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Cagliostro (1929 Film)
''Cagliostro'' is a 1929 silent film, silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Hans Stüwe, Renée Héribel and Alfred Abel. It depicts the life of the eighteenth century Italy, Italian occultist Alessandro Cagliostro, portraying him more sympathetically than in most other works.Prawer p. 86 It was based on a novel by Johannes von Guenther. Cast Release ''Caligostro'' premiered in Berlin on 8 April 1929. It was later shown in Paris on 21 May 1929. In the early 1930s, Universal Pictures planned a ''Cagliostro'' film starring Boris Karloff in the title role, which was later re-written into the script for ''The Mummy (1932 film), The Mummy''. Reception A reviewer in ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' commented on the film on a screening in Germany, stating that "Richard Oswald always gets somebody to invest money again in his productions and always turns out about the same sort of product. A lot of pomp, scenery and costumes and nothing that grips in the acting line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Oswald
Richard Oswald (5 November 1880 – 11 September 1963) was an Austrian film director, producer, screenwriter, and father of German-American film director Gerd Oswald. Early life and career Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began his career as an actor on the Viennese stage. He made his film directorial debut at age 34 with ''The Iron Cross'' (1914) and worked a number of times for Jules Greenbaum. In 1916, Oswald set up his own production company in Germany, writing and directing most of his films himself. His pre-1920 efforts include such literary adaptations as ''The Picture of Dorian Gray (1917 German film), The Picture of Dorian Gray'' (1917), ''Peer Gynt (1919 film), Peer Gynt'' (1919), the once scandalous ''Different from the Others'' (1919) and ''Around the World in Eighty Days (1919 film), Around the World in Eighty Days'' (1919). Oswald directed nearly 100 films. Some critics have suggested that Oswald was more prolific than talented, but such fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardinal De Rohan
Cardinal or The Cardinal most commonly refers to * Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''Cardinalis'', genus of three species in the family Cardinalidae ***Northern cardinal, ''Cardinalis cardinalis'', the common cardinal of eastern North America ***Pyrrhuloxia or desert cardinal, ''Cardinalis sinuatus'', found in southwest North America ***Vermilion cardinal, ''Cardinalis phoeniceus'', found in Colombia and Venezuela * Cardinal (Catholic Church), a senior official of the Catholic Church **Member of the College of Cardinals * Cardinal Health, a health care services company * Cardinal number ** Large cardinal * Cardinal direction, one of the four primary directions: north, south, east, and west * Arizona Cardinals, an American professional football team * St. Louis Cardinals, an American professional baseball team Cardinal or The Cardinal may also refer to: Animals Birds In addition to the aforementioned cardinalids: * ''Paroaria'', a South American genu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Donnio
René Donnio (29 August 1889 – 2 January 1934) was a French film actor.Goble p.307 Selected filmography * '' Tillers of the Soil'' (1923) * ''That Scoundrel Morin'' (1924) * '' The Crew'' (1928) * ''Cagliostro'' (1929) * '' Coquecigrole'' (1931) * ''Fun in the Barracks'' (1932) * '' Monsieur Albert'' (1932) * '' Take Care of Amelie'' (1932) * ''Under the Leather Helmet ''Under the Leather Helmet'' (French: ''Sous le casque de cuir'') is a 1932 British-French drama film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Gina Manès and Gaston Modot.Crisp p.394 The film's sets were designed by the ...'' (1932) * '' His Other Love'' (1934) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1889 births 1934 deaths French male film actors French male silent film actors 20th-century French male actors People from Loudéac Actors from Brittany {{france-film-actor-1880 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Tissot
