Performance of the Leningrad Bolshoi Drama Theatre with participation Vasily Sofronova Helena Granovskaya “Enemies” is staged on the play of the same more
Performance of the Leningrad Bolshoi Drama Theatre with participation close
Major timber merchant Yegor Bulychyov is terminally ill. In his house, he is surrounded by insignificant and greedy people, impatiently waiting for his more
Major timber merchant Yegor Bulychyov is terminally ill. In his house, he is surrounded by insignificant and greedy people, impatiently waiting for his death. Clever and insightful Yegor understands that he lived his whole life with strangers. He protests in his own way against the dissimulation and hypocrisy of the "masters" - the clergy, liberals, against the foundations of the bourgeois society that is going to collapse. Bulychyov's dying curse drowns his class in the powerful sounds of a revolutionary song. close
The main film character, an ordinary peasant Martyn Borylya, decided to get a noble order. Having chosen a little and primitive aim, in the chase of the artificial values, he loses everything.
The main film character, an ordinary peasant Martyn Borylya, decided to get a noble order. Having chosen a little and primitive aim, in the chase of the artificial values, he loses everything. close
The performance of the Moscow Art Theater. Gorky based on the novel of the same name by L. N. Tolstoy, staged for the stage by one of the founders of the theater V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko.
The performance of the Moscow Art Theater. Gorky based on the novel of the same name by L. N. Tolstoy, staged for the stage by one of the founders of the theater V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. close
The play Alexandra Sukhovo-Kobylina It was written in the nineteenth century, but decades later it did not lose its sharpness and freshness, so it was more
The play Alexandra Sukhovo-Kobylina It was written in the nineteenth century, but decades later it did not lose its sharpness and freshness, so it was gladly turned into a feature film by director Vladimir Vorobyov.
According to the plot of this musical comedy, a young niece and her optimistic aunt are happy to chirp on the subject of suitors. Both are dressed like clowns – in bright lush dresses with fake fruits and sunflowers. Lidochka, the bride for extradition, is already ripe to give his chosen one his hand and heart, and at the same time his fortune. But how to choose someone who does not deceive a naive girl? close
Valentina Kibardina and Vitaly Politseymako played the main roles in the film-play of the drama theater named after M. Gorky Jan Frida "Love Spring." more
Valentina Kibardina and Vitaly Politseymako played the main roles in the film-play of the drama theater named after M. Gorky close
The film-performance “Wolves and Sheep” of the State Academic Maly Theatre was created by director Vladimir Sukhobokov based on the play Alexander Ostrovsky more
The film-performance “Wolves and Sheep” of the State Academic Maly Theatre was created by director Vladimir Sukhobokov based on the play Alexander Ostrovsky . The narcissistic landlord from the province of Meropy Davydovna Murzavetskaya is a hypocrite. But in public, he hides his true appearance under the mask of virtue and piety, especially if it benefits her. Murzavetskaya decided to take possession of the considerable fortune of the widow Kupavina, but the landowner Berkutov, who recently arrived from the capital, can become a serious obstacle for her. Meanwhile, Murzavetskaya's butler Pavlin tells Chugunov, Kupavina's manager, that Apollo, the nephew of his mistress, whom she is going to marry Kupavina, is a bitter drunkard. close
The performance of the Kiev state academic Ukrainian drama theater about two friends, in the past — participants of the civil war, and now — the chairmen more
The performance of the Kiev state academic Ukrainian drama theater about two friends, in the past — participants of the civil war, and now — the chairmen of the collective farms "Death to capitalism" and "Quiet life". And if Salivon Garlic all efforts are focused on the development of public riches of the collective farm, the dumpling is fighting for the welfare of the individual farm of each farmer. Their skirmish on this ground is the basis of the plot of the Comedy play… close
Efim Kopelyan ("In a dead loop"), Vladislav Strzhelchik ("Civility Visit"), Vitaly Politseymako ("Sons") in the film-play "Rupture". Kronstadt 1917. Sailors more
Efim Kopelyan ("In a dead loop"), Vladislav Strzhelchik ("Civility Visit"), Vitaly Politseymako ("Sons") in the film-play "Rupture". Kronstadt 1917. Sailors of the revolutionary cruiser Zarya are preparing for a general armed uprising. The Kerensky government decided to disarm the ships. The crew of the ship drives away the delegates of the Provisional Government, refusing to obey. Commander of the cruiser. Bersenev takes the side of the sailors. Members of the Bersenev family experience this decision differently. So in the family of an old Russian intellectual happens RAZLOM. . . close
Based on the play of the same name by Leo Tolstoy.
The Russian nobleman Fyodor Vasilievich Protasov cannot put up with the hypocrisy of his environment, more
Based on the play of the same name by Leo Tolstoy.
