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Frederick Kohner is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 25 september 1905 at Austria-Hungary
Frederick Kohner (September 25, 1905, Teplitz-Schönau, Austria-Hungary (present day Czech Republic) - July 7, 1986) was an Austrian-born writer.
He is best known for having created the "Gidget" novels, which inspired a series of movies, two television series, three telemovies and a feature length animated film. He based the title character on his own daughter, Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman.
Frederick Kohner died on July 7, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, aged 80.
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Frederick Kohner
Birth name Friedrich Kohner
Nationality USA
Birth 25 september 1905 at Austria-Hungary
Death 7 july 1986 (at 80 years) at Brentwood, Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 25 september 1905 at Austria-Hungary
Death 7 july 1986 (at 80 years) at Brentwood, Los Angeles (USA)
He is best known for having created the "Gidget" novels, which inspired a series of movies, two television series, three telemovies and a feature length animated film. He based the title character on his own daughter, Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman.
Frederick Kohner died on July 7, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, aged 80.
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Filmography of Frederick Kohner (30 films)
Actor
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, 2h32Directed by Lewis Milestone, Nate Watt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Louis Wolheim, Richard Alexander, Lew Ayres, John Wray, William Bakewell, Ben Alexander
Roles Minor Role (uncredited)
Rating80%
Professor Kantorek gives an impassioned speech about the glory of serving in the Army and "saving the Fatherland". On the brink of becoming men, the boys in his class, led by Paul Baumer, are moved to join the army as the new 2nd Company. Their romantic delusions are quickly broken during their brief but rigorous training under the abusive Corporal Himmelstoss, who bluntly informs them, "You're going to be soldiers—and that's all."
Director
Hollywood Story (1951)
, 1h16Directed by William Castle, Frederick Kohner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Richard Egan, Henry Hull, Fred Clark, Jim Backus
Rating66%
New York theatrical producer Larry O'Brien (Conte) plans to found a motion picture company in Hollywood. He buys an old studio which was unused since the days of silent movies. There he's shown the office where a famous director was murdered twenty years earlier. Although there were many suspects the case hasn't been solved. O'Brian becomes fascinated by the subject and decides to make a film based on the case. To this end he begins interviewing the surviving participants and soon gets into danger himself. In the end it turns out that the murderer is the victim's jealous brother.
It's a Date (1940)
, 1h43Directed by Joe Pasternak, William A. Seiter, Norman Krasna, Ralph J. Block, Frederick Kohner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Eugene Pallette, Henry Stephenson, S.Z. Sakall
Rating63%
The movie begins with Georgia Drake (Kay Francis) performing on the stage, singing "Gypsy Lullaby" while her daughter, Pamela (Deanna Durbin), watches with her boyfriend Freddie Miller (Lewis Howard). Georgia is an older Broadway actress who was once very famous. Her daughter, Pam, also has great acting skills and hopes to be a successful actress as well. At an after-party celebrating the closing of a play that Georgia was in, Pamela convinces director Sidney Simpson (Samuel S. Hinds) and writer Carl Ober (S.Z. Sakall) to attend one of the plays she is in. After the party ends, Pamela sings "Love is All" with the maid, Sara (Cecilia Loftus), playing piano and her mother listening.
Scriptwriter
Gidget Gets Married (1972)
, 1h13Directed by E.W. Swackhamer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Surfing films
Actors Paul Lynde, Michael Burns, Don Ameche, Joan Bennett, Macdonald Carey, Elinor Donahue
Roles Characters
Rating47%
Now that Jeff has completed his military service and landed a lucrative job as an engineer, he and Gidget marry and move to Glossop, Maryland, where his new job is. Gidget finds that Jeff's company exerts far too much control over their lives, deciding where they will live and even choosing their friends for them. Gidget's rebellion against this lands Jeff in hot water, and their marriage is sorely tested.
Gidget Grows Up (1969)
, 1h15Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Surfing films
Actors Karen Valentine, Paul Lynde, Edward Mulhare, Paul Petersen, Warner Anderson, Robert Cummings
Roles Novel
Rating64%
After two years of college abroad, Gidget returns to Santa Monica. She discovers that the letters she wrote to her boyfriend Jeff, intended to make him jealous, have backfired, and her attempts to patch things up with him are rebuffed. Inspired by a speech she hears on television made by the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, she hops a bus to New York City to work for the United Nations.
Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
, 1h44Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Sports films, Surfing films, Musical films
Actors Cindy Carol, James Darren, Don Porter, Jeff Donnell, Jessie Royce Landis, Cesare Danova
Roles Characters
Rating51%
College-bound Gidget (Cindy Carol) is vacationing in Rome for the summer with faithful boyfriend Jeff, aka Moondoggie (James Darren) and their friends. Chaperoning the pair is Aunt Albertina (Jessie Royce Landis). However, Gidget's father Russell, worried about his daughter being abroad, asks an old friend of his, named Paolo Cellini, to keep an eye on Gidget to see that she stays out of trouble. Complications set in when Gidget begins to fall for the much older Paolo.
Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
, 1h41Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Surfing films, Musical films
Actors Deborah Walley, James Darren, Carl Reiner, Michael Callan, Jeff Donnell, Peggy Cass
Roles Writer
Rating56%
The film opens with Francie "Gidget" Lawrence (Deborah Walley) and Jeff "Moondoggie" Matthews (James Darren) getting pinned. Later, Gidget's father Russ (Carl Reiner) announces that they are going to Hawaii for a vacation. Gidget refuses to go and leave Jeff alone; Gidget's mother Dorothy (Jean Donnell) explains to Russ that Jeff is all that matters to Gidget. Russ decides to cancel Gidget's room reservation and make arrangements for her to stay with a relative so that she can be with Jeff. However, when Jeff tells Gidget that he thinks it's great and that she should go to Hawaii, Gidget gives him back his pin, runs home and tells her folks she has changed her mind.
Gidget (1959)
, 1h35Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Surfing films
Actors Sandra Dee, James Darren, Cliff Robertson, Joby Baker, Tom Laughlin, Doug McClure
Roles Novel
Rating65%
Frances Lawrence (Sandra Dee) is about to turn 17 years old and is on her summer break between her junior and senior years of high school. She resists the pressure to go "manhunting" with her girlfriends and laments the days when the girls had fun together without boys. Frances also rejects her parents wishing to fix her up on a date with the son of a friend of the family, Jeffrey Matthews.
Toy Tiger (1956)
, 1h28Directed by Jerry Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jeff Chandler, Laraine Day, Timothy Hovey, Richard Haydn, Cecil Kellaway, Judson Pratt
Roles Story
Rating63%
New York City advertising executive Gwen Harkinson is a widow with a son, Timmy, who lives full-time in an upstate boarding school. She sends art director Rick Todd in that direction to try to rehire Mike Wyman, a former creative talent for the ad agency who has given up that life to become a sculptor.
Adventure in Rio (1955)
, 1h40Directed by Kurt Neumann
Genres Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Maria Frau, Johannes Heesters, Willy Fritsch, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Jester Naefe, Folco Lulli
Roles Writer
Utopia (1951)
, 1h33Directed by Léo Joannon, Alfred J. Goulding, Tim Whelan, John Berry
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, La provence, Transport films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Suzy Delair, Suzet Maïs, Paul Frees, Vittorio Caprioli
Roles Writer
Rating55%
Stan learns that he is to receive an inheritance left by a wealthy uncle. Unfortunately, most of the inheritance is consumed by taxes and legal fees, and he is left with only a rickety but fully provisioned yacht and a private island in the Pacific Ocean. Stan and Ollie leave for the island, accompanied by Antoine, stateless refugee (Max Elloy) and Giovanni Copini, a stowaway (a malcontent Italian bricklayer) (Adriano Rimoldi).
Hollywood Story (1951)
, 1h16Directed by William Castle, Frederick Kohner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Richard Egan, Henry Hull, Fred Clark, Jim Backus
Roles Story
Rating66%
New York theatrical producer Larry O'Brien (Conte) plans to found a motion picture company in Hollywood. He buys an old studio which was unused since the days of silent movies. There he's shown the office where a famous director was murdered twenty years earlier. Although there were many suspects the case hasn't been solved. O'Brian becomes fascinated by the subject and decides to make a film based on the case. To this end he begins interviewing the surviving participants and soon gets into danger himself. In the end it turns out that the murderer is the victim's jealous brother.
Pictura (1951)
, 1h20Directed by Alain Resnais, Ewald André Dupont, Luciano Emmer, Enrico Gras, Robert Hessens
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about the visual arts
Actors Vincent Price, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, Martin Gabel, Lilli Palmer
Roles Writer
Rating57%
Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
, 1h40Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about television, Musical films
Actors Jane Powell, Ann Sothern, Barry Sullivan, Carmen Miranda, Louis Calhern, Scotty Beckett
Roles Story
Rating63%
On the closing night of a Broadway play, leading actress Frances Elliott (Ann Sothern) hosts a party attended by many guests, including her eccentric father Gregory (Louis Calhern), who is also an actor; her seventeen-year-old daughter, Nancy Barklay (Jane Powell), an aspiring actress; and Brazilian playwright Ricardo Domingos, who is considering starring Frances in his next play.
Bride for Sale (1949)
, 1h27Directed by William D. Russell, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Claudette Colbert, Robert Young, George Brent, Max Baer Jr., Gus Schilling, Charles Arnt
Roles Story
Rating62%
Nora Shelley is a tax expert for the accounting company which is led by Paul Martin. She thinks she can find a suitable husband by inspecting their clients' tax documents. Martin finds out and tries to dissuade her from this approach, later enlisting the help of his friend Steve Adams, who tries to woo Shelley.