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Curt Siodmak (August 10, 1902 – 2 September, 2000) was a novelist and screenwriter. He made a name for himself in Hollywood with horror and science fiction films, most notably The Wolf Man and Donovan's Brain (the latter adapted from his novel of the same name). He was the brother of noir director Robert Siodmak.
Siodmak was born Kurt Siodmak in Dresden, Germany, the son of Rosa Philippine (née Blum) and Ignatz Siodmak. His parents were both from Jewish families in Leipzig. Siodmak acquired a degree in mathematics before beginning to write novels. He invested early royalties earned by his first books in the movie Menschen am Sonntag (1929) a documentary-style chronicle of the lives of four Berliners on a Sunday based on their own lives. The movie was co-directed by Curt Siodmak's older brother Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer, with a script by Billy Wilder in collaboration with Fred Zinneman and cameraman Eugen Schüfftan. Siodmak was the nephew of noted film producer Seymour Nebenzal, who funded Menschen am Sonntag with funds borrowed from his father, Heinrich Nebenzahl..
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (20 October 1882 – 16 August 1956), commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his career.
Lugosi, the youngest of four children, was born as Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó in Lugos (at the time part of Austria–Hungary, now Lugoj in Romania), to Paula de Vojnich and István Blaskó, a banker. He later based his last name on his hometown. He and his sister Vilma were raised in a Roman Catholic family. At the age of 12, Lugosi dropped out of school. He began his acting career probably in 1901 or 1902. His earliest known performances are from provincial theaters in the 1903–1904 season, playing small roles in several plays and operettas. He went on to Shakespeare plays and other major roles. Moving to Budapest in 1911, he played dozens of roles with the National Theater of Hungary in the period 1913–1919. Although Lugosi would later claim that he "became the leading actor of Hungary's Royal National Theater", almost all his roles there were small or supporting parts.
Bride of the Gorilla (1951) - Curt Siodmak
Menschen am Sonntag (Robert Siodmak, 1930) (Ru, En, Sp subs)
Curt Siodmak
The Invisible Woman Original theatrical trailer Die unsichtbare Frau USA 1940 Curt Siodmak
Bride of the Gorilla (1951) BARBARA PAYTON
Transatlantic Tunnel (1935) - Free Old Science Fiction Movies Full Length
Bride of the Gorilla (1951) Full Movie
Joe Dante on BLACK FRIDAY
Joe Dante on DONOVAN'S BRAIN
The Devil's Messenger (1961) Vintage Horror Movies
Don Coscarelli on THE BEAST WITH 5 FINGERS
Winter Severity Index - A Sudden Cold (HøRD remix)
Bride of the Gorilla (trailer)
Tales of Frankenstein (TV Short, 1958)
Actors: Raphael Sbarge (actor), Sigourney Weaver (actress), Sewell Whitney (actor), Sewell Whitney (actor), Peter Rodgers Melnick (composer), Scott Beehner (actor), Vaughn Armstrong (actor), Scott Subiono (actor), Margaret Smilow (producer), Kevin Fabian (actor), Robert Maffia (actor), George Alvarez (actor), Kristin Lindquist (actress), Anny Lowery Meza (editor), Lesli Margherita (actress),
Plot: Eight hundred German filmmakers (cast and crew) fled the Nazis in the 1930s. The film uses voice-overs, archival footage, and film clips to examine Berlin's vital filmmaking in the 1920s; then it follows a producer, directors, composers, editors, writers, and actors to Hollywood: some succeeded and many found no work. Among those profiled are Erich Pommer, Joseph May, Ernst Lubitsch, Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, and Peter Lorre. Once in Hollywood, these exiles helped each other, housed new arrivals, and raised money so others could escape. Some worked on anti-Nazi films, like Casablanca. The themes and lighting of German Expressionism gave rise in Hollywood to film noir.
Genres: Documentary,