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The Devil In The Bottle
''The Devil in the Bottle'' (French: ''Le diable en bouteille'') is a 1935 French-German drama film directed by Heinz Hilpert, Reinhart Steinbicker and Raoul Ploquin. It stars Käthe von Nagy, Pierre Blanchar and Gina Manès.Goble p.736 It was made by the German studio UFA as a French-language remake of its 1934 film '' Liebe, Tod und Teufel''. Both films are based on Robert Louis Stevenson's story '' The Bottle Imp''. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Hunte and Willy Schiller. Cast * Käthe von Nagy as Kolua * Pierre Blanchar as Keave * Gina Manès as Rubby * Paul Azaïs as Lopaka * Gabriel Gabrio as Mounier * Roger Karl as Le marchand * Marguerite de Morlaye as La comtesse * Suzy Pierson as Bertie - La femme de chambre * Georges Malkine as Vikhom * Roger Legris as Tirill * Daniel Mendaille as Jerry * Bill Bocket as Balmez * Léon Roger-Maxime as Hein * Philippe Richard as Macco * Gaston Dubosc as Le comte * Henri Ric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Hilpert
Heinz Hilpert (1 March 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. He was head of the Deutsches Theater during the Third Reich. Selected filmography Actor * '' Nameless Heroes'' (1925) * '' Prinz Louis Ferdinand'' (1927) * '' His Royal Highness'' (1953) * '' The Golden Plague'' (1954) * ''Die Barrings'' (1955) * '' Three Girls from the Rhine'' (1955) Director * '' Three Days of Love'' (1931) * '' Love, Death and the Devil'' (1934) * ''Lady Windermere's Fan ''Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman'' is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first performed on Saturday, 20 February 1892, at the St James's Theatre in London. The story concerns Lady Windermere, who suspects that her husband is ...'' (1935) * '' The Devil in the Bottle'' (1935) References Bibliography * Hortmann, Wilhelm & Hamburger, Michael. ''Shakespeare on the German Stage: The Twentieth Century''. Cambridge University Press, 1998. External links * 1890 bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'', '' Kidnapped'' and ''A Child's Garden of Verses''. Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life, but continued to write prolifically and travel widely in defiance of his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver in ''Treasure Island''. In 1890, he settled in Samoa where, alarmed at increasing European and American influence in the South Sea islands, his writing turned away from romance and adventure fiction toward a darker realism. He died of a stroke in his island home in 1894 at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Bocket
Bill(s) may refer to: Common meanings * Banknote, paper cash (especially in the United States) * Bill (law), a proposed law put before a legislature * Invoice, commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer * Bill, a bird or animal's beak Places * Bill, Wyoming, an unincorporated community, United States * Billstown, Arkansas, an unincorporated community, United States * Billville, Indiana, an unincorporated community, United States People * Bill (given name) * Bill (surname) * Bill (footballer, born 1978), ''Alessandro Faria'', Togolese football forward * Bill (footballer, born 1984), ''Rosimar Amâncio'', a Brazilian football forward * Bill (footballer, born 1999), ''Fabricio Rodrigues da Silva Ferreira'', a Brazilian forward Arts, media, and entertainment Characters * Bill (''Kill Bill''), a character in the ''Kill Bill'' films * William “Bill“ S. Preston, Esquire, The first of the titular duo of the Bill & Ted film series * A lizard in Lewis Carroll's ''Alice's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Mendaille
