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Korda was born in Hungary, where he worked as a journalist before going into films as a producer. He also worked in Vienna, Berlin, Paris and Hollywood, becoming director of United Artists. It was in Britain, however, that he made the biggest impression, and in 1932 he founded London Film Productions and the studios at Denham which eventually became a part of the Rank Organisation. His films were lavish and (after the advent of colour) visually striking. They included The Private Life of Henry VIII ( 1932) and Rembrandt (1936), both of which starred Charles LaughtonCharles Laughton ( July 1, 1899 December 15, 1962) was a British-born American stage and film actor. Born in 1899 at Scarborough, Yorkshire, Laughton at first went into the family business, not making his first stage appearance until 1926. Despite not hav, who was also to have appeared in the ill-fated I, ClaudiusI, Claudius is a novel by Robert Graves, first published in 1934, dealing sympathetically with the life of the Roman Emperor Claudius and the history of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty and Roman Empire, from Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC to Caligula's. In 1942Events January January 1 World War II: The word " United Nations" is first officially used to describe the Allied pact. January 2 World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. January 5 Amy Johnson disappears in flight over River Thames estuary ass, Korda became the first film director ever to be knighted. Among his greatest successes as producer were The Four FeathersThe Four Feathers is a 2002 motion picture that tells the story of British officer, Harry Faversham, who resigns from his regiment just before the battle of Omdurman in the Sudan in the late 1880s. He is faced with either redeeming himself of the subseque, (1937), The Thief of BagdadThe Thief of Bagdad is a 1924 swashbuckler film which tells the story of a thief who falls in love with the daughter of the Caliph. It stars Douglas Fairbanks, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher, Julanne Johnston, Sojin, Anna May Wong and Brandon Hurst. It wa (1940) and The Third ManThe Third Man ( 1949) is a film noir directed by Carol Reed. The screenplay was written by novelist Graham Greene. Overview The story is set in a bomb-damaged Vienna just after the Second World War and is told from the point of view of a mildly successful (1949).

The Red ShoesThis is an article about a film by Powell & Pressburger. For the album by Kate Bush see The Red Shoes''. The Red Shoes ( 1948) is a British film directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The inventive, self-referential plot of this film tells the was also originally meant to be a Korda film and was meant as a vehicle for his future wife Merle OberonMerle Oberon ( February 19, 1911 November 23, 1979), born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson was a film actress, known for her sultry looks. Born in Bombay, India to an Anglo-Irish father and an Anglo-Sinhalese mother, Constance Selby, who gave birth to Merle. It became a J. Arthur Rank film and was eventually made by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger instead.