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The Crimson Circle (1929 Film)
''The Crimson Circle'' (german: Der rote Kreis) is a 1929 British-German crime film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Fred Louis Lerch, and Stewart Rome. The film, a co-production between British International Pictures and Efzet Film, was made in both a silent version and a sound version filmed in the Phonofilm sound-on-film system. In March 1929, this film and '' The Clue of the New Pin'', filmed in the British Phototone sound-on-disc process, were previewed in London. The film is an adaptation of the 1922 Edgar Wallace novel '' The Crimson Circle'' in which Scotland Yard detectives battle a gang of blackmailer Blackmail is an act of coercion using the threat of revealing or publicizing either substantially true or false information about a person or people unless certain demands are met. It is often damaging information, and it may be revealed to fam ...s. A previous UK version was filmed in 1922. Plot Police battle against a gang of blackmailers know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederic Zelnik
Frederic Zelnik (born Friedrich Zelnik, 17 May 1885 – 29 November 1950) was an Austrian producer, director, and actor. He was one of the most important producers-directors of the German silent cinema. Zelnik achieved success through period operetta films in the 1920s and 1930s. Biography Friedrich Zelnik was born into a Jewish family in Czernowitz, today in Ukraine, at the time the capital of the Duchy of Bukovina in the Austrian part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. After studying in Vienna, Friedrich Zelnik worked as an actor in theaters in Nürnberg, Aachen, Worms, Prague and finally Berlin - in the theaters Theater an der Königsgrätzer Straße, Berliner Theater, and Komödienhaus. In 1914 Friedrich Zelnik began acting in films, and after 1915 producing and directing movies while still appearing in roles as an actor in other director'films. In 1918 he married a young Polish ballet dancer turned film actress named Lya Mara and promoted her to stardom by producing and direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sound-on-disc
Sound-on-disc is a class of sound film processes using a phonograph or other disc to record or play back sound in sync with a motion picture. Early sound-on-disc systems used a mechanical interlock with the movie projector, while more recent systems use timecode. Examples of sound-on-disc processes France * The Chronophone ( Léon Gaumont) "Filmparlants" and phonoscènes 1902–1910 (experimental), 1910–1917 (industrial)Thomas Louis Jacques Schmitt, « The genealogy of clip culture » in Henry Keazor, Thorsten Wübbena (dir.) ''Rewind, Play, Fast Forward'', transcript, United States * Vitaphone introduced by Warner Bros. in 1926 * Phono-Kinema, short-lived system, invented by Orlando Kellum in 1921 (used by D. W. Griffith for '' Dream Street'') * Digital Theater Systems United Kingdom * British Phototone, short-lived UK system using 12-inch discs, introduced in 1928-29 ('' Clue of the New Pin'') Other * Systems with the film projector linked to a phonograph or cylinde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Döblin
Hugo Döblin (29 October 1876 – 4 November 1960) was a German stage and film actor.Hardt p.233 He appeared in more than eighty films, most of them during the silent era. The Jewish Döblin left Germany following the Nazi Party's rise to power in 1933, and after moving first to Czechoslovakia and Austria, eventually settled in Switzerland. His younger brother was novelist, essayist, and doctor Alfred Döblin (1878–1957). Selected filmography * '' Hearts are Trumps'' (1920) * ''From Morn to Midnight'' (1920) * ''Burning Country'' (1921) * ''Seafaring Is Necessary'' (1921) * '' Danton'' (1921) * '' The House on the Moon'' (1921) * '' The Oath of Stephan Huller'' (1921) * '' Lady Hamilton'' (1921) * '' Lola Montez, the King's Dancer'' (1922) * '' The Big Shot'' (1922) * ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (1922) * '' The False Dimitri'' (1922) * '' Your Valet'' (1922) * '' The Lady and Her Hairdresser'' (1922) * '' Die Gezeichneten'' (1922) * '' A Glass of Water'' (1923) * '' A Woman, an Animal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Ziener
