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| Chance the Idol | |
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| Directed by | Graham Cutts |
| Written by | Henry Arthur Jones (play) Curt J. Braun |
| Produced by | Harry R. Sokal |
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| Cinematography | Theodor Sparkuhl |
| Music by | Felix Bartsch |
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| Distributed by | National Film |
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| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
Chance the Idol (German: Die Spielerin) is a 1927 German silent film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Jack Trevor, Agnes Esterhazy and Harry Liedtke. It was based on a play by Henry Arthur Jones. Cutts was working in Germany at the time for Gainsborough Pictures.
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Gainsborough Pictures was a British film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, northeast London. Gainsborough Studios was active between 1924 and 1951. The company was initially based at Islington Studios, which were built as a power station for the Great Northern & City Railway and later converted to studios.
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The Sea Urchin is a 1926 British drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Betty Balfour, George Hackathorne and W. Cronin Wilson. It was made at Gainsborough Studios with Michael Balcon as producer.
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Confetti is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Jack Buchanan, Annette Benson and Sydney Fairbrother. A sound version was released in 1928. While the sound version had no audible dialog, it featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process. The silent version had its trade show exhibition in December 1927 which the sound version had its premiere in October of 1928. The film was shot at Gainsborough Pictures' Islington studios.
The Queen Was in the Parlour is a 1927 Anglo-German silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Lili Damita, Louis Ralph and Paul Richter. It was based on the Noël Coward play The Queen Was in the Parlour. Its German title was Die letzte Nacht.
The Blackguard is a 1925 British-German silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Jane Novak, Walter Rilla, and Frank Stanmore. The film is set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution during which a violinist (Rilla) saves a princess (Novak) from execution.
The Blackguard is 1923 novel by Raymond Paton. It is a melodrama set during the Russian Revolution of 1917. A French violinist rescues a Russian princess from execution at the hands of revolutionaries led by his former mentor.
The Great Longing is a 1930 German comedy film directed by Steve Sekely in his directorial debut and starring Camilla Horn, Theodor Loos, and Harry Frank. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Sohnle and Otto Erdmann. It was distributed by the German branch of Universal Pictures.
Marry Me is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Renate Müller, Harry Green and George Robey. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures at Islington Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky.
Nanon is a 1924 German silent historical film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Agnes Esterhazy, Harry Liedtke, and Hanni Weisse. It is based on the operetta Nanon by Richard Genée with a libretto by F Zell. The film's sets were designed by the Hungarian art director Stefan Lhotka. The film was remade in 1938 as a sound film of the same name.
The Beggar Student is a 1927 German silent film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Harry Liedtke, Ida Wüst and Agnes Esterhazy. It is an adaptation of Carl Millöcker's operetta The Beggar Student. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Botho Hoefer and Hans Minzloff.
A Dream of Happiness is a 1924 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Harry Liedtke, Ferdinand von Alten and Uschi Elleot.
Grandstand for General Staff is a 1926 Austrian-German silent comedy film directed by Hans Otto and Erich Schönfelder and starring Alexander Roda Roda, Harry Liedtke and Olga Chekhova. It is based on a play of the same name.