István Szomaházy
István Szomaházy (1864–1925 or 1927) was a journalist and writer in Hungary. He wrote many short stories. His stories were described as showing "gaiety and inexhaustible imagination."[1] Several of his novels were adapted into films.
He was also known as Arnold Steiner.[2]
Alex Korda met with him about film rights to his stories.[3] The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh had several of his books as well as books by other Hungarian authors.[4]
Writings
- The Private Secretary (1905)
- Kétszivü Pethő Singer és Wolfner (1909)[5]
- Mindennapi Problémák[6]
- Barátaim, a halottak (A kultura könyvkiadó és nyomda) (1920)[5][7]
Filmography
- Doctor Krausz on the Scaffold (1913), a Hungarian film A Krausz doktor a vérpadon
- Tales of the Typewriter (1916) directed by Alexander Korda[8][9]
- The Typist, a French comedy film
- The Private Secretary (1931 German film)
- The Private Secretary (1931 Italian film)
- Sunshine Susie (1931), a British musical comedy
- The Private Secretary (1953 film)
See also
References
- ^ "The Athenaeum". J. Lection. September 28, 1897 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Magyar Scifitörténeti Társaság - Szomaházy István". sites.google.com.
- ^ Drazin, Charles (May 30, 2011). Korda: Britain's Movie Mogul. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85771-993-5 – via Google Books.
- ^ Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of (September 28, 1914). "Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 1907-1911". Carnegie library – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Szomaha | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
- ^ "Books by Szomaházy, István (sorted by popularity)". Project Gutenberg.
- ^ "VIAF". viaf.org.
- ^ Waldman, Harry (October 18, 2007). Missing Reels: Lost Films of American and European Cinema. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1159-4 – via Google Books.
- ^ Horak, Jan-Christopher; Seyfert, Andréas-Benjamin (May 3, 2024). Enchanted by Cinema: Wilhelm Thiele between Vienna, Berlin, and Hollywood. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-80539-537-9 – via Google Books.