Ernest Vajda

출생 : , Komárno, Austria-Hungary [now Slovakia]

약력

Hungarian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, and actor.

참여 작품

Stars and Stripes Forever
Story
Marine bandmaster John Philip Sousa (Clifton Webb) becomes famous for his marches and inspires the sousaphone.
They Dare Not Love
Writer
An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes him realize his mistake in leaving. He makes a deal with the Nazis to return in exchange for some Austrian prisoners, but discovers that the Nazis are not to be trusted.
He Stayed for Breakfast
Screenplay
Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy banker who hides a handsome and fiery Communist fugitive in her apartment.
Dramatic School
Screenplay
Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night. She daydreams and "acts" her way through life, and her fellow students at school begin to suspect her stories are just that - fabrications. After Louise begins to weave an actual meeting with a debonair playboy into a fantasy of club dates and romance, her classmate Nana discovers the lie when she too meets the playboy. Nana sets a trap for Louise, and the result is an end to one fantasy and the realization of another.
마리 앙투아네트
Screenplay
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.
The Great Garrick
Writer
A British actor insults a French acting group only to fall victim to a prank that might destroy his career.
Personal Property
Screenplay
Raymond Dabney returns to his family after trouble with the law. He convinces the sheriff to give him a job watching the house and furniture of widow Crystal Wetherby without knowing she is engaged to his brother.
A Woman Rebels
Screenplay
A Victorian-era woman struggles to break free of the moral codes established by society and enforced by her father.
메리 위도우
Screenplay
유럽의 작고 가난한 왕국 마코브니아의 국왕 아치메드는 국가의 재정을 보호하기 위해 고군분투한다. 왕국에서 제일가는 부자인 과부 소냐가 파리로 떠나자 국왕은 매력적인 대위 다닐로를 보내 그녀가 외국인과 재혼하는 것을 막으려 한다. 소냐와의 결혼에 실패하면 다닐로는 감옥에 가게 되는 것이다. 우여곡절 끝에 다닐로는 소냐와 결혼을 약속하지만 그가 명령에 의해 자신에게 접근했음을 알게 된 소냐는 다닐로의 청혼을 거절하고, 결국 다닐로는 감옥에 갇히게 된다. 프란츠 레하르의 유명한 동명 오페라타를 각색한 영화. 경쾌한 음악과 활기 넘치는 대사를 루비치 만의 세련된 유머와 스타일로 증류해 낸 작품으로, 시대를 통틀어 가장 뛰어난 뮤지컬 영화라는 평가를 받으며 이후 할리우드 뮤지컬에 많은 영향을 미쳤다.
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Screenplay
Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.
퀸 크리스티나
Additional Writing
그레타 가르보의 많은 명작들 중 최고작으로 꼽히는 명작! 17세기 스웨덴의 여왕이었던 크리스티나의 사랑과 슬픈 비극적 결말을 그린 사극으로 가르보의 연기가 보석같이 빛을 발한다. 특히 그녀와 길버트의 러브신은 영화사상 최고의 신들로 꼽히며 사람의 시체를 싣고서 뱃머리를 그의 고향으로 향하는 마지막 장면도 영화사를 장식하는 명 라스트 신들 중 하나이다. 크리스티나는 1632년 아버지인 구스타프 2세의 죽음으로 6세의 나이에 스웨덴의 왕위에 오른다. 크리스티나의 여왕은 지적이고 영리해서 시대를 앞서나가는 인물이었다. 하지만 그녀는 스페인 대사인 돈 안토니오와 사랑에 빠져 결혼과 왕위계승자를 낳는 것을 거부하고 28세의 나이에 왕좌에서 물러난다. 결국 돈 안토니오는 여왕을 눈독들이고 있던 재무대신인 마그누스와 결투하다 죽고 여왕은 죽은 연인의 시체와 함께 스웨덴을 떠난다.
Reunion in Vienna
Screenplay
An exiled archduke (John Barrymore) tries to renew romance with a former lover (Diana Wynyard) now wed to a psychiatrist (Frank Morgan).
Payment Deferred
Screenplay
Bank clerk William Marble is desperate for money to pay his family's bills. When his wealthy nephew visits, Marble asks him for a loan, but the young man refuses. Marble decides to kill his nephew. It is a twisted path to justice after Marble is transformed by the crime he committed and the wealth he gains.
스밀린 스루
Writer
On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carteret spends three decades in seclusion, mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen, until he learns that her niece, Kathleen, has become an orphan. He adopts and raises the child as his own but is alarmed when, as a young woman, she falls in love with the son of Moonyeen's murderer.
Mister Albert
Screenplay
Monsieur Albert is a very elegant and much-appreciated butler. One day he falls in love with a client, Sylvia Robertson, and follows her to a winter sports resort. Sylvia does not recognize him and imagines that he is related to a king who goes incognito.
Mister Albert
Novel
Monsieur Albert is a very elegant and much-appreciated butler. One day he falls in love with a client, Sylvia Robertson, and follows her to a winter sports resort. Sylvia does not recognize him and imagines that he is related to a king who goes incognito.
내가 죽인 남자
Screenplay
음악가를 꿈꾸던 폴은 1차 세계 대전에 참전했다가 전투 도중 독일군 발터를 죽이고 만다. 종전 후에도 엄청난 죄책감에 시달리던 폴은 발터의 가족을 찾아 독일로 가는데, 발터의 가족과 약혼녀는 폴이 반갑지 않다. 하지만 가족들은 이 낯선 프랑스 청년에게서 발터의 모습을 발견한다. 모리스 로스탕의 동명 희곡을 바탕으로 한 반전(反戰) 드라마로, 루비치 특유의 유쾌한 로맨틱 코미디에서 살짝 벗어난 작품. 전쟁과 평화, 용서와 화해의 묵직한 주제들을 진지하게 다루었다. ((재)영화의전당)
Service for Ladies
Writer
Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia Robertson, an aristocratic woman, and poses as a prince to win her love. In this venture, he is aided by Mr. Westlake, a Ruritanian monarch who owes him a favour. When Sylvia discovers Max's deception, she is appalled, but the situation is resolved when her father tells her that he was once a hotel dishwasher.
The Guardsman
Screenplay
