María Corda
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: May 04, 1898
Age: 127 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: February 15, 1976
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The Private Life of Helen of Troy
Overview: Setting the standard for his later light-hearted biopics The Private Life of Henry VIII and Rembrandt, producer-director Alexander Korda steadfastly refuses to take any of The Private Life of Helen of Troy seriously. Maria Corda, wife of the director, plays the title character as a fetchingly underdressed coquette, oblivious to all the political turmoil she's causing when she allows the handsome Paris (Ricardo Cortez) to kidnap her. Meanwhile, poor King Menelaus (Lewis Stone), Helen's husband, stands by in stoic silence, just as he's done on previous occasions when his wife succumbed to the charms of various sexy suitors (one of whom is played by future cowboy star "Wild Bill" Elliot). Finally galvanized into action, Menelaus reclaims his bride, who seems none the worse for wear for her experiences.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-12-09
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A Modern Dubarry
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1927-01-24
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The Last Days of Pompeii
Overview: Carmine Gallone and Amleto Palermi’s The Last Days of Pompeii 1926 stages in sumptuous colour tinting the epic fall of the ancient city buried by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption. Adapted from Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s love story, the film was innovative in its special effects and an early major box-office hit. A beautiful tinted restoration print was prepared using photochemical processes by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia-Cineteca Nazionale in the mid-1990s and the premiere screening of the restoration print was held in the amphitheatre in Pompeii, followed by a screening at the major restoration festival ‘Il Cinema Ritrovato’ in Bologna in 1998.
Genres: History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1926-03-09
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Moon of Israel
Overview: A Jewish slave girl falls in love with the Pharaoh's son during the Exodus.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1924-10-25
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The Great Passion
Overview: This is a real curiosity; at best a reasonable film, but also a charming little gem. There is a story (in the line of "A Star is Born"), but this merely serves as an excuse, as it is more importantly a kind of moving encyclopedia of about 35 stars making their debut in a talkie (although some of them had already made one talkie), of the technical sound possibilities and of film making. Besides all that, it is entertaining and sometimes hilarious and it has fine one-liners that split my side. The film is also remarkable for making mock of typical German film genres (like the overly sweet romances involving the military), of too heavy acting and of film making in general. I have to mention this one: a short, hysterically funny parody of "Der blaue Engel". What this film in fact says is: do not take any film too seriously. (J. Steed)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1930-08-24
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The Guardsman
Overview: a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1926-01-15
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White Rose
Overview: A drama based on the novel by Mór Jókai.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1919-01-01
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Samson und Delila
Overview: One of the first epic films made in Austria, as in some of the similar Cecil B De Mille entries, a fusion of a biblical story with a modern update.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1922-03-25
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Die Konkurrenz platzt
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-11-14
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Der moderne Casanova
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1928-11-16
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Madame Wants No Children
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1926-12-14
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Love and the Devil
Overview: A famous Venetian opera singer marries a rich, but very jealous man. After moving to London with him, she misses the opera and all the attention she used to get. Once back in Venice, an old lover shows up causing trouble.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-24
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Tesha
Overview: The luminous Maria Corda stars as the eponymous Tesha, a celebrated Russian dancer who marries an Englishman (Thomas). The couple long for a child but after five years of happy marriage, remain childless. On a trip to Southampton Tesha succumbs to a brief fling with a stranger (Cavanagh), unleashing a barrage of unforeseen consequences and emotional turmoil. The superb cinematography is by the great German cinematographer Werner Brandes who worked on dozens of prestige British productions in the 1920s. Originally shot silent, sound was added in 1929.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-08-27
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L'uomo più allegro di Vienna
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1925-04-01
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Tragödie im Hause Habsburg
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1924-05-30
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Heilige oder Dirne
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-10-01
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The Unknown Tomorrow
Overview: A melodrama about a virtuous wife unjustly abandoned by her husband, who get him back with the help of a Hindu mystic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1923-01-01
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Jedermanns Weib
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1924-01-09
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Her Dancing Partner
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1925-11-06
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