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Robert Weil (writer)
Robert Weil (1881–1960) was an Austrian writer for stage and screen. Under the pseudonym Gustav Holm, he co-authored (with Ernst Décsey) a play ''Sissys Brautfahrt'' ("Sissy's bridal journey") which was later used for the libretto of the well-known operetta ' by Ernst and Hubert Marischka. He also used the pseudonym "Homunkulus". Selected filmography * ''I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are'' (1932) * '' Three on a Honeymoon'' (1932) * ''Honeymoon Trip'' (1933) * ''Adventure on the Southern Express'' (1934) * ''Spring Parade'' (1934) * ''Abschiedswalzer'' (1934) * ' (1934) * ''Winter Night's Dream'' (1935) * ''Stradivari'' (1935) * ' (1935) * ''Forget Me Not'' (1935) * ' (1936) * ''The King Steps Out'' (1936) * ''The Charm of La Boheme ''The Charm of La Bohème'' (german: Zauber der Boheme) is a 1937 Austrian musical film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Jan Kiepura, Mártha Eggerth, and Paul Kemp. It follows the plot of Giacomo Puccini's 1896 opera ''La bohème' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Décsey
Professor Ph.D., Dr. Ernst Décsey (13 April 1870 – 12 March 1941), was an Austrian author and music critic. Biography Décsey was born in Hamburg and studied law at the Vienna University. At the same time he completed professional training at the Vienna music school (''Konservatorium'') in piano, harmony and musical composition, composition. From 1899 on Ernst Décsey worked as music critic at the ''Grazer Tagespost'' (Graz's daily newspaper) and subsequently became its chief editor. In 1920, he was offered the position of permanent music adviser at the ''Neues Wiener Tagblatt'' (a daily newspaper) in Vienna, where he became the leading music critic of his time. In addition to his journalistic work, Ernst Décsey also taught music history and esthetics at the Vienna music school and published a number of novels, short story, short stories, plays, libretto, libretti and biographies. He co-authored (with Robert Weil (writer), Gustav Holm) a play ''Sissys Brautfahrt'' ("Siss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forget Me Not (1935 Film)
''Forget Me Not'' (german: Vergiss mein nicht) is a 1935 German drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Beniamino Gigli, Peter Bosse and Kurt Vespermann. The rights to the film were bought by Alexander Korda who remade it in Britain the following year.Kulik p. 181 Main cast * Beniamino Gigli as Enzo Curti - tenor Scala of Milano * Peter Bosse as Benvenuto - His son * Kurt Vespermann as Ernst Mülmann - Curtis Impresario * F.W. Schröder-Schrom as Geheimrat von Berneck * Magda Schneider as Liselotte Heßfeld - seine Sekretärin * Siegfried Schürenberg as Hellmut von Ahrens - Erster Offizier * Erik Ode Erik Ode (born Fritz Erik Signy Odemar, 6 November 1910 – 19 July 1983) was a German director and actor who was most famous for playing Kommissar ''Herbert Keller'' in the German television drama '' Der Kommissar'' (The Police Inspector). He mar ... as Peter Petermann, Dritter Offizier * Hedda Bjornson as Irene Hart * Zoya Valevskaya as Olga Citations Gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writers From Vienna
A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as other reports and news articles that may be of interest to the general public. Writers' texts are published across a wide range of media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well, often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society. The term "writer" is also used elsewhere in the arts and music, such as songwriter or a screenwriter, but also a stand-alone "writer" typically refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition. Writers can produce material across a number of genres, fictional or non-fictional. Other writers use multiple media such as graphics or illustration to enhance the communication of thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Male Dramatists And Playwrights
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1950 Deaths
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 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 * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1881 Births
Events January–March * January 1– 24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans. * January 13 – War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The Chilean army defeats Peruvian forces. * January 15 – War of the Pacific – Battle of Miraflores: The Chileans take Lima, capital of Peru, after defeating its second line of defense in Miraflores. * January 24 – William Edward Forster, chief secretary for Ireland, introduces his Coercion Bill, which temporarily suspends habeas corpus so that those people suspected of committing an offence can be detained without trial; it goes through a long debate before it is accepted February 2. * January 25 – Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. * February 13 – The first issue of the feminist newspaper ''La Citoyenne'' is published by Hubertine Auclert. * February 16 – The Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Charm Of La Boheme
''The Charm of La Bohème'' (german: Zauber der Boheme) is a 1937 Austrian musical film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Jan Kiepura, Mártha Eggerth, and Paul Kemp. It follows the plot of Giacomo Puccini's 1896 opera ''La bohème''. The film's sets were designed by Hans Ledersteger. The Berlin premiere took place at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo The Ufa-Palast am Zoo, located near Berlin Zoological Garden in the New West area of Charlottenburg, was a major Berlin cinema owned by Universum Film AG, or Ufa. Opened in 1919 and enlarged in 1925, it was the largest cinema in Germany until 192 .... Cast References External links * Austrian musical films 1937 musical films Films directed by Géza von Bolváry Films set in Paris Films based on operas Films about singers Austrian black-and-white films Films scored by Robert Stolz {{Musical-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King Steps Out
