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Tomfoolery (film)
''Tomfoolery'' (German: ''Allotria'') is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Willi Forst and starring Renate Müller, Jenny Jugo and Anton Walbrook. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.19 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth and Werner Schlichting. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin on 12 June 1936. Synopsis A pair of friends fall in love with the same woman, before realizing they are really in love with two other women. Racing to his romantic interest, one of the friends (Heinz Rühmann) takes by chance part in the Monaco Grand Prix. Reception Joseph Goebbels Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician who was the ''Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 19 ... remarked: "Quite energetic and lively. But it's overdone and therefore not totally satisfying. Less would be m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willi Forst
Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs (7 April 1903 – 11 August 1980) was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer. As a debonair actor he was a darling of the German-speaking film audiences, as a director, one of the most significant makers of the Viennese period musical melodramas and comedies of the 1930s known as ''Wiener Filme''. From the mid-1930s he also recorded many records, largely of sentimental Viennese songs, for the Odeon Records label owned by Carl Lindström AG. Biography His first major role was opposite Marlene Dietrich in the silent film '' Café Elektric'' in 1927. However, he was best known for his characters in light musicals, which rapidly made him a star. He developed the genre of the Viennese Film with writer Walter Reisch in the 1930s, beginning with the Franz Schubert melodrama '' Leise flehen meine Lieder'' (1933) which became an iconic role for the actor Hans Jaray and ''Maskerade'' (1934), which launched his fame as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Herlth
Kurt Herlth (1896–1966) was a German art director known for his designs of film sets. His brother Robert Herlth was also an art director active in the German film industry, and the two men worked together a number of times.Bock & Bergfelder p.194 Selected filmography * '' My Heart Calls You'' (1934) * ''My Heart Is Calling You'' (1934) * ''Victoria'' (1935) * ''The Emperor's Candlesticks'' (1936) * '' Court Theatre'' (1936) * '' Capers'' (1937) * ''Ride to Freedom'' (1937) * '' Serenade'' (1937) * '' A Mother's Love'' (1939) * ''I Am Sebastian Ott'' (1939) * ''Andreas Schlüter'' (1942) * ''Destiny'' (1942) * ''Melusine'' (1944) * ''Marriage in the Shadows'' (1947) * '' No Place for Love'' (1947) * ''The Adventures of Fridolin'' (1948) * ''Artists' Blood'' (1949) * ''Don't Dream, Annette'' (1949) * ''The Murder Trial of Doctor Jordan'' (1949) * '' The Merry Wives of Windsor'' (1950) * ''The White Horse Inn'' (1952) * '' The Sergeant's Daughter'' (1952) * ''The Empress of China'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Karen
Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlude)" and "Alfred (Outro)", songs by Eminem from the 2020 album ''Music to Be Murdered By'' Business and organisations * Alfred, a radio station in Shaftesbury, England *Alfred Music, an American music publisher *Alfred University, New York, U.S. *The Alfred Hospital, a hospital in Melbourne, Australia People * Alfred (name) includes a list of people and fictional characters called Alfred * Alfred the Great (848/49 – 899), or Alfred I, a king of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons Places Antarctica * Mount Alfred (Antarctica) Australia * Alfredtown, New South Wales * County of Alfred, South Australia Canada * Alfred and Plantagenet, Ontario * Alfred Island, Nunavut * Mount Alfred, British Columbia United States * Alfred, Maine, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Dunskus
