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The City Of A Thousand Delights
''The City of a Thousand Delights'' (German: ''Die Stadt der tausend Freuden'') is a 1927 German silent film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Paul Richter, Adele Sandrock and Langhorn Burton.Giesen, Rolf. ''Special Effects Artists: A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary of the Pre-digital Era with a Filmography''. McFarland & Company, 2008. p. 113. . It is based on the 1907 novel ''The City of Pleasure'' by the British writer Arnold Bennett. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. Cast *Paul Richter as Jack Ilam *Adele Sandrock as Seine Mutter * Langhorn Burton as Carlos Carpentaria * Claire Rommer as Juliette, their sister * Renée Héribel as Pauline, Jack Ilam's cousin *Frances Cuyler as Rosie, Jack Ilam's cousin *Gaston Modot Gaston Modot (31 December 1887 – 20 February 1970) was a French actor. For more than 50 years he performed for the cinema working with a number of great French directors. Biography Modo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmine Gallone
Carmine Gallone (10 September 1885 – 11 March 1973) was an early Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer, who was also controversial for his works of pro-Fascist propaganda and historical revisionism. Considered one of Italian cinema's leading early directors, he directed over 120 films in his fifty-year career between 1913 and 1963. Life and career Carmine Gallone was born as Carmelo Camillo Gallone on 10 September 1885 in Taggia (in the province of Imperia), but grew up in Naples. His father was Italian, from Sorrento, and his mother was French, from Nice.G. Martini, ''Patchwork: 100 anni di cinema in Italia : un viaggio attraverso le regioni'', Finzioni, 1997, p. 168 He began writing plays at 15 and in 1911 won first prize at a national drama competition for his drama ''Brittanico''. He later moved to Rome where in 1912 he was hired as a general worker by the Teatro Argentina company, all the while continuing to write plays. In the same year he had his fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Erdmann (art Director)
Otto Erdmann (16 November 1898 – 23 January 1965) was a German art director.Chandler p. 270 During the 1920s and 1930s he often worked alongside Hans Sohnle. Filmography * ''The Weather Station'' (1923) * ''Horrido'' (1924) * ''The Girl from Capri'' (1924) * ''Mother and Child'' (1924) * ''The Stolen Professor'' (1924) * '' The Woman in Flames'' (1924) * ''Prater'' (1924) * ''Joyless Street'' (1925) * '' The Golden Calf'' (1925) * ''Shadows of the Metropolis'' (1925) * ''Flight Around the World'' (1925) * ''The Third Squadron'' (1926) * '' The Poacher'' (1926) * ''The Great Duchess'' (1926) * ''Tea Time in the Ackerstrasse'' (1926) * ''Professor Imhof'' (1926) * '' The Marriage Hotel'' (1926) * ''Circus Romanelli'' (1926) * ''The Pride of the Company'' (1926) * ''The Woman Who Couldn't Say No'' (1927) * '' The Impostor'' (1927) * ''The Bordello in Rio'' (1927) * ''The City of a Thousand Delights'' (1927) * ''Hello Caesar!'' (1927) * '' The White Slave'' (1927) * ''Queen of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On British Novels
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 photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, 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 imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Works By Arnold Bennett
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 Directed By Carmine Gallone
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] |
German Silent Feature Films
German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Germanic peoples (Roman times) * German language **any of the Germanic languages * German cuisine, traditional foods of Germany People * German (given name) * German (surname) * Germán, a Spanish name Places * German (parish), Isle of Man * German, Albania, or Gërmej * German, Bulgaria * German, Iran * German, North Macedonia * German, New York, U.S. * Agios Germanos, Greece Other uses * German (mythology), a South Slavic mythological being * Germans (band), a Canadian rock band * "German" (song), a 2019 song by No Money Enterprise * ''The German'', a 2008 short film * "The Germans", an episode of ''Fawlty Towers'' * ''The German'', a nickname for Congolese rebel André Kisase Ngandu See also * Germanic (other) * Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Of The Weimar Republic
