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Vera Baranovskaia
Vera Vsevolodovna Baranovskaya (russian: Вера Всеволодовна Барановская; 1885 – 7 December 1935) was a Russian Empire and Soviet actress. She performed in more than twenty films between 1916 and 1935. Biography Baranovskaya was born in 1885 Saint Petersburg. She studied acting at the Moscow Art Theatre, where her teacher was Konstantin Stanislavsky. She became member of the Moscow Art Theater troupe in 1903. In 1915 she began to perform independently in theaters of Kharkiv, Odessa, Tiflis, Kazan, and other cities. Baranovskaia’s screen debut was in ''The Thief-Benefactor'' (1916), an Anton Chekhov adaptation. In the year 1922 she founded the artistic-theatrical workshop ("Mastbar") in Moscow. In the 1920s she worked in Germany and Czechoslovakia. In 1926, Vsevolod Pudovkin cast her as Nilovna, the heroine of his revolutionary tragedy ''Mother'', an adaptation of Mother (novel), Maksim Gorky’s 1906 novel. Baranovskaia, who was 40 at the time of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), is the second-largest city in Russia. It is situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, with a population of roughly 5.4 million residents. Saint Petersburg is the fourth-most populous city in Europe after Istanbul, Moscow and London, the most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As Russia's Imperial capital, and a historically strategic port, it is governed as a federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the site of a captured Swedish fortress, and was named after apostle Saint Peter. In Russia, Saint Petersburg is historically and culturally associated with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Such Is Life (1929 Film)
''Such Is Life'' (Czech: ''Takový je život'') is a 1930 Czech drama film directed by and starring Vera Baranovskaya, Theodor Pištěk and . The German director Carl Junghans was unable to secure funding in his native country, but eventually found an investor in Theodor Pištěk and the movie was made in Czechoslovakia. Plot The movie follows story of a washerwoman, her lazy husband and her daughter. Cast * Vera Baranovskaya as Washerwoman * Theodor Pištěk as Washerwoman's husband * as Washerwoman's daughter * Wolfgang Zilzer as Washerwoman's daughter's boyfriend * Jindřich Plachta as Seamster * Manja Kellerová as Seamster's wife * Eman Fiala as Pianist * Valeska Gert as Waitress * Uli Tridenskaya as Washerwoman's friend * Betty Kysilková as Teller * Edith Ledererová as Seamster's daughter * Max Körner as Coal company owner Reception The film was well received by critics and audience, however being a silent film in 1930 it couldn't compete with sound films and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Emigrants To France
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk ( Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Silent Film Actresses
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk (Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From The Russian Empire
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From Saint Petersburg
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Deaths
Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of 2,408 miles. * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical development of Prontosil, the first broadly effective antibiotic, is published in a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1885 Births
Events January–March * January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam. * January 4 – The first successful appendectomy is performed by Dr. William W. Grant, on Mary Gartside. * January 17 – Mahdist War in Sudan – Battle of Abu Klea: British troops defeat Mahdist forces. * January 20 – American inventor LaMarcus Adna Thompson patents a roller coaster. * January 24 – Irish rebels damage Westminster Hall and the Tower of London with dynamite. * January 26 – Mahdist War in Sudan: Troops loyal to Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad conquer Khartoum; British commander Charles George Gordon is killed. * February 5 – King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State, as a personal possession. * February 9 – The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii. * February 16 – Charles Dow publishes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monsieur Albert
''Monsieur Albert'' is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Karl Anton and starring Noël-Noël, Betty Stockfeld and Marcel Barencey.Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. p. 167. It was produced by the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Henri Ménessier. Cast *Noël-Noël as Monsieur Albert * Betty Stockfeld as Sylvia Robertson * Marcel Barencey as Octave * Charles Carson as Mr. Robertson *Edwige Feuillère as La comptesse Peggy Riccardi *Vera Baranovskaya as La duchesse *Louis Baron fils as Le roi *René Donnio as William *Jean Mercanton as Le groom *Georges Bever *Palau Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night At The Hotel
''The Night at the Hotel'' (French: ''Une nuit à l'hôtel'') is a 1932 French drama film directed by Leo Mittler and starring Marcelle Romée, Jean Périer and Betty Stockfeld.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.113 It was made at the Joinville Studios in Paris by the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. Cast * Marcelle Romée as Marion Barnes * Jean Périer as Le colonel Cartier * Betty Stockfeld as Jennifer * Maurice Lagrenée as Fred * Lise Jaux as Mme. Cartier * Yvonne Hébert as Louise * Willy Rozier as Emmanuel * Magdeleine Bérubet as Aimée, la violoniste * Vera Baranovskaya as La Russe désabusée * Marcel Carpentier * Hubert Daix as Le docteur * Marcel Dalio as Jérôme * Henry Harment as Le docteur * Marcel Loche * Jeannie Luxeuil * Marcel Vallée Marcel Vallée (15 January 1880, in Paris – 31 October 1957, in Fontaine-le-Port) was a French actor, primarily of the theater. He began working in films with Max Linder in 1906. He appeared in some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reckless Youth (1931 Film)
''Reckless Youth'' (german: Leichtsinnige Jugend) is a 1931 German film directed by Leo Mittler and starring Camilla Horn, Walter Rilla and Alfred Gerasch.Beckman p. 256 It was made by Paramount Pictures at the Joinville Studios in Paris as a remake of the company's American film '' Manslaughter''. Cast * Camilla Horn as Lydia Thorne * Walter Rilla as Dan O'Bannon, Prosecutor * Alfred Gerasch as Dr. Albee, Lawyer * Grit Haid as Ellinor * Hertha von Hagen as Miß Bennett * Marguerite Roma as Bessie * Harald Smith * Jaro Fürth as Pierce * Elisabeth Bechtel as 1. Aufseherin * Vera Baranovskaya as * Eugen Jensen Eugen Jensen (1871–1957) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He worked frequently in the Austrian and German cinemas during the silent era in supporting roles in films such as ''The Love of Jeanne Ney'' (1927).Eisner p.351 Following the Anchlu ... as Morson * Josef Bunzl as Peters * Maroth Marothy as Forster * Emil Ritter as Kommissar References Bibliog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
