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The Spanish Fly (play)
''The Spanish Fly'' (German: ''Die spanische Fliege'') is a 1913 German comedy play written by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach. When it premiered Arnold himself played the male lead. It was the first of many successful collaborations between the two writers.Grange p.61 Adaptations It has been adapted for film and television several times including: * '' The Spanish Fly'', a 1931 film by Georg Jacoby * '' The Spanish Fly'', a 1955 film by Carl Boese Carl Eduard Hermann Boese (; 26 August 1887 – 6 July 1958) was a German film director, screenwriter, and film producer, producer. He directed 158 films between 1917 and 1957. Selected filmography * ''Farmer Borchardt'' (1917) * ''Donna Luci .... Notes References Bibliography * Grange, William. ''Historical Dictionary of German Literature to 1945''. Scarecrow Press, 2010. 1913 plays German plays adapted into films Plays by Franz Arnold Plays by Ernst Bach {{1910s-play-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lytta Vesicatoria
''Lytta vesicatoria'', also known as the Spanish fly, is an aposematic emerald-green beetle in the blister beetle family (Meloidae). It is distributed across Eurasia. The species and others in its family were used in traditional apothecary preparations as "Cantharides". The insect is the source of the terpenoid cantharidin, a toxic blistering agent once used as an exfoliating agent, anti-rheumatic drug and an aphrodisiac. The substance has also found culinary use in some blends of the North African spice mix '' ras el hanout''. Its various supposed benefits have been responsible for accidental poisonings. Etymology and taxonomy The generic name is from the Greek λύττα (''lytta''), meaning martial rage, raging madness, Bacchic frenzy, or rabies. The specific name is derived from Latin ''vesica'', blister. ''Lytta vesicatoria'' was formerly named ''Cantharis vesicatoria'', although the genus '' Cantharis'' is in an unrelated family, Cantharidae, the soldier beetles. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aphrodisiac
An aphrodisiac is a substance that increases libido, sexual desire, sexual attraction, sexual pleasure, or sexual behavior. These substances range from a variety of plants, spices, and foods to synthetic chemicals. Natural aphrodisiacs, such as cannabis (drug), cannabis or cocaine, are classified into plant-based and non-plant-based substances. Synthetic aphrodisiacs include MDMA and methamphetamine. Aphrodisiacs can be classified by their type of effects (psychological or physiological). Aphrodisiacs that contain hallucinogenic properties, such as bufotenin, have psychological effects that can increase sexual desire and sexual pleasure. Aphrodisiacs that have smooth muscle relaxing properties, such as yohimbine, have physiological effects that can affect hormone concentrations and increase blood flow. Substances that have the opposite effects on libido are called anaphrodisiacs. Aphrodisiac effects can also be due to the Placebo, placebo effect. Both males and females can po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Potion
A love potion (''poculum amatorium'') is a magical liquid which supposedly causes the drinker to develop feelings of love towards the person who served it. Another common term to describe the potion, ''philtre'', is thought to have originated from the ancient Greek term ''philtron (love charm'), via the French word '' philtre''. The love potion motif occurs in literature, mainly in fairy tales, and in paintings, drama, music and mythology. In the Middle Ages, extracts from nightshades were used as hallucinogens, and to make supposed love potions and flying ointments. Such plants may have included belladonna, angel's trumpets, jimsonweed, black henbane, European scopolia or autumn mandrake, which contain alkaloids (atropine and scopolamine, which are hallucinogenic in higher doses) characterized by a narrow therapeutic index. Some attempts to create love potions have led to overdose or death where the preparations were not standardized for the content of potent c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Play
Comedy is a genre of dramatic performance having a light or humorous tone that depicts amusing incidents and in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity. For ancient Greeks and Romans, a comedy was a stage-play with a happy ending. In the Middle Ages, the term expanded to include narrative poems with happy endings and a lighter tone. In this sense Dante used the term in the title of his poem, the ''Divine Comedy'' (Italian: ''Divina Commedia''). The phenomena connected with laughter and that which provokes it have been carefully investigated by psychologists. The predominating characteristics are incongruity or contrast in the object, and shock or emotional seizure on the part of the subject. It has also been held that the feeling of superiority is an essential factor: thus Thomas Hobbes speaks of laughter as a "sudden glory." Modern investigators have paid much attention to the origin both of laughter and of smiling, as well as the development of the "play inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Arnold
Franz Arnold (1878–1960) was a German actor and playwright. He frequently collaborated with Ernst Bach as a duo after their debut play '' The Spanish Fly'' was a hit.Grange p.61 He emigrated to Britain in 1933. Plays by Arnold and Bach *'' The Spanish Fly'' (1913) *''Die schwebende Jungfrau'' (1916) *''Die Fahrt ins Glück'' (1916, Operetta, music by Jean Gilbert) *''Die bessere Hälfte'' (1917) *''Fräulein Puck'' (1919, Vaudeville, music by Walter Kollo) *''Das Jubiläum'' (1920) *''Zwangseinquartierung'' (1920) *''Der keusche Lebemann'' (1921) *''Die Königin der Nacht'' (1921, Operetta, music by Walter Kollo) *''Der kühne Schwimmer'' (1922) *''Dolly'' (1923, Operetta, music by ) *''Der Fürst von Pappenheim'' (1923, Operetta, music by Hugo Hirsch, English title: ''Toni'') *''Die vertagte Nacht'' (1924) *''Der wahre Jakob'' (1924) *''Die vertauschte Frau'' (1924, Operetta, music by Walter Kollo) *''Olly-Polly'' (1925, Operetta, music by Walter Kollo) *''Stöpsel'' (192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Bach