The Russian nobleman Fyodor Vasilievich Protasov cannot put up with the hypocrisy of his environment, but is powerless to fight it. He begins to drink, leaves the house and gradually falls. The behavior of Protasov helps to bring his wife Liza closer to a longtime friend of the family, Viktor Karenin. Unable to endure the lies and humiliation associated with the upcoming divorce proceedings, Fedya pretends to commit suicide and seemed to forever leave his family. It is only due to the accident that it becomes known that Fedor Protasov is alive. Liza, reconciled with the death of her husband and became the wife of Karenin, is summoned to court on charges of duality. To stop the stupid and deceitful comedy of the court and rid the shame of innocent people, Protasov shoots himself. close
“Truth is good, and happiness is better” – a film-performance about the stingy old woman Mavra Tarasov Yevdokia Turchaninova ), wishing to marry her more
“Truth is good, and happiness is better” – a film-performance about the stingy old woman Mavra Tarasov Yevdokia Turchaninova ), wishing to marry her granddaughter to a Moscow merchant - such a successful party! The granddaughter disgusts the thought of this, she is in love with the clergyman Platon Zybkin, a simple unpampered guy who has only one drawback - unpaid debts.
Of course, the grandmother would not like such a contender for the hand of the heiress for anything, but the world is not without good people - there are those who know about the young sins of Mavra Tarasova. The young have allies - the couple are helped to find happiness, avoiding the wrath of the old woman. The method is simple – Zybkin was advised to find a watchman who was well acquainted with Mavra during her distant youth. . . close
Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that more
Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that he meets the lovely Ellen of the Yellow Cab Co., he also meets the crooked lawyer named Creavy. Pirdy is an inventor and when Creavy learns about elastic-glass, his new invention, he makes plans to steal the process. With the help of another con man named Doksteader, and the boys, he will steal this million dollar invention no matter who gets hurt. close
We have writer Fadiman, regulars Franklin P. Adams, Oscar Levant, and John Kieran, with Boris Karloff as the guest panelist for this edition of Information Please.
We have writer Fadiman, regulars Franklin P. Adams, Oscar Levant, and John Kieran, with Boris Karloff as the guest panelist for this edition of Information Please. close
This issue of RKO's Information Please series, based on the radio program featuring most of the same people, has Howard Lindsay, co-author and co-star more
This issue of RKO's Information Please series, based on the radio program featuring most of the same people, has Howard Lindsay, co-author and co-star of the then-current Broadway play, "Life With Father", as a visiting guest expert. Questions involved football plays, license plates and plays that dealt with family relationships. close
Information Please: Series 1, No. 1 is a 1939 short film of the famous show from RKO Radio. The segment stars Clifton Fadiman, Rex Stout, and John Kieran.It more
Information Please: Series 1, No. 1 is a 1939 short film of the famous show from RKO Radio. The segment stars Clifton Fadiman, Rex Stout, and John Kieran.It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel, a rare instance of a game show being nominated for an Academy Award. close
A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters. Not bad, more interesting more
A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters. Not bad, more interesting for the historical significance than for entertainment. close
Jerry Wald has to write about radio, visiting Sid Gary gives him the tip it might be more easy for him to write this article at the radio station than more
Jerry Wald has to write about radio, visiting Sid Gary gives him the tip it might be more easy for him to write this article at the radio station than at his newspaper office. At the studio they listen to the Boswell Sister's rehearsal, which is interupted by some not so friendly remarks by orchestra leader Abe Lyman, they listen at the door, where a Colonel Stoopnagel broadcast is prepared, as well as to the rehearsal of a new song for an broadcast by Kate Smith. close
Veteran vaudevillian regales the audience with highlights from his comedy travel monologue and introduces "His Modern Art Choir," A Russian group he met more
Veteran vaudevillian regales the audience with highlights from his comedy travel monologue and introduces "His Modern Art Choir," A Russian group he met while traveling in the Soviet Union who sing a traditional Russian song and an American standard. close
Georgie Price tells Bryan Foy, who is to direct his short film, that he is nervous about performing to a camera and microphone instead of an audience. more
Georgie Price tells Bryan Foy, who is to direct his short film, that he is nervous about performing to a camera and microphone instead of an audience. He then sings a couple songs, in an Al Jolson/Eddie Cantor style. close
A vaudeville act. Trixie Friganza performs first a story and then a song. For the story, she wears a wide-brimmed had and a matching diaphanous shawl. more
A vaudeville act. Trixie Friganza performs first a story and then a song. For the story, she wears a wide-brimmed had and a matching diaphanous shawl. She tells of a visit to a friend who has a five-year old son. The mother tells Trixie a tale of stepping out on her husband, and to conceal the story from the boy, spells out key words. By the story's end, mom is in for a surprise and Trixie has a moral for us. Then, the hat and shawl come off, a base fiddle comes out, and Trixie sings us a comic song about her first two husbands. close
