Rudolph Maté

Rudolph Maté

Nascimento : 1898-01-21, Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]

Morte : 1964-10-27

História

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rudolph Maté, A.S.C. (21 January 1898 – 27 October 1964), born Rudolf Matheh or Mayer, was an accomplished cinematographer and film director. Born in Kraków (then in Austria-Hungary, now in Poland), Maté started in the film business after his graduation from the University of Budapest. He went on to work as an assistant cameraman in Hungary and later throughout Europe, sometimes with noted colleague Karl Freund. Maté worked on several of Carl Theodor Dreyer's films including The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) and Vampyr (1932) which led to his being hired as director of photography on a number of prominent films. Maté worked as cinematographer on Hollywood films from the mid-1930s, including Dodsworth (1936), the Laurel and Hardy feature Our Relations (1936) and Stella Dallas (1937). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in five consecutive years, for Foreign Correspondent (1940), That Hamilton Woman (1941), The Pride of the Yankees (1942), Sahara (1943), and Cover Girl (1944). In 1947, he turned to directing films, his credits include When Worlds Collide (1951), the film noir classic D.O.A. and No Sad Songs for Me (both 1950). Directed by Maté, The 300 Spartans is a 1962 film depicting the Battle of Thermopylae. Made with the cooperation of the Greek government, it was shot in the village of Perachora in the Peloponnese. He died from a heart attack in Hollywood on October 27, 1964 at the age of 66. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rudolph Maté, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Rudolph Maté

Filmes

Aliki My Love
Director
Barry, a wretched playboy, expects to get rich from the legacy of an uncle of his, the king of roast meat sauce, but his lawyer informs him that the secret of the sauce recipe has been lost along with his uncle, and there is nothing to inherit except for a small island in the Aegean - called Eftychia - where his uncle came from. A hotel keeper, Richard, is interested in the island and plans to create a tourist resort on it, so the two men come hastily to Greece to arrange the sale. On the island of Eftychia they meet a beautiful young teacher, Aliki, and her mother Anna, who are determined to stop foreigners and tourist development from coming to the island. Aliki's beauty and charm seduce Barry, while Richard is enslaved by the wonderful cooking of Anna. One day while they are tasting her food, Richard discovers that Anna possesses the secret of the famous sauce, by which Barry can really become rich. Thus the island is saved, and everyone celebrates their unexpected good fortune.
O Pirata Real
Director
Sir Francis Drake fights to take over Spain's treasure routes for Queen Elizabeth I.
Os 300 de Esparta
Director
Xerxes, o rei persa, colocou seu enorme império de escravos para esmagar um pequeno grupo de estados independentes gregos. O rei contava com a desunião da Grécia para vencer a guerra, mas o famoso guerreiro Leonidas, o rei de Esparta, e o grande orador Themistocles de Atenas viram que a união era a única força capaz de derrotar o exército persa.
The Barbarians
Director
Revak is an Iberian prince from Penda, a small island where the Carthagian fleet ransacked and enslaved the surviving native men, including him. After an eventful passage aboard a galley, Revak becomes an elephant driver in Carthage city, and could become the favorite of mighty women, but has only one thirst: bloody revenge, at all cost, so the barbarian makes common cause with the attacking Romans, Carthage's historical enemy and rival for Mediterranean hegemony, scorning love...
Pela Primeira Vez
Director
In this musical, a tempermental opera singer falls in love with a hearing-impaired young woman.
The Deep Six
Director
The conflict between duty and conscience is explored in the WWII drama The Deep Six. Alan Ladd stars as Naval gunnery officer Alec Austin, a Quaker whose sincere pacifist sentiments do not sit well with his crew members. When he refuses to fire upon an unidentified plane, the word spreads that Austin cannot be relied upon in battle (never mind that the plane turns out to be one of ours). To prove that he's worthy of command, Austin volunteers for a dangerous mission: the rescue of a group of US pilots on a Japanese-held island. The ubiquitous William Bendix costars as Frenchy Shapiro (!), Austin's Jewish petty officer and severest critic. If the film has a villain, it is Keenan Wynn as ambitious Lt. Commander Edge, who seems to despise anyone who isn't a mainline WASP.