Daniel Mendaille (27 November 1885 – 17 May 1963) was a French stage and film actor whose career spanned nearly sixty years. Early life Born Daniel Henri Elie Mendaille in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Mendaille studied architecture at the Académie royale d'architecture, Institut de France in Paris. At age twenty, he abandoned his studies in architecture and enrolled in the Conservatoire de Paris and studied acting under Paul Mounet. After graduating, he was engaged at the Théâtre des Variétés, Cirque d'Hiver, Théâtre Antoine and the l’Œuvre et de la Renaissance. Film career During the early 1900s, he began appearing in small roles in film. One of his first roles was in the 1909 Albert Capellani-directed short ''La mort du duc d'Enghien en 1804'' (English release title: ''The Death of the Duc d'Enghien'') for the Société Cinématographique des Auteurs et Gens de Lettres (SCAGL), affiliated with Pathé-Frères Mendaille continued to work in theater and film throughou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Legris
Roger Legris (3 July 1898 – 22 May 1981) was a French actor. Selected filmography * '' On the Streets'' (1933) * '' The House on the Dune'' (1934) * ''The Devil in the Bottle'' (1935) * ''Counsel for Romance'' (1936) * ''Wells in Flames'' (1937) * '' Southern Mail'' (1937) * ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937) * ''Life Dances On'' (1937) * '' Miarka'' (1937) * ''The Lie of Nina Petrovna'' (1937) * '' Courrier sud'' (1937) * '' Port of Shadows'' (1938) * ''Mollenard'' (1938) * ''The Novel of Werther'' (1938) * ''The West'' (1938) * '' Vidocq'' (1939) * ''Cristobal's Gold'' (1940) * ''Moulin Rouge'' (1940) * ''The Last of the Six'' (1941) * ''Various Facts About Paris'' (1950) * ''The Treasure of Cantenac'' (1950) * ''Good Enough to Eat'' (1951) * ''Robinson Crusoeland'' (1951) * ''The Green Glove'' (1952) * ''The Babes in the Secret Service'' (1956) * '' A Certain Monsieur Jo'' (1958) * ''Un drôle de paroissien ''Heaven Sent '' (french: Un drôle de paroissien) is a 1963 French comed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Malkine
Georges Alexandre Malkine (10 October 1898 – 22 March 1970) was the only visual artist named in André Breton’s 1924 Surrealist Manifesto among those who, at the time of its publication, had “performed acts of absolute surrealism." The rest Breton named were for the most part writers, including Louis Aragon, Robert Desnos, and Benjamin Peret. Malkine's 1926 painting ''Nuit D'amour'' was the precursor of the lyrical abstract school of painting. *"He has pushed individualism to the point of impertinence! But what art in his expression of the ineffable whenever he took the pains to do so!" — André Breton *"Georges Malkine has left his delicate mark on the window of time, made as with a diamond, without altering its transparence, without blurring the view, leaving the purest trace that can only be discerned from a certain angle and in a certain light." — Patrick Waldberg (1970) Life Georges Malkine chose not to expose his private life and, apart from his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzy Pierson
Suzy Pierson (1902–1996) was a French film actress.Goble p.128 She played lead roles in several silent films of the 1920s. Selected filmography * '' Six and One Half Times Eleven'' (1927) * ''The Three-Sided Mirror'' (1927) * '' André Cornélis'' (1927) * ''Napoleon at Saint Helena'' (1929) * ''77 Rue Chalgrin'' (1931) * ''Let's Touch Wood'' (1933) * ''The Devil in the Bottle'' (1935) * ''The Club of Aristocrats'' (1937) * ''The West'' (1938) * ''Behold Beatrice ''Behold Beatrice'' or ''Beatrice's Temptation'' (French: ''Béatrice devant le désir'') is a 1944 French drama film directed by Jean de Marguenat and starring Fernand Ledoux, Jules Berry and Renée Faure. It features an early performance by t ...'' (1944) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1902 births 1996 deaths French film actresses French silent film actresses 20th-century French actresses Actresses f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marguerite De Morlaye
Marguerite de Morlaye (29 January 1870, Saint-Mandé –18 September 1957, Paris) was a French actress. Selected filmography * ''Martyr'' (1927) * '' A Foolish Maiden'' (1929) * '' The Wonderful Day'' (1932) * '' La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933) * ''Les yeux noirs'' (1935) * '' The Devil in the Bottle'' (1935) * '' The King'' (1936) * ''Compliments of Mister Flow'' (1936) * '' Nights of Fire'' (1937) * ''The Green Jacket'' (1937) * ''The Kings of Sport'' (1937) * ''The Club of Aristocrats'' (1937) * '' Kreutzer Sonata'' (1937) * ''Gibraltar'' (1938) * '' The Patriot'' (1938) * '' Café de Paris'' (1938) * '' I Was an Adventuress'' (1938) * ''Law of the north ''Law of the North'' is a 1932 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Bill Cody, Andy Shuford and Nadine Dore.Pitts p.184 It was the penultimate Monogram Pictures eight-film Western film series "the Bill and Andy series" ...'' (1939) * ''Beating Heart (film), Beating Heart'' (1940) * ''Bolero (1942 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Karl
