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Temptation (1934 Film)
''Temptation'' is a 1934 British-French musical comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Frances Day, Stewart Rome and Anthony Hankey.Wood p.84 It was made at the Joinville Studios in Paris with sets designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. It is the English-language version of ''Antonia''. Cast * Frances Day as Antonia Palmay * Stewart Rome as Paul Palmay * Anthony Hankey as William Parker * Peggy Simpson as Piri * Mickey Brantford as Johnny * Lucy Beaumont as Headmistress * Billy Watts as Gus * C. Denier Warren as Director * Effie Atherton as Vera Hanka * Molly Hamley-Clifford Molly Hamley-Clifford (born Irene Leila Hamley Clifford; 1 August 1887 – 7 June 1956) was a British stage and film actress. Early life Clifford was born on 1 August 1887 in Exeter the daughter of George W and Eliza Clifford. Selected filmo ... as Maresa * Alfred Rode and His Tzigane Orchestra as themselves References Bibliography *Low, Rachael. ''F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Neufeld
Max Neufeld (13 February 1887 – 2 December 1967) was an Austrian film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1919 and 1957. He directed the 1934 film '' The Song of the Sun'', which starred Vittorio De Sica. Selected filmography Screenwriter * '' After the Ball'' (1932) Actor * '' The Wedding of Valeni'' (1914) * '' The Priest from Kirchfeld'' (1914) * ''With Heart and Hand for the Fatherland'' (1915) * ''On the Heights'' (1916) * ''Summer Idyll'' (1916) * '' The Black Hand'' (1917) * '' Don Cesar, Count of Irun'' (1918) * ''The Ancestress'' (1919) * '' Doctor Ruhland'' (1920) * '' Let the Little Ones Come to Me'' (1920) * '' The Voice of Conscience'' (1920) * ''The Dancing Death'' (1920) * ''Eva, The Sin'' (1920) * ''The Master of Life'' (1920) * '' The Woman in White'' (1921) * ''The Dead Wedding Guest'' (1922) * '' Confessions of a Monk'' (1922) * ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (1923) * ''The Transformation of Dr. Bessel'' (1927) * '' The Priest fr ... [...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 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 communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style(s) to use, and when to use 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 collective imagination while resolving conflicting agendas and inconsistencies be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Max Neufeld
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Shot At Joinville Studios
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Musical Comedy Films
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British Musical Comedy Films
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1934 Musical Comedy Films
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1934 Films
The following is an overview of 1934 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1934 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January 26 – Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to '' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' from the L. Frank Baum estate for $40,000. *February 19 – Bob Hope marries Dolores Reade. *April 19 – Fox Studios releases '' Stand Up and Cheer!'', with five-year-old Shirley Temple in a relatively minor role. Shirley steals the film and Fox, which had been near bankruptcy, finds itself owning a goldmine. *May 18 – Paramount releases ''Little Miss Marker'', with Shirley Temple, on loan from Fox, in the title role. *June 13 – An amendment to the Production Code establishes the Production Code Administration, and requires all films to obtain a certificate of approval before being released. *July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Hamley-Clifford
Molly Hamley-Clifford (born Irene Leila Hamley Clifford; 1 August 1887 – 7 June 1956) was a British stage and film actress. Early life Clifford was born on 1 August 1887 in Exeter the daughter of George W and Eliza Clifford. Selected filmography * ''Milestones'' (1916) * '' Merely Mrs. Stubbs'' (1917) * '' The Cobweb'' (1917) * ''Spinner o' Dreams'' (1918) * '' The Flying Fool'' (1931) * '' What a Night!'' (1931) * ''Temptation'' (1934) * ''Leave It to Blanche'' (1934) * '' Joy Ride'' (1935) * ''Pay Box Adventure'' (1936) * ''Ticket of Leave'' (1936) * ''Under Secret Orders'' (1937) * ''There Was a Young Man'' (1937) * '' Easy Riches'' (1938) * ''Murder Tomorrow'' (1938) * '' Paid in Error'' (1938) * ''Miracles Do Happen'' (1939) * '' Contraband'' (1940) * ''Deadlock'' (1943) * '' Tawny Pipit'' (1944) * '' Dark Secret'' (1949) * ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' (1949) * ''The Magnet'' (1950) * '' Meet Mr. Lucifer'' (1953) * '' Street of Shadows'' (1953) * ''The Million Pound Not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Effie Atherton
Effie Atherton (born Euphemia Walker Anderson; 3 July 1907 – 11 February 2005), was a British singer, dancer, film actress, and musical comedy performer, known initially for her stage appearances in the West End of London and on Broadway in New York, before moving into prime musical shows on British radio in the 1930s, where she captivated her audiences with her sophisticated songs and monologues, many of which were her own compositions. Selected filmography * ''Aroma of the South Seas'' (1931 UK version) directed by W. P. Kellino. * '' Temptation, Vera Hanka'' (1934), directed by Max Neufeld * '' School for Stars'' (1935), produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan Early life and career Born Euphemia Walker Anderson in Edinburgh, Scotland, she was the daughter of Andrew Thomas Anderson and the younger sister of the silent movie actress, Ella Atherton. Effie Atherton made many radio broadcasts and a total of three films, however, her foundation was as a stage performer and she w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Beaumont (actress)
Lucy Beaumont (born Lucy Emily Pinkstone; 18 May 1869 – 24 April 1937) was an English actress of the stage and screen from Bristol. Biography On Broadway, Beaumont played Lady Emily Lyons in '' The Bishop Misbehaves'' (1935) and Mrs. Barwick in ''Berkeley Square'' (1925). A 1932 revival of ''Berkeley Square'', featuring Beaumont, Miriam Seegar, George Baxter and Henry Mowbray, was staged in San Francisco by Arthur Greville Collins. During the 1914–15 season Beaumont was in ''My Lady's Dress'' at the Playhouse in New York. The following season she was featured in '' Quinneys'', for part of the play's run. In 1916 she appeared with Frances Starr in ''Little Lady in Blue''. Beaumont played mostly mother parts on the screen. Some of her films are ''The Greater Glory'' (1926), with Conway Tearle, ''The Man Without A Country'' (1925), with Pauline Starke, ''Torrent'' (1926), with Ricardo Cortez, ''The Beloved Rogue'', with John Barrymore, ''Resurrection'' (1927), with Dolores d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickey Brantford
Mickey Brantford (26 March 1911 – 18 October 1984) was an English actor and film production manager . Mickey Brantford was born Michael Richard Henry Comerford into a theatrical family, in London. He began his career in the silent film era as a popular child actor, and appeared in a series of Sexton Blake shorts as the detective's assistant, Tinker. Selected filmography * '' A Man the Army Made'' (1917) * ''The Game of Life'' (1922) * '' The Sporting Instinct'' (1922) * '' The Knockout'' (1923) * '' This Freedom'' (1923) * '' The Rest Cure'' (1923) * '' Not for Sale'' (1924) * '' Afraid of Love'' (1925) * ''Thou Fool'' (1926) * ‘’Mare Nostrum’’ (1926) * ''Second to None'' (1927) * ''Carry On'' (1927) * '' The Rolling Road'' (1927) * ''Dawn'' (1928) * '' The Burgomaster of Stilemonde'' (1929) * '' Suspense'' (1930) * ''The Stolen Necklace'' (1933) * ''Temptation'' (1934) * '' My Old Dutch'' (1934) * '' Me and Marlborough'' (1935) * '' The Phantom Light'' (1935) * ''My H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
