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Tamara Desni
Tamara Desni (22 October 19137 February 2008) was a German-born British actress She appeared in films in the 1930s and 1940s. Biography Desni was born in Berlin as Tamara Brodsky, ''The Telegraph'' (15 February 2008). Retrieved 29 September 2010. the daughter of actress Xenia Desni. Her mother was born in Kiev, Russian Empire and emigrated to Germany some time before Desni's birth. She became a star of German cinema during the silent era. She studied ballet as a child and appeared on stage and in several German films. She married a dentist while a teenager, although they divorced before Desni landed her first London acting role in 1931 in the musical ''White Horse Inn''. She followed this up with another leading role in the musical ''Casanova'', featuring music by Johann Strauss, Jr. Desni's film career took off in 1933 with ''Fal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valence D'Agen
Valence (; oc, Valença d'Agen), also known as Valence-d'Agen, is a Commune of France, commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region in southern France. Geography Valence is located from Agen, from Montauban, from Cahors, 90 km from Toulouse and from Bordeaux. The departmental road D813 passes through the town. Until 2008 the road, which runs between Toulouse and Bordeaux, was classified as a National Road N113. Exit 8 off the Autoroutes of France, autoroute A62, which also runs between Bordeaux and Toulouse, lies a few kilometres south of town. A further connection is provided by the ''voie verte'', a path open to walkers and cyclists which runs along the canal that passes through the edge of the town. Valence-d'Agen station is situated on the northern edge of the town, on the D813. It lies on the Bordeaux-Toulouse line. The Barguelonne flows westward through the north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage With Limited Liability
''Marriage with Limited Liability'' (german: Ehe mit beschränkter Haftung) is a 1931 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Franz Wenzler and starring Charlotte Susa, Georg Alexander and Paul Morgan. Klaus p.44 It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. It was released by the German subsidiary of Universal Pictures. Cast * Charlotte Susa as Irene Kaiser * Georg Alexander as Dr. Wender, Lawyer * Paul Morgan as Sr. Springer, Lawyer * Hans Moser as Georg Kaiser II., Bürovorsteher * Rosa Valetti * Werner Fuetterer as Georg Kaiser I. * Trude Brionne as Hühnerbein * Tamara Desni * Anita Mey * Walter Steinbeck as Judge * Edwin Jürgensen as Kabarettdirektor * Gerhard Dammann Gerhard Dammann (30 March 1883 – 21 February 1946) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' The Man in the Cellar'' (1914) * ''Under the Lantern'' (1928) * '' Eva in Silk'' (1928) * '' Lemke's Widow'' (1928) * ''When the Mother an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Send For Paul Temple
''Send for Paul Temple'' is a 1946 British crime film directed by John Argyle and starring Anthony Hulme, Joy Shelton and Tamara Desni. Paul Temple is called in by Scotland Yard after a major diamond theft. It was the first of four film adaptations of the BBC's Paul Temple radio serials, with John Bentley (actor), John Bentley taking over the lead role in future installments. The film is an abridged version of the first ever ''Paul Temple'' radio serial, originally broadcast in April and May 1938 over eight episodes, also entitled ''Send for Paul Temple''. The radio script was by Francis Durbridge, who immediately collaborated with a co-author, John Thewes, on a novelisation, published in June 1938. ('John Thewes' is thought to be a pseudonym of Charles Hatton, who collaborated with Durbridge on four subsequent novelisations of radio scripts up until 1948). The original radio script was used again in 1940 for a remade radio production using a Canadian cast, starring Bernard Brade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight From Folly
