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Donogoo
''Donogoo'' is a 1936 French-German comedy film directed by Henri Chomette and Reinhold Schünzel and starring Renée Saint-Cyr, Raymond Rouleau and Marcel Simon (actor), Marcel Simon. It was produced and distributed by the French subsidiary of Germany's Universum Film AG, UFA. Shooting took place at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Hunte and Willy Schiller.Bock & Töteberg p.306 Cast * Renée Saint-Cyr as Josette * Raymond Rouleau as Pierre * Nono Lecorre as Albert * Adrien Le Gallo as Le Trouhadec * Marcel Simon (actor), Marcel Simon as Margajat * Auguste Bovério as Rufisque * Mona Lys as Jeanette * Pierre Alcover as Sabourin * Fred Pasquali as Le garçon de café * Jean Sinoël as Goujon References Bibliography * Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, Volume 2''. Pygmalion, 1986. * Bock, Hans-Michael & Töteberg, Michael. ''Das Ufa-Buch''. Zweitausendeins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Romains
Jules Romains (born Louis Henri Jean Farigoule; 26 August 1885 – 14 August 1972) was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement. His works include the play '' Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine'', and a cycle of works called '' Les Hommes de bonne volonté (Men of Good Will)''. Sinclair Lewis called him one of the six best novelists in the world. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature sixteen times. Life Jules Romains was born in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil in the Haute-Loire but went to Paris to attend first the Lycée Condorcet and then the prestigious École Normale Supérieure. He was close to the Abbaye de Créteil, a utopian group founded in 1906 by Charles Vildrac and René Arcos, which brought together, among others, the writer Georges Duhamel, the painter Albert Gleizes and the musician Albert Doyen. He received his agrégation in philosophy in 1909. In the interwar years, he pleaded the cause of pacifism and a united Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedl Behn-Grund
Friedl Behn-Grund (26 August 1906 – 2 August 1989) was a German cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera .... Selected filmography References External links * 1906 births 1989 deaths German cinematographers People from Połczyn-Zdrój People from the Province of Pomerania {{Cinematographer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Eisbrenner
Werner Friedrich Emil Eisbrenner (2 December 1908, Berlin – 7 November 1981, West Berlin) was a German composer and conductor, best known for his film music. Eisbrenner studied church music and musical education from 1927 to 1929 at the Berlin Staatlichen Musikademie. He then worked as a pianist, arranger, Kapellmeister and conductor, as well as composing violin concertos, orchestral music, the musical comedy ''Von Hand zu Hand'' and the music for film, radio and television for which he is best known. This includes the theme for Hans Albers's film ''Große Freiheit Nr. 7''. Eisbrenner was a member of the jury at the 1st Berlin International Film Festival. Eisbrenner also headed a private "Lehrinstitut für Kirchen- und Schulmusik". In 1974, he received the Filmband in Gold for his long and outstanding contributions to German film. On 23 April 1998 a plaque was unveiled at his former home at Wohnung Bismarckallee 32a in Berlin. He was married to Kathe (née Jacobi) E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Schiller
Willy Schiller (11 August 1899 – 17 July 1973) was a German art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ....Allan & Sandford p.3 In the later part of his career he worked for DEFA, the East German state-controlled film studio. Selected filmography * '' Radio Magic'' (1927) * '' The Green Alley'' (1928) * '' Don Juan in a Girls' School'' (1928) * '' The Lady from Argentina'' (1928) * '' Love in the Cowshed'' (1928) * '' Only a Viennese Woman Kisses Like That'' (1928) * '' The Night of Terror'' (1929) * '' The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (1929) * '' The Youths'' (1929) * '' Distinguishing Features'' (1929) * '' Yes, Yes, Women Are My Weakness'' (1929) * '' Youthful Indiscretion'' (1929) * '' Beware of Loose Women'' (1929) * '' Secret Police'' (1929) * '' The Woman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Hunte
