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Chapters: Jean Hersholt, Torben Meyer, Alice O'fredericks, Bodil Ipsen, Asta Nielsen, Lau Lauritzen Sr., Emanuel Gregers, Marguerite Viby, Ebba Thomsen, Henrik Malberg, Valdemar Psilander, Olaf Fønss, Elith Pio, Valda Valkyrien, Svend Bille, Carl Alstrup, Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Marie Niedermann, Aage Fønss, Holger-Madsen, Viggo Larsen, Albrecht Schmidt, Carl Brisson, Harald Madsen, Otto Matieson, Carl Schenstrøm, Arne Weel, Lili Bech, Charles Wilken, Aage Bendixen, Henny Lauritzen, Clara Pontoppidan, Robert Schmidt, Oscar Stribolt, Frederik Buch, Frederik Jacobsen, Carl Lauritzen. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 120. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Torben Emil Meyer (1 December 1884 22 May 1975) was a Danish character actor who appeared in over 190 films in a 55 year career. Meyer was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and began his career as a stage actor in Denmark. He appeared in his first silent movie, Vor tids dame in 1912 and made twenty more before making Don Quixote in 1926. This movie achieved considerable international stature, and Meyer followed the migration of leading European actors to Hollywood the following year. His first American role was as a spy in the silent movie The Man Who Laughs starring Conrad Veidt in 1928. Meyer arrived just when the transition to sound was in progress. In contrast to many other European-born actors, his thick accent became an asset for him. He appeared uncredited in numerous movies throughout the 30s and 40s, almost always cast as a German. In 1930, Meyer received a small part in a Michael Curtiz film A Soldier's Plaything, and in 1932, Meyer appeared in two Swedish language American films, Trådlöst och kärleksfullt and Halvvägs till Himlen. Later that year, he had a small part in Murders in the Rue Morgue, based on the Edgar Allan Poe short s...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7197465 ... Read more

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Asta Nielsens eine Meisterin des stummen Films. Der Anfang ihrer Kunst begann mit der kostenlosen Ausbildung in der Schauspielschule am Königlichen Theater. Die Unzufriedenheit, nicht in den Rollen besetzt zu werden, die sie spielen wollte, trieb sie zum Film, direkt in die Arme von Urban Gad, mit welchem sie viele erfolgreiche Filme inszinierte. Ihre Figuren, die sie darstellte, ihre Erotik, ihre Mode, die Zensur ihrer Filme wurden legendär. Sie war aber nicht nur als Schauspielerin, sondern auch als Regiesseurin tätig und suchte sich ihre Filme, die sie spielen wollte, selbst aus. Schließlich fand sie auch zwischendurch immer den Weg zurück zum Theater, bis sie sich schließlich zur Ruhe setzte und 1972 im Alter von einundneunzig Jahren an den Folgen eines schweren Autounfalls verstarb. ... Read more

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This is nonfiction commentary.Chapters: Danish Silent Film Actors, Jean Hersholt, Torben Meyer, Alice O'fredericks, Bodil Ipsen, Asta Nielsen, Lau Lauritzen Sr., Emanuel Gregers, Marguerite Viby, Ebba Thomsen, Henrik Malberg, Valdemar Psilander, Olaf Fønss, Elith Pio, Valda Valkyrien, Capital Execution, Verdens Undergang, Kørsel Med Grønlandske Hunde, Svend Bille, Carl Alstrup, Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Marie Niedermann, Aage Fønss, Holger-Madsen, Viggo Larsen, Albrecht Schmidt, Den Farlige Alder, Carl Brisson, Den Kulørte Slavehandler, Harald Madsen, Otto Matieson, Carl Schenstrøm, Arne Weel, Lili Bech, Vildledt Elskov, Sons of the Soil, Kærlighed Og Mobilisering, Charles Wilken, Aage Bendixen, En Slem Dreng, Kong Bukseløs, Familien Pille Som Spejdere, de Besejrede Pebersvende, Herberg for Hjemløse, Kun En Tigger, Henny Lauritzen, Clara Pontoppidan, Robert Schmidt, Oscar Stribolt, Frederik Buch, Frederik Jacobsen, Carl Lauritzen. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 153. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:Henrettelsen Capital Execution (Danish Title: Henrettelsen ) is a 1903 silent film drama directed by Danish photographer Peter Elfelt . Based upon a true story, the short 15-minute film relates the execution of a french woman who is condemned to death for killing her two children. It was the first dramatic movie made by a Danish filmmaker, and is notable as an early example of a dramatic film that referenced action outside the picture frame. Elfelt used a typical stationary, one-shot camera position, but directed the actors to gesture and enter and exit with reference to things happening outside of the audience's view. This allowed for the development of the story beyond what was captured by camera, and expanded the dramatic scope of film. Known footage The only known copy of the film is incomplete, comprising only 25 meters... ... Read more

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Chapters: Asta Nielsen, Benjamin Christensen, Max Hansen, Caroline Müller, Marguerite Viby, Ebba Thomsen, Inger Stender, Henrik Malberg, Osvald Helmuth, Valdemar Psilander, Dagmar Hansen, Astrid Villaume, Gull-Maj Norin, Johanne Luise Heiberg, Elith Pio, Henry Nielsen, Ove Sprogøe, Utilia Lenkiewitz, Louise Rasmussen, Gunnar Lauring, Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen, Anna Catharina Materna, Lily Broberg, Sigurd Langberg, Caroline Thielo, Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt, Lisbeth Cathrine Amalie Rose, Christian Arhoff, Maria Garland, Preben Harris, Ebbe Rode, Svend Methling, Preben Neergaard, Mette Marit Astrup, Jørn Jeppesen, Anna Nielsen, Svend Bille, Agnes Rehni, Bodil Steen, Petrine Sonne, Ingeborg Pehrson, Valdemar Møller, Knud Heglund, Grethe Holmer, Jon Iversen, Hans Kurt, Catharine Frydendahl, Ellen Gottschalch, Victor Montell, Marie Madeleine de Montaigu, Erika Voigt, Eyvind Johan-Svendsen, Knud Rex, Aage Fønss, Valdemar Skjerning, Johanne Rosing, Betty Helsengreen, Karl Jørgensen, Schiøler Linck, Poul Reumert, Carl Schenstrøm, Aage Redal, Berthe Qvistgaard, Per Gundmann, Asta Hansen, Olga Svendsen, Poul Glargaard, Frederik Jensen, Grethe Thordahl, Eline Heger, Karen Poulsen, Johannes Poulsen, Birgitte Andersen, Emilie Rosing, Katy Valentin, Henny Lauritzen, Robert Schmidt, Louise Phister, Oscar Stribolt, Henriette Jørgensen. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 217. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Asta Nielsen (11 September 1881 - 24 May 1972), was a Danish silent film actress who was one of the most popular leading ladies of the 1910s and one of the first international movie stars. Seventy of Nielsen's 74 films were made in Germany where she was known simply as Die Asta (The Asta). Noted for her large dark eyes, mask-like face and boyish figure, Nielsen most often portrayed strong-willed passio...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=383512 ... Read more