''Flight from Folly'' is a 1945 British musical comedy film directed and produced by Herbert Mason, in his last directorial credit before moving onto production, for Warner Bros. The cast includes Pat Kirkwood, Hugh Sinclair and Tamara Desni and with music from Edmundo Ros and the Rumba Band. An unemployed showgirl impersonates a nurse and undertakes the job of looking after a composer and playwright abandoned by his Russian wife. The story was written by Lesley Storm, Katherine Strueby and Edmund Goulding. The film was distributed by Warner Brothers and First National Pictures. Kirkwood had appeared in minor roles in four films between 1938 and 1940 before focussing her career on the West End stage, where she had become a major star during the war years. ''Flight from Folly'' was designed to give Kirkwood her first starring screen role, with the hope of breaking her out as a big-name film attraction. ''Flight from Folly'' was released to cinemas in the United Kingdom on 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Brother's Keeper (1940 Film)
''His Brother's Keeper'' is a 1940 British crime film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Clifford Evans, Tamara Desni and Una O'Connor. It was made at Teddington Studios as a second feature. It had been completed before the outbreak of the Second World War.Chibnall & McFarlane p.3 Plot A successful sharp shooting act is threatened when a gold-digging blues singer attempts to split them up. Cast * Clifford Evans as Jack Cornell * Tamara Desni as Olga * Una O'Connor as Eva * Peter Glenville as Hicky * Reginald Purdell as Bunny Reeves * Ronald Frankau as George Hollis * Antoinette Lupino as Pat * Aubrey Dexter as Sylvester * Frederick Burtwell as Harry * Roddy McDowall Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (17 September 1928 – 4 October 1998) was a British actor, photographer and film director. He began his acting career as a child in England, and then in the United States, in ''How Green Was My Valley'' (1 ... as Boy References Bibliography * Chibnall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traitor Spy
''Traitor Spy'' is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Walter Summers and starring Bruce Cabot, Marta Labarr, Tamara Desni and Edward Lexy. It was shot at Welwyn Studios with sets designed by Ian White. It has also been released under the title ''The Torso Murder Mystery''. The film is adapted from the novel of the same name by Jacques Pendower. Premise Both Scotland Yard and the security services are on the trail of some stolen blueprints and believe there is a link with a headless body discovered in Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is .... Cast References External links * 1939 films British mystery thriller films British spy thriller films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Walter Summers Films set in London Films set in Devon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Squeaker (1937 Film)
''The Squeaker'' is a 1937 British crime film directed by William K. Howard and starring Edmund Lowe, Sebastian Shaw and Ann Todd. Edmund Lowe reprised his stage performance in the role of Inspector Barrabal. It is based on the 1927 novel '' The Squeaker'' and 1928 play of the same name by Edgar Wallace. Wallace's son Bryan Edgar Wallace worked on the film's screenplay. The Squeaker is underworld slang for an informer. The film is sometimes known by its U.S. alternative title ''Murder on Diamond Row''. Plot London's thieves are at the mercy of a super fence, who is in on every big jewellery robbery in the city. If the thieves won't split the loot with him, 'The Squeaker' shops them to the Police. A disgraced ex-detective believes there may be an opportunity to clear his name if he can capture 'The Squeaker'. Cast * Edmund Lowe as Inspector Barrabal * Sebastian Shaw as Frank Sutton * Ann Todd as Carol Stedman * Tamara Desni as Tamara * Robert Newton as Larry Graeme * Allan Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love In Exile
''Love in Exile'' is a 1936 British romantic adventure film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Helen Vinson, Clive Brook and Mary Carlisle. Production The film was shot at Isleworth Studios in west London by the independent producer Max Schach.Wood p.91 It was based on the novel ''His Majesty's Pajamas'' by Gene Markey. The film's art direction was by John Mead. Cast * Helen Vinson as Countess Xandra St. Aurion * Clive Brook as King Regis VI * Mary Carlisle as Emily Stewart * Ronald Squire as Paul * Cecil Ramage as John Weston * Will Fyffe as Doc Tate * Tamara Desni as Tanya * Edmund Breon as Baron Zarroy * Henry Oscar as Dictator * Barbara