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 sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Modot
Gaston Modot (31 December 1887 – 20 February 1970) was a French actor. For more than 50 years he performed for the cinema working with a number of great French directors. Biography Modot lived in Montmartre at the beginning of the 20th century where he met Picasso and Modigliani. In 1909 he started his career with Gaumont and for the following 20 years he covered all silent film genres. In 1917 he was the main actor in Abel Gance's ''Mater dolorosa''. He played in Germaine Dulac and Louis Delluc's avant-garde films ''La fête espagnole'' (1919) and ''Fièvre'' (1921). With Max Linder, Modot played in Abel Gance's ''Au secours!'' (1924). Towards the end of the 1920s he performed in German-French co-productions. He is still famous for his role of "Manns" in Luis Buñuel's ''L'Âge d'Or'' (1930). He had his first role in a sound film with René Clair's '' Sous les toits de Paris'' (1930). He and Jean Gabin are main characters in Julien Duvivier's ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renée Héribel
Renée Héribel (9 February 1903 – 25 July 1952) was a French film actress.Goble p.322 Selected filmography * ''Fanfan la Tulipe'' (1925) * '' The White Slave'' (1927) * ''The City of a Thousand Delights'' (1927) * '' Prince Jean'' (1928) * ''The Joker'' (1928) * ''The King of Carnival'' (1928) * ''Cagliostro'' (1929) * ''The Three Masks'' (1929) * '' The Night of Terror'' (1929) * ''The Love Market'' (1930) * '' Everybody Wins'' (1930) * ''The Triangle of Fire ''The Triangle of Fire'' (French: ''Le triangle de feu'') is a 1932 French-German crime film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and Johannes Guter and starring Jean Angelo, André Roanne and Elisabeth Pinajeff.Crisp p.396 Cast * Jean Angelo as L'in ...'' (1932) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1903 births 1952 deaths French film actresses French silent film actresses 20th-century French actresses Actors fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Rommer
Claire Rommer (born Klara Romberger; 7 December 1904 – 19 August 1996) was a German stage and film actress. Selected filmography * '' The Queen of Whitechapel '' (1922) * '' The Anthem of Love'' (1922) * '' Der Herzog von Aleria'' (1923) * '' Judith'' (1923) * '' The Great Industrialist'' (1923) * '' The Fake Emir'' (1924) * '' The Third Watch'' (1924) * '' Playing with Destiny'' (1924) * '' The Man at Midnight'' (1924) * '' A Dangerous Game'' (1924) * ''Wallenstein'' (1925) * ''People in Need'' (1925) * ''The Iron Bride'' (1925) * '' Love Story'' (1925) * ''The Salesgirl from the Fashion Store'' (1925) * '' Ash Wednesday'' (1925) * ''The Third Squadron'' (1926) * ''In Treue stark'' (1926) * '' Circus Romanelli'' (1926) * ''Torments of the Night'' (1926) * ''Eternal Allegiance'' (1926) * '' Her Highness Dances the Waltz'' (1926) * ''The Woman from the Folies Bergères'' (1927) * ''Circle of Lovers'' (1927) * ''Children's Souls Accuse You'' (1927) * ''One Plus One Equals Thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Sohnle
Hans Sohnle (17 September 1895 – 24 March 1976) was a German art director.Chandler p.270 He frequently collaborated with Otto Erdmann on set designs. Selected filmography * ''The Loves of Käthe Keller'' (1919) * '' The Woman in Doctor's Garb'' (1920) * ''Kean'' (1921) * ''The Solemn Oath'' (1921) * '' Seafaring Is Necessary'' (1921) * ''The Curse of Silence'' (1922) * '' The Homecoming of Odysseus'' (1922) * '' Two Worlds'' (1922) * ''The Weather Station'' (1923) * ''Horrido'' (1924) * ''Prater'' (1924) * ''The Stolen Professor'' (1924) * '' The Woman in Flames'' (1924) * ''Joyless Street'' (1925) * ''Flight Around the World'' (1925) * '' The Golden Calf'' (1925) * ''Shadows of the Metropolis'' (1925) * ''The Third Squadron'' (1926) * ''The Great Duchess'' (1926) * '' The Poacher'' (1926) * ''Professor Imhof '' (1926) * ''Tea Time in the Ackerstrasse'' (1926) * ''The Pride of the Company'' (1926) * '' The White Slave'' (1927) * ''The City of a Thousand Delights'' (1927) * ''Qu ... [...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] |
