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The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1929 Film)
''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (german: Der Hund von Baskerville) is a 1929 German silent mystery film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Alexander Murski, Livio Pavanelli. The film is an adaptation of the 1902 Sherlock Holmes novel ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' by Arthur Conan Doyle. It was the last Sherlock Holmes adaptation in the silent film era. The film boasted an unusually international cast, including American actor Carlyle Blackwell, German actor Fritz Rasp, British actress Alma Taylor, Russian actor Alexander Murski and Italian actor Livio Pavanelli. In 2009, a tape with this film (and other lost films of the silent cinema era) was discovered in the basement of the local church in Sosnowiec, Poland. In 2019, Flicker Alley released the film, digitally restored on DVD and Blu-ray, along with the 1914 version. Plot summary Cast Production Richard Oswald had penned an earlier adaptation of Conan Doyle's tale for the 1914 serial ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Oswald
Richard Oswald (5 November 1880 – 11 September 1963) was an Austrian film director, producer, screenwriter, and father of German-American film director Gerd Oswald. Early career Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began his career as an actor on the Viennese stage. He made his film directorial debut at age 34 with ''The Iron Cross'' (1914) and worked a number of times for Jules Greenbaum. In 1916, Oswald set up his own production company in Germany, writing and directing most of his films himself. His pre-1920 efforts include such literary adaptations as ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' (1917), '' Peer Gynt'' (1919), the once scandalous ''Different from the Others'' (1919) and ''Around the World in Eighty Days'' (1919). Oswald directed nearly 100 films. Some critics have suggested that Oswald was more prolific than talented, but such films as his horror film '' Unheimliche Geschichten'' (1932), produced by no less than Gabriel Pascal, would seem to refute thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sosnowiec
Sosnowiec is an industrial city county in the Dąbrowa Basin of southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, which is also part of the Silesian Metropolis municipal association.—— Located in the eastern part of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region, Sosnowiec is one of the cities of the Katowice urban area, which is a conurbation with the overall population of 2.7 million people; as well as the greater Upper Silesian metropolitan area populated by about 5.3 million people. The population of the city is 194,818 as of December 2021. Geography It is believed that the name Sosnowiec originates from the Polish word ''sosna'', referring to the pine forests growing in the area prior to 1830. The village was originally known as ''Sosnowice''. Other variations of the name include ''Sosnowietz, Sosnowitz, Sosnovitz'' (Yiddish), ''Sosnovyts, Sosnowyts, Sosnovytz, Sosnowytz,'' and ''Sosnovetz''. There are five other smaller settlements in Poland also called Sosnowiec, located in the K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staaken Studios
Staaken Studios was a film studio located in Staaken on the outskirts of the German capital Berlin. A large former zeppelin hangar, it was converted to film use following the First World War and operated during the Weimar Republic. In July 1923 it was the largest studio in the world, with floor space of around 18,000 square feet. It was used for the construction of massive sets on a series of major productions of the silent era, including '' I.N.R.I.'', ''Metropolis'', '' The Holy Mountain'' and '' The Ship of Lost Souls''. These epics were a part of the German attempt on world markets during the decade. The 1927 Anglo-German co-production '' The Ghost Train'' was shot at Staaken. In 1929, following the Wall Street Crash, the studio's owners collapsed financially and Staaken was acquired by the Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat. It was equipped for sound film, but it increasingly struggled to attract new productions. Amongst the films shot during the early 1930s were ''The Threepenny O ... [...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] |
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] |
Robert Garrison (actor)
Robert Garrison (born Ruben Gerson; 18 July 1872 – died 5 January 1930) was a German-JewishSiegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 film actor. Robert Garrison was born in Strasburg in Westpreußen and died in Berlin. Selected filmography * ''People in Ecstasy'' (1921) * ''The Ancient Law'' (1923) * ''Quarantäne'' (1923) * ''Debit and Credit'' (1924) * ''Michael'' (1924) * '' Dudu, a Human Destiny'' (1924) * ''Father Voss'' (1925) * ''If You Have an Aunt'' (1925) * ''Slums of Berlin'' (1925) * ''Shadows of the Metropolis'' (1925) * ''Joyless Street'' (1925) * '' The Company Worth Millions'' (1925) * ''The Circus Princess'' (1925) * ''The Humble Man and the Chanteuse'' (1925) * '' Peter the Pirate'' (1925) * ''An Artist of Life'' (1925) * '' The Man Who Sold Himself'' (1925) * ''The Woman with That Certain Something'' (1925) * ''Nick, King of the Chauffeurs'' (1925) * ''Women of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaro Fürth
