The Brass Bottle (1914 film)
The Brass Bottle is a 1914 British produced silent fantasy film based on Thomas Anstey Guthrie's 1900 novel of the same name.
It was directed by Sidney Morgan.
The film was a joint production between the British and Americans whereas it was produced by and has an all British cast but was distributed by the American World Film Company.
The film was remade in the United States by French director Maurice Tourneur in 1923 as" The Brass Bottle".
Both versions appear to be lost.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
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Ian Barry (director)
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The Brass Bottle (1923 film)
The Brass Bottle is a 1923 American silent fantasy comedy film produced and directed by Maurice Tourneur and distributed by First National Pictures.
The original novel" The Brass Bottle" by Thomas Anstey Guthrie was produced as a Broadway play in 1910.
A 1914 silent followed.
Both silent versions are lost.
A colorful 1964 sound version appeared starring Tony Randall and Barbara Eden Anstey's story was later a major influence on the television show" I Dream of Jeannie" of which Barbara Eden starred.
Maurice Tourneur
Maurice Tourneur (2 February 1876 – 4 August 1961) was a French film director and screenwriter.
Gustaf Molander
Gustaf Harald August Molander( 18 November 1888 – 19 June 1973) was a Swedish actor and film director.
His parents were director Harald Molander, Sr.( 1858–1900) and singer and actress Lydia Molander," née" Wessler, and his brother was director Olof Molander( 1892 – 1966).
He was the father of director and producer Harald Molander from his first marriage to actress Karin Molander and father to actor Jan Molander from his second marriage to Elsa Fahlberg( 1892- 1977).
Gustaf Molander was born in Helsingfors( now Helsinki) in the Grand Duchy of Finland( in the Russian Empire), where his father was working at the Swedish Theatre.
He studied in the school of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm 1907 – 1909, acted at the Swedish theatre in Helsingfors 1909 – 1913, and then at the Royal Dramatic Theatre from 1913 – 1926.
The last years there he headed the school; his students included Greta Garbo.
Molander wrote several screenplays for Victor Sjöström and Mauritz Stiller, and was helped by the latter to get employment as a director for Svensk Filmindustri, where he worked 1923 – 1956.
All in all, he directed sixty- two films.
He often worked with Gösta Ekman, and his films include" Intermezzo"( 1936), which became Ingrid Bergman's breakthrough and paved her way to America, where she starred in the 1939 Hollywood remake of the film.
Peter Levin
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Intermezzo (1936 film)
Intermezzo is a 1936 Swedish drama film directed by Gustaf Molander about a concert violinist falling in love with his daughter's piano teacher.
The cast includes Gösta Ekman and Ingrid Bergman in the leads.
This film led to Bergman gaining her contract with David O. Selznick and acting in a 1939 American remake opposite Leslie Howard.
Howard W. Koch
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Hanro Smitsman
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Question: Are director of film The Brass Bottle (1923 Film) and director of film Intermezzo (1936 Film) from the same country?
Answer: no