Aleksander Zabczynski Movies
A fairly active character actor in the Polish film industry during the 1920s and 1930s, Aleksander Zabczynski's career appeared to come to an end with the German invasion of Poland in 1939. Of the films he appeared in, only one, Ada, to nie wypada, received any serious attention in the United States, under the title of Ada, Don't Do That! Several of the mid-'30s titles are available on videocassette in England from Polart Video. ~ Rovi- 1937
Bedzie Lepiej (Happy Days) stars the moderately popular Polish comedy team of Szczepko and Tonko. The daffy duo plays a couple of toy-factory employees who suddenly find themselves out of work. While sitting in the park feeling sorry for themselves, the boys stumble upon an gurgling abandoned baby. This discovery somehow leads to a comic entanglement with a blonde seductress and a wealthy but slightly wacky Warsaw family. The baby is eventually adopted by the heroine, who through the machinations of the two comedians has fallen in love with their former boss. Laurel and Hardy they're not, but Szczepko and Tonko keep the film moving at a fast clip. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Wanda Jarszewska
- 1936
The original double-entendre title of this Polish operetta translates into the even more suggestive Love Maneuvers. The plotline draws heavily from such previous musical successes as The Student Prince and Daughter of the Regiment. It even winds up with one of the oldest ploys of all: The "masked beauty" at a fancy dress ball who turns out to be the virginal heroine. Lola Halama stars as the traditional hoydenish ingenue, who manages to straighten out all the complications and misunderstandings that have been playing across the screen since the opening credits. Critics in 1936 were impressed that the Polish film industry, traditionally one of the most austere operations in Europe, was able to mount so lavish a production. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Aleksander Zabczynski
- 1936
Also known as Jennie, the action in this Hungarian romantic comedy is divided between two rival sporting-goods stores. Aleksander Zabczynski, son of one of the store owners, falls in love with Jadwiga Smosarska, the daughter of the other. Hoping to improve her dad's business, Smorsarska poses for a statue of herself, to be displayed in the lobby of the store. When the statue winds up in the wrong store, our heroine tries to smuggle it out of the building under cover of night. In true Lucy Ricardo fashion, Smorarska is caught in the act, whereupon she escapes detection by pretending to be the statue herself -- a pose she's forced to maintain for the rest of the story. The 1940 American film Jennie is not a remake, though there are a few slight similarities. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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