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{{short description|American screenwriter}}'''Irma von Cube''' (December 26, 1899, [[Hanover]] – July 25, 1977) was a [[Germany|German]]-[[United States|American]] [[screenwriter]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Biographie |first=Deutsche |title=Cube, Irma von - Deutsche Biographie |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd106231722X.html?language=en |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=www.deutsche-biographie.de |language=de}}</ref> 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.
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'''Irma von Cube''' (December 26, 1899 &ndash; July 25, 1977) was a [[Germany|German]]-[[United States|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 film)|Johnny Belinda]]'' (1948), for which she received an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination, and ''[[Song of Love (1947 film)|Song of Love]]'' (1947) co-starring [[Katharine Hepburn]], [[Paul Henreid]], and [[Robert Hudson Walker|Robert Walker]]. She also directed one of five segments of the Italy-UK co-production [[anthology film]] ''[[A Tale of Five Cities]]'' (1951).
Among her films is the ''[[They Shall Have Music]]'' (1939), ''[[Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]'' (1948), for which she received an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination, and ''[[Song of Love (1947 film)|Song of Love]]'' (1947) co-starring [[Katharine Hepburn]], [[Paul Henreid]], and [[Robert Walker (actor, born 1918)|Robert Walker]]. She also directed one of five segments of the Italy-UK co-production [[anthology film]] ''[[A Tale of Five Cities]]'' (1951). She was the mother of Oscar-winning producer [[Konstantin Kalser]].


==Filmography==
==Selected filmography==
* ''Mädchenschicksale'' (dir. [[Richard Löwenbein]], 1928)
* ''Mädchenschicksale'' (dir. [[Richard Löwenbein]], 1928)
* ''[[What Price Love?]]'' (dir. [[E. W. Emo]], 1929)
* ''[[What Price Love?]]'' (dir. [[E. W. Emo]], 1929)
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* ''[[Dolly Gets Ahead]]'' (dir. [[Anatole Litvak]], 1930)
* ''[[Dolly Gets Ahead]]'' (dir. [[Anatole Litvak]], 1930)
* ''[[The Stolen Face]]'' (dir. [[Philipp Lothar Mayring]] and Erich Schmidt, 1930)
* ''[[The Stolen Face]]'' (dir. [[Philipp Lothar Mayring]] and Erich Schmidt, 1930)
* ''[[No More Love (film)|No More Love]]'' (dir. [[Anatole Litvak]], 1931)
* ''[[No More Love (film)|No More Love]]'' (dir. [[Anatole Litvak]], 1931)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Capua |first=Michelangelo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=titzBgAAQBAJ |title=Anatole Litvak: The Life and Films |date=2015-01-30 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-9413-2 |pages=7 |language=en}}</ref>
** ''[[Calais-Dover (film)|Calais-Dover]]'' (dir. [[Anatole Litvak]] and [[Jean Boyer (director)|Jean Boyer]], 1931)<!--French-language version of "No More Love"-->
** ''[[Calais-Dover (film)|Calais-Dover]]'' (dir. [[Anatole Litvak]] and [[Jean Boyer (director)|Jean Boyer]], 1931)<!--French-language version of "No More Love"-->
* ''Der Hochtourist'' (dir. [[Alfred Zeisler]], 1931)
* ''Der Hochtourist'' (dir. [[Alfred Zeisler]], 1931)
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** ''[[You Will Be My Wife]]'' (dir. [[Carl Boese]], [[Heinz Hille]] and [[Serge de Poligny]], 1932)<!--French-language version of "The Cheeky Devil"-->
** ''[[You Will Be My Wife]]'' (dir. [[Carl Boese]], [[Heinz Hille]] and [[Serge de Poligny]], 1932)<!--French-language version of "The Cheeky Devil"-->
* ''[[The Song of Night]]'' (dir. [[Anatole Litvak]], 1932)
* ''[[The Song of Night]]'' (dir. [[Anatole Litvak]], 1932)
** ''[[Tell Me Tonight]]'' (dir. [[Anatole Litvak]], 1932)
** ''[[Tell Me Tonight]]'' (dir. [[Anatole Litvak]], 1932)<!--English-language version of "The Song of Night"-->
** ''[[One Night's Song]]'' (dir. [[Anatole Litvak]], 1933)<!--French-language version of "The Song of Night"-->
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* ''[[All for Love (1933 film)|All for Love]]'' (1933)
* ''[[A Song for You (film)|A Song for You]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Sehnsucht 202]]'' (dir. [[Max Neufeld]], 1932)
** ''{{Ill|Une jeune fille et un million|fr}}'' (dir. [[Max Neufeld]] and Fred Ellis, 1932)<!--French-language version of "Sehnsucht 202"-->
* ''{{Ill|Eine von uns|it|Senza madre (film 1932)}}'' (dir. [[Johannes Meyer (director)|Johannes Meyer]], 1932)
* ''[[A Song for You (film)|A Song for You]]'' (dir. [[Joe May]], 1933)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wright |first=Adrian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dgo7EAAAQBAJ |title=Cheer Up!: British Musical Films, 1929-1945 |date=2020 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-1-78327-499-4 |pages=104 |language=en}}</ref>
** ''[[Tout pour l'amour]]'' (dir. [[Joe May]] and [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]], 1933)<!--French-language version of "A Song for You"-->
** ''[[My Song for You (film)|My Song for You]]'' (dir. [[Maurice Elvey]], 1934)<!--English-language remake of ''A Song for You''-->
* ''[[Mayerling (1936 film)|Mayerling]]'' (dir. [[Anatole Litvak]], 1936)
* ''[[La Peur (1936 film)|La Peur]]'' (dir. [[Victor Tourjansky]], 1936)
* ''[[The Terrible Lovers]]'' (dir. [[Marc Allégret]], 1936)
* ''[[Street of Shadows (1937 film)|Street of Shadows]]'' (dir. [[G. W. Pabst]], 1937)
** ''[[Under Secret Orders]]'' (dir. [[Edmond T. Gréville]], 1937)<!--English-language version of "Street of Shadows"-->
* ''[[They Shall Have Music]]'' (dir. [[Archie Mayo]], 1939)
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* ''[[Song of Love (1947 film)|Song of Love]]'' (dir. [[Clarence Brown]], 1947)
* ''[[Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]'' (dir. [[Jean Negulesco]], 1948)
* ''[[The Girl in White]]'' (dir. [[John Sturges]], 1952)
'''Director'''
* ''[[A Tale of Five Cities]]'' (1951)
'''Actress'''
* ''[[Nameless Heroes (film)|Nameless Heroes]]'' (1925)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{worldcat id|lccn-no2003-17568}}
* {{IMDb name|0902121}}
* {{IMDb name|0902121}}


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Latest revision as of 09:30, 10 August 2024

Irma von Cube (December 26, 1899, Hanover – July 25, 1977) was a German-American screenwriter.[1] 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 Hepburn, Paul Henreid, and Robert Walker. She also directed one of five segments of the Italy-UK co-production anthology film A Tale of Five Cities (1951). She was the mother of Oscar-winning producer Konstantin Kalser.

Filmography

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Director

Actress

References

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  1. ^ Biographie, Deutsche. "Cube, Irma von - Deutsche Biographie". www.deutsche-biographie.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-22.
  2. ^ Capua, Michelangelo (2015-01-30). Anatole Litvak: The Life and Films. McFarland. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7864-9413-2.
  3. ^ Wright, Adrian (2020). Cheer Up!: British Musical Films, 1929-1945. Boydell & Brewer. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-78327-499-4.
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