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Gina Manès
Gina Manès (born Blanche Moulin; 7 April 1893 – 6 September 1989) was a French film actress and a major star of French silent cinema. After an early appearance in a Louis Feuillade film, she had significant roles in films of Germaine Dulac and Jean Epstein, including ''Cœur fidèle''. Career In Abel Gance's ''Napoléon (1927 film), Napoléon'', she took the part of Joséphine de Beauharnais, and then played the title role in Jacques Feyder's ''Thérèse Raquin (1928 film), Thérèse Raquin''. She made the transition to sound films but during the 1930s her popularity faded, and periods of residence in Morocco took her further from the public eye. She continued to take small roles in films, and also worked in the circus and in the theatre. In total, Manès appeared in over 90 films between 1916 and 1966.Obituary of Gina Manès, in ''The Times'' (London) 14 September 1989, p. 18; Issue 63499. Selected filmography * ''L'Homme sans visage'' (1919), directed by Louis Feuillade * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Inn (1923 Film)
''The Red Inn'' (French: ''L'Auberge rouge'') is a 1923 French silent film, silent historical film, historical drama film directed by Jean Epstein and starring Gina Manès, Léon Mathot and Jean-David Évremond. It is based on the 1831 short story ''L'Auberge rouge (short story), The Red Inn'' by Honoré de Balzac.Goble p.111 Location shooting took place at the Château de Vincennes. Cast * Gina Manès as La Fille de L'Aubergiste * Marcelle Schmitt as Victorine * Madame Delaunay as La Sorcière * Clairette de Savoye as La Femme de L'Aubergiste * Léon Mathot as Prosper Magnan * Jean-David Évremond as Frédéric Taillefer * Pierre Hot as L'Aubergiste * Jacques Christiany as André * Robert Tourneur as Herman * Thomy Bourdelle as Le Hollandais * Luc Dartagnan as Joueur D'Accordéon * René Ferté as Juge * Henri Barat as Juge * André Volbert as Juge References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ship In Distress (1929 Film)
''Ship in Distress'' () is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Liane Haid, Alfons Fryland, and Gina Manès. The film's sets were designed by Heinz Fenchel and Jacek Rotmil. It was distributed by the German branch of First National Pictures First National Pictures was an American motion picture production and distribution company. It was founded in 1917 as First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc., an association of independent theatre owners in the United States, and became the count .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1929 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Carmine Gallone Seafaring films German black-and-white films German drama films 1929 drama films Silent German drama films Silent German adventure films 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luise Fleck
Luise Fleck, also known as Luise Kolm or Luise Kolm-Fleck, née Louise or Luise Veltée (1 August 1873–15 March 1950), was an Austrian film director, and has been considered the second ever female feature film director in the world, after Alice Guy-Blaché. Her son, Walter Kolm-Veltée, was also a noted film director. Chronologically, however, the second female feature film director in the world after Alice Guy-Blaché was Ebba Lindkvist, having debuted as a film maker one year before Luise Fleck. Life Austria, Wiener Kunstfilm and Vita-Film: to 1926 Luise was born in Vienna, the daughter of Louis Veltée, proprietor of the city panopticon, descended from a family originating in Lyon, who had settled in Austria in the early 19th century. Her brother was Claudius Veltée, also later known as a film director. Even in her childhood she helped her father in his business by working on the till. In January 1910, she and her first husband, Anton Kolm, along with the cameraman Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Fleck
Jacob Fleck (8 November 1881 in Vienna as Jacob Julius Fleck – 19 September 1953, also in Vienna) was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cameraman. He is noted for his long-standing professional partnership with his wife Luise Fleck who co-directed his films with him. Biography In 1910, together with Anton Kolm, Kolm's wife Luise (who later married Fleck), and her brother Claudius Veltée, Jacob Fleck established the film production company ''Erste Österreichische Kinofilms-Industrie'' in Wien-Alsergrund. The company changed its name only a year later to ''Wiener Kunstfilm-Industrie'', in which Fleck worked partly as a cameraman, but principally as a producer and director together with Luise Kolm in making numerous films. Anton Kolm died in 1922. In 1923 Fleck moved with Luise Kolm to Berlin, where they married in 1924: Luise was known from then on as Luise Fleck. Both of them worked for Hegewald-Film and Universum Film AG, UFA. In the 1920s they were kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Slave
''The Little Slave'' (German: ''Die kleine Sklavin'') is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Grete Mosheim, Fritz Richard and Trude Hesterberg.Krautz p.170 The film's art direction was by Erich Zander. Cast * Grete Mosheim as Lilli * Fritz Richard as Schmidt, ihr Pflegevater * Trude Hesterberg as Meta Strippe * Louis Ralph as Artisten-Franz * Fred Louis Lerch as Robert Hartmann * Walter Janssen as Richard Reimers * Gina Manès Gina Manès (born Blanche Moulin; 7 April 1893 – 6 September 1989) was a French film actress and a major star of French silent cinema. After an early appearance in a Louis Feuillade film, she had significant roles in films of Germaine Dulac and ... as Norma, seine Frau References Bibliography * Alfred Krautz. ''International directory of cinematographers, set- and costume designers in film, Volume 4''. Saur, 1984. External links * 1928 films 1928 comedy films 1920s German films 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Robison