Erich Adolf Dunskus (27 July 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German film actor. He appeared in 170 films between 1927 and 1966. He was born in Pillkallen, East Prussia and died in Hagen, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The King of Paris'' (1930) * '' Bobby Gets Going'' (1931) * ''Girls to Marry'' (1932) * ''Secret Agent'' (1932) * ''Overnight Sensation'' (1932) * '' And Who Is Kissing Me?'' (1933) * ''So Ended a Great Love'' (1934) * '' Paganini'' (1934) * '' The Girl from the Marsh Croft'' (1935) * '' The Saint and Her Fool'' (1935) * ''Pygmalion'' (1935) * ''City of Anatol'' (1936) * ''Savoy Hotel 217'' (1936) * ''Family Parade'' (1936) * '' Love's Awakening'' (1936) * '' Der Kaiser von Kalifornien'' (1936) * ''Tomfoolery'' (1936) * ''Woman's Love—Woman's Suffering'' (1937) * '' Capers'' (1937) * ''Don't Promise Me Anything'' (1937) * ''The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes'' (1937) * ''Seven Slaps'' (1937) * '' Serenade'' (1937) * ''Men Without a Fatherland'' (1937) *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingeborg Peter
Ingeborg is a Germanic feminine given name, mostly used in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, derived from Old Norse ''Ingiborg, Ingibjǫrg'', combining the theonym '' Ing'' with the element ''borg'' "stronghold, protection". Ingebjørg is the Norwegian most used variant of the name, and Ingibjörg is the Icelandic variant. People Pre-modern era :''Ordered chronologically'' * Ingeborg, 10th century mother of Ragnvald Ulfsson * Ingeborg Tryggvasdotter (10th-11th century), daughter of Tryggve Olafsson (died 963), granddaughter of Harald Fairhair and sister of Olaf I of Norway * Ingeborg of Kiev (), mother of Valdemar I of Denmark * Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174-1237), wife of Philip II of France and daughter of Valdemar I of Denmark * Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden (c. 1212-c. 1254), daughter of Eric X of Sweden, wife of Birger jarl and mother of Valdemar I of Sweden * Ingeborg of Kalundborg (died 1267), influential Danish noble * Ingeborg of Denmark, Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Tetzlaff
Toni Tetzlaff (born Elisabeth Antonie Pauline Tetzlaff; 13 March 1871 – 16 December 1947) was a German stage and film actress.Chander p. 272 Selected filmography * ''Alkohol'' (1919) * '' Lilli'' (1919) * ''Lilli's Marriage'' (1919) * '' The World Champion'' (1919) * ''Devoted Artists'' (1919) * ''Princess Woronzoff'' (1920) * ''In the Whirl of Life'' (1920) * ''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921) * ''Waves of Life and Love'' (1921) * ''Lola Montez, the King's Dancer'' (1922) * '' Louise de Lavallière'' (1922) * ''Should We Get Married?'' (1925) * ''Reluctant Imposter'' (1925) * '' The Ascent of Little Lilian'' (1925) * ''The Three Mannequins'' (1926) * ''Lace'' (1926) * ''Countess Ironing-Maid'' (1926) * ''His Greatest Bluff'' (1927) * ''Heads Up, Charley'' (1927) * ''Love in the Cowshed'' (1928) * ''Panic'' (1928) * ''Immorality'' (1928) * ''When the Mother and the Daughter'' (1928) * ''From a Bachelor's Diary'' (1929) * ''The Woman Everyone Loves Is You'' (1929) * ''Sinf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Serda
Julia Serda (6 April 1875 – 3 December 1965) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Grange p.120 She was married to the actor Hans Junkermann. Biography Julia Serda was born on 6 April 1875 in Vienna. She became fascinated by the stage at an early age, taking singing lessons from Pauline Lucca and studying acting at the Vienna Conservatory. Serda made her debut in 1895 at the theater in Breslau, after which she went to Köningsberg for three years. In 1899 she followed a call to the Dresden Court Theater, to which she remained connected until 1908 and was awarded the title of "Royal Saxon Court Actress". During this time, she also made her Berlin debut in 1902, appeared at the Vienna Burgtheater in 1907, and in 1908 at the Meinhard-Bernauer-Bühnen. Serda was most successful for playing the naive and sentimental heroine, for example with the title role in Franz Grillparzer's tragedy ''The Jewess of Toledo'', as Oscar Wilde's '' Salome'', or as a cricket in ''Johannisfeuer' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norma Wellhoff
Norma may refer to: * Norma (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) Astronomy * Norma (constellation) *555 Norma, a minor asteroid *Cygnus Arm or Norma Arm, a spiral arm in the Milky Way galaxy Geography *Norma, Lazio, a city in the province of Latina, Italy *Norma, Tibet Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Norma'' (album), by Mon Laferte * ''Norma'' (journal), in men's studies * ''Norma'' (opera), by Vincenzo Bellini * ''Norma'' (play), by Henrik Ibsen *Grupo Editorial Norma, a Colombian publishing house * Norma Editorial, a comics publishing company in Spain, unrelated to Grupo Editorial Norma *''Norma'', a 1942 sculpture by Abram Belskie *''Norma'', a novel by Vladimir Sorokin Tropical storms * Tropical Storm Norma (1970) * Hurricane Norma (1974) * Hurricane Norma (1981) * Hurricane Norma (1987) * Tropical Storm Norma (1993) * Tropical Storm Norma (2005) Other uses * ''Norma'' (AK-86), a never-commissioned U.S. Navy cargo vessel * Norma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Dohm
