Elsy Albiin Movies
- 1957
Filmed on location in Copenhagen, Hidden Fear stars John Payne as an American lawman whose Denmark-based sister Natalie Norwick is in big, big, trouble. Arrested for the murder of her music hall partner, Natalie hopes that Payne can clear her name. Following the evidence trail, the detective meets the murder victim's girlfriend Anne Neyland, who in turn leads our hero to a vicious counterfeiting gang, headed by ex-Nazi Alexander Knox. Conrad Nagel, who evidently went along for the ride to get a free vacation, appears briefly as Neyland's American sugar daddy. Given only a limited release, Hidden Fear hid from view until it was picked up for an ABC network telecast in 1963. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Payne, Alexander Knox, (more)
- 1954
Steve Fisher, best known for I Wake Up Screaming, wrote the story and screenplay for the British melodrama Terror Street. Dan Duryea plays Bill Rogers, an American jet pilot, who comes to England to find out why he hasn't heard from his wife lately. Upon his arrival, he learns that his wife has been murdered, and that he's the prime suspect. With only 36 hours at his disposal, Rogers takes it upon himself to track down the actual killer. Such familiar British-movie faces as Erich Pohlmann and Kenneth Griffith share screen time with relative newcomers like Elsy Albin and Ann Gudrun. Running 83 minutes, Terror Street was originally released in England in an 80-minute version titled 36 Hours. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dan Duryea, Ann Gudrun, (more)
- 1954
What Every Woman Wants!, at least according to this British comedy-drama, is a roof over her head. Elsy Albin and Patric Doonan play Jane and Mark, a newlywed couple with no home of their own. Forced to live with Jane's parents, the young marrieds are never permitted a moment's privacy. Complicating matters is the arrival of returning soldier Jim Barnes (William Sylvester), whom Mark thick-headedly regards as a romantic rival. Also gumming up the works is a local labor dispute which results in several heated family arguments. What Every Woman Wants! is based on Edwin Lewis' short story Relations are Best Apart. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- William Sylvester, Elsy Albiin, (more)
- 1953
The romantic travails within an English family provide the basis of this remake of Les Parents Terribles. It all begins as a young man finds himself falling in love with his father's mistress, causing his mother to fear that she lose both her husband and her son. When the father finds out about his son's love for the mistress, he gallantly gives her up. Meanwhile, an enamored aunt sees that family peace and harmony is restored. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1949
Shot on location in and around Rome, this drama chronicles the tragic love affair between a frustrated artist and the troubled American woman who provides him with much-needed inspiration. The artist, who leaves the ancient city because he is overwhelmed by the abundance of great art, first sees his new love as she dives into a moonlit mountain lake near the cabin he has rented. She turns out to be an American who has come to the lake to recover from a mental trauma. Love blossoms and the two make wedding plans, but then the sister of the girl shows up and tragedy ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Glenn Langan
- 1948
Together with Les Miserables, Hunchback of Notre Dame and A Christmas Carol, Dostoyefsky's Crime and Punishment is one of the most frequently filmed novels in literary history. This 1947 version emanates from Sweden, a country uniquely attuned to the "guilt trip" which dominates the latter portions of the novel. Director Hampe Faustman also stars as Raskolnikov, the misguided intellectual who endeavors to prove his superiority to his fellow man by murdering an elderly pawnbroker. Because he considers himself bereft of such bourgeois attributes as a conscience, Rasklonikov is certain that he'll get away with the killing. But he hasn't reckoned with the kindly, methodical detective Samlotov (Sigurd Wallen), who knows that there's still a glimmer of humanity left in the arrogant murderer-and intends to exploits that glimmer to bring Raskolnikov to justice. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gunn Wållgren, Sigurd Wallen, (more)
- 1947
Written and directed by Ragner Hylten-Cavalius, Klockorna I Gamia Sta'n was the first Swedish film to be lensed in color. The title translates as The Bells in Old Town, a reference to the "old" section of modern Stockholm. The story is a mosaic of the lives and loves of the denizens of Old Town, with some stories culminating happily, others not so happily. For ideal color reproduction, director Hylten-Cavalius enlisted the services of Paramount's Technicolor specialist James B. Shackleford, who worked in close harmony with Sweden's own Olle Nordemar. It was the color angle, rather than the film's rather banal storyline, which proved to be the biggest selling card of Klockorna I Gamia Sta'n. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gunnel Broström