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans. In Normandy, the Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate '. The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate '. ''Roger'' became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name ''Roger'' that is closer to the name's origin is ''Rodger''. Slang and other uses Roger is also a short version of the term "Jolly Roger", which refers to a black flag with a white skull and crossbones, formerly used by sea pirates since as early as 1723. From up to , Roger was slang for the word "penis". In ''Under Milk Wood'', Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double entend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Gabrio
Gabriel Gabrio (born Édouard Gabriel Lelièvre; 13 January 1887 – 31 October 1946) was a French stage and film actor whose career began in cinema in the silent film era of the 1920s and spanned more than two decades. Gabrio is possibly best remembered for his roles as Jean Valjean in the 1925 Henri Fescourt-directed adaptation of Victor Hugo's ''Les Misérables'', Cesare Borgia in the 1935 Abel Gance-directed biopic ''Lucrèce Borgia'' and as Carlos in the 1937 Julien Duvivier-directed gangster film '' Pépé le Moko'', opposite Jean Gabin. Biography Early years Gabriel Gabrio was born Édouard Gabriel Lelièvre in Reims, France as the youngest of sixteen children. Gabrio's father worked for the Pommeray Champagne cellars. At a young age he developed a keen interest in puppet theater. As a teen, Gabrio grew to an impressive height of 6 feet 2 inches and after a stint as an apprentice glass window painter, set his sights on a career as a stage actor. At the out break ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Azaïs
Paul François Robert Azaïs (6 May 1902 – 17 November 1974) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1929 and 1966. Selected filmography * ''The Three Masks'' (1929) - Le fils Vescotelli * ''Le défenseur'' (1930) * ''Paris la nuit'' (1930) - Bouledebois * ''Montmartre'' (1931) - Un client de Dédé (uncredited) * ''Plein la vue'' (1931) * ''Wooden Crosses'' (1932) - Soldat Broucke * ''Fantômas'' (1932) - Giroud, le mécanicien de Lord Beltham * ''The Miracle Child'' (1932) - Ratier * '' The Yellow Dog'' (1932) - Le marin * ''L'agence O-Kay'' (1932) - Kokanase * ''Fun in the Barracks'' (1932) - Croquebol * ''Maquillage'' (1932) * ''En plein dans le mille'' (1932) - Le gigolo * ''La poule'' (1933) - Pascal * '' The Star of Valencia'' (1933) - Un joueur du Trocadéro * ''Pour être aimé'' (1933) * ''Cette vieille canaille'' (1933) - Jacques * ''Les bleus du ciel'' (1933) * '' The Agony of the Eagles'' (1933) - Le policier * ''Street Without a Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Schiller
Willy Schiller (11 August 1899 – 17 July 1973) was a German art director.Allan & Sandford p.3 In the later part of his career he worked for DEFA, the East German state-controlled film studio. Selected filmography * ''Radio Magic'' (1927) * ''The Green Alley'' (1928) * ''Don Juan in a Girls' School'' (1928) * ''The Lady from Argentina'' (1928) * ''Love in the Cowshed'' (1928) * ''Only a Viennese Woman Kisses Like That'' (1928) * '' The Night of Terror'' (1929) * ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (1929) * '' The Youths'' (1929) * ''Distinguishing Features'' (1929) * ''Yes, Yes, Women Are My Weakness'' (1929) * ''Youthful Indiscretion'' (1929) * ''Beware of Loose Women'' (1929) * ''Secret Police'' (1929) * ''The Woman Everyone Loves Is You'' (1929) * '' The Daredevil Reporter'' (1929) * ''From a Bachelor's Diary'' (1929) * ''German Wine'' (1929) * '' A Mother's Love'' (1929) * '' Busy Girls'' (1930) * '' Witnesses Wanted'' (1930) * ''Man schenkt sich Rosen, wenn man verliebt ist'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
