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The Firebird (1934 film)

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Director
  
William Dieterle

Story by
  
Lajos Zilahy

Language
  
English

6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama, Mystery, Romance

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

The Firebird (1934 film) movie poster

Writer
  
Charles Kenyon
,
Jeffrey Dell

Release date
  
November 3, 1934 (1934-11-03)

Based on
  
the play Muvesz Szinhaz  by Lajos Zilahy

Production
  
Warner Bros. Entertainment

Cast
  
Verree Teasdale
(Carola Pointer),
Ricardo Cortez
(Herman Brandt),
Lionel Atwill
(John Pointer),
Anita Louise
(Mariette Pointer),
C. Aubrey Smith
(Police Inspector Miller),
Dorothy Tree
(Mrs. Jolan Brandt)

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The Firebird is a 1934 murder mystery film starring Verree Teasdale, Ricardo Cortez, Lionel Atwill and Anita Louise, and directed by William Dieterle. A philandering Viennese actor is killed. In the murder scene, the camera sees what the killer does, hiding the culprit's identity.

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The Firebird (1934 film) 1934 THE FIREBIRD TRAILER RICARDO CORTEZ YouTube

Cast

  • Verree Teasdale as Carola Pointer
  • Ricardo Cortez as Herman Brandt
  • Lionel Atwill as John Pointer
  • Anita Louise as Mariette Pointer
  • C. Aubrey Smith as Police Inspector Miller
  • Dorothy Tree as Mrs. Jolan Brandt
  • Helen Trenholme as Mlle. Josephine Mousquet
  • Hobart Cavanaugh as Emile
  • Robert Barrat as Halasz
  • Hal K. Dawson as Assistant Stage Manager
  • Russell Hicks as Mr. Beyer
  • Spencer Charters as Max Bauer
  • Etienne Girardot as Professor Peterson
  • Florence Fair as Thelma
  • Nan Grey as Alice von Attem (as Nan Gray)

    • Reception

    The New York Times reviewer, Andre Sennwald, dismissed it as "an ordinary mystery melodrama." "Among the definite failings of this smoothly filmed edition of Lajos Zilahy's play is the circumstance that, like the original, it conceals the actual murderer from the audience for such an extended period that the motivation for the homicide never becomes completely real."

    References

    The Firebird (1934 film) Wikipedia
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    The Firebird (1934 film) IMDb The Firebird (1934 film) themoviedb.org