Ernst Bach (10 May 1876 – 1 November 1929) was an Austrian actor and playwright. He made his debut as an actor at the Raimund Theater in Vienna in 1899. In 1903 he moved to Berlin to the , then to the in 1905, where he became Regisseur in 1906 and in 1908 Oberregisseur. In 1909 he started what was to become a 20-year partnership with Franz Arnold as a duo Arnold and Bach, with whom he wrote more than 20 plays, mainly farces and operettas. Their first hit play was '' The Spanish Fly'' in 1913. They went on to become one of the leading playwriting teams in Weimar Germany.Grange p.61 In 1917 he became the director of the Münchner Volkstheater in Munich, whilst continuing his writing partnership with Franz Arnold at Starnberg. He remained in Munich until his death in 1929. Plays by Arnold and Bach *'' The Spanish Fly'' (1913, '' schwank'' in three acts) *''Die schwebende Jungfrau'' (1916, ''schwank'' in three acts) *''Die Fahrt ins Glück'' (1916, operetta in three acts, music by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spanish Fly (1931 Film)
''The Spanish Fly'' (German: ''Die spanische Fliege'') is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Betty Bird, Lizzi Waldmüller and Fritz Schulz. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. It was based on the 1913 play '' The Spanish Fly'' by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach. The film was remade in 1955. Cast * Betty Bird *Lizzi Waldmüller * Fritz Schulz *Hans Brausewetter * Oscar Sabo *Julia Serda *Lizzi Natzler *Ralph Arthur Roberts *Paul Westermeier * Hans Hermann Schaufuß *Gertrud Wolle *Paul Biensfeldt *Arthur Mainzer *Henry Bender Henry Bender (born Harry Bandheimer; 1867–1933) was a German stage and film actor.Chandler p. 272 He appeared in more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''The Devil'' (1918) * '' Madeleine'' (1919) * ''Whitechapel'' ... * Franz Weber *Laurie Lane * Erika Helmke References Bibliography * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1931''. Klaus-Archiv, 2006. External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Jacoby
Georg Jacoby (23 July 1882 – 21 February 1964) was a German film director and screenwriter. , bfi.org.uk; accessed 11 December 2016. Biography Jacoby was born in Mainz, Germany, the son of Wilhelm Jacoby (1855–1925), a German comedic playwright, who concentrated largely on creating farces, such as ''The Duchess of Athens'' (1883) and ''Pension Schöller (play), Pension Schöller'' (1890), which he co-authored with Carl Laufs. Georg adapted ''Pension Schöller'' into film versions on no fewer than three occasions. In 1923, Georg Jacoby gave Marlene Dietrich her film debut, casting her in a small role in ''The Little Napoleon'' (1923). His involvement with large-budget Italian epic ''Quo Vadis (1924 film), Quo Vadis'' (1924), which was a critical and commercial disaster, damaged his reputation. He rebuilt his career by direct ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spanish Fly (1955 Film)
''The Spanish Fly'' () is a 1955 West German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Joe Stöckel, Erika von Thellmann and Rudolf Platte. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios with sets designed by the art director Ernst Klose. It was based on the 1913 play '' The Spanish Fly'' by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach. A previous adaptation had been released in 1931.Goble p.16 Cast In alphabetical order *Helmut Ahner as Otto *Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Helene *Albert Florath as Coldewey *Kurt Großkurth as Hartmann *Paul Henckels as Dr. Ambrosius *Ursula Herking as Frau Hartmann *Holger Hildmann as Fritz * Stanislav Ledinek as Pollack *Hans Leibelt as Breilmann *Elena Luber as Sekretärin * Jester Naefe as Hannelore Klinke * Rudolf Platte as Hugo Sommer *Lotte Rausch as Frau Semmelmann * Hans Richter as Dr. Gerlach *Gretl Schörg as Miss Hilton * Ruth Stephan as Jutta *Hans Stiebner as Oexle *Joe Stöckel as Heinrich Klinke *Hubert von Meyerinck Hubert "Hubsi" von Meyerinck (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Boese
Carl Eduard Hermann Boese (; 26 August 1887 – 6 July 1958) was a German film director, screenwriter, and film producer, producer. He directed 158 films between 1917 and 1957. Selected filmography * ''Farmer Borchardt'' (1917) * ''Donna Lucia'' (1918) * ''The Stolen Sole'' (1918) - Director * ''Nuri's Curse / Nissami's Song'' (1918) - Director * ''The Geisha and the Samurai'' (1919) * ''The Devil and the Madonna'' (1919) * ''Nocturne of Love (1919 film), Nocturne of Love'' (1919)-Direct. * ''The Golem: How He Came into the World'' (1920) * ''The Dancer Barberina'' (1920) * ''Three Nights'' (1920) * ''The Song of the Puszta'' (1920) * ''Blackmailed (1920 film), Blackmailed'' (1920) * ''The Raft of the Dead'' (1921) * ''The Shadow of Gaby Leed'' (1921) * ''The Terror of the Red Mill'' (1921) * Dolores (1922) - Director * ''The Unwritten Law (1922 film), The Unwritten Law'' (1922) * ''Slave for Life'', director, producer * ''Count Cohn'' (1923) * ''Maciste and the Chinese Chest'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Plays
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German Plays Adapted Into Films
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