An acclaimed actor and his equally acclaimed actress wife, who have been married for less than a year, are already showing signs of strain in their marriage. The actor believes his wife is capable of infidelity and sets out to prove this is so. Disguising himself as the kind of man he believes she fancies (a Russian military officer), the actor woos his wife while she believes her husband to be out of town.
Son of India
Writer
An Indian jewel merchant goes from penniless to wealthy in this story about gratitude.
명랑한 중위님
Screenplay
오스트리아의 왕실 근위병 니키는 방문 중인 플라우젠섬 왕족을 수행한다. 가벼운 성격의 니키는 섹시한 바이올리니스트 프란치에게 반해 근무 도중에도 그녀에게 미소와 윙크를 보내느라 여념이 없다. 플라우젠섬의 공주 안나는 니키가 자신에게 윙크를 보내는 것으로 착각하여 사랑에 빠지고 결국 두 사람은 결혼하기에 이른다. 그러나 무뚝뚝한 공주에게 매력을 느끼지 못한 니키는 프란치와 밀회를 가지고, 공주는 그런 두 사람을 발견하고 슬픔에 빠진다. 그런 공주를 딱하게 여긴 프란치는 공주에게 남자의 마음을 사로잡는 법을 가르쳐준다.
Tonight or Never
Screenplay
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
Monte Carlo
Screenplay
A countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.
Such Men Are Dangerous
Screenplay
A wealthy and powerful industrialist changes his identity to avenge himself on the wife that spurned him on their wedding night.
Such Men Are Dangerous
Dialogue
A wealthy and powerful industrialist changes his identity to avenge himself on the wife that spurned him on their wedding night.
The Love Parade
Writer
The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.
Marquis Preferred
Story
Menjou is a gentleman for sale to the daughter of any millionaire who will pay his debts and support him in the style to which he is accustomed.
Innocents of Paris
Writer
Directed by Richard Wallace.
맨해튼 칵테일
Story
Nancy Carroll stars in Manhattan Cocktail as Babs, a college coed who dreams of becoming a famous actress. Joining up with her campus chums Fred (Richard Arlen) and Bob (Danny O'Shea), likewise aspiring thespians, Babes heads to Broadway with stars in her eyes. The winsome threesome are quickly disillusioned by the heartless machinations of nasty producer Renov (Paul Lukas) and his harridan wife (Lilyan Tashman). Before the plot proper gets under way, the audience is regaled with a cute "mythological" prologue, featuring the same three leading actors. Manhattan Cocktail was a silent picture, except for two brief musical numbers showcasing Nancy Carroll.
His Private Life
Story
Frank Tuttle silent romantic comedy about a Frenchman who seduces women all over Paris, but he meets his match in a proper American tourist. He does everything he can to seduce her, but he will only find romance when he does so on her terms!
Manhattan Cowboy
Writer
When easterner Jack Steel gets into trouble with the law again, his father sends him to his ranch out west. There he and Alice Duncan become attracted to each other. Cowhand Slim was planning to marry Alice and now kidnaps her. When Slim's girl friend learns of Slim's interest in Alice, she tells Jack where Alice is and he heads out alone to face the three kidnapers.
Loves of an Actress
Story
Rachel becomes the leading actress in the Comédie Française through the patronage of three influential men: Baron Hartman, the wealthiest man in France; Count Vareski, a relative of Napoleon; and Dr. Durande. All three men are in love with her, but she throws them over when she falls in love with Raoul Duval....
His Tiger Lady
Screenplay
Serenade
Writer
The Woman on Trial
Theatre Play
A story of a woman who committed a murder.
Service for Ladies
Story
Albert Leroux, headwaiter at an exclusive Paris hotel, falls hopelessly in love with Elizabeth Foster, an American heiress, though he is convinced that she will never admire a waiter.
You Never Know Women
Story
On her way to the theater, Vera, star of a Russian vaudeville troupe, is rescued from a falling girder by Eugene Foster, a wealthy broker who persists in his efforts to win the girl. Foster engages the troupe to perform at his home, and Vera, stunned by a fall, awakens to find Foster pleading his love, while Norodin, her partner who loves her, sees them embrace. Norodin, who performs an underwater stunt, asks Vera not to be present for his act and causes her to believe him dead; heartbroken, Vera tells Foster of her mistake; and enraged, he attempts to seize her. The magician appears, pins Foster to the wall with knives, and advises him to leave before the last blade is thrown.
The Cat's Pajamas
Story
The Crown of Lies
Story
Romantic drama directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki.
Grounds for Divorce
Novel
Hotel Potemkin
Writer
A 35 mm access print is held by Filmarchiv Austria.
Jedermanns Weib
Writer
The Unknown Tomorrow
Theatre Play
A melodrama about a virtuous wife unjustly abandoned by her husband, who get him back with the help of a Hindu mystic.
The Unknown Tomorrow
Writer
A melodrama about a virtuous wife unjustly abandoned by her husband, who get him back with the help of a Hindu mystic.
Samson und Delila
Writer
Herren der Meere
Writer
Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland
Theatre Play
The Parrot
Screenplay
The Merry Widow
Screenplay