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Say It With Music (1929 Film)
''Say It with Music'' (Swedish: ''Säg det i toner'') is a 1929 Swedish musical film directed by Edvin Adolphson and Julius Jaenzon and starring Håkan Westergren, Elisabeth Frisk and Stina Berg. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm with a soundtrack added in a Berlin studio that had been converted to sound. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vilhelm Bryde. It came during the switch from silent to sound film and lacks any dialogue. It was one of three Swedish films released that year that including some element of sound, and came at a time when film production was in crisis with no films released during the first nine months of 1929.Gustafsson p.114 It is also known by the alternative title ''The Dream Waltz''. Cast * Håkan Westergren as Olof Svensson * Stina Berg as Mrs. Svensson * Elisabeth Frisk as Lisa Lindahl * Tore Svennberg as Mr. Lindahl * Jenny Hasselqvist as Mrs. Lindahl * Margit Manstad as Ingrid Mårtenson * Edvin Adolphson as Mrs. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edvin Adolphson
Gustav Edvin Adolphson (25 February 1893 – 31 October 1979) was a Swedish film actor and director who appeared in over 500 roles. He made his debut in 1912. He appeared with Ingrid Bergman in ''Only One Night'' (1939), and is noted for his roles in the film ''Änglar, finns dom?'' (1961), the television version of August Strindberg's ''Hemsöborna'' (1966), and as Markurell in ''Markurells i Wadköping'' (1968). He also directed the first Swedish sound film, '' Säg det i toner'' in 1929. He was actress Harriet Bosse's third husband (1927–1932) and is father of actress Kristina Adolphson (b. 1937) and songwriter/composer Olle Adolphson (1934–2004). Adolphson was born in Furingstad, Sweden (Östergötland County), and died in Solna, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. Selected filmography * ''A Wild Bird'' (1921) * ''Thomas Graal's Ward'' (1922) * ''New Pranks of Andersson's Kalle'' (1923) * ''The Suitor from the Highway'' (1923) * ''Where the Lighthouse Flashes'' (1924) * ... [...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] |
Karl Gerhard
Karl Emil Georg Gerhard (born Karl Emil Georg Johnson; 14 April 1891 – 22 April 1964) was a Swedish theater director, revue writer and actor. In 1938 he changed his surname to Gerhard and used the pseudonym Karl-Gerhard. Biography Karl Emil Georg Johnson was born in Hedvig Eleonora parish in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the son of Frans Emil Jonsson (1861–1917) and Jenny Augusta Jonsdotter (1863–1906). In 1916, he appeared as an actor under the direction of Hjalmar Selander at the Nya Teatern in Gothenburg. In 1919, he debuted as a couplet singer at the cabaret Fenixpalatset in Stockholm as successor to Ernst Rolf (1891–1932). For many years, he was an actor in various traveling theater companies. Through most of his career, he wrote songs and couplets as well as a large number of sketches, dialogues and monologues for performance on the stages of Stockholm and Gothenburg. Many of Karl Gerhard's plays and songs were politically to the left, and during the 1930s and Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Frankman
Knut (Norwegian and Swedish), Knud (Danish), or Knútur (Icelandic) is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch first name, of which the anglicised form is Canute. In Germany both "Knut" and "Knud" are used. In Spanish and Portuguese Canuto is used which comes from the Latin version Canutus, and in Finland, the name Nuutti is based on the name Knut. The name is derived from the Old Norse Knútr meaning "knot". It is the name of several medieval kings of Denmark, two of whom also reigned over England during the first half of the 11th century. People * Harthaknut I of Denmark (Knut I, Danish: Hardeknud) (b. c. 890), king of Denmark *Knut the Great (Knut II, Danish: Knud den Store or Knud II) (d. 1035), Viking king of England, Denmark and Norway **Subject of the apocryphal King Canute and the waves *Harthaknut (Knut III, Danish: Hardeknud or Knud III) (d. 1042), king of Denmark and England *Saint Knud IV of Denmark (Danish: Knud IV), king of Denmark (r. 1080–1086) and martyr *Knud La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ossian Brofeldt
