The Private Secretary (1931 Italian Film)
''The Private Secretary'' (Italian:''La segretaria privata'') is a 1931 Italian " white-telephones" musical film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Elsa Merlini, Nino Besozzi and Sergio Tofano. It was the Italian-language version of the German film '' Die Privatsekretärin''. Cast * Elsa Merlini - Elsa Lorenzi * Nino Besozzi - Il banchiere Roberto Berri * Sergio Tofano - Otello, l'usciere * Cesare Zoppetti - Rossi, il capo del personale * Umberto Sacripante - Il direttore del 'Pergolato' * Ermanno Roveri - Il gagà alla stazione * Marisa Botti - La signorina Botti, segretaria * Renato Malavasi as Un signore che riceve uno schiaffo al 'Pergolato' * Alfredo Martinelli as Un cliente del 'Pergolato' * Noemi Orsini as Padrona della Pensione Primavera Other film versions * '' Tales of the Typewriter'' (December 1916, Hungary, directed by Alexander Korda) * ''The Private Secretary'' (January 1931, Germany, directed by Wilhelm Thiele) * '' Dactylo'' (Ap ...
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Goffredo Alessandrini
Goffredo Alessandrini (20 November 1904, in Cairo – 16 May 1978, in Rome) was an Italian scriptwriter and film director. He also acted, edited, and produced some films. He practiced athletics in his youth, and won a title of Italian champion on 110 meters hurdles in 1925. Biography He started in films collaborating with Alessandro Blasetti and was one of the most important film directors under Italian Fascism. His films received several awards at the Venice Film Festival during the Fascist era: the Mussolini Cup for Best Italian film in 1938, for ''Luciano Serra pilota'', and in 1939 for ''Abuna Messias''. He received the Biennale Award in 1942, for ''Noi Vivi'' and ''Addio Kira!'' His most remembered and important works are two anti-Communist films (combined to comprise 4 hours), both based on Ayn Rand's '' We the Living''. Without Rand's permission, ''We the Living'' was made into a pair of films, ''Noi vivi'' and ''Addio, Kira'' in 1942, by Scalara Films, Rome. This was d ...
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Musical Film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate "production numbers". The musical film was a natural development of the stage musical after the emergence of sound film technology. Typically, the biggest difference between film and stage musicals is the use of lavish background scenery and locations that would be impractical in a theater. Musical films characteristically contain elements reminiscent of theater; performers often treat their song and dance numbers as if a live audience were watching. In a sense, the viewer becomes the diegetic audience, as the performer looks directly into the camera and performs to it. With the advent of sound in the late 1920s, musicals gained popularity with the public and are exemplified by the films of Busb ...
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Sunshine Susie
''Sunshine Susie'' is a 1931 British musical comedy film directed by Victor Saville and starring Renate Müller, Jack Hulbert, and Owen Nares. The film was shot at Islington Studios with sets designed by Alex Vetchinsky. It was based on a novel by István Szomaházy. An alternate German-language version ''The Private Secretary'' was made, also starring Renate Müller. It is also known under the alternative title ''The Office Girl''. The film established Müller as a star in Britain. Synopsis A young German woman moves to Vienna to seek work. With the assistance of Herr Hassell, a friendly commissionaire and budding conductor, she gains a job as a typist with a banking firm. Unknown to her, the man she takes to be a lowly clerk with the company who romances her at the local beer garden. is in fact the bank's director. Cast * Renate Müller as Susie Surster * Jack Hulbert as Herr Hasel * Owen Nares as Herr Arvray * Morris Harvey as Klapper * Sybil Grove as Secretar ...
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Dactylo
''The Typist'' (French: ''Dactylo'') is a 1931 French comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Marie Glory, Jean Murat and Armand Bernard. It was a French-language version of the German film '' Die Privatsekretärin'' which was itself based on a novel by István Szomaházy. It was followed by a 1934 sequel ''The Typist Gets Married''. The film's sets were designed by Otto Hunte and Franz Koehn. Cast * Marie Glory - Simone Dupré * Jean Murat - Paul Derval * Armand Bernard - Jules Fanfarel * Marie-Antoinette Buzet - La secrétaire * Jean Boyer - Moreau * Albert Broquin - Un choriste * André Michaud - Le garçon de restaurant * Vony Myriame Other film versions * '' Tales of the Typewriter'' (December 1916, Hungary, directed by Alexander Korda) * ''The Private Secretary'' (January 1931, Germany, directed by Wilhelm Thiele) * ''The Private Secretary'' (July 1931, Italy, directed by Goffredo Alessandrini) * ''Sunshine Susie'' (December 1931, United Kingdom, directed ...
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Wilhelm Thiele
Wilhelm Thiele (1890–1975) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director. He directed over 40 films between 1921 and 1960. Life and career Thiele started his show career as a stage actor. He got his start in Austrian and German film during the 1920s, most often as a director of film comedies. His biggest success was the highly influential musical film '' The Three from the Filling Station'' (1930), the highest-grossing film in Germany that year. Thiele, who was of Jewish descent,Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 211 left Germany during the Nazi Era. His first film in Hollywood, ''Lottery Lover'' in 1935, was without success and Thiele never achieved the same level of fame in Hollywood as he had Germany. He mostly made B-Pictures, but is credited with giving actress Dorothy Lamour her big start in movies with ''The Jungle Princess'' (1936). In the 1950s, he worked as a director ...
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The Private Secretary (1931 German Film)
''The Private Secretary'' (German: ''Die Privatsekretärin'') is a 1931 German musical film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Renate Müller, Hermann Thimig and Felix Bressart. The film's sets were designed by Otto Hunte and Franz Koehn. An English-language version ''Sunshine Susie'' was made, also starring Renate Müller. A French-language version '' Dactylo'' and an Italian-language ''The Private Secretary'' were also made. The film was remade in 1953. It was based on a 1905 novel by István Szomaházy. Cast * Renate Müller as Vilma Förster * Hermann Thimig as Bankdirektor Arvai * Felix Bressart as Bankdiener Hasel * Ludwig Stössel as Personalchef Klapper * Gertrud Wolle as Pensionsmutter Other film versions * '' Tales of the Typewriter'' (December 1916, Hungary, directed by Alexander Korda) * '' Dactylo'' (April 1931, France, directed by Wilhelm Thiele) * ''The Private Secretary'' (July 1931, Italy, directed by Goffredo Alessandrini) * ''Sunshine Susie'' ...
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Alexander Korda
Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; hu, Korda Sándor; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956)
BFI Screenonline. was a Hungarian-British film director, producer and screenwriter, who founded his own film production studios and film distribution company. Born in , where he began his career, he worked briefly in the Austrian and German film industries during the era of s, before being based in

Tales Of The Typewriter
''Tales of the Typewriter'' (Hungarian: ''Mesék az írógépröl'') is a 1916 Hungarian silent drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Lili Berky, Jenő Janovics and György Kürthy. It was based on a 1905 novel by István Szomaházy. Cast * Lili Berky as Vilma Lehmann, bank typist *Jenő Janovics Jenő Janovics (8 December 1872 – 16 November 1945) was a Hungarian film director, screenwriter and actor of the silent era. He directed 33 films between 1913 and 1920. He also wrote for 30 films between 1913 and 1918. He was the found ... as Bank manager * György Kürthy *László Betegh *Mihály Bérczy *Margit Erdei *Ilonka Gazda *Rezsö Harsányi *Ilona Jakabffy *József Berky *Aranka Laczkó *Vilmos Lengyel *Gyula Szendrő *Ilonka Székely *Ferenc Ujvári References External links * Hungarian silent films Hungarian drama films Films directed by Alexander Korda Films based on Hungarian novels Hungarian blac ...
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Noemi Orsini
Noemi or Noémi may refer to: * Noémie, a female given name of French origin; also spelt Noémi * Naomi (given name), a given name in many languages; also spelt Noemi * ''Noémi'' (novel), an 1895 historical novel by Sabine Baring-Gould ** Noemi (singer) (born 1982), Italian singer and music video director *** ''Noemi'' (EP), by Noemi * SS ''Noemi'' (1895), a steamship in service 1926–30 * SS ''Noemi'' (1942) a steamship in service 1961–65 * 703 Noëmi, a minor planet orbiting the sun * "Noémi", a part of the novel '' The Man with the Golden Touch'' by Mór Jókai * Noémi (novel), an 1895 novel by Sabine Baring-Gould See also * Naomi (other) Naomi or Naomie may refer to: People and biblical figures * Naomi (given name), a female given name and a list of people with the name * Naomi (biblical figure), Ruth's mother-in-law in the Old Testament Book of Ruth * Naomi (Romanian singer) (bor ...

Alfredo Martinelli
Alfredo Martinelli (7 March 1899 – 11 November 1968) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1916 and 1967. He was born and died in Siena, Tuscany. Selected filmography * ''I Topi Grigi'' (1918) * ''Tortured Soul'' (1919) * ''Il teschio d'oro'' (1920) * '' The Second Wife'' (1922) * '' The White Sister'' (1923) * '' La dama de Chez Maxim's'' (1923) * ''Romola'' (1924) * '' The Faces of Love'' (1924) * '' The Fiery Cavalcade'' (1925) * '' The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1926) * '' Floretta and Patapon'' (1927) * ''The Storyteller of Venice'' (1929) * '' Assunta Spina'' (1930) * '' The Charmer'' (1931) * ''Resurrection'' (1931) * ''Before the Jury'' (1931) * ''Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * ''The Devil's Lantern'' (1931) * ''The Private Secretary'' (1931) * ''The Opera Singer'' (1932) * ''Paradise'' (1932) * '' Seconda B'' (1934) * ''Everybody's Woman'' (1934) * ''A Woman Between Two Worlds'' (1936) * ''Adam's Tree'' (1936) * ''Hands Off Me!'' (1937) * ' ...
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Renato Malavasi
Renato Malavasi (8 August 1904 – 7 October 1998) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 135 films between 1921 and 1985. Selected filmography * '' The Golden Vein'' (1928) * '' The Song of Love'' (1930) * '' Lowered Sails'' (1931) * ''The Private Secretary'' (1931) * ''Resurrection'' (1931) * ''A Woman Between Two Worlds'' (1936) * '' King of Diamonds'' (1936) * '' To Live'' (1937) * '' Star of the Sea'' (1938) * '' For Men Only'' (1938) * ''A Thousand Lire a Month'' (1939) * ''The First Woman Who Passes'' (1940) * '' La zia smemorata'' (1940) * ''Two on a Vacation'' (1940) * '' Kean'' (1940) * ''Caravaggio'' (1941) * '' The Brambilla Family Go on Holiday'' (1941) * ''A Husband for the Month of April'' (1941) * ''The Hero of Venice'' (1941) * ''Idyll in Budapest'' (1941) * '' Sad Loves'' (1943) * ''A Living Statue'' (1943) * '' The Walls of Malapaga'' (1949) * '' Against the Law'' (1950) * ''Variety Lights'' (1950) * '' Feathers in the Wind'' (1950) * ''Ring Around the ...
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Marisa Botti
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