Carl Brisson
Born	(1893-12-24)24 December 1893 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	25 September 1958(1958-09-25) (aged 64) Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1918 - 1935

Carl Brisson (24 December 1893 – 25 September 1958),^[1] born Carl Frederik Ejnar Pedersen was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 12 silent films between 1918 and 1935, including two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In the 1934 film Murder at the Vanities, he introduced the popular song "Cocktails for Two".

He was married to Cleo Willard Brisson from 1915 to his death, and was the father of producer Frederick Brisson and father-in-law of Frederick's wife, actress Rosalind Russell.

Career[link]

Prior to his acting and singing career he was a prizefighter for a few short spells between 1912 and 1915. He attracted attention when he appeared as Prince Danilo in the 1923 London production of The Merry Widow at Daly's. He appeared in the same role when it was revived at the Lyceum Theatre the following year.

In August 1924, he toured the provinces as Karl in Katja the Dancer, eventually returning to London to appeared in The Apache at the London Palladium and later made his screen debut in Hitchcock's The Ring.

He died of jaundice in Copenhagen.

Selected filmography[link]

• The Ring (1927)
• The Manxman (1929)
• Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934)
• Ship Cafe (1935)
• All the King's Horses (1935)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Carl Brisson at the Internet Movie Database

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Malcolm Keen (8 August 1887 – 30 January 1970) was an English film and television actor.^[1]

Born in Bristol, Keen was an early collaborator with the director Alfred Hitchcock, starring in his silent films The Mountain Eagle, The Lodger and The Manxman.

Keen was the father of actor Geoffrey Keen, and the two both played Iachimo in Cymbeline opposite Peggy Ashcroft: Malcolm at the Old Vic in 1932, Geoffrey at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in 1957. Keen played the Caliph in a production of James Elroy Flecker's Hassan at His Majesty's Theatre in London in 1923. Incidental music for the play was by Frederick Delius, and the ballet in the House-of-the-Moving Walls was created by Fokine. Also in the cast, Henry Ainley as Hassan, Isabel Jeans as Yasmin. ^[2]

Keen's theatre credits include Man and Superman in 1947 at the Alvin Theatre in New York, The Enchanted at the Lyceum Theatre in New York in 1950, Romeo and Juliet at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York in 1951, and Much Ado About Nothing at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, also in New York.

Selected filmography[link]

• The Skin Game (1921)
• A Bill of Divorcement (1922)
• The Mountain Eagle (1927)
• The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
• The Manxman (1929)
• Jealousy (1931)
• The Night of the Party (1935)
• The Lonely Road (1936)
• Lorna Doone (1951)
• Kind Lady (1951)
• The Mating Season (1951)
• Dick Turpin's Ride (1951)
• Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953)
• I Accuse! (1957)
• The Birthday Present (1957)
• Fortune is a Woman (1957)
• Operation Amsterdam (1959)
• Francis of Assisi (1961)
• Two and Two Make Six (1962)
• Life for Ruth (1962)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Malcolm Keen at the Internet Movie Database

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Anny Ondra
Born	Anna Sophie Ondráková (1903-05-15)May 15, 1903 Tarnów, Galicia, Austria–Hungary (now Poland)
Died	February 28, 1987(1987-02-28) (aged 83) Hollenstedt, Germany
Years active	1919–1951
Spouse	Carl Lamac (divorced) Max Schmeling (1933–1987)

Anny Ondra (May 15, 1903 – February 28, 1987) was a Czech film actress. She was born Anna Sophie Ondráková in Tarnów, Galicia, Austria–Hungary, now Poland, and died in Hollenstedt near Harburg, Germany.

Life[link]

The daughter of an Austro-Hungarian officer, she spent her childhood in Prague. She acted in Czech, Austrian and German comedies in the 1920s, and in some British dramas, most notably in Alfred Hitchcock's The Manxman and Blackmail (both 1929).

However, when Blackmail was remade with sound, Ondra's thick accent was considered unacceptable, so her dialogue was recorded by actress Joan Barry. Ondra made some forty more films in the sound era before retiring in the late-1930s.

She formed a production company, Ondra-Lamac-Films, with her first husband, director Karel Lamač.^[1] Lamac directed her in several silent films, acted with her in films directed by other filmmakers, and continued to work together after their divorce.^[2]

On July 6, 1933, she married the boxer Max Schmeling, with whom she appeared in the film Knock-out (1935). Their marriage was a happy one, although childless. (Ondra reportedly had a miscarriage after a car accident.) They were married until her death in 1987.

