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Adolf Gärtner
Adolf Gärtner (24 July 1867 − 9 February 1937) was a German film director of the silent era.Cresswell & Dixon p.174 Selected filmography * ''The Night Talk'' (1917) * ''Sadja'' (1918) * ''The Lady in the Car'' (1919) * ''Between Two Worlds (1919 film), Between Two Worlds'' (1919) * ''Napoleon and the Little Washerwoman'' (1920) * ''Mary Tudor (1920 film), Mary Tudor'' (1920) * ''Princess Woronzoff'' (1920) * ''The Sons of Count Dossy'' (1920) * ''The Voice (1920 film), The Voice'' (1920) * ''The Devil and Circe'' (1921) * ''The Last Witness (1921 film), The Last Witness'' (1921) * ''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921) * ''The White Death (film), The White Death'' (1921) * ''The Riddle of the Sphinx (film), The Riddle of the Sphinx'' (1921) * ''The Circus Princess (1925 film), The Circus Princess'' (1925) References Bibliography * Tim Cresswell & Deborah Dixon. ''Engaging Film: Geographies of Mobility and Identity''. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002. External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Era
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when necessary, be conveyed by the use of inter- title cards. The term "silent film" is something of a misnomer, as these films were almost always accompanied by live sounds. During the silent era, which existed from the mid-1890s to the late 1920s, a pianist, theater organist—or even, in larger cities, an orchestra—would play music to accompany the films. Pianists and organists would play either from sheet music, or improvisation. Sometimes a person would even narrate the inter-title cards for the audience. Though at the time the technology to synchronize sound with the film did not exist, music was seen as an essential part of the viewing experience. "Silent film" is typically used as a historical term to describe an era of cinema prio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Witness (1921 Film)
''The Last Witness'' () is a 1921 German silent film directed by Adolf Gärtner and starring Albert Bassermann, Elsa Bassermann and Olga Engl.Krautz p. 76 It was shot in 1919, but not released until April 1921. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Dreier. Cast * Albert Bassermann * Elsa Bassermann * Irmgard Bern * Olga Engl * Friedrich Wilhelm Kaiser * Meinhart Maur * Fritz Moleska * Frida Richard Frida Richard (born Friederike Raithel, 1 November 1873 – 12 September 1946) was an Austrian actress. She was a prolific actress in both the silent and sound eras. Selected filmography * ''The Sin of Helga Arndt'' (1916) * '' The Queen's Lov ... References Bibliography * Alfred Krautz. ''International directory of cinematographers, set- and costume designers in film, Volume 4''. Saur, 1984. External links * 1921 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Adolf Gärtner German black-and-white films 1920s G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: The Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assassinate its leaders. * January 30 – The Moscow Trial initiated on January 23 is concluded. Thirteen of the defendants are Capital punishment, sentenced to death (including Georgy Pyatakov, Nikolay Muralov and Leonid Serebryakov), while the rest, including Karl Radek and Grigory Sokolnikov are sent to Gulag, labor camps and later murdered. They were i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1867 Births
There were only 354 days this year in the newly purchased territory of Alaska. When the territory transferred from the Russian Empire to the United States, the calendric transition from the Julian to the Gregorian Calendar was made with only 11 days instead of 12 during the 19th century. This change was made due to the territorial and Geopolitics, geopolitical shift from the Asian to the American side of the International Date Line. Friday, 6 October 1867 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Friday again on 18 October 1867 (instead of Saturday, 19 October 1867 in the Gregorian Calendar). Events January * January 1 – The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge, Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed after its designer, John A. Roebling, in 1983. * January 8 – African-American men are granted the right to vote in the District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Dixon
Deborah P. Dixon is a British geographer and Professor of Geography at the University of Glasgow. She is recognized for her contributions to feminist geopolitics. Dixon serves as the Deputy Head of School at the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences at Glasgow University. Her research spans environmental issues, art-science collaborations, and geopolitical theory, with a particular focus on feminist perspectives and interdisciplinary approaches. Early life and education Dixon received her undergraduate degree from the University of Cambridge, followed by a Master's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she completed a thesis on cholera in British India. She earned her PhD from the University of Kentucky with a thesis on the political reanimation of regions. Career Dixon began her academic career at East Carolina University, where she researched rural geographies of marginal economies and the experiences of migrant women. She later returned to the United Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Circus Princess (1925 Film)
''The Circus Princess'' (German: ''Die Zirkusprinzessin'') is a 1925 German silent film directed by Adolf Gärtner and starring Josefine Dora, Olga Engl and Johanna Ewald. It is based on the operetta '' Die Zirkusprinzessin''.Gänzl p.1086 Another German silent film adaptation was released in 1929. The film's sets were designed by the art director Carl Ludwig Kirmse. Cast In alphabetical order * Josefine Dora * Olga Engl * Johanna Ewald * Cilly Feindt * Angelo Ferrari * Robert Garrison * Rudolf Klein-Rhoden * Rudolf Lettinger * Clementine Plessner * Otto Reinwald * Alexandra Sorina * Hans Trautner * Bruno Ziener Bruno Ziener (11 June 1870 – 9 February 1941) was a German stage and film actor and film director, director. He appeared in over 100 films between 1913 and 1941. He also directed 28 silent films such as ''The Flight into Death'' (1921).Grange p ... References Bibliography * Kurt Gänzl, Andrew Lamb. ''Gänzl's book of the musical theatre''. Schirmer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Riddle Of The Sphinx (film)
''The Riddle of the Sphinx'' (German: ''Das Rätsel der Sphinx'') is a 1921 German silent adventure film directed by Adolf Gärtner and starring Ellen Richter, Erich Kaiser-Titz and Karl Günther.Berman p.166 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Dreier. Cast * Ellen Richter as Juanita di Conchitas * Erich Kaiser-Titz as Amru, an Egyptian * Karl Günther as Dr. Percy Grey * Albert Patry as Prof. Grey, British Museum * Georg John as Mummy * Kurt Rottenburg as Dr. Edward Pattison * Georg Baselt as Don Martunez de la Blanca * Henry Bender as Empfangschef * Irmgard Bern as Daisy Pattison * Carl Geppert as Baron Kollwitz * Károly Huszár as Fürst Popoff * Max Kronert as Mehemed * Maria Lux as Miss Peach * Hermann Picha Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Death (film)
''The White Death'' (German: ''Der weiße Tod'') is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Adolf Gärtner and starring Ellen Richter, Eduard von Winterstein and Hans Adalbert Schlettow.Bock & Bergfelder p.535 Cast * Ellen Richter as Die kranke Tochter * Eduard von Winterstein as der Vater * Hans Adalbert Schlettow Hans Adalbert Schlettow (11 June 1888 – 30 April 1945) was a German film actor. Schlettow appeared in around a hundred and sixty films during his career, the majority during the silent era. Among his best-known film roles was ''Hagen von Tronje' ... as Der Bräutigam * Claire Creutz * Gert Sascha References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links * 1921 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Adolf Gärtner German silent feature films UFA GmbH films 1921 drama films German black-and-white films Silent German drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventuress Of Monte Carlo
''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' () is a 1921 German silent adventure film directed by Adolf Gärtner and starring Ellen Richter, Anton Pointner and Eduard von Winterstein. It was released in three parts, ''The Mistress of the Shah'', ''Moroccan Nights'' and ''The Stanley Trial''. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Dreier. Extensive location shooting took place in Monte Carlo, Morocco, Paris, Nice, Switzerland, Barcelona and Italy. Cast * Ellen Richter as Zoraja * Anton Pointner as Edward Stanley *Albert Patry as De Jong * Eduard von Winterstein as Rimay * Charles Puffy as Ali, servant *Kurt Rottenburg as Thiery * Karl Günther as Prinz Luigi *Karl Swoboda as Prokurist *Martha Hoffmann as stewardess * Toni Tetzlaff as Madame X * Albert Paulig as Oberkellner * Henry Bender as Achmed *Magnus Stifter as Ibrahim *Hamed ben Melusi as Ali ben Rassid * Max Kronert as Nyhoff *Paul Biensfeldt Paul Biensfeldt (4 March 1869 – 2 April 1933) was a German-Jewis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil And Circe
''The Devil and Circe'' (German: ''Teufel und Circe'') is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Adolf Gärtner and starring Sascha Gura, Eduard von Winterstein and Walter von Allwoerden. It premiered in Munich on 7 June 1921. Cast *Sascha Gura as Circe *Walter von Allwoerden as Der Teufel *Margarete Kupfer as Hexe *Eduard von Winterstein Eduard Clemens Franz Anna Freiherr von Wangenheim (1 August 1871 – 22 July 1961), known as Eduard von Winterstein, was an Austrian-German film actor who appeared in over one hundred fifty German films during the silent and sound eras. He was ... *Heinz Erdmann References External links * 1921 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Adolf Gärtner 1921 drama films German black-and-white films Silent German drama films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films Films scored by Mark Lothar German-language drama films {{1920s-Germany-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Voice (1920 Film)
''The Voice'' (German: ''Die Stimme'') is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Adolf Gärtner and starring Albert Bassermann, Elsa Bassermann and Loo Hardy.Grange p.63 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Dreier. Cast * Albert Bassermann * Elsa Bassermann * Loo Hardy * Hermann Leffler * Charlotte Schultz * Gerhard Tandar * Hella Thornegg Hella Tornegg was a German stage and film actress. Selected filmography * ''Lehmann's Honeymoon'' (1916) * ''Spring Storms'' (1918) * '' Film Kathi'' (1918) * '' Nocturne of Love'' (1919) * ''The Monastery of Sendomir'' (1919) * '' Blackmailed'' ... References Bibliography * Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. External links * 1920 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Adolf Gärtner German silent feature films 1920 drama films UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films Silent German drama films 1920s German films 1920s German-langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
