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Stella Arbenina
Stella Arbenina, Baroness Meyendorff (Стелла Арбенина) (27 September 1884 – 26 April 1976) was a Russian-born English actress. She was born Stella Zoe Whishaw in St. Petersburg tRobert Cattley Whishaw and Mary (née Gisiko) Her father was British and her mother hailed from an Anglo-Russian family who had made their home in Russia for several generations. Stella's brother was Montague Law Whishaw. Another relative, James Whishaw, was a British businessman in St Petersburg, who published his memoirs, ''A history of the Whishaw family'', in London in 1935.Thomas C. Owen. ''The Corporation under Russian Law, 1800–1917: A Study in Tsarist ...'', pg. 121 (2002); "A vivid example of his use of intimidation appears in the memoirs of a prominent British merchant in Petersburg, James Whishaw, who managed the Russian affairs of numerous London businessmen. Whishaw earned a sizable income leasing land for petroleum drilling operations carried out in Baku by English companie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and shares Borders of Russia, land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than List of countries and territories by land borders, any other country but China. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's ninth-most populous country and List of European countries by population, Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city is Moscow, the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest city entirely within E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Of The Duchess
''The Secret of the Duchess'' (german: Das Geheimnis der Herzogin) is a 1923 German silent drama film directed by Klaus Albrecht and starring Nils Asther, Stella Arbenina and Arnold Korff.Wollstein p. 37 Cast * Nils Asther * Stella Arbenina * Arnold Korff * Theodor Berthels * Agda Nilsson * Hans Laskus * Paul Rehkopf Paul Anton Heinrich Rehkopf (21 May 1872 – 29 June 1949) was a German actor. He was born in Braunschweig and died in Braunschweig, Germany Selected filmography * '' Diary of a Lost Woman'' (1918) * '' Film Kathi'' (1918) * '' Lorenzo Burghardt ... * Claus Tiedke References Bibliography * Hans J. Wollstein. ''Strangers in Hollywood: the history of Scandinavian actors in American films from 1910 to World War II''. Scarecrow Press, 1994. External links * 1923 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German black-and-white films 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From Saint Petersburg
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Deaths
Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game results in a 4–1 victory for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers over HC CSKA Moscow of the Soviet Union. * January 16 – The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction (the West German extreme-left militant Baader–Meinhof Group) begins in Stuttgart. * January 18 ** Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. ** The Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party. ** Super Bowl X in American football: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in Miami. * January 21 – First commercial Concorde flight, from London to Bahrain. * January 27 ** The United States v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1885 Births
Events January–March * January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam. * January 4 – The first successful appendectomy is performed by Dr. William W. Grant, on Mary Gartside. * January 17 – Mahdist War in Sudan – Battle of Abu Klea: British troops defeat Mahdist forces. * January 20 – American inventor LaMarcus Adna Thompson patents a roller coaster. * January 24 – Irish rebels damage Westminster Hall and the Tower of London with dynamite. * January 26 – Mahdist War in Sudan: Troops loyal to Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad conquer Khartoum; British commander Charles George Gordon is killed. * February 5 – King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State, as a personal possession. * February 9 – The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii. * February 16 – Charles Dow publishes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolen Life (1939 Film)
''Stolen Life'' is a 1939 British drama film directed by Paul Czinner and starring Michael Redgrave, Elisabeth Bergner and Wilfrid Lawson. Production The film was made at Pinewood Studios with location filming in Cornwall, the South of France and the Dolomites in Kingdom of Italy under Fascism (1922-1943), Italy. It was adapted from a novel by Karel J. Benes and was remade in 1946 as ''A Stolen Life (1946 film), A Stolen Life''.Goble p.966 The film score was composed by William Walton. The film's sets were by the art director John Bryan (art director), John Bryan, while the costumes were designed by Joe Strassner. The film was re-released in 1942 during the Second World War. It premiered in France in 1946 and in 1951 in West Germany. Czinner and Bergner had been forced to leave Germany following the Nazi takeover in 1933 and their films were banned there. Synopsis After meeting and apparently falling in love with Martina, a young woman he meets in Switzerland, mountaineer Alan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merry Comes To Town
''Merry Comes to Town'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by George King and starring Zasu Pitts, Guy Newall and Betty Ann Davies. It was made at Shepperton Studios.Wood p.95 Cast * Zasu Pitts as Winnie Oatfield * Guy Newall as Prof. John Stafford * Betty Ann Davies as Marjorie Stafford * Stella Arbenina as Mme. Saroni * Bernard Clifton as Dennis Stafford * Margaret Watson as Grandmother Stafford * Basil Langton as Noel Slater * Muriel George as Cook * Tom Helmore as Peter Bell * Cecil Mannering as Horace Bell * George Sims as Sales Manager * W.T. Ellwanger as Mr. Ramp * Arthur Finn as Mr. Walheimer * Sybil Grove as Zoe * Dorothy Bush * Hermione Gingold as Ida Witherspoon * Mabel Twemlow as Mrs. C. Wriggle * Jack Hellier * Janet Fitzpatrick as Woman * Margaret Yarde Margaret Yarde (2 April 1878 – 11 March 1944) was a British actress. Initially training to be an opera singer, she made her London stage debut in 1907. She often played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fine Feathers (1937 Film)
''Fine Feathers'' is a 1937 British musical film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Stella Arbenina, Jack Hobbs, Renee Houston and Francis L. Sullivan. Its plot concerns a woman out on a picnic who becomes lost and stumbles across a gang who persuade her to impersonate the mistress of the Crown Prince of Boravia. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.Wood p.90 Cast * Stella Arbenina as Elizabeth * Jack Hobbs as Felix * Renee Houston as Teenie McPherson * Marcelle Rogez as Mme. Barescon * Donald Stewart as Jim Warren * Francis L. Sullivan as Hugo Steinway * Henry Victor as Gibbons * Robb Wilton Robert Wilton Smith (28 August 1881 – 1 May 1957), better known as Robb Wilton, was an English comedian and actor. He was best known for his filmed monologues during the 1930s and 1940s, in which he played incompetent authority figures. His tr ... as Tim McPherson References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Happened Then?
