|
1st Venice International Film Festival
The 1st annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 6 and 21 August 1932. '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' was the first film to be screened at the festival. No official prizes were awarded, so an audience referendum took place to determine the winners. Awards * Most Favorite Actor: Fredric March for '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' * Most Favorite Actress: Helen Hayes for ''The Sin of Madelon Claudet'' * Most Convincing Director: Nikolai Ekk for '' Putyovka v zhizn'' * Best Technical Perfection: Leontine Sagan for '' Mädchen in Uniform'' * Most Original Story (Fantasy): Rouben Mamoulian for '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' * Most Amusing Film: René Clair for ''À nous la liberté'' * Most Touching Film: Edgar Selwyn for ''The Sin of Madelon Claudet'' References External links *Venice Film Festival 1932 Awardson IMDb V Venice Film Festival 1932 film festivals Film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islands are in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay lying between the mouths of the Po and the Piave rivers (more exactly between the Brenta and the Sile). In 2020, around 258,685 people resided in greater Venice or the '' Comune di Venezia'', of whom around 55,000 live in the historical island city of Venice (''centro storico'') and the rest on the mainland (''terraferma''). Together with the cities of Padua and Treviso, Venice is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE), which is considered a statistical metropolitan area, with a total population of 2.6 million. The name is derived from the ancient Veneti people who inhabited the region by the 10th century BC. The city was historica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mädchen In Uniform (1931 Film)
' ("Girls in Uniform") is a 1931 German romantic drama film based on the play ' (''Yesterday and Today'') by Christa Winsloe and directed by Leontine Sagan with artistic direction from Carl Froelich, who also funded the film. Winsloe also wrote the screenplay and was on the set during filming. The film remains an international cult classic. Plot Manuela von Meinhardis, whose mother had died when she was young and whose father serves in the military, is enrolled at an all-girls boarding school headed by the traditional and iron-fisted Fräulein von Nordeck zur Nidden. Manuela feels out of place in this strict environment. After witnessing Fräulein von Bernburg's compassion for the other girls, Manuela develops a passionate love for her teacher. The first spark of love begins with a goodnight kiss. Manuela receives this goodnight kiss on her first night at the school and, while the teacher normally gives all the girls a goodnight kiss on the forehead, Fräulein von Bernburg k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Film Festivals
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 In Italy
Events from the year 1932 in Italy. Incumbents * King: Victor Emmanuel III. * Prime Minister: Benito Mussolini Events * January 1: the first number of the ''Quaderni di Giustizia e libertà'' appears in Paris. * January 4: convention between Italy and Turkey. * January 13: the fascist police vanquishes the Turin Giustizia e libertà group. * January 19: Italian troops seize the oasis of Kufra, center of the Libyan insurgents’ resistance * February 11: Pius XI. receives Mussolini in Vatican for the third anniversary of the Lateran treaty; the visits sign the rapprochement of Church and fascism, after the contrasts about the Azione Cattolica. * March 29: Filippo Turati dies in Paris. * April 9: The FIAT 508 Balilla, the first Italian people's car, is presented at the Milan Auto Show. * May 5: in Ferrara, 2. Conference of unionist and corporatist studies; in the debate, socialist idea emerges, as the “owner corporations” proposed by Ugo Spirito. * June 17: th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Selwyn
Edgar Selwyn (October 20, 1875 – February 13, 1944) was a prominent figure in American theatre and film in the first half of the 20th century. An actor, playwright, director and producer on Broadway, he founded a theatrical production company with his brother, Archibald Selwyn, and owned a number of Selwyn Theatres in the United States. He transferred his talents from the stage to motion pictures, and directed a film for which Helen Hayes received the Academy Award for Best Actress. Selwyn co-founded Goldwyn Pictures in 1916. Biography Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Selwyn flourished in the Broadway theater as an actor, playwright, director, and producer from 1899 to 1942. With his brother Archibald Selwyn (November 3, 1877 – June 21, 1959) he founded the theatrical production company The Selwyns which produced plays on Broadway from 1919 to 1932 (see, e.g., '' Wedding Bells''). The Selwyns owned several theatres in the United States including the Park Square Theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
À Nous La Liberté
''À nous la liberté'', sometimes written as ''À nous la liberté!'', (English: ''Freedom Forever'' or ''Freedom for Us'') is a 1931 French musical film directed by René Clair. With a score by Georges Auric, it has more music than any of Clair's other early works. Praised for its use of sound and Academy Award-nominated scenic design, the film has been called Clair's "crowning achievement". Plot summary Inmates at a French prison make toy wooden horses at a long table. Émile, one of the prisoners, distracts a guard so his friend, Louis, can steal a hook-shaped tool. That night, the pair escape from their cell. Louis scales the inner wall of the facility using a rope tied to the hook, but Émile is spotted when he tries to follow. Émile throws the rope to Louis and tells him to run for it. Several guards chase Émile, while Louis climbs the outer wall. Panicked, Louis runs into a road and is hit by a bicyclist. He rides off on the man's bicycle and ends up winning a ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Clair
