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Robert Thoeren
Robert Thoeren (1903–1957) was a German screenwriter and film actor. Thoeren was born in Moravia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After the First World War the German-speaking Thoeren emigrated to Germany where he became a theatre and film actor. Thoeren appeared in leading roles in several German-language films made by Paramount at the Joinville Studios in Paris. Thoeren went into exile following the Nazi rise to power in 1933, first in France and later in the United States. Thoeren had already ceased acting and begun writing screenplays for films and became a top writer in the United States working with leading directors including Joseph Losey and William Dieterle. Thoeren returned to Germany after the Second World War and continued his career as a screenwriter. His story idea for the 1935 French film ''Fanfare of Love'' and its 1951 German remake '' Fanfares of Love'' was used as the basis for Billy Wilder's '' Some Like It Hot'' released in 1959, two years after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brno
Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic after the capital, Prague, and one of the 100 largest cities of the EU. The Brno metropolitan area has almost 700,000 inhabitants. Brno is the former capital city of Moravia and the political and cultural hub of the South Moravian Region. It is the centre of the Czech judiciary, with the seats of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative Court, and the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office, and a number of state authorities, including the Ombudsman, and the Office for the Protection of Competition. Brno is also an important centre of higher education, with 33 faculties belonging to 13 institutes of higher education and about 89,000 students. Brno Exhibition Centre is among the largest exhibition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanfare Of Love
''Fanfare of Love'' (French: ''Fanfare d'amour'') is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Fernand Gravey, Betty Stockfeld and Julien Carette.Ginsberg & Mensch p.403 The film's art direction was by Max Heilbronner. The story was remade in West Germany in 1951 as ''Fanfares of Love'' and then in 1959 as the American film, ''Some Like It Hot''. Synopsis Two unemployed male musicians disguise themselves as women so they can join an all-female orchestra heading for the French Riviera. Cast * Fernand Gravey as Jean * Betty Stockfeld as Gaby * Julien Carette as Pierre * Gaby Basset as Poupette * Jacques Louvigny as Alibert * Pierre Larquey as Emile * Madeleine Guitty as Lydia * Jane Lamy * Ginette Leclerc * Palau * Paul Lovetall * Eugène Frouhins * Anthony Gildès * Paul Marthès * Henri Vilbert * Roger Duchesne Roger Duchesne (27 July 1906, Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-Saône – 25 December 1996) was a French film actor. He appeared in 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore (1947 Film)
''Singapore'' is a 1947 American film noir crime film, crime romance film directed by John Brahm and starring Fred MacMurray and Ava Gardner. The film was remade as ''Istanbul (film), Istanbul'' (1957) with the location moved to Turkey, and Errol Flynn and Cornell Borchers in the starring roles. Plot Pearl smuggler Matt Gordon (Fred MacMurray) finds romance with Linda Grahame (Ava Gardner) just before the start of World War II. He proposes to her, and she accepts. However, when the Battle of Singapore, Japanese attack Singapore, the church where she is waiting to marry him is bombed; Gordon searches frantically in the wreckage, but cannot find her. He is forced to sail away on his schooner. With the end of the war, Gordon returns after five years, and is met by Deputy Commissioner Hewitt (Richard Haydn), who is convinced he has returned for a hidden cache of pearls. So are Gordon's old criminal associates, Mr. Mauribus (Thomas Gomez) and his underling Sascha Barda (George Lloyd ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Storm (1944 Film)