Bruno Ziener (11 June 1870 – 9 February 1941) was a German stage and film actor and director. He appeared in over 100 films between 1913 and 1941. He also directed 28 silent films such as ''The Flight into Death'' (1921).Grange p. 95 Selected filmography Director * ''The Beggar Countess'' (1918) * '' Maria'' (1919) * ''The Flight into Death'' (1921) Actor * ''Die große Sünderin'' (1914) - Bankier Hausmann * ''Lottekens Feldzug'' (1915) * ''Der Brieföffner'' (1916) - Mörder * ''Im Joche des Schicksals'' (1916) - Bankier Karl Heidinger * ''Professor Erichsons Rivale'' (1916) - Prof. Dircksen * ''Aussage verweigert'' (1916) * ''Die Reise ins Jenseits'' (1916) - Herzog * ''Der Schloßschrecken'' (1916) * ''Der Fakir im Frack'' (1916) - Der Fakir im Frack * ''The Night Talk'' (1917) - Jan Routt * ''Das Nachtgespräch'' (1917) * ''Königliche Bettler'' (1917) * ''Aus vergessenen Akten'' (1917) * ''Ein scharfer Schuss'' (1917) * ''Der Fall Dombronowska...!'' (1917) - Kunstmaler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Ann
Annie may refer to: People and fictional characters * Annie (given name), a given name and a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Annie (actress) (born 1975), Indian actress * Annie (singer) (born 1977), Norwegian singer Theatre and film * ''Annie'' (musical), a 1977 musical ** ''Annie'' (1982 film) *** ''Annie'' (1982 film soundtrack) *** '' Annie: A Royal Adventure!'', a 1995 telefilm sequel ** ''Annie'' (1999 film) *** ''Annie'' (1999 film soundtrack) ** ''Annie'' (2014 film) *** ''Annie'' (2014 film soundtrack) * ''Annie'' (1976 film), a British-Italian film Music * ''Annie'' (Anne Murray album) (1972) * "Annie" (song), a 1999 song by Our Lady Peace * "Annie", a song by SafetySuit * "Annie", a song by Pete Townshend from ''Rough Mix'' * "Annie", a 1972 song by Sutherland Brothers * "Annie", a 1995 song by Elastica from the album ''Elastica'' Other uses * Cyclone Annie (other) * ''Annie'' (locomotive) * ''Annie'' (sloop), a ship bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilka Grüning
Ilka Grüning (born Ilka Henriette Grunzweig; 4 September 1876 – 11 November 1964) was an Austrian-Hungarian actress. Born in Vienna in the old Austrian-Hungarian Empire, she was one of many Jewish actors and actresses that were forced to flee Europe when the Nazis came to power in 1933. A respected and famous actress of her time in the German-language area, she was forced to play bit parts in Hollywood. Career German career At age 17, Ilka Grüning made her stage debut in ''Miss Julie'' and quickly became a famous stage actress. Grüning's first film, at age 43, was a German silent movie called ''Todesurteil'' in 1919. Next, she starred with Conrad Veidt in ''Peer Gynt''. Later that year, she and Veidt appeared in ''Die sich verkaufen''. She continued making silent movies in Germany into the 1920s. In 1920, she appeared in the film ''Die Bestie im Menschen'' based on the novel '' La Bête humaine'' by Émile Zola. This were two of 11 films she appeared in that y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Treßler
Otto Treßler, also Otto Tressler, (13 April 1871 – 27 April 1965) was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1915 and 1962. He was born in Stuttgart, Germany and died in Vienna, Austria. He was a close friend to Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria. Partial filmography * ''The Story of a Maid'' (1921) - Leopold * '' Frau Dorothys Bekenntnis'' (1921) * ''Das Weib des Irren'' (1921) - Graf * ''Children of Darkness'' (1921, part 1, 2) - Schiffskapitän Pool * ''Die Narrenkappe der Liebe'' (1921) - Spieler * ''Pflicht und Ehre'' (1924) * ''Le fauteuil 47'' (1926) - Le baron Lebret * '' The Crimson Circle'' (1929) - Ministerpräsident * '' Storm in a Water Glass'' (1931) - Gerichtsvorsitzender * ''Gently My Songs Entreat'' (1933) - Graf Esterhaazy * ''The Racokzi March'' (1933) - Der Regimentsarzt * '' When You're Young, the World Belongs to You'' (1934) - Rossani * '' The Island'' (1934) - Der Botschafter * ''Abenteuer eines jungen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Marlow
Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi actor and singer, son of Hans Raj Hans * Hans clan, a tribal clan in Punjab, Pakistan Places * Hans, Marne, a commune in France * Hans Island, administrated by Greenland and Canada Arts and entertainment * ''Hans'' (film) a 2006 Italian film directed by Louis Nero * Hans (Frozen), the main antagonist of the 2013 Disney animated film ''Frozen'' * ''Hans'' (magazine), an Indian Hindi literary monthly * ''Hans'', a comic book drawn by Grzegorz Rosiński and later by Zbigniew Kasprzak Other uses * Clever Hans, the "wonder horse" * ''The Hans India'', an English language newspaper in India * HANS device, a racing car safety device *Hans, the ISO 15924 code for Simplified Chinese script See also *Han (other) *Hans im Glück, a Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Albers