Otto Hunte (9 January 1881 – 28 December 1960) was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. Hunte is considered one of the most important artists in the history of early German cinema, mainly for his set designs on the early silent movies of Fritz Lang. A working relationship with fellow designers Karl Vollbrecht and Erich Kettelhut defined his early career. Hunte's architectural designs are found in many of the period's most important films including '' Dr. Mabuse the Gambler'', '' Die Nibelungen'' (1924), ''Metropolis'' (1927) and '' Der blaue Engel''. Hunte subsequently worked as one of the leading set designers during the Nazi era. After World War II, he was employed by the East German DEFA studios. Selected filmography * '' The Mistress of the World'' (1919) * '' The Spiders'' (1919) * '' The Wandering Image'' (1920) * '' The Women of Gnadenstein'' (1921) * '' The Passion of Inge Krafft'' (1921) * '' The Indian Tomb'' (1921) * '' Dr. Mabuse the Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhold Schünzel
Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despite his ancestry, Schünzel was allowed by the Nazis to continue making films for several years until he left in 1937 to live abroad. Biography Life in Germany Reinhold Schünzel (or Schuenzel) started his career as an actor in 1915 with a role in the film '' Werner Krafft''. He directed his first film in 1918's ''Mary Magdalene'' and in 1920 directed '' The Girl from Acker Street'' and ''Catherine the Great''. He was one of Germany's best-known silent film stars after World War I, a period during which films were significantly influenced by the consequences of the war. Schünzel performed in both comedies and dramas, often appearing as a villain or a powerful and corrupt man. He was influenced by filmmakers such as his mentor Richard Oswa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnfried Heyne
Arnfried Heyne (29 December 1905 – 12 January 1978) was a German film editor, who also worked as assistant director. He was one of several editors to work on Leni Riefenstahl's '' Olympia'' (1938).Rother p.239 Selected filmography * '' How Shall I Tell My Husband?'' (1932) * '' Donogoo Tonka'' (1936) * ''Donogoo'' (1936) * ''The Broken Jug'' (1937) * ''Bachelor's Paradise'' (1939) * ''Destiny'' (1942) * '' Vienna Blood'' (1942) * '' Vienna 1910'' (1943) * '' The White Dream'' (1943) * '' The Immortal Face'' (1947) * '' The Singing House'' (1948) * '' The Heavenly Waltz'' (1948) * '' Gateway to Peace'' (1951) * '' The Mine Foreman'' (1952) * '' Hello Porter'' (1952) * ''The Emperor Waltz'' (1953) * '' Marriage Sanitarium'' (1955) * ''Espionage'' (1955) * '' The Congress Dances'' (1955) * '' Emperor's Ball'' (1956) * ''Love, Girls and Soldiers'' (1958) * '' Arena of Fear'' (1959) * '' As the Sea Rages'' (1959) * '' Crime Tango'' (1960) * ''The White Horse Inn'' (1960) * '' Mariandl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Doelle
Franz Doelle (9 November 1883 – 15 March 1965) was a German composer. He worked on around fifty film scores during his career many of them operetta films.Hull p.84 Selected filmography * '' When the White Lilacs Bloom Again'' (1929) * '' Mrs. Lehmann's Daughters'' (1932) * '' The Escape to Nice'' (1932) * '' Victor and Victoria'' (1933) * '' A Day Will Come'' (1934) * '' George and Georgette'' (1934) * '' Miss Liselott'' (1934) * '' Just Once a Great Lady'' (1934) * ''Amphitryon'' (1935) * '' The Royal Waltz'' (1935) * '' Donogoo Tonka'' (1936) * ''Donogoo'' (1936) * '' The Irresistible Man'' (1937) * '' A Man Astray'' (1940) * ''Carl Peters Carl Peters (27 September 1856 – 10 September 1918) was a German explorer and colonial administrator. He was a major promoter of the establishment of the German colony of East Africa (part of today’s Tanzania) and one of the founders of ...'' (1941) * '' The Impostor'' (1944) * '' When the White Lilacs Bloom Again'' (1953) Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Sinoël