Alice Tissot (1 January 1890 – 5 May 1971) was a French actress. Partial filmography * ''Poum à la chasse'' (1908) * ''Le devoir'' (1908) * ' (1909) * ' (1909) * '' The Two Girls'' (1921) * '' A Son from America'' (1924) * ''Captain Rascasse'' (1927) * '' Cousin Bette'' (1928) * '' Morgane, the Enchantress'' (1928) * '' Mademoiselle's Chauffeur'' (1928) * ''Cagliostro'' (1929) * '' The Ladies in the Green Hats'' (1929) * '' Nights of Princes'' (1930) * '' Captain Craddock'' (1931) * ''The Fortune'' (1931) * '' The Blaireau Case'' (1932) * '' A Happy Man'' (1932) * '' If You Wish It'' (1932) * '' Children of Montmartre'' (1933) * '' Nemo's Bank'' (1934) * '' His Other Love'' (1934) * '' A Train in the Night'' (1934) * '' The Darling of His Concierge'' (1934) * ''Gold in the Street'' (1934) * ''The Man with a Broken Ear'' (1934) * ''Madame Bovary'' (1934) * ''Antonia'' (1935) * '' The Pont-Biquet Family'' (1935) * '' Juanita'' (1935) * '' The Coquelet Affair'' (1935) * ''The C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Deneubourg
Georges Deneubourg (1860–1936) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p.163 Selected filmography * ''La Tosca'' (1908) * ''Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth'' (1912) * ''Mothers of France'' (1917) * ''The Fall of the Romanoffs'' (1917) * '' The Thirteenth Chair'' (1919) * '' Tarnished Reputations'' (1920) * '' Vidocq'' (1923) * '' La gitanilla'' (1924) * '' The Thruster'' (1924) * '' I Have Killed'' (1924) * '' The Abbot Constantine'' (1925) * '' Prince Jean'' (1928) * ''In Old Stamboul'' (1928) * '' The Farewell Waltz'' (1928) * '' The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard'' (1929) * '' The Ladies in the Green Hats'' (1929) * ''Cagliostro'' (1929) * '' The Eaglet'' (1931) * ''Ronny'' (1931) * '' Make a Living'' (1931) * '' Tossing Ship'' (1932) * '' The Beautiful Adventure'' (1932) * '' Broken Wings'' (1933) * ''Madame Bovary ''Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners'' (; ), commonly known as simply ''Madame Bovary'', is the début novel by France, French writer Gustave Flaubert, original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Moy
Jules Moy (1862–1938) was a French stage and film actor.Tanitch p.271 Selected filmography * '' The Vein'' (1928) * ''Cagliostro'' (1929) * '' Mistigri'' (1931) * '' The Man at Midnight'' (1931) * '' Let's Touch Wood'' (1933) *'' Bach the Detective'' (1936) * ''The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy ''The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy'' (French: ''Les mariages de Mademoiselle Lévy'') is a 1936 French comedy film directed by André Hugon and starring Yvette Lebon, Charles Lamy and Pierre Mingand.Rège p.511 It is the fourth and final entry i ...'' (1936) References Bibliography * Robert Tanitch. ''Oscar Wilde on Stage and Screen''. Methuen, 1999. External links * 1862 births 1938 deaths French male film actors French male silent film actors 20th-century French male actors French male stage actors Male actors from Paris {{France-film-actor-1860s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette (; ; Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last List of French royal consorts, queen of France before the French Revolution and the establishment of the French First Republic. She was the wife of Louis XVI. Born Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria, she was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor Francis I. She married Louis Auguste, Dauphin of France, in May 1770 at age 14, becoming the Dauphine of France. On 10 May 1774, her husband ascended the throne as Louis XVI, and she became queen. As queen, Marie Antoinette became increasingly a target of criticism by opponents of the domestic and foreign policies of Louis XVI and those opposed to the monarchy in general. The French accused her of being profligate, promiscuous, having illegitimate children, and harboring sympathies for France's perceived enemies, including her native Habsburg monarchy, Austria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Bianchetti
Suzanne Bianchetti (24 February 1889 – 17 October 1936) was a film actress. Suzanne Bianchetti appeared in her first film in the early 1900s and quickly became one of France's most loved and respected actresses. She appeared as Marie Antoinette in Abel Gance's 1927 epic, ''Napoléon'' and worked with many of the early notables of the silent film era such as Antonin Artaud and the singer, Damia. She was married to writer and actor René Jeanne (1887–1969) who served as the director of ''L'Etablissement Cinématographique des Armées''. Prix Suzanne Bianchetti When Suzanne Bianchetti died in 1936 at the age of 47, the following year, her husband created an award in her memory to be given annually to the most promising young actress. It was given for the first time in 1937 to actress Junie Astor (1912–1967) for her performance in the film, ''Club de femmes''. The award comes in the form of a medallion engraved with Suzanne Bianchetti's image. Since its inception, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis XVI Of France
