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Ludwig Donath
Ludwig Donath (6 March 1900 – 29 September 1967), was an Austrian actor who appeared in many American films. Life Born to a Jewish family, Donath graduated from Vienna's Academy of Dramatic Art and became a prominent actor on the stage in Berlin. When Hitler came to power in 1933, he returned to Vienna and was active there in theater and film until the Anschluss in 1938. He began his American film career with '' Lady from Chungking'' (1942) and went on to appear in dozens of films, including '' Gilda'' (1946), '' The Jolson Story'' (1946), '' Jolson Sings Again'' (1949), '' The Great Caruso'' (1951), ''My Pal Gus'' (1952), ''Sirocco'' (1951), and '' Torn Curtain'' (1966). Donath played the father of entertainer Al Jolson ( Larry Parks) in the two biopics '' The Jolson Story'' (1946) and '' Jolson Sings Again'' (1949), although he was less than 15 years older than Parks as Jolson. He also appeared frequently on television and on Broadway. He died of leukemia in 1967. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolson Sings Again
''Jolson Sings Again'' is a 1949 American musical biographical film directed by Henry Levin, and the sequel to '' The Jolson Story'' (1946), both of which cover the life of singer Al Jolson. It was the highest-grossing film of 1949 and received three Oscar nominations at the 22nd Academy Awards. Plot In this follow-up to ''The Jolson Story'', we pick up the singer's career where the original film ends: Jolson returns home after an unexpected nightclub performance, only to find that his wife has left him. Devastated, Jolson runs away from his problems, trading show business for life in the fast lane: women, horses, prizefighters, travel. His father becomes increasingly concerned about his frivolous lifestyle. With the death of his mother and the beginning of World War II, Jolson comes back to earth—and returns to the stage. Once again teamed with manager Steve Martin, Jolson travels the world entertaining troops everywhere from Alaska to Africa. When he finally collapses f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Theatre
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, American and British English spelling differences), many of the List of Broadway theaters, extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling ''Theatre'' as the proper noun in their names. Many performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations also use the spelling ''theatre''. or Broadway, is a theatre genre that consists of the theatrical performances presented in 41 professional Theater (structure), theaters, each with 500 or more seats, in the Theater District, Manhattan, Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Broadway and London's West End theatre, West End together represent the highest commercial level of live theater in the English-speaking world. While the Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway thoroughfare is eponymous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangmen Also Die!
''Hangmen Also Die!'' is a 1943 war film directed by the Austrian director Fritz Lang and written by John Wexley from a story by Bertolt Brecht (credited as Bert Brecht) and Lang. The film stars Brian Donlevy, with Walter Brennan, Anna Lee, and Gene Lockhart, and Dennis O'Keefe in support. Alexander Granach has a showy role as a Gestapo detective, and Hans Heinrich von Twardowski has a cameo as Reinhard Heydrich. Hanns Eisler composed the Academy Award nominated score, and James Wong Howe was cinematographer. The film is loosely based on the 1942 assassination of Heydrich, the Nazi Reich Protector of German-occupied Bohemia and Moravia during World War II. The number-two man in the SS, and a chief mastermind of the Holocaust, Heydrich earned the epithet of "The Hangman of Europe." Though the real Heydrich was assassinated by Czechoslovak soldiers parachuted from a British plane in Operation Anthropoid, this was not known at the time of filming. Instead, Heydrich's kille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moon Is Down (film)