René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. He went on to make some of the most innovative early sound films in France, before going abroad to work in the UK and USA for more than a decade. Returning to France after World War II, he continued to make films that were characterised by their elegance and wit, often presenting a nostalgic view of French life in earlier years. He was elected to the Académie française in 1960. Clair's best known films include '' Un chapeau de paille d'Italie'' (''The Italian Straw Hat'', 1928), '' Sous les toits de Paris'' (''Under the Roofs of Paris'', 1930), ''Le Million'' (1931), ''À nous la liberté'' (1931), ''I Married a Witch'' (1942), and ''And Then There Were None'' (1945). Early life René Clair was born and grew up in Paris in the district of Les ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rouben Mamoulian
Rouben Zachary Mamoulian ( ; hy, Ռուբէն Մամուլեան; October 8, 1897 – December 4, 1987) was an American film and theatre director. Early life Mamoulian was born in Tiflis, Russian Empire, to a family of Armenian descent. His mother, Virginia (née Kalantarian), was a director of the Armenian theatre, and his father, Zachary Mamoulian, was a bank president.Luhrssen, David (2013)''Mamoulian: Life on Stage and Screen'' University Press of Kentucky. p. 8; Mamoulian moved to England and started directing plays in London in 1922. He was brought to the United States the next year by Vladimir Rosing to teach at the Eastman School of Music and was involved in directing opera and theatre. In 1925, Mamoulian was head of the School of Drama, where Martha Graham was working at the time. Among other performances, together they produced a short, two-color film titled ''The Flute of Krishna'', featuring Eastman students. Mamoulian left Eastman shortly after, and Graham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leontine Sagan
Leontine Sagan (born Leontine Schlesinger; 13 February 1889 – 20 May 1974) was an Austrian-Hungarian theatre director and actress of Jewish descent. She is best known for directing '' Mädchen in Uniform'' (1931). Along with directing for both cinema and the stage, Sagan also acted in several films. She died in Pretoria, South Africa in 1974, at the age of 85. Personal life Born in either Budapest or Vienna in 1889, Sagan trained with Max Reinhardt, who is best known for his elaborate and imaginative sets and theatrics. In 1899, as a child, she moved to South Africa with her family just before the Second Boer War. She was educated in a German-language school in Johannesburg. In her later years, Sagan married publisher and writer Dr. Victor Fleischer; the union was childless. Career Sagan directed three films. She is best remembered for the first of two films she directed, '' Mädchen in Uniform'' (1931). It has an all-female cast and was ground-breaking not only for i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Venice International Film Festival
The 2nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 1 and 20 August 1934. This was the first year the festival had a competition with the Coppa Mussolini being awarded for Best Foreign Film and Best Italian Film. In-Competition films * '' Amok'' by Fyodor Otsep * '' Broken Dreams'' by Robert G. Vignola * ''Ekstase'' by Gustav Machatý * '' It Happened One Night'' by Frank Capra * ''La signora di tutti'' by Max Ophüls * '' Le Grand Jeu'' by Jacques Feyder * ''Little Women'' by George Cukor * ''Man of Aran'' by Robert J. Flaherty * '' Queen Christina'' by Rouben Mamoulian * '' The Private Life of Don Juan'' by Alexander Korda * ''Teresa Confalonieri'' by Guido Brignone * '' Viva Villa!'' by Jack Conway Awards * Best Foreign Film: ''Man of Aran'' by Robert J. Flaherty * Best Italian Film: ''Teresa Confalonieri'' by Guido Brignone * Golden Medal: ''Stadium'' by Carlo Campogalliani * Best Director: Gustav Machatý for '' Ecstasy'' * Best Actor: Wallace Bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road To Life (1931 Film)
''Road to Life'' (russian: Путёвка в жизнь, Putyovka v zhizn) is a 1931 Soviet drama film written and directed by Nikolai Ekk. The film won an award at the 1932 Venice International Film Festival, which went to Ekk for Most Convincing Director. It was the first sound film in the Soviet Union, and the first to be win a Best Director award at any film festival. Plot summary In Moscow operates one of the countless gangs of street kids – Zhigan's gang. The boys who belong to it have been living on the street for a long time. In December 1923 police forces conduct a raid, and catch about a thousand homeless children. Almost all of them are distributed to orphanages. But there are several dozen minors who run away from all the orphanages to which they are sent. For example, Mustafa has escaped 8 times and had to be returned 15 times by the authorities. What is one supposed to do with them? This leads to a decision to send them over to a house of correction, that is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Ekk
Nikolai Vladimirovich Ekk (russian: Николай Владимирович Экк; 14 June 1902 – 14 July 1976) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. "Ekk" was in fact a pseudonym; his real surname was Ivakin (russian: Ивакин).Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978) // 3rd edition. Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia Born in Riga, he studied acting and directing in the theater of Vsevolod Meyerhold. He directed six feature films between 1929 and 1967. Among them was the first Soviet sound film '' Road to Life'' and the first Soviet color motion picture film '' The Nightingale''. Filmography * ''How Should and How Shouldn't (Как надо и как не надо)'' (1929) * '' Road to Life (Путёвка в жизнь)'' (1931) * '' The Nightingale (Груня Корнакова)'' (1936) * ''The Fair of Sorochinsk (Сорочинская ярмарка)'' (1938) * ''When the Snow Is Falling... (Когда падает снег...)'' (1962) * ''A Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Venice")