''Summer Storm'' is a 1944 period romantic melodrama directed by Douglas Sirk, and starring Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Edward Everett Horton, and Anna Lee. It was based on Anton Chekhov's 1884 novel ''The Shooting Party'', with the screenplay written by Rowland Leigh. Karl Hajos was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. Plot summary 1919 – Kharkov, Ukrainian People's Republic. Just after the Russian Revolution, Count Volsky, an impoverished former aristocrat, visits Nadena Kalenin, head of a publishing company. Volsky offers her a manuscript, written by his friend and Nadena's former fiancé, Judge Fedor “Fedya” Petroff. As Nadena reads, a flashback begins: 1912 – The small (fictional) resort town of Tyrneva, outside Kharkov. Fedya is the examining magistrate, engaged to Nadena, whose wealthy family summers there. One day, during a summer storm, Fedya and his best friend Volsky take shelter in a gazebo on Volsky’ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rage In Heaven
''Rage in Heaven'' is a 1941 American psychological thriller film noir about the destructive power of jealousy. It was directed by W.S. Van Dyke and based on the 1932 novel by James Hilton. It features Robert Montgomery, Ingrid Bergman, and George Sanders. Plot The film opens with the following quote: "Heaven hath no rage like love to hatred turned." which is incorrectly attributed to Milton (quote is from William Congreve's ''The Mourning Bride''). At a mental institution in Paris, Doctor Rameau (Oscar Homolka) discusses with the British consul the case of a man who identifies himself as Ward Andrews. The doctor believes Andrews to be English and wants the consul's assistance in verifying this. Outwardly the man may seem sane, but underneath he suffers from paranoia, suicidal tendencies and is capable of murder. The doctor takes the consul to meet Andrews, but they discover he has escaped. Phillip Monrell ( Robert Montgomery) and his former college roommate Ward Andrews (Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Imperial (1939 Film)
''Hotel Imperial'' is a 1939 American dramatic film directed by Robert Florey. It stars Isa Miranda and Ray Milland. The plot follows a 1917 play by the Hungarian writer Lajos Bíró: in the waning days of World War I, on the Russian-Austrian frontier, a young woman looking to avenge the suicide of her sister poses as a chambermaid in the Hotel Imperial. A Hungarian silent film was released in 1918, and an American version starring Pola Negri in 1927. The history of this production began in 1936, with Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer in the lead roles, but Dietrich clashed repeatedly with director Henry Hathaway. Filming resumed with Margaret Sullavan, who broke her arm, necessitating yet another cast change. Four years after the release of this version, ''Five Graves to Cairo'' (1943) moved the setting ahead to World War II and featured Franchot Tone and Anne Baxter. Milland had a near-fatal accident on the set. One scene called for him to lead a cavalry charge throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Yeux Noirs (film)
''Dark Eyes'' (French: ''Les yeux noirs'') is a 1935 French drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Harry Baur, Simone Simon and Jean-Pierre Aumont.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.318 The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Lourié. Cast * Harry Baur as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff * Simone Simon as Tania * Jean-Pierre Aumont as Karpoff * Jean-Max as Roudine * Christiane Ribes as Une demi-mondaine * Jeanne Brindeau as La gouvernante * Max Maxudian * Pierre Labry as Le noceur * André Dubosc as Le maître d'hôtel * Guy Sloux as Le fêtard * Nine Assia as Lucie * Viviane Romance as La comtesse * Georges Paulais * Jacques Berlioz as Le directeur * Adrienne Trenkel * Maxime Fabert as Un convive * Claude Lehmann as Un jeune officier * Marguerite de Morlaye * Émile Genevois * Léon Arvel as Un serveur du restaurant * Raymond Aimos as Un serveur du restaurant * Rodolphe Marcilly * Pierre Athon Pierre is a masculine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's All That Matters (film)
''That's All That Matters'' (German: ''...und das ist die Hauptsache!?'') is a 1931 German musical comedy film directed by Joe May and starring Nora Gregor, Harry Liedtke and Ursula Grabley. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Hunte. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin. Cast *Nora Gregor as Renée Roettlinck *Harry Liedtke as Werner Roettlinck *Ursula Grabley as Pixi *Robert Thoeren as The Prince *Agnes Bernauer as Peterle, son *Ferdinand Hart as Bittrich *Otto Wallburg as Klöppel, painter *Fritz Odemar as Detective Commissioner Schierling *Jakob Tiedtke as Wilhelm, servant in Roettlinck *Julius Falkenstein as Ball visitor *Ernst Duschy as ragman *Julius E. Herrmann *Trude Lehmann * Rolf Müller *Ernst Pröckl *Toni Tetzlaff *Viktor Schwannecke Viktor Schwanneke (8 February 1880 – 7 June 1931) was a German stage director and actor, writer, and film actor whose acting career began at the tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Squeaker (1931 Film)