''The Moon Is Down'' is a 1943 American war film starring Cedric Hardwicke, Lee J. Cobb and Henry Travers and directed by Irving Pichel. The Screenplay was written by Nunnally Johnson and is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by John Steinbeck. This was Dorris Bowdon's last movie and Natalie Wood's first movie and features an uncredited John Banner, who would go on to play Sgt. Shultz in the TV comedy series ''Hogan's Heroes''. Plot During World War II, German soldiers occupy a small Norwegian town. The citizens are forced to work the mines for the German war effort. The Allies attempt to aid the growing resistance movement by dropping canisters filled with explosives, weapons, ammo, and even chocolate. German soldiers are confounded by the fact that the locals resent them. Several German soldiers are killed or wounded and the townspeople pay a great price for their resistance. Cast * Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Col. Lanser * Henry Travers as Mayor Orden * Lee J. Cobb as D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margin For Error
''Margin for Error'' is a 1943 American drama film directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Lillie Hayward and Samuel Fuller is based on the 1939 play of the same title by Clare Boothe Luce. Plot When police officer Moe Finkelstein (Milton Berle) and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodyguards to German consul Karl Baumer (Otto Preminger) by the mayor of New York City, Finkelstein turns in his badge, convinced he has to quit the service because the man is a Nazi. Capt. Mulrooney, who appointed them to this job, tells Moe that although the mayor personally is opposed to Adolf Hitler and his regime, the mayor is responsible for the safety of everybody, and he believes that through this assignment Finkelstein can show them the difference between their system and the Nazi one. Moe quickly discovers Baumer is in trouble with Berlin for having squandered money intended to finance sabotage. His secretary, Baron Max von Alvenstor ( Carl Esmond), has become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reunion In France
''Reunion in France'' is a 1942 American war film distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Joan Crawford, John Wayne, and Philip Dorn in a story about a woman in occupied France who, learning her well-heeled lover has German connections, aids a downed American flyer. Ava Gardner appears in a small uncredited role as a Parisian shopgirl. The movie was directed by Jules Dassin. Plot It is 1940 in Paris. Michele de la Becque (Joan Crawford) is a career woman in love with industrial designer Robert Cortot (Philip Dorn). They enjoy a luxurious lifestyle unfazed by the approach of World War II. The two become engaged. After the Battle of France and subsequent German occupation, Michele discovers her fiancé is socializing with Nazi officers, including General Schroeder, the military commandant of Paris; and the SS Gruppenführer in charge of the Gestapo in the Greater Paris region. Cortot's factories are manufacturing heavy duty trucks and weapons for the Germans. She confronts h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Falcon's Brother
''The Falcon's Brother'' is a 1942 American crime drama film in which George Sanders, who had been portraying " The Falcon" in a series of films, appears with his real-life brother Tom Conway; with Sanders handing off the series to Conway, who would play the new Falcon in nine subsequent films. Jane Randolph was featured in a supporting role. ''The Falcon's Brother'', the only one to feature two Falcons, was directed by Stanley Logan. Plot Sleuth Gay Lawrence, known as "The Falcon," with his assistant, "Lefty", arrive at dockside to meet a Latin American cruise ship. On board is Lawrence's brother, Tom, who is pronounced dead, a victim of suicide, by homicide inspector Timothy Donovan. Diane Medford, Tom's shipboard companion offers sympathy, but Lawrence has Lefty tail her, as he already knew that the body in the cabin was not his brother. Tracking Diane to a fashion show at the salon of her employer Madame Arlette, Diane is greeted by her fiancé, fashion editor Paul Harri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Code (serial)
''The Secret Code'' (1942) was the 19th serial released by Columbia Pictures. It features the masked hero "The Black Commando" facing Nazi saboteurs, inspired by Republic Pictures' successful '' Spy Smasher'' serial of the same year. The chapters of this serial each ended with a brief tutorial in cryptography. Plot This serial introduces the World War II scenario when a masked hero tries to prevent Nazi agents from crippling the U.S.'s war effort. The spy ring is led by fifth columnist Jensen, who, with his lieutenant Rudy Thyssen and a network of Nazi saboteurs, is trying to get possession of a top-secret formula the United States had developed for manufacturing synthetic rubber while creating explosive gases and radio-controlled bombs to sabotage the exhausting war effort. Police Lieutenant Dan Barton stages a public dismissal from the police department in order to join the saboteurs ring and learn the secret code they have been using. To further assist his efforts (especially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
''Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen'' is a 1942 black-and-white thriller film, directed by James P. Hogan and written by Ellery Queen, the duo of Manfred Lee and Frederic Dannay. The film was the final entry in the Ellery Queen film series. Plot During World War II, Detective Ellery Queen aids Free Dutch agents battle Nazi spies over a prize haul of industrial diamonds, which are being smuggled from Holland to the United States via Egypt. The gems are hidden inside a sarcophagus in order to throw both the Nazis agents and the American authorities off the scent. When the smuggler is murdered upon arrival in the US, Ellery Queen and his police-inspector father attempt to solve the killing. Cast *William Gargan ... Ellery Queen *Margaret Lindsay ... Nikki Porter *Charley Grapewin ... Inspector Richard Queen *Gale Sondergaard ... Mrs. Van Dorn *Gilbert Roland ... Paul Gillete *Sig Ruman ... Heinrich * James Burke ... Police Sergeant Valle *Ernst Deutsch ... Dr. Morse *Maurice Cass ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Füsilier Wipf
''Fusilier Wipf'' (German: ''Füsilier Wipf'') is a 1938 Swiss drama film directed by Hermann Haller and Leopold Lindtberg and starring Paul Hubschmid, Heinrich Gretler and Robert Trösch. When the First World War breaks out, a hairdresser's assistant in neutral Switzerland is mobilised for border protection duty. Serving in the army, he grows from a boy into a man and develops a greater love for his country. The film was part of the intellectual spiritual defence of Switzerland during the era as the country maintained a neutral stance in the years leading up to the Second World War, which began a year after the film was released. Cast * Paul Hubschmid - Reinhold Wipf * Heinrich Gretler Leu * Robert Trösch - Meisterhans * Zarli Carigiet - Schatzli * Max Werner Lenz - Hungerbühler * Karl Meier - Gmür * Walter Bölsterli - Füsilier * Paul Ruffy - Füsilier * Sigfrit Steiner - Oberleutnant * Arnold Müdespacher - Korporal Hotz * Emil Hegetschweiler - Coiffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls To Marry
A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. While the term ''girl'' has other meanings, including ''young woman'',Dictionary.com, "Girl"'' Retrieved January 2, 2008. ''daughter'' or ''girlfriend'' regardless of age, the first meaning is the most common one. The treatment and status of girls in any society is usually closely related to the status of women in that culture. In cultures where women have or had a low social position, girls may be unwanted by their parents, and society may invest less in girls. The difference in girls' and boys' upbringing ranges from slight to completely different. Mixing of the sexes may vary by age, and from totally mixed to total sex segregation. Etymology The English word ''girl'' first appeared during the Middle Ages between 1250 and 1300 CE and came from the Anglo-Saxon word ' (also spelled ' or '). The Anglo-Saxon word ' meaning ''dress'' or ''clothing item'' also seems to have been used as a metonym in some s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodor Herzl (film)
''Theodor Herzl'' or ''Theodor Herzl, Standard-Bearer of the Jewish People'' (German: ''Theodor Herzl, der Bannerträger des jüdischen Volkes'') is a 1921 Austrian silent drama film directed by Otto Kreisler and starring Ernst Bath, Rudolph Schildkraut and Joseph Schildkraut. It portrays the life of Theodor Herzl, the pioneer of modern Zionism.Holmes & Silverman p. 154 Cast * Ernst Bath as Theodor Herzl * Rudolph Schildkraut as Das ringende Israel * Joseph Schildkraut as Das leidende Israel * Josef Schreiter as Prophet * Rudolf Dietz as Dr. Samuel Goldblatt * Else Osterheim as eine junge russische Jüdin * Gita Lenart-Vago as eine spanische Jüdin * Axel Plessen as russischer Gutsbesitzer * Pippa Gettke as Altjüdische tänzerin * Heinz Altringen as König von Spanien * Ludwig Donath as Prinz Eugen * Eugen Preiß as Pope Leo XIII * James Battle as Sultan Abdulhamid II References Bibliography * Baer, Nichola''The Rebirth of a Nation:Cinema, Herzlian Zionism, and Emotion i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
