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Quick (1932 Film)
''Quick'' is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Lilian Harvey, Hans Albers and Paul Hörbiger. A separate French-language version was made, also directed by Siodmak and starring Harvey.Hardt p. 122 The film is based on a play by Félix Gandéra. It was made by Germany's largest company UFA at the Babelsberg Studios, with sets by art director Erich Kettelhut. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo. A separate French-language film ''Quick'' featuring Harvey was also produced. Plot A woman staying at a health spa, Lillian Harvey, goes to the theater every night to see "Quick" a comic performer, who wears clown make-up. She meets him off stage, without make-up and doesn't recognize him. He courts her, hoping she'll like him for himself but she maintains her crush on "Quick." Cast * Lilian Harvey as Eva Prätorius * Hans Albers as Quick, Music Clown * Paul Hörbiger as Lademann, Quick's manager * Willy Stettner as Herr von Pohl, named Dicky * Albert Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Siodmak
Robert Siodmak (; 8 August 1900 – 10 March 1973) was a German film director who also worked in the United States. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for a series of films noirs he made in the 1940s, such as ''The Killers'' (1946). Early life Siodmak was born in Dresden, Germany, the son of Rosa Philippine (née Blum) and Ignatz Siodmak and the brother of Curt, Werner and Roland. His parents were both from Jewish families in Leipzig (the myth of his American birth in Memphis, Tennessee was necessary for him to obtain a visa in Paris during World War II). He worked as a stage director and a banker before becoming editor and scenarist for Curtis Bernhardt in 1925 (Bernhardt directed a film of Siodmak's story ''Conflict'' in 1945). At twenty-six he was hired by his cousin, producer Seymour Nebenzal, to assemble original silent movies from stock footage of old films. Siodmak worked at this for two years before he persuaded Nebenzal to finance his first feature, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it visual communication, communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style (visual arts), style(s) to use, and when to use motion graphic design, motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Comedy Films
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Films
The following is an overview of 1932 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1932 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events The Film Daily Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading headline events of the year. * Sidney Kent leaves Paramount Pictures and joins Fox Film. * Merlin H Aylesworth succeeds Hiram S Brown as president of RKO. * Jesse L. Lasky leaves Paramount and becomes an independent producer for Fox. * Sam Katz leaves Paramount. * James R Grainger leaves Fox and is succeeded by John D Clark, formerly of Paramount. * Publix and Fox decentralization of cinemas. * New industry program, including standard exhibition contract along lines of 5-5-5, proposed by Motion Picture Theater Owners of America and Allied. * Joe Brandt retires from Columbia Pictures joins World-Wide and later resigns again. * Two Radio City theaters open, under dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Odemar
Fritz Odemar (13 January 1890 – 6 June 1955) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1927 and 1955. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Munich, Germany. Odemar's father was the actor Fritz Odemar Sr. (Karl Julius Friedrich Odemar; 1858–1926). Selected filmography * '' The Merry Vineyard'' (1927) - Knuzius, Klärchens Verlobter * ''The Devious Path'' (1928) - Möller, Regierungsrat * ''The Last Fort'' (1929) - Lieutenant Brand * ''Crucified Girl'' (1929) * ''Napoleon at Saint Helena'' (1929) - Lt. Nichols * ''Scandalous Eva'' (1930) - Lämmerberg * ''The Song Is Ended'' (1930) - Der Verlager / The Editor * ' (1930) * ''The Stolen Face'' (1930) - Hempel * ''Petit officier... Adieu!'' (1930) - Teschner * '' Wibbel the Tailor'' (1931) - Fitzke * ''Madame Pompadour'' (1931) - Minister Maurepas * '' 1914'' (1931) - Prince Lichnowsky * ''The Man in Search of His Murderer'' (1931) * ''Three Days of Love'' (1931) * ''The Merry Wives of Vienna' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flockina Von Platen
Flockina von Platen (14 May 1903 – 26 November 1984) was a German actress. She was born in Stolp, Pomerania, Germany (now Słupsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland) and died at age 81 in West Berlin, West Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Dagger of Malaya'' (1919) * '' The Paw'' (1931) * ''Spoiling the Game ''Spoiling the Game'' (German: ''Strich durch die Rechnung'') is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Heinz Rühmann, Toni van Eyck, and Hermann Speelmans.Wadlman p.46 Its hero is a young cyclist who enters a race. ...'' (1932) * '' The Countess of Monte Cristo'' (1932) * '' Quick'' (1932) * '' Wrong Number, Miss'' (1932) * '' The Valley of Love'' (1935) * '' The Court Concert'' (1936) * '' The Great and the Little Love'' (1938) * '' Heimatland'' (1939) * '' Nanette'' (1940) * '' Kora Terry'' (1940) * '' Uncle Kruger'' (1941) * '' What Does Brigitte Want?'' (1941) References External links * 1903 births 1984 deaths German film a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Käthe Haack