Everest Barbara Everest (19 June 1890 – 9 February 1968) was a British stage and film actress. She was born in Southfields, Surrey, and made her screen debut in the 1916 film ''The Man Without a Soul''. On stage she played Queen Anne in the 1935 his ... as Anna References Bibliography *Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Smoke (1935 Film) ''Blue Smoke'' is a 1935 British sports film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Tamara Desni, Ralph Ince, and Bruce Seton. It was made at Wembley Studios by the British subsidiary of the Fox Film Company.Wood p.85 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ralph W. Brinton. Cast * Tamara Desni as Belle Chinko * Ralph Ince as Al Dempson * Bruce Seton as Don Chinko * Ian Colin as Chris Steele * Eric Hales as Tawno Herne * Hal Walters as Stiffy Williams * Beryl de Querton as Anna Steele * Wilson Coleman as Jasper Chinko * Jock McKay as Mac * Bill Shine (actor) as Ted * Philip Ray as Jan * Ben Williams as Jenkins * Gordon Bailey as Minor Role * Guy Belmore as Minor Role * Cecil Bevan Cecil Stuart Reginald Bevan"England and Wales Birth Registration Inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark World (1935 Film)
''Dark World'' (1935) is a British film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Tamara Desni, Leon Quartermaine, and Googie Withers. The film, released by Fox Film Corporation, is now considered a lost film. Plot summary A psychological drama concerning conflict between two brothers. Cast * Tamara Desni as Birgitta * Leon Quartermaine as Stephen * Hugh Brooke as Philip * Olga Lindo as Eleanor * Morton Selten as Colonel * Fred Duprez as Schwartz * Viola Compton as Auntie * Googie Withers as Annie * Kynaston Reeves as John See also * List of lost films *BFI 75 Most Wanted The BFI 75 Most Wanted is a list compiled in 2010 by the British Film Institute of the most sought-after British feature films not held in the BFI National Archive, and classified as "missing, believed lost". The films chosen range from quota qu ... (list of other lost films the BFI is searching for) References External links * 1935 films British black-and-white films Lost British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McGlusky The Sea Rover
''McGlusky the Sea Rover'' is a 1935 British comedy action film directed by Walter Summers and starring Jack Doyle, Tamara Desni and Henry Mollison. It was based on a novel by A.G. Hales. It featured the Arklow schooner Mary B Mitchell. The film was released in the U.S. as ''Hell's Cargo''. Plot summary A stowaway becomes mixed up with gunrunners. Cast * Jack Doyle as McGlusky * Tamara Desni as Flame * Henry Mollison as Captain Mazarin * Cecil Ramage as Auda * Frank Cochrane as Abu * Hugh Miller Hugh Miller (10 October 1802 – 23/24 December 1856) was a self-taught Scottish geologist and writer, folklorist and an evangelical Christian. Life and work Miller was born in Cromarty, the first of three children of Harriet Wright ('' ... as Karim * Jack Short as Govan References Bibliography *Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927–1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1935 films 1930s adventure comedy films Films shot at British Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbidden Territory
''Forbidden Territory'' is a 1934 British thriller film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Gregory Ratoff, Ronald Squire and Binnie Barnes. It was based on the 1933 novel '' The Forbidden Territory'' by Dennis Wheatley.Shaw p.15 The film, about an Englishman and his son who travel to the Soviet Union to rescue a family member being held in prison, was made at the Lime Grove Studios of Gainsborough Pictures in Shepherd's Bush. The film's sets were designed by the art director Oscar Werndorff. Plot Cast * Gregory Ratoff as Alexei Leshki * Ronald Squire as Sir Charles Farringdon * Binnie Barnes as Valerie Petrovna * Tamara Desni as Marie-Louise * Barry MacKay as Michael Farringdon * Anthony Bushell as Rex Farringdon * Anton Dolin as Jack Straw * Marguerite Allan Helen Marguerite Allan (30 August 1905 – 29 January 1994) was a Russian-born British actress, who appeared in film roles between 1928 and 1942 Allan was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia before moving to the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |