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Alfred Schirokauer
Alfred Schirokauer (13 July 1880 – 27 October 1934) was a German novelist and screenwriter.Soister p.193 He also directed three films during the silent era. Many films were based on his novels including several adaptations of ''Lucrezia Borgia''. After the rise of the Nazi Party to power in 1933 the Jewish Schirokauer emigrated to Amsterdam and then to Austria where he died the following year. Novels *''Die graue Macht'' (1910) *''Ferdinand Lassalle. Ein Leben für Freiheit und Liebe'' (1912) *''Lukrezia Borgia'' (1925) *''Die Frau von gestern und morgen'' (1928) *''Die unmögliche Liebe'' (1929) *''Paiva, Queen of Love'' (1935) Play *''Karriere'' (with Paul Rosenhayn, 1924) Selected filmography *''Ferdinand Lassalle'', directed by Rudolf Meinert (Germany, 1918, based on the novel ''Ferdinand Lassalle. Ein Leben für Freiheit und Liebe'') *''Die graue Macht'', directed by Fred Stranz (Germany, 1923, based on the novel ''Die graue Macht'') * ''The Woman of Yesterday and Tomorr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Careers (film)
''Careers'' is a 1929 American talkie, all-talking Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon (director), John Francis Dillon and produced and released by First National Pictures. It stars Billie Dove and features Antonio Moreno, Thelma Todd and Noah Beery. The film was based on a 1924 German play entitled ''Karriere'', written by Alfred Schirokauer and Paul Rosenhayn. ''Careers'' was Billie Dove's first film with dialogue. Plot In the French colony of Cochin-China, young French magistrate Victor Duval (Antonio Moreno) and his wife Hélène (Billie Dove) are virtually prisoners because the colony's Resident (Noah Beery) is attracted to the wife. The Resident blocks Victor's career on the bench until his wife agrees to his demands. Victor, angered by this treatment after four years of hard work, secretly goes to the governor of the colony to complain. Advised by Carouge (Holmes Herbert), a prominent attorney in the colony, as to why her husband's ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bully
''George Bully'' is a 1920 German silent mystery film directed by Max Obal and starring Ernst Reicher as the detective Stuart Webbs, who was modeled on Sherlock Holmes.Rainey p.230 Cast * Ernst Reicher as Stuart Webbs, detective * Ludwig Götz * Stella Harf * Erwin Kalser * Arnold Marlé Arnold Marlé (15 September 1887 – 21 February 1970) was a German actor who appeared largely in British films and television programmes. Stage work His theatre work included appearances on the West End theatre, London stage, and a year-and-a-h ... * Ferdinand Martini * Hermann Nesselträger * Theo Albert Wagner as George Bully References Bibliography * Rainey, Buck. ''Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956''. McFarland, 2015. External links * 1920 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Max Obal German silent feature films German black-and-white films 1920 mystery films Silent German mystery films 1920s German films 1920s German-language f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Krafft
''Werner Krafft'' is a 1916 German silent drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Eduard von Winterstein, Erika Glässner and Reinhold Schünzel.Bock & Bergfelder p.138 Cast * Eduard von Winterstein as Werner Krafft * Reinhold Schünzel as Heinz Kleinschmidt * Erika Glässner Erika Glässner (28 February 1890 – 21 July 1959) was a German stage and film actress. Selected filmography * ''Werner Krafft'' (1916) * ''Diamonds (1920 film), Diamonds'' (1920) * ''The Three Dances of Mary Wilford'' (1920) * ''The Love Corri ... as Erika * Sybil Smolova as Anni References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links * 1916 films 1916 drama films 1910s German films 1910s German-language films Films directed by Carl Froelich Films of the German Empire German black-and-white films German silent feature films German-language drama films Silent German drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian-Jaque
Christian-Jaque (byname of Christian Maudet; 4 September 1904 – 8 July 1994) was a French filmmaker. From 1954 to 1959, he was married to actress Martine Carol, who starred in several of his films, including ''Lucrèce Borgia'' (1953), ''Madame du Barry (1954 film), Madame du Barry'' (1954), and ''Nana (1955 film), Nana'' (1955). In 1961 he married Laurence Christo Christian-Jaque's 1946 film ''A Lover's Return'' was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. He won the Best Director award at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival for his popular swashbuckler ''Fanfan la Tulipe''. At the 2nd Berlin International Film Festival, he won the Silver Bear award for the same film. In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. Christian-Jaque began his motion picture career in the 1920s as an art director and production designer. By the early 1930s, he had moved into screenwriting and directing. He continued working into the mid-1980s, though from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucrèce Borgia
''Lucrèce Borgia'' (also known as ''Lucretia Borgia'' or ''Sins of the Borgias'') is a 1953 French drama film starring Martine Carol and Pedro Armendáriz. The film was directed by Christian-Jaque, who co-wrote screenplay with Cécil Saint-Laurent and Jacques Sigurd, based on a novel by Alfred Schirokauer. The film tells the story of the Borgia family of Italy during the Renaissance. It was released on DVD in the US on May 26, 2009. Cast *Martine Carol – Lucrece Borgia *Pedro Armendáriz – Cesar Borgia * Massimo Serato – Duke of Aragon *Valentine Tessier – Julie Farmesa *Louis Seigner – Mage, Soothsayer *Arnoldo Foà – Micheletto *Christian Marquand – Paolo * Tania Fédor – Vanna *Georges Lannes – Ambassador * Maurice Ronet – Perott Notes External links *''Lucrèce Borgia''at the British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Arliss
Leslie Arliss (6 October 1901 – 30 December 1987) was an English screenwriter and film director, director. He is best known for his work on the Gainsborough melodramas directing films such as ''The Man in Grey'' and ''The Wicked Lady'' during the 1940s. Biography Early life His parents were Charles Sawforde Arliss and Annie Eleanor Lilian "Nina" Barnett Hill. He was not the son of George Arliss, George and Florence Arliss as has sometimes been reported erroneously. Arliss began his professional career as a journalist in South Africa. Later he branched out into being a critic. Screenwriter During the 1920s, Arliss entered the film industry as a screenwriter, and author of short stories. He did some uncredited work on ''The Farmer's Wife'' (1928) directed by Alfred Hitchcock, then was credited on the comedies ''Tonight's the Night (1932 film), Tonight's the Night'' (1932), ''Strip! Strip! Hooray!!!'' (1932), ''Josser on the River'' (1932), ''The Innocents of Chicago'' (1932) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idol Of Paris
''Idol of Paris'' is a 1948 British film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Beryl Baxter, Michael Rennie, Christine Norden and Andrew Cruickshank. It was written by Stafford Dickens, Norman Lee and Harry Ostrer, based on the 1935 novel ''Paiva, Queen of Love'' by Alfred Schirokauer, about a mid-19th century French courtesan Theresa who sleeps her way from poverty to the top of Second Empire society. It was an attempt by its makers to imitate the success of the Gainsborough melodramas. Plot In the 1860s, a woman rises from poverty to become the toast of Paris. Cast * Beryl Baxter as Theresa *Michael Rennie as Hertz, one of Theresa's lovers *Christine Norden as Cora Pearl *Miles Malleson as Offenbach *Andrew Osborn as Antoine *Andrew Cruickshank as Prince Nicholas *Kenneth Kent as Emperor Napoleon III *Margaretta Scott as Empress Eugenie *Patti Morgan as Bellanger *Genine Graham as Barucci *Henry Oscar as Lachman * Sybille Binder as Mrs. Lachman *Leslie Perrins as Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Bayón Herrera
Luis Bayón Herrera (23 September 1889 – 30 March 1956) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter who worked in Argentine film of the 1940s and 1950s. He was "one of the most important directors of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema". Herrera was born in Bilbao, Spain. He directed some 40 different Argentine feature films and in the last few years of his career in the early 1950s he worked on Cuban production with films such as '' A La Habana me voy'' in 1951. IMDb. He died in Buenos Aires in 1956, aged 66. Filmography * '''' (1935) * ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucrezia Borgia (1947 Film)
''Lucrezia Borgia'' (Spanish:''Lucrecia Borgia'') is a 1947 Argentine historical film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by Luis Bayón Herrera and starring Olinda Bozán, Héctor Quintanilla and Gogó Andreu.Gillespie, Engel & Dieterle p.689 The film portrays the life of Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519). The film's sets were designed by the art director Juan Manuel Concado. Cast * Olinda Bozán * Gogó Andreu * Héctor Quintanilla * Marcos Zucker * Gloria Bernal * Marcos Caplán * René Cossa * Dringue Farías * Zelmar Gueñol * Semillita * Carlos Tajes Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhe ... References Bibliography * Gillespie, Gerald & Engel, Manfred & Dieterle, Bernard. ''Romantic Prose Fiction''. John Benjamins Publishing, 2008. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abel Gance
Abel Gance (; born Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon; 25 October 188910 November 1981) was a French film director, producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: ''J'accuse (1919 film), J'accuse'' (1919), ''La Roue'' (1923), and ''Napoléon (1927 film), Napoléon'' (1927). Early life Born in Paris in 1889, Abel Gance was the illegitimate son of a prosperous doctor, Abel Flamant, and a working-class mother, Françoise Péréthon (or Perthon). Initially taking his mother's name, he was brought up until the age of eight by his maternal grandparents in the coal-mining town of Commentry in central France. He then returned to Paris to rejoin his mother, who had by then married Adolphe Gance, a chauffeur and mechanic, whose name Abel then adopted. Although he later fabricated the history of a brilliant school career and middle-class background, Gance left school at the age of 14, and the love of literature an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucrezia Borgia (1935 Film)
''Lucrezia Borgia'' (French: ''Lucrèce Borgia'') is a 1935 French historical film directed by Abel Gance and starring Edwige Feuillère, Gabriel Gabrio and Maurice Escande. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Henri Ménessier and René Renoux. Feuillère's performance was widely acclaimed by critics, and significantly boosted her career.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.167 Synopsis The scheming Cesar Borgia, son of Pope Alexander, plans to marry his sister Lucrezia off to boost his own power in Italy. However, she has her own ideas. Cast * Edwige Feuillère as Lucrezia Borgia * Gabriel Gabrio as Cesar Borgia * Maurice Escande as Jean Borgia, Duke of Gandie * Roger Karl as Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI * Aimé Clariond as Niccolò Machiavelli * Philippe Hériat as Filippo, sculptor-lover * Jacques Dumesnil as Giannino Sforza, Duke of Milano * Max Michel as Alfonse de Aragon * Louis Eymond as Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
