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Irma von Cube

Born December 26, 1899 · Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Died July 25, 1977 · aged 77

Irma von Cube (December 26, 1899 – July 25, 1977) was a German-American screenwriter. She began as an actress and a writer for films in Germany in the early 1930s, and continued when she arrived in the United States in 1938. Among her films is the They Shall Have Music (1939), Johnny Belinda (1948), for which she received an Academy Award nomination, and Song of Love (1947) co-starring Katharine …

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Johnny BelindaJohnny Belinda · 1948
Johnny Belinda
★ 6.91948
MovieDrama
A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.
The Girl in WhiteThe Girl in White · 1952
The Girl in White
★ 7.11952
MovieDramaHistory
The first female doctor in New York City comes up against prejudice from male counterparts who feel threatened by her skills. Eventually, though, they come to respect her and romance blossoms between her and the head doctor.
MayerlingMayerling · 1936
Mayerling
★ 6.51936
MovieHistoryDrama
Rudolf, the only heir to Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary, is trapped in a loveless marriage to a Belgian princess. As he seeks to flee his stifling environment, he meets the beautiful Maria, and the two enter into a scandalous affair. Despite the interference of the Emperor, the couple refuse to give each other up.
They Shall Have MusicThey Shall Have Music · 1939
They Shall Have Music
★ 6.51939
MovieFamilyMusic
The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.
No More LoveNo More Love · 1931
No More Love
★ 7.61931
MovieMusicComedy
An American millionaire, who had always bad luck with women, bets that he can live without them for five years. But after four and a half years traveling around on his yacht, he rescues a lady from drowning in the English Channel.
A Tale of Five CitiesA Tale of Five Cities · 1951
A Tale of Five Cities
★ 5.01951
MovieDramaMystery
An Englishman has been working in the US so long he now speaks with an American accent. He is drafted into the British Army during WWII but is injured and loses his memory. Because he talks like an American, the doctors repatriate him to the States where he is housed with a New York family. After the war they all travel throughout Europe, searching for the women he still remembers in the hope of restoring his lost memory
Johnny BelindaJohnny Belinda · 1982
Johnny Belinda
★ 6.31982
MovieDramaTV Movie
While attempting to set up a communal garden in a poverty stricken rural community, Bill Richmond becomes aware of a mute, disheveled girl named Belinda. Written off as mentally handicapped by the community, including her harsh father, Belinda intrigues Bill. He persists in making contact, discovering that Belinda is in fact deaf. Bill finds that he can communicate with Belinda using sign language, and teaches her to sign.
The Stolen FaceThe Stolen Face · 1930
The Stolen Face
★ 7.51930
MovieCrimeDrama
Bill's girlfriend Lore is an art student in Berlin. Since her professor doesn't think much of painting women, she exchanges a genuine Raphael painting in a gallery for a copy made by her. In a spectacular theft, the copy is stolen. Detective Keller suspects Bill and Lore. But Bill, who is a talented quick-change artist, keeps escaping arrest by constantly altering his appearance.

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The Song of NightThe Song of Night · 1932
The Song of Night
★ 8.01932
MovieComedyMusic
He was known as Anatole Litvak during his Hollywood directorial career, but he was still Anatole Litwak when he helmed the German musical Das Lied Einer Nacht (The Song of Night). Famed Polish tenor Jan Kiepura stars as famed Italian tenor Ferraro. Escaping from his tyrannical manager, Ferraro switches identities with a young tourist (Fritz Schulz) and goes off on an unscheduled Swiss holiday. Still travelling incognito, our hero falls in love with a winsome mountain girl (Magda Schneider). Alas, both his romance -- and his freedom -- are placed in jeopardy when it turns out that the charming young fellow with whom Ferraro traded identities was actually a notorious swindler. Anatole Litvak also directed the English-language version of Das Lied Einer Nacht, Be Mine Tonight

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