Trindade Violenta
Director
Após a Guerra Civil o ex-oficial Confederado Colt Saunders (Charlton Heston) conhece Lorna Hunter (Anne Baxter), uma dançarina de saloon que se faz passar por uma dama e até como esposa dele, quando Colt estava desacordado após uma briga. Acontece que ela soube manobrar tão bem a situação que Colt resolve casar repentinamente com ela. Eles vão morar em "Bar S", o rancho de Colt, que há 5 anos não tinha a presença do seu dono. Logo após chegar recebe uma má notícia, pois membros do "governo provisório" taxam em US$ 16 mil o rancho de Colt. Eles sabem que a dívida é impossível de ser paga e assim tem um pretexto para tomar o rancho. Para piorar, uma destas pessoas do "governo provisório" sabe do passado sombrio de Lorna. Além disto aparece Beauregard "Cinch" Saunders (Tom Tryon), o irmão de Colt, que é a ovelha negra da família.
O Vício Singra o Mississipi
Director
Ben Matthews desiste da vida de jogador de barco, na esperança de se estabelecer em Galena com sua namorada Zoe. Mas um importante cidadão de Galena é assassinado no barco. Quando chegam Ben encontra um grupo de linchamento querendo o seu pescoço e obviamente foge. Três anos de vida errante mais tarde, as cartas de Zoe param de chegar e Ben volta para encontrá-la e tentar a impossível tarefa de inocentar a si mesmo.
Pecadoras de Porto África
Director
An army veteran with a shattered leg returns to his home in Port Afrique after war only to find his wife has been murdered. He's determined to find the killer, even if it means uncovering family secrets he never knew about.
Miracle in the Rain
Director
Wartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.
Aventura Sangrenta
Director
Virgínia, 1803. Depois que os Estados Unidos da América adquirem da França o vasto território da Louisiana, uma grande expedição, liderada por William Lewis e Meriwether Clark, é enviada para explorar as novas terras e ir aonde nenhum homem branco foi antes.
Um Pecado em Cada Alma
Director
A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and the outfit's bullying tactics make him reconsider. When one of his hands is murdered he decides to stay and fight, utilizing his war experience. Not all is well at Anchor with the owner's wife carrying on with his brother who also has a Mexican woman in town.
O Escudo Negro de Falworth
Director
Nos dias do rei Henrique IV, os jovens Myles e sua irmã Meg foram criados como camponeses, sem qualquer conhecimento de quem era realmente seu pai. Mas um dia eles viajam para o castelo Mackworth. Lá Myles se apaixona por Anne, filha Mackworth, faz amigos e inimigos, e aprende a ser um cavaleiro, para que, através do plano de Mackworth e seu amigo o príncipe Hal, Myles possa recuperar do maquiavélico Albon seu verdadeiro direito de primogênito, e uso do Escudo Negro de Falworth.
Corações Divididos
Director
Este faroeste é sobre dois sulistas inconformados que roubam uma metralhadora de soldados da União que acaba nas mãos de um bandido que vende as vende para os índios em troca de ouro.
Lábios Que Mentem
Director
Eddie Darrow, seeking a mobster's widow in Macao, gets involved in a casino owner's affairs.
Última Chance
Director
The story tells of Russ Lambert (Robert Mitchum), a prize-fighter with a lethal right-handed punch, who through no fault of his own, killed a fighter in the ring. Since the fight his life has gone downhill.
The Mississippi Gambler
Director
Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. His first success makes enemies of the crooked gamblers and of fair Angelique Dureau, whose necklace he won. Later in New Orleans, Mark befriends Angelique's father, but she still affects to despise him as his gambling career brings him wealth. Duelling, tragedy, and romantic complications follow.
Sally and Saint Anne
Director
An Irish-American girl asks the saint to guide her family and save them from an alderman.
Paula
Director
A woman, distraught because of her recent miscarriage, accidentally injures a child in a hit-and-run accident, but she keeps the incident a secret. Overcome with guilt and remorse, she seeks out the child in the hospital and attempts to help him regain his speech, even though, if successful, it might mean he will implicate her for the crime.
The Green Glove
Director
In World War II France, American soldier Michael Blake captures, then loses Nazi-collaborator art thief Paul Rona, who leaves behind a gem studded gauntlet (a stolen religious relic). Years later, financial reverses lead Mike to return in search of the object. In Paris, he must dodge mysterious followers and a corpse that's hard to explain; so he and attractive tour guide Christine decamp on a cross-country pursuit that becomes love on the run...then takes yet another turn.
O Fim do Mundo
Director
Cole Henderson (Larry Keating) é um cientista que alerta que um planeta está em um rota de colisão com a Terra. Ninguém crê na história de Henderson, com exceção de Sydney Stanton (John Hoyt), um milionário que financia a construção de uma astronave gigantesca, construída para transportar sobreviventes selecionados da Terra para outro planeta. Logo fica claro que as predições de Cole se tornarão realidade, assim uma loteria mundial é feita para selecionar as pessoas que serão salvas do catástrofe pela astronave de Stanton.
O Príncipe Ladrão
Director
Século XIII. Um político mal e ambicioso que busca proclamar-se rei de Tânger, encontra uma dificuldade, o Príncipe Hussein, uma criança que é o legítimo herdeiro do trono. Para elimina-lo contrata um assassino, mas este fica com pena da criança e ao invés de mata-lo o carrega com ele. Assim, o príncipe cresce no meio de um bando de ladrões que irão ajudá-lo quando adulto a recuperar o trono.
A Marca Rubra
Director
O pistoleiro Choya (Alan Ladd) deixa-se convencer, por um par de vigaristas, a se passar pelo herdeiro de um rico rancheiro, cujo verdadeiro filho foi raptado, ainda criança, e criado por bandidos nas montanhas. Mas, rapidamente, Choya se arrepende e parte, então, em busca do filho desaparecido.
Union Station
Director
Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.
No Sad Songs for Me
Director
Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. She manages to keep the news from her husband, Brad and daughter, Polly. She tries to make every moment of her life count, but her effort is weakened by the discovery that Brad is interested in his assistant, Chris Radner. But when she learns that Brad does indeed love her and not Chris, and that Chris is leaving town, she realizes what she must do to ensure the future happiness of Brad and Polly. She persuades Chris to stay, makes a genuine friend of her and watches Polly grow towards Chris.
Com as Horas Contadas
Director
Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his assistant and girlfriend, Paula, begins to trace back over his last steps. As he frantically tries to unravel the mystery behind his own impending demise, his sleuthing leads him to a group of crooked businessmen and another murder.
Passado Tenebroso
Director
Quando um detetive zomba de sua sugestão de que um criminoso de 18 anos seja encaminhado para exame psiquiátrico, o Dr. Andrew Collins, o psiquiatra da polícia, conta a história de seu encontro com Al Walker. Walker tinha um histórico de violência e matou o diretor da prisão durante uma fuga. Ele e sua gangue fizeram a família Collins e seus amigos reféns, mas quando o Dr. Collins descobre que Walker tem um sonho recorrente violento, ele se oferece para ajudá-lo a decifrar o sonho e determinar exatamente o que o levou a uma vida de crime e violência.
The Return of October
Producer
A wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite uncle, Willie.
A Dama de Shanghai
Cinematography
Elsa 'Rosalie' Bannister é uma mulher que é salva de um grupo de ladrões pelo jovem Michael O'Hara. Como agradecimento, ela o convida para trabalhar no iate de seu milionário marido. Michael aceita o emprego, mas não pelo dinheiro, e sim para ficar mais próximo de Elsa e, assim, tentar fugir com ela - pois agora ele está completamente apaixonado pela moça.
Tem Que Ser Você
Director of Photography
A chronic runaway bride is haunted by her conscience, who becomes reality.
Tem Que Ser Você
Director
A chronic runaway bride is haunted by her conscience, who becomes reality.
Quando os Deuses Amam
Director of Photography
Preocupada com a zombaria de um novo musical da Broadway sobre a mitologia grega, a deusa Terpsichore vem à terra e entra no elenco do show. Ela usa seus encantos no produtor do programa e ele incorpora suas sugestões no programa. Infelizmente, suas mudanças também produzem um grande fracasso. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
Gilda
Director of Photography
Na Argentina, Johnny Farrell é um jogador de dados que se vê numa situação de roubo e é salvo por Ballin Mundson, um proprietário de um casino. Johnny começa a trabalhar para Ballin como seu braço-direito. A situação muda com a chegada de Gilda, sua amante no passado e que recentemente se casou com Ballin.
