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Wera Engels
Wera Engels (12 May 1905 – 16 November 1988) was a German actress. After successful leading roles in productions of the well-established German UFA-studios in Babelsberg as well as in France, she was invited to Hollywood. Producers saw her as a cheap alternative to Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich. She was contracted with RKO. She and actress Mary Pickford reportedly became good friends. In 1935 she returned to Germany, but left soon thereafter. Back in Hollywood, she dated Gary Cooper for a while but married Russian actor and writer Ivan Lebedeff. After Lebedeff's death in 1953 of angina pectoris, she moved back to Europe, where she stayed with several friends in London and Stockholm before she returned to Germany. She lived the rest of her life with Erna Hoffmann (widow of Heinrich Hoffmann, Hitler's friend and personal photographer) in the Munich area. Filmography *'' White Slave Traffic'' (1926) *'' Lützow's Wild Hunt'' (1927) * '' Did You Fall in Love Along the Beautifu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiel
Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland peninsula on the southwestern shore of the Baltic Sea, Kiel has become one of Germany's major maritime centres, known for a variety of international sailing events, including the annual Kiel Week, which is the biggest sailing event in the world. Kiel is also known for the Kiel mutiny, Kiel Mutiny, when sailors refused to board their vessels in protest against Germany's further participation in World War I, resulting in the abdication of the Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Kaiser and the formation of the Weimar Republic. The Olympic sailing competitions of the 1936 Summer Olympics, 1936 and the 1972 Summer Olympics#Venues, 1972 Summer Olympics were held in the Bay of Kiel. Kiel has also been one of the traditional homes of the German Nav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lützow's Wild Hunt (film)
''Lützow's Wild Hunt'' (German: ''Lützows wilde verwegene Jagd'') is a 1927 German silent war film. The 1927 German silent war film was directed by Richard OswaldPrawer p.207 and starring Ernst Rückert, Arthur Wellin and Mary Kid. The film's art direction was by Ernst Stern. It is part of the cycle of Prussian films and portrays the fight of Prussian troops under the command of Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow against the French during the Napoleonic Wars, commemorated in the poetry of Theodor Körner. Cast * Ernst Rückert as Theodor Körner * Arthur Wellin as Major von Lützow * Mary Kid as Toni Adamberger, Schauspielerin am Burgtheater * Paul Bildt as Napoleon Bonaparte * Wera Engels as Eleanore Prochaska, ein Bürgermädchen * Gerd Briese as Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz * Sig Arno as Franz I of Austria * Leopold von Ledebur as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe * Albert Steinrück as Ludwig van Beethoven * Friedrich Kühne as Klemens von Metternich * Harry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweepstake Annie
''Sweepstake Annie'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by William Nigh and starring Tom Brown, Marian Nixon and Wera Engels Wera Engels (12 May 1905 – 16 November 1988) was a German actress. After successful leading roles in productions of the well-established German UFA-studios in Babelsberg as well as in France, she was invited to Hollywood. Producers saw her as ....Pitts p.218 Cast References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005. External links * 1935 films 1935 comedy films American comedy films Films directed by William Nigh American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fugitive Road
''Fugitive Road'' is a 1934 American comedy drama film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Erich von Stroheim, Wera Engels and Leslie Fenton. It is set a border post in Austria following World War I. A variety of different people trying to cross the border end up stranded there, including an American gangster and a naïve young Russian woman hoping to sail to New York to join her brother. It was shot at the Universal Studios with sets designed by the art director Edward C. Jewell. Plot summary Cast * Erich von Stroheim as Hauptmann Oswald Von Traunsee * Wera Engels as Sonya Valinoff * Leslie Fenton as Frank Riker * George Humbert as Papa Vinocchio * Hank Mann as Johann, Traunsee's orderly * Harry Holman as Burgomaster * Ferdinand Schumann-Heink as Doctor * Michael Visaroff as Police capt. with moustache * Wilhelm von Brincken as Lieutenant Berne * Harry Allen as Herbert Smythe, ambulance driver * Anna Demetrio as Mama Vinocchio * Leonid Kinskey as Nic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Jasper
''The Great Jasper'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama film directed by J. Walter Ruben and written by H.W. Hanemann and Samuel Ornitz. The film stars Richard Dix, Edna May Oliver, Florence Eldridge, Wera Engels and Walter Walker. The film was released on February 17, 1933, by RKO Pictures. Plot The Great Jasper is a romantic drama which opens in the early days of the 20th century when Jasper Horn is introduced as a lively Irish driver of a New York City horse-drawn street car. Although Jasper is married and has a baby son, he has an affair with his bosses wife. Ten years later the boss discovers the true father of the boy he thought was his son, and fires Jasper. Jasper leaves his wife and child and becomes a boardwalk fortune-teller in Atlantic City, who begins to call himself The Great Jasper. Another 15 years pass and we discover that one of Jasper's sons has unfortunately become similar in behavior to Jasper. Cast *Richard Dix as Jasper Horn *Edna May Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ringer (1932 Film)
''The Ringer'' (German: ''Der Hexer'') is a 1932 Austrian-German mystery film directed by Martin Frič and Karel Lamač and starring Paul Richter, Maria Matray and Wera Engels. It is a screen adaptation of Edgar Wallace's 1925 novel '' The Ringer''.Bergfelder p.145 Another German version, '' Der Hexer'', was made in 1964. It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinz Fenchel. Synopsis A master of disguise, the notorious "Ringer" has returned to London and is sending threatening messages to the criminal Maurice Meister. Inspector Wenbury of Scotland Yard is deputed to capture the elusive Ringer before he is able to murder Meister. Cast * Paul Richter as Inspektor Wenbury * Maria Matray as Mary Lenley * Carl Walther Meyer as John Lenley * Wera Engels as Cora Ann Milton * Fritz Rasp as Maurice Meister * Paul Henckels as Hauptinspektor Bliss * Leopold Kramer as Polizeiarzt Dr. Lomond * Karl Etlinger as Sam Hackitt * Karl For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of Fortune
''Children of Fortune'' (German: ''Kinder des Glücks'') is a 1931 British-German crime film directed by Alexander Esway and starring Dina Gralla, Kurt Vespermann and Vicky Werckmeister. It was made as the German-language version of '' Children of Chance''.Murphy p.182 It was made at Elstree Studios and distributed in Germany by Süd-Film, which was owned by British International Pictures. Cast * Dina Gralla * Kurt Vespermann * Vicky Werckmeister * Jenny Kiefe * Wera Engels * Ekkehard Arendt * Michael von Newlinsky * Teddy Bill Teddy Bill (18 November 1900 – 11 February 1949) was an Austrian actor. Later in his career he was also credited as Teddy Kern. Selected filmography * ''Princess Trulala'' (1926) - Lackei * ''Vienna - Berlin'' (1926) - Ein Heurigenfänger * ... * Rudolf Meinhard-Jünger References Bibliography * Murphy, Robert. ''Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion''. British Film Institute, 2006. External links * 1931 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Perfume Of The Lady In Black (1931 Film)
''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (French: ''Le parfum de la dame en noir'') is a 1931 French mystery film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Roland Toutain, Huguette Duflos, and Marcel Vibert.Spicer p.455 It is an adaptation of the 1908 novel ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' by Gaston Leroux featuring the detective Joseph Rouletabille. It follows on from L'Herbier's ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' made the previous year. It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Pierre Schild. Cast * Roland Toutain as Joseph Rouletabille * Huguette Duflos as Mathilde * Marcel Vibert as Le vieux Bob * Léon Belières as Sainclair * Edmond Van Daële as Robert Darzac * Wera Engels as Edith Rance * Kissa Kouprine as Marie * Henri Kerny Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the 'List of rulers n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Copper (1930 Film)
''The Copper'', or ''The Grasper'' (german: Der Greifer), is a 1930 British-German crime film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Hans Albers, Charlotte Susa, and Margot Landa. It is the German-language version of the British film '' Night Birds'', which was also directed by Eichberg but with an English-speaking cast. Both films were made by British International Pictures at their Elstree Studios at a time when such multiple-language versions were common. It was a success in Germany, launching Albers as a major star. In 1958, the film was remade with Albers reprising his role. Plot Scotland Yard's Sergeant Harry Cross investigates a brazen robbery at a London mansion in which a large dinner party was robbed of all their jewelry and valuables. A servant was stabbed with a throwing knife. Sergeant Cross and Chief Inspector Warrington immediately suspect Messer-Jack and his gang to be behind the robbery-murder. For some time now, they have been terrifying the residents of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Streets Of London (1929 Film)
''The Streets of London'' is a 1929 British silent crime film directed by Norman Lee and starring David Dunbar, Wera Engels and Jack Rutherford. It was adapted from Dion Boucicault's play of the same title and was made at Isleworth Studios.Wood p.66 Plot A man embezzles the fortune of a dead captain's daughter. Cast * David Dunbar as Gideon Bloodgood * Wera Engels as Alida * Jack Rutherford as Mark Livingstone * Charles Lincoln as Inspector Benson * Beatrice Duffy as Lucy * Janice Adair Janice Adair (25 May 1905 – 11 November 1996) was a British film actress of the early sound era. She was married to the film editor Alfred Roome. Biography Janice Adair was born Beatrice Mary Duffy in Morpeth, Northumberland in 1905 to Thom ... as Girl References Bibliography * Low, Rachel. ''The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929''. Routledge, 1997. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1929 films Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