Käthe Haack (born Käte Lisbeth Minna Sophie Isolde Haack; 11 August 1897 – 5 May 1986) was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 200 films and 30 television productions between 1915 and 1985. Life and career Käte Lisbeth Minna Sophie Isolde Haack was born in Berlin on 11 August 1897. After finishing school education, Haack had her first engagement as an actress in Göttingen. Since 1915, she regularly appeared in Berlin theatres like Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Volksbühne and Deutsches Theater. Between 1934 and 1945, she worked at the Konzerthaus Berlin under direction of Gustaf Gründgens. She also appeared in the original production of '' The Captain of Köpenick''. Haack remained in demand as a stage actress for the rest of her life, for example as Mrs. Higgins in ''My Fair Lady'' during the 1960s. Haack started her film career as early as 1915 with the Max Mack's silent film ''Der Katzensteg''. She was initially cast as Lola-Lola in the film '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genia Nikolaieva
Genia Nikolajewa (1904–2001) was a Russian-born German actress who made films in several countries, notably in Germany where she appeared in films such as Robert Siodmak's 1932 comedy '' Quick''Alpi p.345 in a succession of supporting or minor roles. She later moved to Hollywood. She was sometimes credited as ''Genia Nikolaieva'' or ''Eugenia Nikolajewa''. Life Nikolaieva was born in St Petersburg to German-Russian parents, but moved to Germany at an early age. She starred in a series of stage revues which led to her being employed by the film industry. Because she was considered "Half-Jewish" (cf. Mischling) by the Nazis, she found it increasingly difficult to gain roles following the Nazi takeover of Germany and in 1938 she went into exile in Hollywood. As well as making occasionally films, she also worked for Warner Brothers in an administrative role. In 1937, she married the film editor Carl Forcht. Selected filmography * ''Shooting Festival in Schilda'' (1931) * '' Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Westermeier
Paul Westermeier (9 July 1892 – 17 October 1972) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Wedding in the Eccentric Club'' (1917) * ''Agnes Arnau and Her Three Suitors'' (1918) * ''About the Son'' (1921) * '' Memoirs of a Film Actress'' (1921) * ''Children of Darkness'' (1921) * '' The Big Shot'' (1922) * '' The Enchantress'' (1924) * ''Annemarie and Her Cavalryman'' (1926) * ''The Pride of the Company'' (1926) * ''Circus Romanelli'' (1926) * ''We'll Meet Again in the Heimat'' (1926) * ''A Crazy Night'' (1927) * ''The Long Intermission'' (1927) * ''Always Be True and Faithful'' (1927) * '' Lemke's Widow'' (1928) * '' Dyckerpotts' Heirs'' (1928) * '' Dear Homeland'' (1929) * ''Retreat on the Rhine'' (1930) * '' Josef the Chaste'' (1930) * ''Alraune'' (1930) * ''The Little Escapade'' (1931) *'' Errant Husbands'' (1931) * '' A Crafty Youth'' (1931) * '' Everyone Asks for Erika'' (1931) * ''The Beggar Student'' (1931) * '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1931) * ''The Soaring Maid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Meinhardt
Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor * Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cachoeira Della Vedova Júnior, Brazilian footballer In myth * Karl (mythology), in Norse mythology, a son of Rig and considered the progenitor of peasants (churl) * ''Karl'', giant in Icelandic myth, associated with Drangey island Vehicles * Opel Karl, a car * ST ''Karl'', Swedish tugboat requisitioned during the Second World War as ST ''Empire Henchman'' Other uses * Karl, Germany, municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * ''Karl-Gerät'', AKA Mörser Karl, 600mm German mortar used in the Second World War * KARL project, an open source knowledge management system * Korean Amateur Radio League, a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in South Korea * KARL, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Kersten
Albert von Kersten (1889–1937) was an Austrian stage and film actor.Giesen p.191 Selected filmography * '' Serge Panine'' (1922) * '' Fatme's Rescue'' (1922) * '' Gypsy Love'' (1922) * '' William Ratcliff'' (1922) * '' The Hell of Barballo'' (1923) * '' Miss Madame'' (1923) * '' Children of the Revolution'' (1923) * ''Colonel Redl'' (1925) * ''The Arsonists of Europe'' (1926) * ''Two and a Lady'' (1926) * '' Café Elektric'' (1927) * ''Tales from the Vienna Woods'' (1928) * ''The Fate of the House of Habsburg'' (1928) * '' Endangered Girls'' (1928) * '' The Missing Wife'' (1929) * ''Madame Bluebeard'' (1931) * '' Grandstand for General Staff'' (1932) * ''When Love Sets the Fashion'' (1932) * ''Quick'' (1932) * ''Song of the Black Mountains'' (1933) * ''I Was Jack Mortimer'' (1935) * ''Artist Love'' (1935) * ''My Life for Maria Isabella ''My Life for Maria Isabella'' (German: ''Mein Leben für Maria Isabell'') is a 1935 German drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Stettner
Willy Stettner (1895–1961) was a German singer and stage and film actor.Wottrich p.166 Selected filmography * ''The Land of Smiles'' (1930) * ''How Do I Become Rich and Happy?'' (1930) * ''The Night Without Pause'' (1931) * '' Victoria and Her Hussar'' (1931) * '' Schubert's Dream of Spring'' (1931) * ''Quick'' (1932) * '' Daughter of the Regiment'' (1933) * '' Madame Wants No Children'' (1933) * '' A Thousand for One Night'' (1933) * '' Ball at the Savoy'' (1935) * ''Twilight'' (1940) * ''The Last Man ''The Last Man'' is an apocalyptic, dystopian science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, first published in 1826. The narrative concerns Europe in the late 21st century, ravaged by a mysterious plague pandemic that rapidly sweeps across the enti ...'' (1955) References Bibliography * Erika Wottrich. ''Deutsche Universal.: Transatlantische Verleih- und Produktionsstrategien eines Hollywood-Studios in den 20er und 30er Jahren.''. 2001. External links * Actors from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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