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Princess Priscilla's Fortnight
''Princess Priscilla's Fortnight'' is a 1905 comedy-drama novel by the British writer Elizabeth von Arnim, known at the time as Elizabeth, Countess Russell. It was turned into a play '' The Cottage in the Air'' in 1909.Boardman p.666 Film adaptation In 1929 the novel was turned into a film '' The Runaway Princess'' directed by Anthony Asquith and Fritz Wendhausen and starring Mady Christians, Norah Baring and Paul Cavanagh. It was a co-production between the Britain and Germany, and a separate German language version '' Priscillas Fahrt ins Glück'' was made. References Bibliography * Boardman, Gerald Martin. ''American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1869-1914''. Oxford University Press, 1994. 1905 British novels British novels adapted into films Novels by Elizabeth von Arnim British comedy novels {{Elizabeth von Arnim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Von Arnim
Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 – 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat, and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin and her second Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. After her first husband's death, she had a three-year affair with the writer H. G. Wells, then later married Frank Russell, elder brother of the Nobel prize-winner and philosopher Bertrand Russell. She was a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield. Though known in early life as May, her first book introduced her to readers as Elizabeth, which she eventually became friends and finally to family. Her writings are ascribed to Elizabeth von Arnim. She used the pseudonym Alice Cholmondeley for only one novel, '' Christine'', published in 1917. Early life She was born at her family's home on Kirribilli Point in Sydney, Australia, to Henry Herron Beauc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cottage In The Air
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Runaway Princess
''The Runaway Princess'' is a 1929 British- German silent drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and Fritz Wendhausen and starring Mady Christians, Fred Rains, Paul Cavanagh, and Anne Grey. Production The film was a co-production between British Instructional Films and the German company Laender Film. It was made at Laenderfilm Studios in Berlin and Welwyn Studios in Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern .... It was based on the 1905 novel '' Princess Priscilla's Fortnight'' by Lady Elizabeth Russell. An alternative German-language version known as ''Priscillas Fahrt ins Glück'' was directed by Fritz Wendhausen. Cast References External links * 1929 films British silent feature films Films of the Weimar Republic 1929 drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Asquith
Anthony William Landon Asquith (; 9 November 1902 – 20 February 1968) was an English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on '' The Winslow Boy'' (1948) and '' The Browning Version'' (1951), among other adaptations. His other notable films include '' Pygmalion'' (1938), '' French Without Tears'' (1940), '' The Way to the Stars'' (1945) and a 1952 adaptation of Oscar Wilde's ''The Importance of Being Earnest''. Life and career Born in London, he was the son of H. H. Asquith, the Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916, and Margot Asquith, who was responsible for 'Puffin' as his family nickname.Anthony Asquith biography at BFI Screenonline He was educated at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Wendhausen
Fritz Wendhausen(7 August 1890, Wendhausen – 5 January 1962, Königstein im Taunus) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. He is also credited as Frederick Wendhausen and F.R. Wendhausen. In 1938 he emigrated to Britain from Nazi Germany. Selected filmography Screenwriter * '' The Grand Duke's Finances'' (1924) * '' The Trial of Donald Westhof'' (1927) * '' Dreyfus'' (1930) * ''1914'' (1931) * ''The Marriage Swindler'' (1938) Actor * '' Old Heidelberg'' (1923) * '' Secret Mission'' (1942) * '' Tomorrow We Live'' (1943) * '' Beware of Pity'' (1946) * '' Odette'' (1950) * '' Desperate Moment'' (1953) * '' Orders to Kill'' (1958) Director * '' The Eternal Curse'' (1921) * '' Madame de La Pommeraye's Intrigues'' (1922) * '' The Stone Rider'' (1923) * ''The Director General'' (1925) * '' His Toughest Case'' (1926) * '' The Trial of Donald Westhof'' (1927) * ''Out of the Mist'' (1927) * '' A Woman with Style'' (1928) * '' The Runaway Princess'' (1929) * '' Queen of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mady Christians
