria Film and UFA. In 1942 all these companies were merged into a single state-controlled industry bringing an end to Tobis' independent existence, though films continued to be released under the Tobis banner. International operations From 1933 until 1938, Tobis controlled the dominant Austrian produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universum Film AG
UFA GmbH, shortened to UFA (), is a film and television production company that unites all production activities of the media conglomerate Bertelsmann in Germany. Its name derives from Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft (normally abbreviated as ''UFA''), a major German film company headquartered in Babelsberg, producing and distributing motion pictures from 1917 until the end of the Nazi era. The name UFA was revived by Bertelsmann for an otherwise unrelated film and television outfit, UFA GmbH. The original UFA was established as Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft on December 18, 1917, as a direct response to foreign competition in film and propaganda. UFA was founded by a consortium headed by Emil Georg von Stauß, a former Deutsche Bank board member. In March 1927, Alfred Hugenberg, an influential German media entrepreneur and later Minister of the Economy, Agriculture and Nutrition in Hitler's cabinet, purchased UFA and transferred ownership of it to the Nazi Party in 1933 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major Studio
Major film studios are production and distribution companies that release a substantial number of films annually and consistently command a significant share of box office revenue in a given market. In the American and international markets, the major film studios, often known simply as the majors or the Big Five studios, are commonly regarded as the five diversified media conglomerates whose various film production and distribution subsidiaries collectively command approximately 80 to 85% of U.S. box office revenue. The term may also be applied more specifically to the primary motion picture business subsidiary of each respective conglomerate. Since the dawn of filmmaking, the U.S. major film studios have dominated both American cinema and the global film industry. U.S. studios have benefited from a strong first-mover advantage in that they were the first to industrialize filmmaking and master the art of mass-producing and distributing high-quality films with broad cross-cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by Øresund Bridge, a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the List of European countries by area, fifth-largest country in Europe. The Capital city, capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden has a nature dominated by forests and a large amount of lakes, including List of largest lakes of Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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