Ossian (; Irish Gaelic/Scottish Gaelic: ''Oisean'') is the narrator and purported author of a cycle of epic poems published by the Scottish poet James Macpherson, originally as ''Fingal'' (1761) and ''Temora'' (1763), and later combined under the title ''The Poems of Ossian''. Macpherson claimed to have collected word-of-mouth material in Scottish Gaelic, said to be from ancient sources, and that the work was his translation of that material. Ossian is based on OisÃn, son of Fionn mac Cumhaill (anglicised to Finn McCool), a legendary bard in Irish mythology. Contemporary critics were divided in their view of the work's authenticity, but the current consensus is that Macpherson largely composed the poems himself, drawing in part on traditional Gaelic poetry he had collected. The work was internationally popular, translated into all the literary languages of Europe and was highly influential both in the development of the Romantic movement and the Gaelic revival. Macpherson's fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helga Brofeldt
Helga Brofeldt (1881–1968) was a Swedish film actress.Wright p.21 She appeared alongside John Elfström as his wife in several of the Åsa-Nisse series of comedy films. Selected filmography * '' A Perfect Gentleman'' (1927) * '' The Realm of the Rye'' (1929) * '' Say It with Music'' (1929) * ''His Life's Match'' (1932) * '' Black Roses'' (1932) * ''International Match'' (1932) * '' The Southsiders'' (1932) * ''Marriageable Daughters'' (1933) * ''What Do Men Know?'' (1933) * '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1934) * ''Our Boy'' (1936) * '' Hotel Paradise'' (1937) * ''The People of Bergslagen'' (1937) * '' Good Friends and Faithful Neighbours'' (1938) * '' Bashful Anton'' (1940) * ''Lasse-Maja'' (1941) * '' The Talk of the Town'' (1941) * ''The Case of Ingegerd Bremssen'' (1942) * ''We House Slaves'' (1942) * ''The Brothers' Woman'' (1943) * ''Blizzard'' (1944) *''Widower Jarl'' (1945) * ''The Night Watchman's Wife'' (1947) * ''Sven Tusan'' (1949) * ''Bohus Battalion'' (1949) * ''Åsa-Nisse' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Björn Berglund
Björn Berglund (16 October 1904 – 3 August 1968) was a Swedish stage and film and television actor. Biography Björn Nils Johan Gustaf Berglund was born in Jörn, Västerbotten County. He began his career in cinema in the 1939 Edvin Adolphson-directed musical film ''Säg det i toner'' (English release title: ''The Dream Waltz'') starring Håkan Westergren and Stina Berg. His career would span nearly four decades and he would appear in over seventy-five films. He died in Sweden at 1968 at age 63. Selected filmography * '' Say It with Music'' (1929) * '' The Southsiders'' (1932) * ''His Life's Match'' (1932) * '' Fridolf in the Lion's Den'' (1933) * '' Saturday Nights'' (1933) * '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1934) * ''Swedenhielms'' (1935) * ''Shipwrecked Max'' (1936) * '' Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1936) * ''The Andersson Family'' (1937) * ''Conflict'' (1937) * ''Baldwin's Wedding'' (1938) * ''Storm Over the Skerries'' (1938) * ''Emilie Högquist'' (1939) * '' Bashful Anton'' (1940) * ''Woma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Nilsson
Axel "Acke" Nilsson (12 November 1904 – 22 April 1978) was a Swedish football, ice hockey and bandy player, best known for representing Hammarby IF and AIK in all three sports. A full international between 1930 and 1937, he won eight caps for the Sweden national football team. He also competed for the Sweden national ice hockey team at the 1936 Winter Olympics. Athletic career Football Born in Stockholm, Nilsson made his debut with Hammarby IF in 1925. Competing in Division 2, the second tier, Nilsson almost led the club to a promotion in his six seasons with the club. In total, Nilsson played 93 games and scored 46 goals for Hammarby IF, leading the team's offensive forces together with Sture Gillström, Sigfrid Öberg and Åke Hallberg. On 22 May 1931, Nilsson was selected into a mixed team of Stockholm-based players, together with six other teammates from Hammarby IF, to face Arsenal, in an exhibition game that the British club won 5–1. Playing as a winger, Nils ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Malmberg