Ondra was portrayed by Britt Ekland in the television movie Ring of Passion (1978), where the character was named "Amy Ondra Schmeling". She was also portrayed by Peta Wilson in another television movie Joe and Max (2002).^[3]

Ondra was buried in the Saint Andreas Friedhof cemetery in Hollenstedt, Germany. Her husband Schmeling died in 2005 and was buried next to her.^[4]

Filmography[link]

Awards[link]

• She was given the Honorary German Film Award in 1970.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Anny Ondra at the Internet Movie Database
• Anny Ondra at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
• Virtual History - Tobacco Cards of Ondra
• Alfred Hitchcock and Anny Ondra in Sound Test for Blackmail

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Randle Ayrton (9 August 1869 – 28 May 1940) was a British actor, producer and director.

Career[link]

Ayrton was educated at The King's School, Chester^[1] and Geneva University. In 1890 he made his stage debut at the Old Avenue Theatre in London and has been successful on stage in London and in America into the late 1930s. In 1913 he began his film career with the old London Film Company, going from silent to talkie films in a number of companies. He has produced and directed several films also.

Selected filmography[link]

• Profit and the Loss (1917)
• My Sweetheart (1918)
• The Hanging Judge (1918)
• Chu-Chin-Chow (1923)
• Southern Love (1924)
• The Little People (1926)
• Nell Gwyn (1926)
• One of the Best (1927)
• His House in Order (1928)
• High Seas (1929)
• The Feather (1929)
• The Manxman (1929)
• The Great Game (1930)
• Dreyfus (1931)
• Jew Suss (1934)
• Me and Marlborough (1935)
• Debt of Honour (1936)
• Talk of the Devil (1936)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Randle Ayrton at the Internet Movie Database

The Manxman (1929) is a silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Based on an 1896 romantic novel The Manxman by Hall Caine, the director began work on the film just two weeks after the birth of his daughter, Patricia Hitchcock. This was the last silent film Hitchcock directed before he made the transition to sound film with his next film Blackmail. The Manxman was filmed almost entirely in the small fishing village of Polperro in Cornwall.

After being thought in the public domain for decades, the film's rights were obtained by French media company Canal+ in 2005. A restored and remastered print of the film was released on DVD by Lionsgate Home Entertainment in 2007.

Plot[link]

The film tells the story of two childhood friends, a poor fisherman, Pete Quilliam (Carl Brisson), and a lawyer, Philip Christian (Malcolm Keen). Pete is in love with Kate (Anny Ondra), but when her father, Old Caesar (Randie Ayrton), refuses to consent to their marriage, Pete sets off for Africa to make his fortune, asking Philip to take care of Kate until he returns.

In his absence, Kate and Philip fall in love. When news reaches them that Pete was killed, they begin planning their lives together, as Philip prepares to assume the position of Deemster, the island's chief magistrate. The news is false however, and Pete returns to the island a wealthy man. Old Caesar agrees to let Kate marry him, and neither she nor Philip have it in them to break Pete's heart. As the wedding party proceeds in an old mill, Old Caesar sternly warns the newlyweds to remember how serious the vows of marriage are.

Kate is still in love with Philip. Shortly after a daughter is born, she decides to leave Pete, leaving him both the child and a note saying that she loves another man. However, Philip is about to become the Deemster and is unwilling to give up his career for her. Frustrated, she returns to Pete to take the baby, telling him that he is not the father, but he refuses to believe her or hand the child over. Distraught, Kate leaves and attempts to commit suicide by throwing herself off the quay, a crime on the Isle of Man.

Kate is brought to trial on the first day that Philip serves as Deemster. He is reluctant to sentence her, and when Pete appears in the courtroom to plead for his wife, he agrees to hand her over to him. Kate refuses to go, and Old Caesar, who is watching, gets up and condemns Philip for being the "other man". Philip admits this and leaves the court.

In the final scene, Philip and Kate prepare to leave the Isle of Man and come to Pete's house to pick up the baby. In a shot reminiscent of the theater, Kate picks up the child, while Philip and Pete stand at opposite ends of the room. She brings the child over to Pete to say one last goodbye, and he breaks down, having lost everything. Philip and Kate leave the cottage to the jeers of the villagers, who have been watching the scene.

Cast[link]

• Carl Brisson - Pete Quilliam
• Malcolm Keen - Philip Christian
• Anny Ondra - Kate Cregeen
• Randle Ayrton - Caesar Cregeen
• Clare Greet - Mother (as Claire Greet)
• Kim Peacock - Ross Christian (uncredited)
• Nellie Richards - Wardress (uncredited)
• Wilfred Shine - Doctor (uncredited)
• Harry Terry - Man (uncredited)

External links[link]

• The Manxman at the Internet Movie Database
• The Manxman is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
• The Manxman at Rotten Tomatoes

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