Related Research Articles
The Royal Family of Broadway is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by George Cukor and Cyril Gardner and released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was adapted by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Gertrude Purcell from the play The Royal Family by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman. It stars Ina Claire, Fredric March, Mary Brian, Henrietta Crosman, Arnold Korff, and Frank Conroy. It was shot at the Astoria Studios in New York.
A bearded lady is a woman with a naturally occurring beard normally due to the condition known as hirsutism or hypertrichosis. Hypertrichosis causes people of either sex to develop excess hair over their entire body, while hirsutism is restricted to females and only causes excessive hair growth in the nine body areas mentioned by Ferriman and Gallwey.
William Leonard Hunt, also known by the stage name The Great Farini, was a well-known nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Canadian funambulist, entertainment promoter and inventor, as well as the first known white man to cross the Kalahari Desert on foot and survive. He also published under the name Guillermo Antonio Farini.
Arnold Peter Kirsch-Korff was an Austrian-born American Hollywood actor and director. He appeared in a number of German and Austrian films before moving to the United States and resuming his career in America. He made his first appearance on the American stage in Denver in 1892.
Helena Makowska was a Polish actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1911 and 1958.
Hamlet (Italian:Amleto) is a 1917 Italian silent drama film directed by Eleuterio Rodolfi and starring Ruggero Ruggeri, Helena Makowska and Mercedes Brignone. It is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
Goodbye Youth is a 1918 Italian silent drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Maria Jacobini, Lido Manetti and Helena Makowska, The film was adapted from the 1911 play of the same name by Nino Oxilia and Sandro Camasio, The film is set in Turin at the beginning of the twentieth century, where a student begins a romance with a seamstress, Dorina, however he is lured away by a sophisticated older woman to Dorina's distress. Genina remade the film in 1927, again as a silent. It was then remade as a sound film of the same title in 1940.
The Shot in the Pavilion is a 1925 German silent mystery film directed by Max Obal and starring Ernst Reicher, Margarete Schlegel and Helena Makowska. It features the popular detective character Stuart Webbs who appeared in a number of silent films.
Athletes is a 1925 German silent film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Asta Nielsen, Gregori Chmara and Arnold Korff.
Modern Marriages is a 1924 Czech-German silent comedy film directed by Hans Otto and starring Fritz Kortner and Helena Makowska.
The Secret of One Hour is a 1926 German silent crime film directed by Max Obal and starring Ernst Reicher, Helena Makowska and Hilde Horst. It is part of the series of films portraying the detective character Stuart Webbs.
Quarantine is a 1923 German silent film directed by Max Mack and starring Rudolf Lettinger, Helena Makowska and Loni Nest.
The Blonde Hannele is a 1924 German silent film directed by Franz Seitz and starring Maria Mindzenty, Carl de Vogt, and Helena Makowska.
Fritz Kraenke (1890–1947) was a German art director. He worked on the sets of more than thirty films during the silent era.
Siegfried Berisch, was a German-Jewish actor.
Power of Temptation is a 1922 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Lil Dagover, Ilka Grüning and Arnold Korff.
Circus People is a 1922 German silent drama film directed by William Kahn and starring Anita Berber, Charles Willy Kayser and Eduard von Winterstein.
Maciste and the Silver King's Daughter is a 1922 German-Italian silent epic film directed by Luigi Romano Borgnetto and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Helena Makowska and Ludwig Hartau. It was one of a series of films featuring the character of Maciste.
The Terror of the Sea is a 1924 German silent film directed by Franz Osten and starring Carl de Vogt, Helena Makowska, and Cläre Lotto.
The Four Last Seconds of Quidam Uhl is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Robert Reinert and starring Carl de Vogt, Helena Makowska and John Mylong. The film was not a success on its release.
References
- ↑ Gerhard Lamprecht. Deutsche Stummfilme, Volume 8 p.119
