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Valeska Stock
Valeska Stock (1887–1966) was a German actress who appeared in around thirty films in supporting roles. Stock originally trained as a ballet dancer in her native Breslau, before moving into theatre and then into the film industry. She played the wife of Paul Wegener's Fabrikant Dreißiger in the 1927 film ''The Weavers''.Eisner p.354 Her final appearance was a small role in the 1949 East German production '' Rotation''. Partial filmography * ''Der Bekannte Unbekannte'' (1922) - Magd * '' Semi-Silk'' (1925) - Frau Weber * ''Upstairs and Downstairs'' (1925) - Frau Brenneis * '' The Mill at Sanssouci'' (1926) - seine Frau * '' Cab No. 13'' (1926) - Mme Coco * ''Der Prinz und die Tänzerin'' (1926) * '' The Captain from Koepenick'' (1926) * '' The Prince and the Dancer'' (1926) * '' Poor Little Colombine'' (1927) - Frau Rabe * ''Der Sieg der Jugend'' (1927) - Jesus Kümmelbackes Frau * ''The Weavers'' (1927) - Frau Dreißiger * ''Männer vor der Ehe'' (1927) - Ihre Mutter, Vermiete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trial Of Donald Westhof
''The Trial of Donald Westhof'' (German: ''Der Kampf des Donald Westhof'') is a 1927 German silent crime film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Oskar Homolka, Karin Evans and Imre Ráday.Nichols p.89 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Neppach. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. Produced by UFA, it was distributed as part of the Parufamet agreement. Cast * Oskar Homolka as Justizrat Lessing * Karin Evans as Olga Wolgast * Imre Ráday as Donald Westhof * Paul Henckels as Professor Westhof, Donalds Vater * Hermann Vallentin as Spieß, ein Gastwirt * Paul Otto as Gerichtsvorsitzender * Erna Morena as Thea Lessing, seine Frau * Lina Lossen as Leni Westhof * Nikolai Malikoff as Kußmaul, ein Schieber * Emilie Kurz as Frau Spieß * Elizza La Porta as Bertha Spieß, beider Tochter * Max Gülstorff as Defense lawyer * Erich Kaiser-Titz as Prosecutor * Valeska Stock a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Silent Film Actresses
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1966 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** Georgia House of Representatives, The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communism, Communist aggression there is e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1887 Births
Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. ** British emigrant ship ''Kapunda'' sinks after a collision off the coast of Brazil, killing 303 with only 16 survivors. * January 21 ** The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed in the United States. ** Brisbane receives a one-day rainfall of (a record for any Australian capital city). * January 24 – Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat the Italians. * January 28 ** In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are wide and thick. ** Construction work begins on the foundations of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. * February 2 – The first Groundhog Day is observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. * February 4 – The Interstate Commerce Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Million Look For An Heir
''Five Million Look for an Heir'' (german: Fünf Millionen suchen einen Erben) is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Heinz Rühmann, Leny Marenbach and Oskar Sima. It was based on a novel by Harald Baumgarten.Rentschler p. 343 It was shot at the Halensee and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alfred Bütow and Willi Herrmann. Plot The wealthy American uncle of vacuum cleaner salesman Peter Pett stipulated in his will that Peter may only inherit the five million dollars left to him if he is happily married. Otherwise, the five million should go to Peter's Scottish cousin Patrick. Commissioned by the executor, Mister Blubberboom comes to Europe to see if Peter is happy with his wife Hix too. But the insidious Blubberboom brings Peter to New York without his wife and wants to have the beautiful Mabel appears as his wife at the performance there. But Patrick, who looks confusingly like his cousin, also wants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Muzzle (1938 Film)
''The Muzzle'' (german: Der Maulkorb) is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Ralph Arthur Roberts, Hilde Weissner and Charlotte Schellhorn.Williams p. 150 It was remade in 1958. The film's art direction was by Robert Herlth. Cast * Ralph Arthur Roberts as Prosecutor Herbert von Traskow * Hilde Weissner as Elisabeth von Traskow * Charlotte Schellhorn as Trude von Traskow * Will Quadflieg as Rabanus, painter * Renée Stobrawa as Billa, maid * Theodor Loos as Senior Prosecutor * Paul Henckels as Wimm * Ludwig Schmitz as Bätes * Elisabeth Flickenschildt as the lady at the interrogation * Werner Pledath as dentist * Hermann Pfeiffer as Mühsaam, detective inspector * Maria Krahn as Mrs. Tigges * Gerd Høst as nude model * Otto Matthies as Thürnagel, trainee lawyer * Walter Bluhm as Little Match * Werner Scharf as Ali, painter * Hugo Werner-Kahle as chairman of the court hearing * Erich Ziegel as Councilor of Justice * Adolf Fischer as Schibulski, det ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Castle In Flanders