Arthur Robison (June 25, 1883 – October 20, 1935) was a German film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 20 films between 1916 and 1935. Selected filmography * '' A Night of Horror'' (1916) * '' What Belongs to Darkness'' (1922) * '' Between Evening and Morning'' (1923) * '' Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination'' (1923) * '' Peter the Pirate'' (1925) * '' Manon Lescaut'' (1926) * '' The Last Waltz'' (1927) * '' Looping the Loop'' (1928) * '' The Informer'' (1929) * '' Count Woronzeff'' (1934) * '' Make Me Happy'' (1935) * '' The Student of Prague'' (1935) References External links * 1883 births 1935 deaths German film directors Writers from Chicago American male screenwriters Screenwriters from Illinois Silent film screenwriters 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters {{Germany-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looping The Loop
''Looping the Loop'' (German: ''Die Todesschleife'') is a 1928 German silent thriller film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Werner Krauss, Jenny Jugo and Warwick Ward.Bock & Bergfelder p.228 The film was produced by UFA. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. As with UFA's ''Variety'', Paramount Pictures handled the film's American distribution as part of the Parufamet agreement. Paramount prepared a sound version for distribution in English speaking countries. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. Cast * Werner Krauss as Botto, ein berühmter Clown * Jenny Jugo as Blanche Valette * Warwick Ward as Andre Melton, Artist * Gina Manès as Hanna, Kunstschützin * Sig Arno as Sigi, Hannas Partner * Max Gülstorff as Blanches Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dieterle
William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his career, becoming a United States citizen in 1937. He moved back to Germany in the late 1950s. His best-known films include ''The Story of Louis Pasteur'' (1936), ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film), The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1939) and ''The Devil and Daniel Webster (film), The Devil and Daniel Webster'' (1941). His film ''The Life of Emile Zola'' (1937) won the Academy Award for Best Picture, the second biographical feature to do so. Early life and career He was born Wilhelm Dieterle in Ludwigshafen, the youngest child of nine, to factory worker Jacob and Berthe (Doerr) Dieterle. As a child, he lived in considerable poverty and earned money by various means, including carpentry and as a scrap dealer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saint And Her Fool
''The Saint and Her Fool'' (German: ''Die Heilige und ihr Narr'') is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Dieterle, Lien Deyers and Gina Manès. It was based on a novel by Agnes Günther and premiered at the Capital am Zoo in Berlin.Kreimeier p.115 Art direction was by Andrej Andrejew. For a long time, the movie was considered lost. Although never released in the US, a nitrate copy was discovered in Jack Warner's personal vault. In 2008 it was given to the UCLA in Los Angeles and restored. It was remade twice into a 1935 German film directed by Hans Deppe, music by Franz R. Friedl and a 1957 Austrian film directed by Gustav Ucicky. Cast * William Dieterle as Harro, Graf von Torstein * Lien Deyers as Rosemarie von Brauneck * Gina Manès as Fürstin von Brauneck * Félix P. Soler as Fürst von Brauneck * Camilla von Hollay as Fräulein Braun * Mathilde Sussin as Frau von Hardenstein * Heinrich Gotho as Märt * Sophie Pagay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf Molander
Gustaf Harald August Molander (18 November 1888 – 19 June 1973) was a Swedish actor and film director. His parents were director Harald Molander, Sr. (1858–1900) and singer and actress Lydia Molander, ''née'' Wessler, and his brother was the director Olof Molander (1892–1966). He was the father of director and producer Harald Molander from his first marriage, from 1910-1918, with actress Karin Molander and father to actor Jan Molander from his second marriage to Elsa Fahlberg (1892–1977). Gustaf Molander was born in Helsingfors (Helsinki) in the Grand Duchy of Finland (in the Russian Empire), where his father was working at the Swedish Theatre. He studied in the school of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm 1907–1909, acted at the Swedish Theatre in Helsingfors 1909–1913, and then at the Royal Dramatic Theatre from 1913 to 1926. The last years there he headed the school; his students included Greta Garbo. Molander wrote several screenplays for Victor Sj� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sin (1928 Film)
''Sin'' (Swedish: ''Synd'', German: '' Rausch'') is a 1928 silent drama film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Lars Hanson, Elissa Landi and Gina Manès.Gustafsson p.83 A German-Swedish-British co-production, it premiered in Sweden in September 1928 but was not released in London until January 1929. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vilhelm Bryde, who also produced the film. It is based on an 1899 play ''Brott och brott'' (''There are crimes and crimes'') by August Strindberg which had previously been made into a 1919 film ''Intoxication'', directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Synopsis Maurice is a struggling playwright in Paris, whose lack of success means he and his daughter Marion have to be supported by his wife Jeanne, putting severe strain on the marriage. When Maurice does enjoy a success at last he is lured by the femme fatale actress Henriette who desires a sexual relationsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