Marguerita Maria "Mady" Christians (January 19, 1892 – October 28, 1951) was an Austrian actress who had a successful acting career in theatre and film in the United States until she was blacklisted during the McCarthy period. Biography She was born on January 19, 1892, to Rudolph Christians, a well-known German actor, and his wife, Bertha. Her family moved to Berlin when she was one year old, and to New York City in 1912, where her father became the Irving Place Theatre's general manager. Five years later she returned to Europe to study under Max Reinhardt. She appeared in several European films before the early 1930s. In 1929, she starred in the first full sound film made in Germany '' It's You I Have Loved''. In 1933, she toured the United States in a play called ''Marching By'' and was offered a Broadway contract the following year that allowed her, as several other German artists, to seek refuge from the Nazi regime in the United States. On Broadway, Christians played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norah Baring
Norah Baring (26 November 1905 – 8 February 1985), born Nora Minnie Baker, was an English stage and film actress most famous on screen for portraying "Diana Baring" in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller ''Murder!'' (1930). She is also known for playing the female lead in Anthony Asquith's silent thriller ''A Cottage on Dartmoor'' (1929). Baring studied art prior to becoming an actress. Filmography * ''Underground'' (1928) * '' Parisiennes'' (1928) * '' The Celestial City'' (1929) * '' The Runaway Princess'' (1929) * ''A Cottage on Dartmoor'' (1929) * ''Murder! ''Murder!'' is a 1930 British thriller film co-written and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring and Edward Chapman. Written by Hitchcock, his wife Alma Reville and Walter C. Mycroft, it is based on the 1 ...'' (1930) * '' Should a Doctor Tell?'' (1930) * '' Two Worlds'' (1930) * '' At the Villa Rose'' (1930) * '' The Lyons Mail'' (1931) * '' Strange Evidence'' (1933) * '' The House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Cavanagh
William Grigs Atkinson (8 December 1888 – 15 March 1964), known professionally as Paul Cavanagh, was an English film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1928 and 1959. Life and career Cavanagh was born in Felling, Durham. He attended the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was an undergraduate student. Cavanagh studied law in England, earning a master of arts degree at Cambridge. A newspaper article published 17 June 1931, reported, "It is on record that Cavanagh won high honors in mathematics and history." Cavanagh practised "for several years" before he changed professions. He went to Canada "for a year of sightseeing and wandering" before he joined and served nine months with the Royal North-West Mounted Police. After serving in World War I, he returned to Canada, where he practised law, including revising the statutes of Alberta, but eventually went back to England to practise law. Cavanagh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Co-production (filmmaking)
A co-production is a joint venture between two or more different production companies for the purpose of film production, television production, video game development, and so on. In the case of an international co-production, production companies from different countries (typically two to three) are working together. Co-production also refers to the way services are produced by their users, in some parts or entirely. History and benefits The journalist Mark Lawson identifies the first use of the term, in the context of radio production, in 1941, although the programme to which he refers, '' Children Calling Home'', "Presented in collaboration between the CBC of Canada, NBC of the U.S.A., and the BBC, and broadcast simultaneously in all three countries", was first broadcast in December 1940. Following the Second World War, US film companies were forbidden by the Marshall Plan to take their film profits in the form of foreign exchange out of European countries. As a result, sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priscillas Fahrt Ins Glück
''The Runaway Princess'' is a 1929 British-German silent drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and Fritz Wendhausen and starring Mady Christians, Fred Rains, Paul Cavanagh, and Anne Grey. Production The film was a co-production between British Instructional Films and the German company Laender Film. It was made at Laenderfilm Studios in Berlin and Welwyn Studios in Hertfordshire. It was based on the 1905 novel ''Princess Priscilla's Fortnight'' by Lady Elizabeth Russell. An alternative German-language version known as ''Priscillas Fahrt ins Glück'' was directed by Fritz Wendhausen Fritz Wendhausen(7 August 1890, Wendhausen – 5 January 1962, Königstein im Taunus) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. He is also credited as Frederick Wendhausen and F.R. Wendhausen. In 1938 he emigrated to Britain from Nazi .... Cast References External links * 1929 films British silent feature films Films of the Weimar Republic 1929 drama films German sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1905 British Novels
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British Novels Adapted Into Films
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