''The Castle in Flanders'' (german: Das Schloß in Flandern) is a 1936 German drama film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Mártha Eggerth, Paul Hartmann, and Georg Alexander. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Arthur Schwarz. Cast Reception Writing for '' Night and Day'' in 1937, Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquir ... gave the film a mixed review. Greene noted that the film's depictions of England and English culture were rather off the mark, but despite this he claimed that "th picture has merits" and that "there are excellent scenes" which he identified as the scenes in Ypres after the war had ended and Gloria Delamare (Eggerth) attempts to book a hotel r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artist Love
''Artist Love'' (german: Künstlerliebe) is a 1935 German historical drama film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring , Wolfgang Liebeneiner and Olga Chekhova. The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting. Synopsis In 1887 in Munich, a rising artist paints a portrait of a dancer. The success of it during an exhibition leads to him being awarded a major commission in Rome, and he begins to move in high society. By the time he returns home he has almost forgotten about her. Cast * as Toni *Wolfgang Liebeneiner as Peter *Olga Chekhova as Olivia Vanderhagen *Hans Brausewetter as Stupps * Harald Paulsen as Count Hohenstein *Genia Nikolaieva as Mizzi *Ilse Fürstenberg as Frau Heller *Otto Sauter-Sarto as Herr Sedlmair *Josefine Dora as Frau Sedlmair *Paul Mederow as Professor Bergland * F. W. Schröder-Schrom as Prince regent * Klaus Pohl as ballet master * Albert von Kersten as von Reedern *Kurt Keller-Nebri as Intendant *Paul Rehkopf as Artist love *Vale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Conquers All (1934 Film)
''Love Conquers All'' (german: Die Liebe siegt) is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Georg Zoch and starring Trude Marlen, Susi Lanner, and Jakob Tiedtke.Bock & Bergfelder p. 2 The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Czerwonski Erich Czerwonski (1889–1940) was a German art director.Kreimeier p.73 He designed the sets for around a hundred productions during his career. He died in 1940 after being struck by a train during a blackout. Filmography * '' The Black Panther .... Plot Advertising photographer Willy Schneider and musician Max Brehmer live poorly but contentedly under one roof, in a studio. When the caretaker Neumann wants to collect the rent, Willy is being taken over by the advertising manager of the Berger Silk Syndicate, Döring. He would like to have some of his advertising photos to present to his boss, director Berger. At Herr Berger's domicile, he sees Renée Neumann, his property manager's daughter, who works as a shorthand typist in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Don't Forget Such A Girl
''You Don't Forget Such a Girl'' (German: ''So ein Mädel vergißt man nicht'') is a 1932 Austrian-German romantic comedy film directed by Fritz Kortner and starring Willi Forst, Dolly Haas, and Oskar Sima. The film was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. It was the last film made by Kortner before he went into exile following the Nazi takeover of 1933.Hake p.29 Cast * Willi Forst as Paul Hartwig * Dolly Haas as Lisa Brandes * Oskar Sima as Max Bach * Max Gülstorff as Herr Körner * Ida Wüst as Frau Körner * Theo Lingen as Hahnen Jr. * Paul Hörbiger as Direktor Leopold Schrader * Julius Falkenstein as Dr. Berger * Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Bornemann * Hans Leibelt as Hahnen Sr. * Hans Walden as Agenturdirektor * Theodor Danegger as Hausportier * Edwin Jürgensen as Ewald * Valeska Stock Valeska Stock (1887–1966) was a German actress who appeared in around thirty films in supporting roles. Stock originally trained as a ballet dancer in her nativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolly Gets Ahead
''Dolly Gets Ahead'' (german: Dolly macht Karriere) is a 1930 German musical film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Dolly Haas, Oskar Karlweis, and Grete Natzler. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Heinz Fenschel and Jacek Rotmil Jacek Rotmil (1888–1944) was a Russian-born art director and production designer who worked on 100 films during his career Following the First World War, Rotmil entered the booming German film industry and worked prolifically until 1933. Follo .... Plot Boyish Dolly Klaren, who makes a living as a hat shop clerk, is an energetic tomboy. She would like to live out her full power as an artist and dreams of an acting career in the theater. She is close friends with the equally talented and unsuccessful musician Fred, who only laughs at Dolly when she tells him about her stage plans. With a trick, she can visit the local theater director Silbermann, who is in dire need: the leading role in a play h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
