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The Great Unknown (1927 Film)
''The Great Unknown'' (German:''Der große Unbekannte'') is a 1927 German silent crime film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Jack Trevor, Arthur Kraußneck and Andrée Lafayette. It is based on a novel by Edgar Wallace.Bergfelder p.144 The film's sets were designed by the art director Karl Machus. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. Cast * Jack Trevor as Major Paul Roy Amery * Arthur Kraußneck as Maurice Tarn * Andrée Lafayette as Else Marlowe, Tarns Mündel * Eugen Neufeld as Inspektor Wille von Scotland Yard * Ernst Reicher as Polizeikommissar Bickerson * Evi Eva as Jessie Damm * Nien Soen Ling as Feng Ho * John Loder as Dr. Ralf Hallam * Kurt Gerron as Bankier Tupperwill * Sig Arno as Mauropolus * Hugo Werner-Kahle as Mr. Damm, Jessies Vater * Ruth Weyher Ruth Weyher (28 May 1901 – 27 January 1983) was a German film actress of the silent film, silent era. She appeared in 60 films between 1920 and 1930. She starred in the 1926 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manfred Noa
Manfred Noa (22 March 1893 – 5 December 1930) was a German film director. Noa was described by Vilma Bánky, who he directed twice, as her "favourite director". Noa's 1924 film '' Helena'' has been called his "masterpiece" although it was so expensive that it seriously damaged the finances of Bavaria Film.Schildgen p.42 Noa is perhaps best known today for his 1922 film ''Nathan the Wise'', an adaptation of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's 1779 play of the same title, which made a plea for religious tolerance. He was the third husband of the actress Eva May, who was the daughter of his fellow director Joe May. Noa died 5 December 1930 in Berlin of peritonitis. Selected filmography * ''The Uncanny House'' (1916) * '' The Diamond Foundation'' (1917) * ''The Lord of Hohenstein'' (1917) * ''Love'' (1919) * '' The Girl and the Men'' (1919) * '' Wibbel the Tailor'' (1920) * ''Hate'' (1920) * '' Sons of the Night'' (1921) * ''Nathan the Wise'' (1922) * '' Helena'' (1924) * '' The Wonderful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugen Neufeld
Eugen Neufeld (6 December 1882 in Göding – 18 October 1950 in Vienna) was an Austrian-Jewish film actor. He was the older brother of actor and director Max Neufeld.Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 Selected filmography * '' The Priest from Kirchfeld'' (1914) * '' The Ancestress'' (1919) * ''Light of His Life'' (1921) * '' The Woman in White'' (1921) * ''The Dead Wedding Guest'' (1922) * '' East and West'' (1923) * '' The Iron King'' (1923) * '' The Tales of Hoffmann'' (1923) * '' The City Without Jews'' (1924) * ''Gulliver's Travels'' (1924) * '' Colonel Redl'' (1925) * '' A Waltz by Strauss'' (1925) * ''Sons in Law'' (1926) * ''The Arsonists of Europe'' (1926) * '' Her Highness Dances the Waltz'' (1926) * '' Alpine Tragedy'' (1927) * '' The Bordello in Rio'' (1927) * '' German Women - German Faithfulness'' (1927) * '' The Beloved of His Highness'' (1928) * '' At Ruedesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On British Novels
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Silent Feature Films
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Films Directed By Manfred Noa
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1927 Films
The following is an overview of 1927 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1927 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January 10 – Fritz Lang's science-fiction fantasy ''Metropolis'' premieres in Germany. The film receives its American premiere in New York City on March 6. *March 11 – World's largest movie theatre, the Roxy Theatre, opens in New York City. *April 7 – Abel Gance's '' Napoleon'' often considered his best known and greatest masterpiece, premieres (in a shortened version) at the Paris Opéra and demonstrates techniques and equipment that will not be revived for years to come, such as hand-held cameras, and what is often considered the first widescreen projection format Polyvision. It will be more than three decades before films with a widescreen format would again be attempted. *May 11 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Weyher