Erik Malmberg (15 March 1897 – 9 May 1964) was a Swedish wrestler. He competed at the 1924, 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ... in Greco-Roman events and won a bronze, a silver, and a gold medal, respectively. His younger brother Algost also took part in the 1928 Games, but as a freestyle wrestler. Malmberg was a businessman by trade.Eric Malmberg Swedish Olympic Committee References External links * 1897 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margit Manstad
Margit Manstad (21 July 1902 – 23 March 1996) was a Swedish actress. She was frequently cast in vampish roles.Nordic National Cinemas p. 168 Selected filmography * ''Anna-Clara and Her Brothers'' (1923) * '' A Maid Among Maids'' (1924) * ''The Lady of the Camellias'' (1925) * ''Getting Married'' (1926) * ''She Is the Only One'' (1926) * ''His English Wife'' (1927) * ''Angst'' (1928) * '' Because I Love You'' (1928) * '' Parisiennes'' (1928) * ''Sweet Pepper'' (1929) * '' The Alley Cat'' (1929) * '' Say It with Music'' (1929) * '' The Realm of the Rye'' (1929) * ''The Two of Us'' (1930) * ''The Storholmen Brothers'' (1932) * ''Modern Wives'' (1932) * ''What Do Men Know?'' (1933) * ''The Atlantic Adventure'' (1934) * '' Mother Gets Married'' (1937) * '' Her Melody'' (1940) * ''The Bjorck Family'' (1940) * '' Nygifta'' (1941) * ''Lasse-Maja'' (1941) * '' In Paradise'' (1941) * '' Sexlingar'' (1942) * ''Adventurer An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is ty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Hasselqvist
Jenny Matilda Elisabet Hasselquist, also spelled Hasselqvist (31 July 1894 – 8 June 1978), was a Swedish prima ballerina, film actress, and ballet teacher. Biography Jenny Matilda Elisabet Hasselquist was born in Stockholm on 31 July 1894 to Johannes Johansson Hasselquist and Sofia Katarina Hasselquist. She had two older brothers, Wilhelm (1887–1959), and Gerhard (1889–1950). She attended the Swedish Opera's ballet school from 1906 and performed with the Royal Ballet from 1910. In 1913, Michel Fokine noticed her talents and ensured she obtained solo roles in ''La Sylphide'' and ''Cleopatra''. She became a prima ballerina at the Royal Ballet in 1915. In 1920, Hasselquist starred in Rolf de Maré's Ballets suédois in Paris. A talented dancer, she had a flair for the modern idiom. However she left de Maré after just one season, apparently dissatisfied with her potential there. She went on to play leading roles in many Swedish and some German silent films including ''Johan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tore Svennberg
Olof Teodor "Tore" Svennberg (28 February 1858 – 8 May 1941) was a Swedish actor and theatre director whose career spanned more than five decades. Biography Born in Stockholm, Tore Svennberg made his stage debut at the Folkan Theatre in his hometown in 1877. From 1878 to 1891 he was engaged with various national touring theatre companies with actress Julia HÃ¥kansson and was from time to time cast by Swedish stage director Albert Ranft. At the Swedish Theatre, he played in several August Strindberg dramas: ''Gustav Vasa'', starred in ''Erik XIV'' in 1899, ''A Dream Play'' in 1907 and '' The Dance of Death'' in 1919. He also appeared in many roles by Henrik Ibsen: as Helmer in ''A Doll's House'' in 1889, as Hjalmar Ekdahl in ''The Wild Duck'' in 1891 and as Borkman in ''John Gabriel Borkman'' in 1897. In 1920 Svennberg was engaged at the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre, where he later became director from 1922 to 1928. He managed to attract audiences by focusing on classic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