Hans Philipp August Albers (22 September 1891 – 24 July 1960) was a German actor and singer. He was the biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1960 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century. Early life Hans Albers was born in Hamburg, the son of a butcher, and grew up in the district of St. Georg. He was seriously interested in acting by his late teens and took acting classes without the knowledge of his parents. In 1915 Albers was drafted to serve in the German Army in World War I, but was wounded early on. After his release from the Hospital in Wiesbaden where he had been treated, he performed in the local Residenztheater in comedies, antics and operettas. After the war Albers moved to Berlin, where he found work as a comedic actor in various Weimar-Era Berlin theatres. His breakthrough performance was that of a waiter in the play ''Verbrecher'' (Criminals). It was also in Berlin that Albers began a long-term relationship with Jewi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Wallburg
Otto Wallburg (21 February 1889 – 29 October 1944) was a German actor and Kabarett performer. He was a prolific film actor during the late silent and early sound era. Wallburg was born Otto Maximilian Wasserzug in Berlin, the son of a Jewish banker. He drifted into stage acting, but served in the German Army during the First World War and was wounded on the Eastern Front after winning an Iron Cross. From 1926 onwards he worked in the large German film industry, including many productions made by UFA. When the Nazis came to power in 1933 he left Germany and moved to Austria where he continued to work in film. He later moved to France and then on to the Netherlands. He was arrested following the 1940 German invasion of the Netherlands. He was held for a while at Westerbork transit camp, and later moved to Auschwitz where he was killed. Selected filmography * '' Uneasy Money'' (1926) - Herr Fischer * ''Chaste Susanne'' (1926) - Charency * ''Derby'' (1926) - Emil Hensc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Castle (silent Actor)
John Michael Frederick Castle (born 14 January 1940) is an English actor. He is best known for his film and television work, most notably playing Bill in Michelangelo Antonioni's '' Blowup'' (1966) and Geoffrey in ''The Lion in Winter'' (1968). His other significant credits include ''Man of La Mancha'' (1972) and '' RoboCop 3'' (1993). Early life Born in Croydon, Castle was educated at Brighton College and Trinity College, Dublin, and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Work Castle's first appearance was as Westmoreland on stage in '' Henry V'' on 5 June 1964, at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park. He was 24 years old. His first Broadway theatre appearance was in February 1970 as "Jos" in the short-lived musical '' Georgy''. His screen debut was in Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film '' Blowup'' playing David Hemmings' artist friend, Bill. In 1968, he portrayed the plotting Prince Geoffrey in the film adaptation of ''The Lion in Winter'', starring Pete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Steinrück
Albert Steinrück (20 May 1872 – 10 February 1929) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1910 and 1929. He starred in the 1923 film '' The Treasure'', which was directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. He was also a leading role in the German expressionist 1920 film ''The Golem'', in which he plays a rabbi. Selected filmography * ''Japanisches Opfer'' (1910) - Ein Delegierter * ''Der Volkstyrann'' (1913) - Gouverneur * ''Prinz Keo. Der Raub der Mumie'' (1919) - Professor Scrupello * ''Die sterbende Salome'' (1919) - Bildhauer * ''Das Milliardentestament'' (1920) * '' The Girl from Acker Street'' (1920-1921, part 1, 3) - Vater Schulze * '' Catherine the Great'' (1920) * '' Madame Récamier'' (1920) * '' The Mayor of Zalamea'' (1920) - Pedro Crespo * '' The Golem: How He Came into the World'' (1920) - Der Rabbi Löw / Rabbi Loew * '' The Guilt of Lavinia Morland'' (1920) - John Morland * ''Berlin W.'' (1920) * ''Ana Bolena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