Jaro Fürth (born Edwin Fürth-Jaro; 21 April 1871 – 12 November 1945) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Early life Fürth was born to Jewish parents in Prague.Profile Cyranos.ch; accessed 16 March 2015. Initially he studied law, but began his acting career under the tutelage of Alexander Römpler before taking stage engagements in Scandinavia, performing in roles created by . In 1905 he travelled to Vienna, where he received an engagement at the Deutschen Volkstheater. Film career In the late 1910s he went to Berlin and began appearing in silent films. Under the direction of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Bartheel
Carla Bartheel (born Charlotte Franziska Johanna Barthel, 5 July 1902 – 28 December 1983) was a German film actress and photographer.Giesen p.200 Biography Carla Bartheel was born Charlotte Franziska Johanna Barthel on 5 July 1902. She took acting and singing lessons and planned to train as a dancer, but a cardiac defect prevented this, and led her to acting. She made her film debut in ''Addio giovinezza!'' (1927), starring Walter Slezak, Elena Sangro, and Carmen Boni. That same year, she played supporting roles in '' A Girl of the People'', the anti-abortion film ''Children's Souls Accuse You'', and ''Herkules Maier''. She is perhaps best known for her roles in ''Todessturz im Zirkus Cesarelli'' (1927), ''Die weiße Sonate'' (1928), and ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (1929). Her last film appearance was in the Nazi propaganda film '' Hans Westmar'' (1933). After Bartheel retired from acting, she traveled throughout Europe as a photographer. She published two books contai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valy Arnheim
Valy Arnheim (born Valentin Theodor Woldemar Appel; 8 June 1883 – 11 November 1950) was a German film actor and director. Selected filmography * ''Lightning Command'' (1921) * ''Anne-Liese of Dessau'' (1925) * ''Harry Hill's Deadly Hunt'' (1925) * ''Volga Volga (1928 film), Volga Volga'' (1928) * ''Girls, Beware!'' (1928) * ''Life's Circus'' (1928) * ''Indizienbeweis'' (1929) * ''Spring Awakening (1929 film), Spring Awakening'' (1929) * ''Black Forest Girl (1929 film), Black Forest Girl'' (1929) * ''The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929 film), The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (1929) * ''The Woman Without Nerves'' (1930) * ''Bombs on Monte Carlo (1931 film), Bombs on Monte Carlo'' (1931) * ''Different Morals'' (1931) * ''The Emperor's Sweetheart'' (1931) * ''Circus Life'' (1931) * ''Tannenberg (film), Tannenberg'' (1932) * ''The Private Life of Louis XIV'' (1935) * ''His Late Excellency (1935 film), His Late Excellency'' (1935) * ''City of Anatol'' (1936) * ''The Castle in Flanders' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Bird
Betty Bird (born Hilde Elisabeth Ptack, 18 June 1901 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary – 4 March 1998 in Rome, Italy) was an Austrian actress known for ''Die spanische Fliege'' (1931), ''Corazones sin rumbo'' (1928) and ''Sturm auf drei Herzen'' (1930). She was married to Gustav Ucicky until their divorce in 1936. Biography Hilde Elisabeth Ptack, was born on 18 June 1901 in Vienna. Her father Ludwig Ptack was secretary to the owner of the ''Sascha-Filmfabrik'', a film production company. On 23 December 1923 she married the cameraman and later film director Gustav Ucicky. She received her first acting role in 1927 at age 20, starring in the film ''Madame Dares an Escapade''. With her husband, she moved to Munich and then to Berlin. Continuing her acting career, she often portrayed charming girls in comedy films of the late 1920s and early 1930s. She adopted the stage name ''Betty Bird''. In August 1936, Betty and Gustav Ucicky divorced and she went on to marry a czech dentist by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Seroff
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Hund Von Baskerville
''Der Hund von Baskerville'' is a 1914 German silent film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 novel ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', the first film adaptation of the work. According to the website silentera.com, the film was considered lost, but has been rediscovered; the Russian Gosfilmofond film archive possesses a print, while the Filmmuseum München has a 35mm positive print. Plot summary Cast * Alwin Neuß as Sherlock Holmes * Friedrich Kühne as Stapleton * Hanni Weisse as Laura Lyons * Erwin Fichtner as Henry von Baskerville * Andreas Van Horn as Barrymore - Kammerdiener History In 1907, Richard Oswald mounted a version of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' in Praterstraße based on ''Der Hund von Baskerville: Schauspiel in vier Aufzügen aus dem Schottischen Hochland. Frei nach Motiven aus Poes und Doyles Novellen'' (''The Hound of the Baskervilles: a play in four acts set in the Scottish Highlands. Freely adapted from the stories of Poe and Doyle'') which was writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