Jean Sinoël (13 August 1868 – 30 August 1949), often known simply as Sinoël, was a French actor and singer. Born Jean Léonis Blès in Sainte-Terre, Gironde, France, he died in Paris in 1949. Selected filmography * '' Captain Craddock'' (1931) * '' Make a Living'' (1931) * '' Kiss Me'' (1932) * '' To Live Happily'' (1932) * '' Bach the Millionaire'' (1933) * ''Étienne'' (1933) * '' The Illustrious Maurin'' (1933) * '' The Invisible Woman'' (1933) * '' Jeanne'' (1934) * '' Cease Firing'' (1934) * '' Chourinette'' (1934) * ''Night in May'' (1934) * '' Last Hour'' (1934) * '' Tartarin of Tarascon'' (1934) * '' The Princess's Whim'' (1934) * '' Aux portes de Paris'' (1934) * '' The Ideal Woman'' (1934) * '' The Last Billionaire'' (1934) * '' Happy Arenas'' (1935) * '' Beautiful Days'' (1935) * '' Madame Angot's Daughter'' (1935) * '' Little One'' (1935) * ''Honeymoon'' (1935) * ''A Hen on a Wall'' (1936) * ''Donogoo'' (1936) * '' Boulot the Aviator'' (1937) * '' Madelon's Daughte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Alcover
Pierre Alcover (14 March 1893 – 14 November 1957) was a French stage and film actor. He starred in 40 films between 1918 and 1943. In 1920 he starred in the film '' Champi-Tortu''. One of his most notable performances was in Marcel L'Herbier's 1928 film '' L'Argent'', as the corrupt banker Saccard. He was the second husband of the film actress Gabrielle Colonna-Romano, and they are buried together in the cimetière de Rueil-Malmaison. Selected filmography * '' Marion Delorme'' (1918) * '' L'Hirondelle et la Mésange'' (1920) * '' En plongée'' (1926) * '' L'Argent'' (1928) * '' La Petite Lise'' (''Little Lise'') (1930) * '' Le Mariage de Mlle Beulemans'' (''The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans'') (1932) * ''Criminal'' (1933) * '' Theodore and Company'' (1933) * '' Bourrasque'' (1935) * ''Deuxième bureau'' (''Second Bureau'') (1935) * '' In the Service of the Tsar'' (1936) * ''Donogoo ''Donogoo'' is a 1936 French-German comedy film directed by Henri Chomette and Reinho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Chomette
Henri Chomette (1896–1941) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director. He was the brother of the film director 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. H .... Selected filmography * '' Roger la Honte'' (1922) * '' De quoi revient les junes film''Shown in Boston in 1927, Beaumont Newhall * '' Mademoiselle's Chauffeur'' (1928) * '' Durand Versus Durand'' (1931) * '' At the End of the World'' (1934) * '' Donogoo'' (1936) References Bibliography * Jan-Christopher Horak. ''Lovers of Cinema: The First American Film Avant-garde, 1919–1945''. Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1995. External links * 1896 births 1941 deaths French male film actors 20th-century French screenwriters Film directors from Paris {{France-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Simon (actor)
Marcel Simon (August 31, 1872 – October 16, 1958) was a Belgian stage and film actor, active in France. His screen career began in the silent era lasting until his final appearance in '' The Treasure of Cantenac'' (1950). An early role was that of Joseph Rouletabille in two films by Maurice Tourneur, but during the sound era he played supporting roles as a character. On stage he originated several parts in the farces of Georges Feydeau, of whom he was a friend. Baker p.122 Selected filmography * '' The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' (1913) * '' Wedding Night'' (1920) * '' The Man at Midnight'' (1931) * '' The Invisible Woman'' (1933) * '' Paris-Soleil'' (1933) * ''Donogoo'' (1936) * '' Sacré Léonce'' (1936) * ''On the Road'' (1936) * '' With a Smile'' (1936) * '' The Club of Aristocrats'' (1937) * '' Mademoiselle ma mère'' (1937) * '' Alexis, Gentleman Chauffeur'' (1938) * ''Katia'' (1938) * '' Trois artilleurs en vadrouille'' (1938) * '' Café de Paris'' (1938) * ''Monsieur Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |