Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Nascimento : 1865-09-23, Tamaörs, Hungary

Morte : 1947-11-12

História

Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála "Emmuska" Orczy de Orci was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who turns into a quick-thinking escape artist.

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Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Filmes

The Scarlet Pimpernel
Novel
Assassinato, falsidade, intriga e paixão... Scarlet Pimpernel se encontra no meio disto tudo. No calor da Revolução Francesa, Robespierre e o chefe da Polícia Secreta, Chauvelin estão mantendo as guilhotinas ocupadas.
The Elusive Pimpernel
Novel
A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.
O Professor Smith
Novel
Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.
A Volta do Pimpinela Escarlate
Novel
Sir Percy is forced to return to France one last time, to rescue his wife from the clutches of the sinister Robespierre. It clearly is a trap, but nothing will keep the good old Pimpernel from carrying out his mission. He is up against the usual clods and dolts, after all.
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Novel
Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.
A Revolução Francesa
Novel
Uma mulher nobre descobre que o seu marido é o "Pimpinela Escarlate", um vigilante que resgata aristocratas da lâmina da guilhotina.
The Celestial City
Novel
A British silent crime film directed by J. O. C. Orton
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Novel
Two Lovers
Novel
Set during the 16th-century Spanish occupation of Flanders, the story concentrates on the fiercely patriotic Mark Van Ryke (Colman). Donning the guise of "Leatherface," a swashbuckling masked avenger, Van Ryke performs his derring-do on behalf of the Prince of Orange (Nigel de Brulier). Naturally, Van Ruke considers beautiful Spanish aristocrat Donna Leonora de Vargas (Vilma Banky) to be a bitter enemy, and the feeling is mutual. To no one's surprise, however, Van Ryke and Donna Leonara eventually fall in love (hence the title). The pulse-pounding climax finds Van Ryke riding hell-for-leather through a rainstorm to warn the Flemish troops about the Spaniards' plans to burn the city of Ghent to the ground. Two Lovers was based on Madame Orczy's novel Leatherface, and adapted for the screen by Alice Duer Miller.
The Kensington Mystery
Story
An old man tells a girl reporter how he solved a crime.