Over 21
Director of Photography
A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old newspaper editor who has just joined the army.
O Coração de uma Cidade
Director of Photography
Uma garota americana estrelando num music hall britânico se apaixona por um piloto da RAF. Um fotógrafo da revista Life vai a Londres para fazer uma materia sobre uma trupe de teatro musical local que nunca perdeu uma apresentação durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Flashbacks também revelam o caso de amor nos bastidores entre a estrela Rosalind Bruce e um aviador Lider de Esquadrão da RAF Paul Lundy.
Endereço Desconhecido
Director of Photography
When a German art dealer living in the US returns to his native country he finds himself attracted to Nazi propaganda.
Modelos
Director of Photography
Ao vencer concurso de beleza, jovem dançarina deixa o namorado para trás a fim de trabalhar como modelo. Mas descobre que o sucesso não substitui um grande amor. No Brooklyn, a dançarina de cabaré Rusty Parker tem uma vida simples mas feliz dançando no McGuire, cabaré de propriedade de seu namorado Danny. Rusty, Danny e Genius tem um ritual nas noites de sexta-feira: eles encomendam ostras em um bar, tentando encontrar uma pérola. A vida de Rusty muda quando ela participa e ganha um concurso para ser a garota da capa da revista Vanity. Ela é convidada a trabalhar em um grande teatro na Broadway, cujo proprietário propõe se casar com ela. Ela perde a felicidade e começa a beber em seu novo estilo de vida, sem o amor de Danny e seus velhos amigos.
Sahara: Em Busca da Sobrevivência
Director of Photography
O sargento Joe Gunn e sua tripulação de tanque acolhem cinco soldados britânicos, um francês e um sudanês com um prisioneiro italiano, e cruzam o deserto da Líbia para voltar ao comando após a queda de Tobruk. Tambul, o sudanês leva-os a uma fortaleza abandonada no deserto onde eles esperam encontrar água. Logo um destacamento de soldados alemães chega e tenta barganhar comida por água, mas Gunn e sua turma recusam. Quando os alemães atacam, Gunn leva seus homens cansados do deserto em uma batalha desesperada, esperando que os reforços britânicos possam chegar a tempo.
They Got Me Covered
Director of Photography
Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. His career isn't all he's botched up: his girlfriend Chris is tired of waiting for him to marry her. When he gets a hot tip on some Nazi spies operating in Washington, D.C., he convinces Chris to help him break the story so he can get his job back. The pair soon find themselves in several awkward predicaments as they track the criminals down in a night club, a burlesque show, and face a final showdown at a beauty salon.
Ídolo, Amante e Heroí
Director of Photography
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
Ser ou Não Ser
Director of Photography
Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, na Polônia ocupada pelos nazistas, um grupo de atores de teatro deve ajudar a evitar que um espião, que possui informação sobre a resistência polonesa, entregue-a aos alemães.
It Started with Eve
Cinematography
A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a turn for the better and now his son doesn't know how to break the news that he's engaged to someone else, especially since his father is so taken with the impostor.
Paixão Fatal
Cinematography
In old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a dashing sea captain.
Lady Hamilton, A Divina Dama
Director of Photography
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
A Pecadora
Director of Photography
Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.
Correspondente Estrangeiro
Director of Photography
Johnny Jones (Joel McCrea) é o correspondente de um jornal de Nova York que viaja para a Europa usando o pseudônimo de Huntley Haverstock, quando a 2ª Guerra Mundial era uma realidade cada vez mais iminente. Inicialmente ele vai para Londres mas logo está em Amsterdã, onde juntamente com várias pessoas testemunha o assassinato de Van Meer (Albert Bassermann), um diplomata holandês. Entretanto, logo ele toma consciência que quem morreu foi um sósia e que Van Meer na verdade foi sequestrado por agentes do inimigo, que querem arrancar do diplomata importantes segredos. Assim sua situação fica desesperadora, pois sua história é em princípio absurda e, além disto, estão querendo matá-lo.
Minha Esposa Favorita
Director of Photography
Sete anos depois de um naufrágio no qual ela foi supostamente morta, Ellen Arden chega em casa e descobre que seu marido Nick acabou de se casar novamente. O radiante Nick esforça-se por dar a notícia à sua nova noiva. Mas ele fica chocado quando ouve a história toda: Ellen passou esses sete anos em uma ilha deserta sozinha com outro homem.
A Verdadeira Glória
Director of Photography
In the wake of the Spanish-American war, military doctor Bill Canavan (Cooper) arrives at a war-torn Filipino outpost. Infested with cholera and under attack from a vicious local Moro chieftain, the troops are terrified and their commanding officer has all but given up hope. Outnumbered and out of supplies, Canavan decides to trade his scalpel for a rifle and rally the few remaining troops into one last stand before the outpost and everyone inside becomes just another footnote in history.
Duas Vidas
Director of Photography
Um playboy francês e uma antiga cantora de discoteca apaixonam-se a bordo de um navio.
Os Segredos de um D. Juan
Director of Photography
After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her and must outwit him to escape imprisonment.
Blockade
Director of Photography
A simple peasant is forced to take up arms to defend his farm during the Spanish Civil War. Along the way he falls in love with a Russian girl whose father is involved in espionage.
As Aventuras de Marco Polo
Director of Photography
Marco Polo (Cooper) cruza o mar em busca de tesouros e aventuras. Com a ajuda de seu fiel e covarde amigo Binguccio (Ernest Truex), encontra na China, como primeiro visitante do país europeu, várias inovações práticas como massas e explosivos. Ele é também apresentado a Kublai Khan (George Barbier), o imperador sábio e benevolente da China, e sua adorável filha, a Princesa Kukachin (Sigrid Gurie). O romance começa a florescer entre Marco e a princesa, mas Ahmed (Basil Rathbone), o dissimulado assistente do Imperador, também tem seus olhos sobre a princesa e ele está determinado a conquistar a mão dela e assim usurpar o trono de Kublai Khan.
Stella Dallas, Mãe Redentora
Director of Photography
Stella e Stephen Dallas são casados e têm uma filha, Laurel. O casal se separa quando Stephen se cansa do comportamento vulgar de Stella. Em pouco tempo, Stephen se casa com a viúva Helen, abalando Stella profundamente. Isso faz com que Laurel passe a ser a única razão pela qual Stella viva.
Meu Filho é Meu Rival
Director of Photography
Wyoming, década de 1880. Lenhador Barney Glasgow despreza a amada Lotta Morgan, cantora de saloon, em favor de um casamento por interesse com Emma Louise, filha do patrão. Seu amigo Swan Bostrom une-se a Lotta. Barney enriquece derrubando árvores sem o cuidado de replantá-las. Anos mais tarde, tanto ele quanto o filho Richard apaixonam-se pela filha de Lotta e Swan, também chamada Lotta e também muito parecida com a mãe.
Fogo de Outono
Director of Photography
Um empresário se aposenta vendendo sua montadora de veículos e parte em uma viagem com sua esposa para a Europa, que está em negação sobre sua idade e usa a viagem como uma oportunidade de flertar com outros homens.
Our Relations
Director of Photography
Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and Hardy play themselves and their twins.
Mensagem a Garcia
Director of Photography
A fiery Cuban woman guides an emissary from the U.S. president through the jungles of war-torn Cuba.
O Segredo de Charlie Chan
Director of Photography
Um navio afunda-se fora de Honolulu e Allen Colby, herdeiro de milhões, é dado como morto... mas o detetive Charlie Chan não tem tanta certeza e voa para San Francisco para investigar mais profundamente após encontrar um diário. De alguma forma, Colby reaparece... mas é assassinado antes que possa reivindicar sua herança. Mais eventos giram em torno da espiritualista Sra. Lowell, sua família de suspeitos e a mansão assustadora de Colby.
Soldado Mercenário
Director of Photography
Mercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil and that the King is in danger, so kidnaps the King to keep him safe while a revolution is planned.
Metropolitan
Director of Photography
Opera prima donna leaves the Metropolitan to form her own company with Tibbett as leading man. She leaves this company too which means Tibbett and company must carry on without her.
Navy Wife
Director of Photography
A Hawaiian naval nurse weds a widowed officer partly because he has a crippled daughter.
