Agent secret : sabotage / Alfred Hitchcock, réal., adapt. ; Charles Bennet, scénario ; Ian Hay, Helen Simpson, E.V.H. Hemmet, dial. ; Joseph Conrad, aut. adapté ; Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, Desmond Tester... [et al.], act.

Homolka, Oscar, 1898-1978

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Oscar Homolka (born August 12, 1898 in Vienna, Austria, died January 27, 1978 in Sussex, England) was an Austrian-American actor. Homolka attended the Royal Dramatic Academy in Vienna and began his career on the Austrian stage. Success there led to work in the much more prestigious German theatrical community in Munich and Berlin. His first films were Die Abenteuer eines Zehnmarkscheins (The Adventures of a Ten Mark Note, 1926), Hokuspokus (Hocuspocus, 1930), and Dreyfus (The Dreyfus Case, 1930)...

Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924

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Joseph Conrad, a major British writer, was born in Poland and became a British subject in 1887. After a twenty year career at sea, he published his first novel, "Almayer's Folly" (1895), successfully launching his writing career. From the description of Letters-Manuscripts, 1908-1913. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122588887 Novelist and short story writer who was born Jozef Konrad Teodor Korzeniowski in Berdichev, Ukraine, and became a British citizen in...

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980

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Alfred Hitchcock (b. 13 August 1899, Leytonstone, England–d. 29 April 1980, Bel Air, CA) was an English film director and producer, widely regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Known as "the Master of Suspense", he directed over 50 feature films. He began his career in the film industry in 1919 as a title card designer after training as a technical clerk and copy writer for a telegraph-cable company. ...

Simpson, Helen, 1897-1940

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Simpson was an Australian novelist noted for her detective novels. She was married to Sir Denis John Browne, a noted English pediatric surgeon. From the description of [Letter] 1934 Oct. 30, 48 Queen Anne Street, W.1, [London, England, to] Madame de Morinni / Helen Browne. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 174550989 Helen Simpson was born in Australia of French heritage; she became one of the earliest female undergraduates at Oxford, and lived her adult life in England. ...

Tester, Desmond, 1919-2002

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Emmett, Edward Victor Henry 1902-1971

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Levy, Benn W. (Benn Wolfe), 1900-1973

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Playwright and theatre director, Benn Wolfe Levy (1900-1974) was born in London and educated at Repton School and University College, Oxford. He served in the Royal Air Force in 1918 and in the Royal Navy in the Second World War. In 1945 he was elected Labour Member of Parliament for Eton and Slough which he represented until 1950, when he returned to writing for the theatre. While in parliament he introduced a Private Member's Bill to abolish the Lord Chamberlain's censorship of the theatre whi...

Sidney, Sylvia, 1910-1999

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