''The King Steps Out'' is a 1936 American light comedy film directed by Josef von Sternberg based on the early years of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as "Sisi" or "Sissi", and her courtship and marriage to Franz Joseph I of Austria, after he was initially engaged to her older sister Duchess Helene in Bavaria. The film is set from 1852 to 1854. The script was written by Sidney Buchman, based on a theatre play called ''Sissys Brautfahrt'' by Ernst Décsey and Robert Weil aka Gustav Holm. Columbia Pictures bought the rights from Ernst Marischka in order to make the film. The lyrics for the music were by Dorothy Fields and the music by Viennese composer and violinist Fritz Kreisler. Cinematography was by Lucien Ballard and the editing by Viola Lawrence. Costume design was by the Austrian Ernst Deutsch-Dryden. Future Broadway dancer Gwen Verdon made her movie debut doing a ballet solo at age 11, but was uncredited. The film had only minimal influence on the later '' Sissi' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winter Night's Dream
''Winter Night's Dream'' () is a 1935 German romantic comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Magda Schneider, Wolf Albach-Retty, and Richard Romanowsky. While accompanying her employer to a resort, a secretary falls in love with a ski instructor. It was filmed at the resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by Emil Hasler Emil Hasler (November 8, 1901 – January 15, 1986) was a German art director who worked on more than a hundred films during his career. These included a number of Weimar classics such as ''Diary of a Lost Girl, M'' and ''The Blue Angel''.Prawe .... Cast See also *'' Frk. Møllers jubilæum'' (1937) *'' Julia jubilerar'' (1938) References Bibliography * External links * 1935 films Films of Nazi Germany German romantic comedy films 1935 romantic comedy films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Géza von Bolváry Skiing films Films set in the Alps German black-and-whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operetta
Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs, and dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, length of the work, and at face value, subject matter. Apart from its shorter length, the operetta is usually of a light and amusing character. It sometimes also includes satirical commentaries. "Operetta" is the Italian diminutive of "opera" and was used originally to describe a shorter, perhaps less ambitious work than an opera. Operetta provides an alternative to operatic performances in an accessible form targeting a different audience. Operetta became a recognizable form in the mid-19th century in France, and its popularity led to the development of many national styles of operetta. Distinctive styles emerged across countries including Austria-Hungary, Germany, England, Spain, the Philippines, Mexico, Cuba, and the United States. Through the transfer of operetta among different countries, cultural cosmop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Parade (1934 Film)
''Spring Parade'' (german: Frühjahrsparade, ) is a 1934 comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Paul Hörbiger, Franciska Gaal, and Wolf Albach-Retty. The film was made by the German subsidiary of Universal Pictures to whom Gaal was under contract. However the rise of the Nazi Party to power meant that Gaal and several other Jewish figures involved with the film had to work in Budapest and Vienna. The film's sets were designed by art director Emil Hasler. In 1940 the film was remade in Hollywood as ''Spring Parade''. The screenwriter Ernst Marischka and producer Joe Pasternak Joseph Herman Pasternak (born József Paszternák; September 19, 1901 – September 13, 1991) was a Hungarian-American film producer in Hollywood. Pasternak spent the Hollywood "Golden Age" of musicals at MGM Studios, producing many successfu ... worked on both films. Cast References Bibliography * Von Dassanowsky, Robert. ''Screening Transcendence: Film Under Austrofascism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure On The Southern Express
''Adventure on the Southern Express'' (german: Abenteuer im Südexpress) is a 1934 German thriller film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Charlotte Susa, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Ralph Arthur Roberts.Caneppele p. 149 It was shot on location in Northern Italy and Switzerland. Synopsis While a train is travelling through the Italian Alps, the jewellery of a wealthy young widow is stolen. An ex-soldier working as a waiter on the train comes under suspicion of the crime. Cast * Charlotte Susa as Lisa von Hellwitz, eine junge Witwe * Karl Ludwig Diehl as Hans Lenzfeld, Speisewagenkellner * Ralph Arthur Roberts as Prinz Tarnoff * Richard Romanowsky as Prof. Eberhard Degenfeld, Privatgelehrter * Charly Berger * Elli Blank * Walter Dysing * Angelo Ferrari * Baby Gray as Singer * Lotte Haas * Trude Haefelin * Paul Heidemann as Schnäbeli, Privatdetektiv * Carola Höhn * Fred Immler * Walter Krilla * Otto Kronburger as Diener des Prinzen * Maria Loja * Hans Richter as Max, Pikkolo i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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