The Last Billionaire
Director of Photography
The Last Billionaire is a 1934 French comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Max Dearly, Marthe Mellot and Renée Saint-Cyr. The film is based on a fictional small European kingdom which is on the verge of going broke. Its French title is Le dernier milliardaire.
Liliom
Director of Photography
Two women love the same man in a world of few prospects. In Budapest, Liliom is a "public figure," a rascal who's a carousel barker, loved by the experienced merry-go-round owner and by a young, innocent maid. The maid, Julie, loses her job after going out with Liliom; he's fired by his jealous employer for going out with Julie. The two lovers move in with Julie's aunt; unemployment emasculates him and a local weasel tempts him with crime. Julie, now wan, is true to Liliom even in his bad temper. Meanwhile, a stolid widower, a carpenter, wants to marry Julie. Is there any future on this earth for Julie and Liliom, whose love is passionate rather than ideal?
Song of the Streets
Director of Photography
A gang of poverty-ridden juvenile delinquents progress from petty theft to hard crime, but a kindly judge manages to set most of them on the right path after they are finally apprehended.
The Beautiful Sailor
Cinematography
A barge captain saves Marinette from drowning and soon marries her. On the wedding day, Sylvestre, the captain’s best friend, falls in love with Marinette.
Mister Albert
Director of Photography
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.
O Vampiro
Director of Photography
A história gira em torno de Allan Grey, um jovem interessado pelo sobrenatural, que um dia recebe a visita de um estranho senhor. Ao segui-lo, Allan descobre que Léone, uma das filhas deste senhor, está cada vez mais doente. Ao ler um livro que o senhor lhe deu antes de morrer, Allan descobre que Léone é vítima de uma vampira, que é ajudada pelo doutor da vila em sua busca por alimento. Allan parte com um dos servos do senhor para destruir a vampira.
Lily Christine
Director of Photography
Lily is threatened with divorce by her husband after spending an innocent night with friend Rupert Harvey.
Aren't We All?
Director of Photography
Because his father, Lord Grenham, spends more time philandering with attractive women than conducting business, Willie Tatham is forced to interrupt his honeymoon with his wife Margot in the south of France and return to London to get his father to sign an important contract. While Margot, an actress, goes to a small resort where she will not be recognized, Kitty Lake, one of the young women Lord Grenham pursues, flirts with Willie. Two weeks pass and when Willie tells Margot on the telephone that he must stay in town, she threatens to engage in a violent flirtation with the next attractive man she sees. Karl von der Heide, from Vienna, who is waiting to use the telephone, overhears her and begins a flirtation. She identifies herself to him as Mrs. Margaret Spaulding, and they pursue the beginnings of a romance until Margot suddenly returns home.
Aren't We All?
Cinematography
Because his father, Lord Grenham, spends more time philandering with attractive women than conducting business, Willie Tatham is forced to interrupt his honeymoon with his wife Margot in the south of France and return to London to get his father to sign an important contract. While Margot, an actress, goes to a small resort where she will not be recognized, Kitty Lake, one of the young women Lord Grenham pursues, flirts with Willie. Two weeks pass and when Willie tells Margot on the telephone that he must stay in town, she threatens to engage in a violent flirtation with the next attractive man she sees. Karl von der Heide, from Vienna, who is waiting to use the telephone, overhears her and begins a flirtation. She identifies herself to him as Mrs. Margaret Spaulding, and they pursue the beginnings of a romance until Margot suddenly returns home.
O Martírio de Joana D'Arc
Director of Photography
França, século XV, Joana de Domrémy, filha do povo, resiste bravamente a ocupação de seu país. É presa, humilhada, torturada e interrogada de maneira impiedosa por um tribunal eclesiástico, que a levou, involuntariamente, a blasfemar.
Michael
Director of Photography
A famed artist fights his passion for a male model, until the young man falls for a woman.
The Merchant of Venice
Director of Photography
The film "Der Kaufmann von Venedig" ( The Jew Of Mestri ) was written, produced and directed by Peter Paul Felner in the silent year of 1923 and is a free adaptation of "Merchant of Venice" written by Herr William Shakespeare. It is an elegant and expensive German film production that was shot on location in beautiful and decadent Venice with some of the most important Teutonic actors of the time: Henny Porten, Harry Liedtke und Werner Krauss and even the mysterious Max Schreck.