Will Dohm (8 April 1897 – 28 November 1948) was a German film actor. He is the father of the actress Gaby Dohm. Selected filmography * '' Waterloo'' (1929) * ''Cruiser Emden'' (1932) * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1932) * ''The Tunnel'' (1933) * ''The King's Prisoner'' (1935) * ''Tomfoolery'' (1936) * '' If We All Were Angels'' (1936) * ''Maria the Maid'' (1936) * ''Donogoo Tonka'' (1936) * ''Fridericus'' (1937) * '' Dangerous Game'' (1937) * ''Don't Promise Me Anything'' (1937) * ''A Prussian Love Story'' (1938) * ''Dance on the Volcano'' (1938) * ''So You Don't Know Korff Yet?'' (1938) * '' Opera Ball'' (1939) * ''Kora Terry'' (1940) * ''Between Hamburg and Haiti'' (1940) * ''The Gasman'' (1941) * ''Her Other Self'' (1941) * '' Mein Leben für Irland'' (1941) * ''The Thing About Styx'' (1942) * ''Melody of a Great City'' (1943) * '' The Bath in the Barn'' (1943) * ''A Man for My Wife'' (1943) * '' The Song of the Nightingale'' (1944) * ''The Master Detective'' (1944) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Salfner
Heinz Salfner (31 December 1877 – 13 October 1945) was a German stage and film actor. Salfner appeared in more than sixty films during his career. He played the lead in the 1932 crime film '' A Shot at Dawn''.Youngkin p.465 Selected filmography * '' The Skull of Pharaoh's Daughter'' (1920) * ''Youth'' (1922) * '' Judith'' (1923) * ''The Fifth Street'' (1923) * '' Time Is Money'' (1923) * '' The Beautiful Girl'' (1923) * ''Luther'' (1928) * ''Guilty'' (1928) * '' The Stranger'' (1931) * '' A Shot at Dawn'' (1932) * '' A Mad Idea'' (1932) * '' And the Plains Are Gleaming'' (1933) * ''Gold'' (1934) * ''I Was Jack Mortimer'' (1935) * ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1935) * '' Victoria in Dover'' (1936) * ''Tomfoolery'' (1936) * ''A Wedding Dream'' (1936) * ''Scandal at the Fledermaus'' (1936) * '' A Hoax'' (1936) * ''Donogoo Tonka'' (1936) * '' Love's Awakening'' (1936) * '' Togger'' (1937) * '' Five Million Look for an Heir'' (1938) * ''Marionette'' (1939) * ''Anton the Last'' (1939) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilde Hildebrand
Emma Minna Hilde Hildebrand (10 September 1897 – 12 May 1976) was a German actress born in Hanover, Germany on 10 September 1897. She died at the age of 78 in Grunewald, Berlin, on 27 May 1976. Selected filmography * ''Die Scheidungsehe'' (1920, Short) *''Der Herr Papa'' - Else (1921) * ''Es bleibt in der Familie'' (1922, Short) as Schauspielerin Molly * ''Schwarzwaldkinder'' (1922) as Liesbeth, Tochter von Nikodemus Grieshaber * ''Lohengrins Heirat'' (1922) as Elsa * ''Hotel zum goldenen Engel'' (1922) as Ella *''Der Herr Landrat'' (1922) as Molli Jolli * ''The Dealer from Amsterdam'' (1925) as Susi * ''Sechs Mädchen suchen Nachtquartier'' (1928) * ''The Gallant Hussar'' (1928) Vilma von Noszty * ''Rasputins Liebesabenteuer'' (1928) Dirne Gregubowa * ''Meine Frau, seine Frau'' (1931, Short) * '' Different Morals'' (1931) Cora Petry * ''The Fate of Renate Langen'' (1931) as Marion * ''Arme, kleine Eva!'' (1931) as Erna Steindamm * ''Panic in Chicago'' (1931) as Susy Owen * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician who was the ''Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler's closest and most devoted acolytes, known for his skills in public speaking and his deeply virulent antisemitism, which was evident in his publicly voiced views. He advocated progressively harsher discrimination, including the extermination of the Jews in the Holocaust. Goebbels, who aspired to be an author, obtained a Doctor of Philology degree from the University of Heidelberg in 1921. He joined the Nazi Party in 1924, and worked with Gregor Strasser in its northern branch. He was appointed ''Gauleiter'' of Berlin in 1926, where he began to take an interest in the use of propaganda to promote the party and its programme. After the Nazis came to power in 1933, Goebbels's Propaganda Ministry quickly gained a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