''The Squeaker'' (German: ''Der Zinker'') is a 1931 German crime film directed by Martin Frič and Karel Lamač and starring Lissy Arna, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Fritz Rasp. It is an adaptation of the 1927 Edgar Wallace novel '' The Squeaker''. This adaptation introduced the mix of suspense and comedy that would come to define numerous German Wallace adaptations over the following decades.Bergfelder p.145 Lamač followed it up with another Wallace film '' The Ringer'' in 1932. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinz Fenchel. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin and on location in Prague. Cast * Lissy Arna as Lillie / Millie Trent * Karl Ludwig Diehl as Captain Leslie * Fritz Rasp as Frank Sutton * Peggy Norman as Beryl Stedman, seine Nichte * Paul Hörbiger as Josuah Harras, Reporter * S. Z. Sakall as Bill "Billy" Anerley * Robert Thoeren as Charles "Charly" Tillmann * John Mylong as Harry "Juwelen Harry" Webber * Ernest Reicher as Inspektor Elford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woman In The Jungle
''Woman in the Jungle'' (German: ''Weib im Dschungel'') is a 1931 American drama film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Charlotte Ander, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur and Erich Ponto.Waldman p.97 It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris as the German-language version of '' The Letter''. Such multiple-language versions were common during the early years of sound before dubbing became widespread. Like the original it was based on the 1927 play '' The Letter'' by W. Somerset Maugham. Synopsis In British Malaya, the wife of an owner rubber plantation takes a lover amongst the colonial elite. When he tires of her and takes up with a Chinese woman instead, she shoots him dead. She now faces an investigation. Cast * Charlotte Ander as Leslie Crosbie * Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Robert Crosbie * Erich Ponto as Joyce * Robert Thoeren as Geoffrey Hammond * Grace Chiang as Li-Ti * Yuon Ling Tschang as Ong * Philipp Manning Philipp Manning (23 November 1869 – 9 April 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropical Nights (1931 Film)
''Tropical Nights'' (German: ''Tropennächte'') is a 1931 American German language drama film directed by Leo Mittler and starring Dita Parlo, Robert Thoeren and Fritz Greiner. The film was one of five multi-language versions of the American film '' Dangerous Paradise'' (1930) made by Paramount at the Joinville Studios in Paris.Moore p.176 These were made in the years following the introduction of sound film, before the practice of dubbing became widespread. The film, like the original American production, is based on Joseph Conrad's 1915 novel ''Victory''. Cast * Dita Parlo as Alma * Robert Thoeren as Heyst * Fritz Greiner as Schomberg * Else Heller as Frau Schomberg * Fritz Rasp as Jones * Manfred Fürst as Ricardo * Werner Hollmann Werner may refer to: People * Werner (name), origin of the name and people with this name as surname and given name Fictional characters * Werner (comics), a German comic book character * Werner Von Croy, a fictional character in the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Beer
Erica Beer (19 January 1925 – 27 December 2013) was a German film actress. She was born in Munich. Selected filmography * ''Captive Soul'' (1952) * ''The Last Waltz'' (1953) * ''Heartbroken on the Moselle'' (1953) * ''They Were So Young'' (1954) - Elise LeFevre * '' Die goldene Pest'' (1954) * ' (1955) - Viola * '' Winter in the Woods'' (1956) - Simone * ''Black Forest Melody'' (1956) - Harriet Morton * ' (1956) - Lia Serrana, Schauspielerin * '' My Father, the Actor'' (1956) - Olympia Renée * ' (1957) - Barbara * ''Kindermädchen für Papa gesucht'' (1957) - Monika Bärwald * ''And Lead Us Not Into Temptation'' (1957) - Sekretärin * ''My Ninety Nine Brides'' (1958) - Regina Hale * ' (1959) * '' Crime After School'' (1959) - Erna Kallies * ''Arzt aus Leidenschaft'' (1959) - Margot, eine Barfrau * '' Arzt ohne Gewissen'' (1959) - Sabine * '' Abschied von den Wolken'' (1959) - Cecily Sims * ''That's No Way to Land a Man'' (1959) - Vera Reinhardt * '' The Crimson Circle'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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