Bagdad is a 1949 Technicolor American adventure film directed by Charles Lamont starring Maureen O'Hara, Paul Hubschmid, and Vincent Price. O'Hara called it "a 'tits and sand' picture...one of the films that I point to as part of my decorative years but audiences love them."
Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff was an Armenian-American actor of film, stage, and television. One of the premier character actors of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tamiroff appeared in at least 80 motion pictures in a career spanning 37 years, developing a prolific career despite his thick accent.
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll is a 1960 British horror film produced by Hammer Film Productions. It was directed by Terence Fisher, and stars Paul Massie as Dr. Jekyll, and co-stars Dawn Addams, Christopher Lee and David Kossoff. The screenplay was written by Wolf Mankowitz, based on the 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Paul Hubschmid was a Swiss actor. He was most notable for his role as Henry Higgins in a production of My Fair Lady. In some of his Hollywood films he used the name Paul Christian. He appeared in dozens of films and television series between 1938 and 1991. Many of these were German and International productions.
Isa Miranda was an Italian actress with an international film career.
Plymouth Adventure is a 1952 American Technicolor historical drama film with an ensemble cast starring Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson and Leo Genn, made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Clarence Brown, and produced by Dore Schary. The screenplay was adapted by Helen Deutsch from the 1950 novel The Voyage of the Mayflower by Ernest Gébler. The supporting cast includes Barry Jones, Dawn Addams, Lloyd Bridges and John Dehner.
The Walls of Malapaga (Italian: Le mura di Malapaga, French: Au-delà des grilles, is a 1949 French-Italian drama film directed by René Clément and starring Jean Gabin, Isa Miranda and Andrea Checchi. It was a co-production made by Francinex and Italia Produzione, produced by Alfredo Guarini from a screenplay by Cesare Zavattini, Suso Cecchi d'Amico and Alfredo Guarini adapted by Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost. The music score was by Roman Vlad and the cinematography by Louis Page. It was made at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome with sets designed by the art director Piero Filippone and Luigi Gervasi.
Dis-moi qui tuer is a 1965 French drama mystery film directed by Étienne Périer. The screenplay was written by Maurice Fabre and Didier Goulard, based on a novel by Henri Lapierre. The film stars Michèle Morgan and Paul Hubschmid.
I'm in the Revue is a 1950 French-Italian comedy film directed by Mario Soldati. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.
Return to Treasure Island is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Tab Hunter, Dawn Addams and Porter Hall. Shot in Pathécolor it was distributed by United Artists. The film is about modern-day adventurers exploring the desert island from Robert Louis Stevenson's frequently filmed 1883 novel Treasure Island. Though Stevenson's story was fictional, it is treated as historical for the purposes of the film's plot.
The Treasure of San Teresa is a 1959 British-West German thriller film directed by Alvin Rakoff and starring Eddie Constantine, Dawn Addams and Marius Goring. It was based on a play by Jeffrey Dell. The film is also known by the alternative titles Hot Money Girl, Long Distance, and Rhapsody in Blei.
Red Passport is a 1935 Italian historical drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Isa Miranda, Filippo Scelzo and Ugo Ceseri. A group of Italian immigrants to South America join in a revolution.
Like the Leaves is a 1935 Italian drama film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Isa Miranda, Mimì Aylmer and Nino Besozzi. It was based on a play by Giuseppe Giacosa. The film radically altered the image of Miranda from her previous film Everybody's Woman (1934) in which she had played a glamorous film star. In this case she appeared as a modest middle-class woman. Miranda was widely praised for her performance, further enhancing her status as the leading Italian actress.
A Woman Between Two Worlds is a 1936 Italian white telephone drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Isa Miranda, Assia Noris and Giulio Donadio. The film's sets were designed by art director Hans Ledersteger. It is the Italian version of the German film The Love of the Maharaja. The film largely takes place in a grand hotel setting.
The Haller Case is a 1933 Italian thriller film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Marta Abba, Memo Benassi and Camillo Pilotto. The film is based on the 1893 play Der Andere by Paul Lindau. It marked the screen debut of Isa Miranda, who had her breakthrough role the following year in Everybody's Woman and emerged as the most international-renowned Italian actress of the decade.
The Lie of Nina Petrovna is a 1937 French drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Isa Miranda, Fernand Gravey and Aimé Clariond. It is a remake of the 1929 silent film The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna with the setting moved from the Russian Empire to Imperial Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne.
Voyage to Italy, Complete with Love is a 1958 West German romantic comedy film directed by Wolfgang Becker and starring Paul Hubschmid, Susanne Cramer and Hannelore Schroth. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin with extensive location shooting around Italy including Venice, Assisi, Rome, Naples and Sorrento. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz.
The Ambassador's Wife is a 1955 West German spy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Paul Hubschmid, Ingrid Andree and Antje Weisgerber.
Mission to Hell is a 1964 German-French-Italian spy film written and directed by Gianfranco Parolini and starring Paul Hubschmid. One of the first Eurospy productions, it was a box office success.
The Count of Bragelonne is a 1954 Franco-Italian film directed by Fernando Cerchio. It is a film adaptation of the novel Le Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas père. Its cast included Dawn Addams, Georges Marchal and Jacques Dumesnil. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon.
