Otto Lang
Nacimiento : 1908-01-21, Zenica, Austria-Hungary (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Muerte : 2006-01-30
Historia
Otto Lang (1908 – 2006) was a skier and pioneer ski instructor from Bosnia and Herzegovina, who lived and worked in the United States. After teaching skiing at a variety of smaller resorts in Austria, he joined the Hannes Schneider Ski School in St. Anton am Arlberg, one of the most prestigious ski schools of the era. Like many instructors who taught Schneider's Arlberg Method, Lang was eventually offered a chance to teach in the U.S., at Pecketts' on Sugar Hill in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. He later moved out west and found ski schools on Mount Rainier, Mount Baker and Mount Hood.
He demonstrated ski techniques in Jerome Hill's documentary Ski Flight (1938) which premiered at Radio City Music Hall. His 1936 book Downhill Skiing was recognized in its day as the most comprehensive manual for skiing instruction for the fledgling sport. Ski Filmmaker Warren Miller and newsman Lowell Thomas both credited Lang's book as their inspiration for their interest in skiing.
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Una mirada nostálgica sobre las legendarias tres cámaras, tres procesos de proyección que revolucionaron la industria del cine: así comenzó la era de la pantalla panorámica. A través de clips de Cinerama real, curiosas imágenes detrás de cámaras y nuevas entrevistas, el espectador puede conocer una época ya superada del mundo del cine. Este documental aparece en la edición coleccionista de "La conquista del Oeste".
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Based on Jerome Hill's unpublished novel, Peacock Feathers, this ensemble piece focuses on the relationship between two aging sisters.
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A selection of excerpts from the first Cinerama films.
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Rogers Rangers fight the French & Indians in Canada while searching for a waterway which will lead to this ocean.
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Cinerama documentary
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Cinerama documentary
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A detective is assigned to a case of murder. During the investigation he finds himself taking a more than professional interest in the victim, the mysterious Laura.
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Jet Carrier is a 1954 American short documentary film produced by Otto Lang as a CinemaScope Special. It was nominated for two Academy Awards - one for Best Documentary Short, and the other for Best Two-Reel Short. It was filmed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown.
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Jet Carrier is a 1954 American short documentary film produced by Otto Lang as a CinemaScope Special. It was nominated for two Academy Awards - one for Best Documentary Short, and the other for Best Two-Reel Short. It was filmed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown.
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The First Piano Quartette is a 1954 short documentary film directed by Otto Lang. It shows the First Piano Quartette composed of Adan Garner, Edward Edson, Frank Mittler and Glauco D'Attilli as they play Lecuona's "Malaguena," Debussy's "Clair de Lune," and John Phillip Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever." The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel.
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A commercial airline pilot and flight attendant have a bit of layover in Las Vegas and see all the sights there are to see in the desert paradise.
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The first travelogue released by Twentieth Century-Fox in CinemaScope, produced and directed by Otto Lang, is a photographic record of a journey from Milan to Naples, through Florence and Rome, on a streamlined passenger train. En route, the film takes time out in the cities mentioned to take a look at the landmarks -- past and present -- with the climax on the edge of Vesuvius' smoldering crater. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
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Si bien durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial Turquia permanece neutral, esta sirve como punto encuentro a espías de los países en conflicto. Diello (James Mason), quien es secretario del embajador inglés, ha tramado un arriesgado plan para vender secretos británicos a los alemanes y huir posteriormente a Sudamérica.
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A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This short film walks the viewer through art directors' responsibilities and the demands on their talents. They read a script carefully and design a set to capture the time and place, the social strata, and the mood. They must be scholars of the history of architecture, furnishings, and fashion. They choose the colors on a set in anticipation of the lighting and the mood. Their work also sets styles, from Art Deco in the 20's to 30s modernism. Then it's on to the next project.
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Basado en una historia real. En 1932, Frank Wiecek fue condenado a 99 años de prisión por un crimen que no cometió. Doce años después, su madre, que limpiando pisos ha ahorrado 5.000 dólares, centavo a centavo, publica un anuncio ofreciendo ese dinero como recompensa para quien le dé la información que permita descubrir al verdadero criminal. Un escéptico periodista inicia una investigación.
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Skifully Yours by noted ski film director Otto Lang, offers a charming look at the Sun Valley, Idaho, ski scene of the late 1930s.
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Shot in 1941, this black-and-white instructional film (featuring actor Alan Ladd) serves as a veritable time capsule on the history of the sport, with advice on ski design, schussing, lacquer, wax and toe plates.
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Not long after opening the first ski school in the United States to an impressive roster of celebrity students, Otto Lang became a noted ski film director and earned an Oscar nod for his efforts. Ski Flight, which premiered at the iconic Radio City Music Hall in 1938 is the first-ever theatrical ski film.