Louis XVI (Louis-Auguste; ; 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765), Louis, Dauphin of France (son and heir-apparent of Louis XV, King Louis XV), and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France, Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became the new Dauphin of France, Dauphin when his father died in 1765. In 1770, he married Marie Antoinette. He became King of France and Navarre on his grandfather's death on 10 May 1774, and reigned until the proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy, abolition of the monarchy on 21 September 1792. From 1791 onwards, he used the style of king of the French. The first part of Louis XVI's reign was marked by attempts to reform the French government in accordance with Enlightened absolutism, Enlightenment ideas. These included efforts to increase Edict of Versailles, tolerance toward non-Catholics as well as abolishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond Van Daële
Edmond Van Daële (11 August 1884, in Paris – 11 March 1960, in Grez-Neuville, Maine-et-Loire, France) was a Dutch- French film actor. Born as Edmond Jean Adolphe Minckwitz, he appeared in the 1923 silent film '' Coeur fidèle'', directed by Jean Epstein. He starred in nearly 50 films including Abel Gance's ''Napoleon'' between 1915 and 1950. Selected filmography * '' Six and One Half Times Eleven'' (1927) * ''Sables'' (1927) * ''Napoléon'' (1927) * ''Madame Récamier'' (1928) * ''Cagliostro'' (1929) * ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' (1930) * '' The Shark'' (1930) * ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1931) * ''Dance Hall'' (1931) * ''The Three Musketeers'' (1932) * '' The Tunnel'' (1933) * ''Maria Chapdelaine'' (1934) * ''Moscow Nights'' (1934) * ''The Phantom Gondola ''The Phantom Gondola'' () is a 1936 French-Italian drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Marcelle Chantal, Henri Rollan and Paul Bernard (actor), Paul Bernard. The film was a co-production ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne De Valois-Saint-Rémy
Jeanne may refer to: Places * Jeanne (crater), on Venus People * Jeanne (given name) * Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, c.1412–1431), French folk heroine and saint * Jeanne Devos (religious sister) * Jeanne Devos (photographer) * Joan of Flanders, Countess of Montfort (1295–1374) * Joan of Penthièvre (1319–1384) * Ruth Stuber Jeanne (1910–2004), American marimbist, percussionist, violinist, and arranger * Jeanne de Navarre (other), multiple people * Jeanne Landre (1874–1936), French journalist, critic and novelist * Leon Jeanne (born 1980), Welsh footballer Fictional characters *Jeanne, a character from the ''Bayonetta'' series of video games Arts and entertainment * ''Jeanne'' (1934 film), a French drama film * ''Jeanne'', also known as ''Joan of Arc'', a 2019 French drama film * ''Jeanne'', an 1844 novel by George Sand * Jeanne (song), a song by Laurent Voulzy * Jeanne (album), a 2022 album by Natasha St-Pier Other uses * Tropical Storm Jeanne (disambigua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illa Meery
Illa Meery (16 May 1915 – October 2010) was a Russian-born French adventuress, singer, film actress and possibly Soviet spy who became involved in the French black market under German occupation. Émigrée She was the daughter of count Alexandre Alexandrovitch Tchernychev-Bezobrazov and Marie Nicolaïevna née Chtcherbatova. She arrived in France in 1919 with her parents and older brother as refugees from the October Revolution, first in Marseille, then Paris. She attended the Russian school in rue Daru. Film actress and Chanel model She appeared in several early French films in the 1920s, notably in '' Zouzou'' as Barbara, the topless foil for sensation Josephine Baker, who in that film became the first black woman to star in a French feature film. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
