Konrad Tom
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Konrad Tom born Konrad Runowiecki, a Polish
Jewish actor, writer, singer and director, born in Warsaw. Wrote song lyrics in Polish and in Yiddish for stage, film and cabaret, including szmonces. His wife was actress Zula Pogorzelska.
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Jewish actor, writer, singer and director, born in Warsaw. Wrote song lyrics in Polish and in Yiddish for stage, film and cabaret, including szmonces. His wife was actress Zula Pogorzelska.
"Yiddish talkies were not only comparable to those of the Polish mainstream but were produced by the same people. Indeed, the most successful Yiddish talkies were directed by established industry figures including Waszynski, Ford, Henryk Szaro, Jan Nowina-Przybina, Leon Trystan, and Konrad Tom."
Screenplays:
- Antek policmajster 1935 (with Emanuel SchlechterEmanuel SchlechterSchlechter, Emanuel was a Polish-Jewish artist.Schlechter was born and died in Lviv. He was a Polish Jewish lyricist, librettist, writer, satirist, translator, composer and director. He studied at the Faculty of Law of the Jan Kazimierz University in Lvov and worked briefly at a law firm...
) - Ada, to nie wypada 1936
- Bolek i Lolek and Dodek na froncie, 1936, both starred Adolf Dymsza, music Henryk WarsHenryk WarsHenryk Wars was a Polish and later American pop music composer. He wrote the music for 50 films in the interwar period in Poland and sixty more in the United States...
and Wladyslaw Dan - Judel gra na skrzypcach 1936
- Yidl mitn fidl (Molly PiconMolly PiconMolly Picon was an American actress of stage, screen and television, as well as a lyricist and dramatic storyteller....
starred) - Ksiazatko 1937
- Abenteuer in Warschau 1938
- Mamele - Molly PiconMolly PiconMolly Picon was an American actress of stage, screen and television, as well as a lyricist and dramatic storyteller....
movie, Yiddish 1938, music director Ivo WesbyIvo WesbyIvo Wesby , born in Krakow, Poland, was a composer and director. He studied music in Vienna. In the 1920s he was music director of various revi-teaters in Warsaw, and in the last years before the outbreak of World War II he led the well known Groyse Revie ... - Wlóczegi 1939
- Wielka droga 1946
Song lyrics:
- Kocha, lubi, szanuje (with Emanuel SchlechterEmanuel SchlechterSchlechter, Emanuel was a Polish-Jewish artist.Schlechter was born and died in Lviv. He was a Polish Jewish lyricist, librettist, writer, satirist, translator, composer and director. He studied at the Faculty of Law of the Jan Kazimierz University in Lvov and worked briefly at a law firm...
, performed by Mieczyslaw Fogg) - Nic o tobie nie wiem (with Emanuel SchlechterEmanuel SchlechterSchlechter, Emanuel was a Polish-Jewish artist.Schlechter was born and died in Lviv. He was a Polish Jewish lyricist, librettist, writer, satirist, translator, composer and director. He studied at the Faculty of Law of the Jan Kazimierz University in Lvov and worked briefly at a law firm...
, music Henryk WarsHenryk WarsHenryk Wars was a Polish and later American pop music composer. He wrote the music for 50 films in the interwar period in Poland and sixty more in the United States...
) - Zlociste wloski, Tyle milosci performed by Eugeniusz BodoEugeniusz BodoEugeniusz Bodo was a film director, producer and one of the most popular Polish actors and comedians of the inter-war period. He starred in some of the most popular Polish film productions of the 1930s, including His Excellency, The Shop Assistant, Czy Lucyna to dziewczyna? and Pieśniarz Warszawy...
- Madame Loulou to music by Harry WaldauHarry WaldauHarry Waldau , born in Legnica, Poland, died in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Jewish pianist, composer and lyricist....
Actor:
- 1932 – Sto metrów milosci
- 1933 – Jego ekscelencja subiekt
- 1933 – Romeo i Julcia
- 1934 – Co mój maz robi w nocy
- 1935 – ABC milosci
- 1935 – Antek policmajster
- 1935 – Wacus
- 1937 – Pani minister tanczy