''What Happened Then?'' is a 1934 British crime film directed by Walter Summers and starring Richard Bird, Lorna Hubbard and Geoffrey Wardwell. It was made at Welwyn Studios.Wood p.84 Cast * Richard Bird as Peter Bromley * Lorna Hubbard as Alicia Altherton * Geoffrey Wardwell as Raymond Rudford * Francis L. Sullivan as Richard Bentley, Prosecution Counsel * Richard Gray as Robert * George Zucco as Inspector Hull * Quentin McPhearson as Kirkland * Laurence Hanray as Dr. Bristol * Stella Arbenina as Mrs. Bromley * Cecil Ramage as Defence * J. Fisher White as Judge * Alec Finter * Kathleen Harrison as a housemaid * Raymond Huntley Horace Raymond Huntley (23 April 1904 – 15 June 1990) was an English actor who appeared in dozens of British films from the 1930s to the 1970s. He also appeared in the ITV period drama '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' as the pragmatic family so ... as the butler References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonel Blood (film)
''Colonel Blood'' a is a 1934 British historical adventure film written and directed by W. P. Lipscomb and starring Frank Cellier, Anne Grey and Mary Lawson. Plot The plot is based on a dramatised account of the exploits of the historical renegade, Thomas Blood, in the Seventeenth Century and his attempted theft of the English Crown Jewels. Production The film was shot on location at Shepperton Studios near London.Wood p.77 The film's sets were designed by the art directors John Bryan and Laurence Irving, while costumes were designed by Elizabeth Haffenden. It was shot on 35mm black and white film in an aspect ratio of 1.37:1. It was produced by Norman Loudon for Sound City Film, Shepperton Studio's in-house sound production company. Cast * Frank Cellier as Col. Blood * Anne Grey as Lady Castlemaine * Mary Lawson as Susie * Allan Jeayes as Charles II * Hay Petrie as Mr. Edwards * Hilda Trevelyan as Mrs. Edwards * Arthur Chesney as Samuel Pepys * Stella Arben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stamboul (film)
''Stamboul'' is a 1932 British drama film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Warwick Ward, Rosita Moreno, Margot Grahame, and Garry Marsh. It was shot at the Elstree Studios outside London. It was released by the British division of Paramount Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Richter, Hermann Warm and R. Holmes Paul. The film is based on the novel ''L'homme qui assasina'' (1906) by Claude Farrère and on a play by Pierre Frondaie. Buchowetski also co-directed ''El hombre que asesino'' with Fernando Gomis, the Spanish-language version of the film, also released by Paramount. Premise In the lead-up to the First World War, a French military attaché falls in love with the wife of a prominent German in Stamboul (the central part of Constantinople, now known in entirety as Istanbul) in the Ottoman Empire. Cast * Warwick Ward as Col André de Sevigne * Rosita Moreno as Baroness von Strick * Margot Grahame as Countess Elsa Talven * Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bracelets (film)
''Bracelets'' is a 1931 British crime film directed by Sewell Collins and starring Bert Coote, Joyce Kennedy and Harold Huth. A jeweler is targeted by confidence tricksters pretending to be connected with the exiled Russian Royal Family. He manages to turn the tables on them, and, after collecting the reward for their arrest, uses the money to buy silver bracelets for his wife to celebrate their wedding anniversary. The film was made as a second feature by the large British company Gaumont British Picture Corporation.Chibnall p.263 It was made at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush. The film's sets were designed by the French-born art director Andrew Mazzei. The director Sewell Collins wrote the screenplay, adapting his own stage play. Cast * Bert Coote as Edwin Hobbett * Joyce Kennedy as Annie Moran * D. A. Clarke-Smith as Joe le Sage * Margaret Emden as Mrs. Hobbett * Frederick Leister as Slim Symes * Stella Arbenina as Countess Soumbatoff * Harold Huth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