Ruth Weyher (28 May 1901 – 27 January 1983) was a German film actress of the silent film, silent era. She appeared in 60 films between 1920 and 1930. She starred in the 1926 film ''Secrets of a Soul'', which was directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. Selected filmography * ''A Dying Nation'' (1922) * ''Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination, Warning Shadows'' (1923) * ''Adam and Eve (1923 film), Adam and Eve'' (1923) * ''The Ancient Law'' (1923) * ''The Fake Emir'' (1924) * ''A Dangerous Game (1924 film), A Dangerous Game'' (1924) * ''Comedy of the Heart'' (1924) * ''Darling of the King'' (1924) * ''Wood Love'' (1925) * ''The Fire Dancer'' (1925) * ''Reveille: The Great Awakening'' (1925) * ''Chaste Susanne (film), Chaste Susanne'' (1926) * ''Secrets of a Soul'' (1926) * ''The Flames Lie'' (1926) * ''The Trumpets are Blowing'' (1926) * ''Lives in Danger'' (1926) * ''Marriage Announcement'' (1926) * ''The Woman in the Cupboard'' (1927) * ''The Impostor (1927 film), The Impostor' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Werner-Kahle
Hugo Werner-Kahle (5 August 1882 – 1 May 1961) was a German stage and film actor (and sporadically, a movie director). He appeared in around a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Midnight (1918 film), Midnight'' (1918) * ''The Bracelet (film), The Bracelet'' (1918) * ''Europe, General Delivery'' (1918) * ''The Count of Cagliostro'' (1920) * ''Biribi (film), Biribi'' (1922) * ''Money in the Streets'' (1922) * ''Tabitha, Stand Up'' (1922) * ''Miss Madame (1923 film), Miss Madame'' (1923) * ''Friend Ripp'' (1923) * ''The Lost Soul, or: The Dangers of Hypnosis'' (1923)Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 264. . * ''Modern Vices (film), Modern Vices'' (1924) * ''The Other Woman (1924 film), The Other Woman'' (1924) * ''Hunted Men (1924 film), Hunted Men'' (1924) * ''A Woman for 24 Hours'' (1925) * ''The Uninvited Guest (1925 film), The Uninvited Guest'' (1925) * ''Shadows of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sig Arno
Sig Arno (born Siegfried Aron, 27 December 1895 – 17 August 1975) was a German-Jewish film actor who appeared in such films as '' Pardon My Sarong'' and '' The Mummy's Hand''. He may be best remembered from '' The Palm Beach Story'' (1942) as Toto, the nonsense-talking, mustachioed man who hopelessly pursues Mary Astor's Princess Centimillia. Biography Arno was born in Hamburg, Germany. Before beginning to make films in 1920, he was well-known in Germany as a stage comedian.Erickson, HaBiography (Allmovie) He acted in 90 films in Germany – including G.W. Pabst's '' Pandora's Box'' with Louise Brooks – playing primarily comic roles, then he left Germany in 1933 due to the rise of Adolf Hitler. He worked in Europe until 1939 when he moved to Hollywood. During the next 20 years. he appeared in over 50 films, often playing waiters, maitre d's and "funny Europeans". Arno appeared three times on Broadway, notably in the musical '' Song of Norway'' and the play ''Time R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Gerron
Kurt Gerron (11 May 1897 – 28 October 1944) was a German Jewish actor and film director. He and his wife, Olga were murdered in the Holocaust. Life Born Kurt Gerson into a well-off merchant family in Berlin, he studied medicine before being called up for military service in World War I. After being seriously wounded, he was qualified as a military doctor in the German Army, despite having been only in his second year at university. After the war Gerron turned to a stage career, becoming a theatre actor under director Max Reinhardt in 1920. He appeared in secondary roles in several silent films and began directing film shorts in 1926. Gerron's popular cinema breakthrough came with ''The Blue Angel'' (''Der Blaue Engel'', 1930) opposite Marlene Dietrich. Two years before, Gerron originated the role of "Tiger" Brown in the 1928 premiere production of ''The Threepenny Opera'' (''Die Dreigroschenoper'') at the Berlin Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, in which he also performed the first p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Loder (actor)
John Loder (born William John Muir Lowe; 3 January 1898 – 26 December 1988) was established as a British film actor in Germany and Britain before migrating to the United States in 1928 for work in the new talkies. He worked in Hollywood for two periods, becoming an American citizen in 1947. After living also in Argentina, he became a naturalized British citizen in 1959. Biography Early life Loder was born in 1898 in Knightsbridge, London. His father was W. H. M. Lowe, a British career army officer who achieved the rank of general. Patrick Pearse, the leader of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland, surrendered to him. Both were present at the surrender. His mother was Frances Broster Johnson (née de Salvo; 1857–1942), daughter of Francesco de Salvo of Palermo, Sicily and his English wife Emma Broster. Frances was widowed when she married Lowe; she had been married to the late Captain Robert Harry Johnson of the 64th Foot Regiment. Loder had a younger sister, Elizabeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
