Valdemar Psilander i Kosmorama

Valdemar Psilander - En verdensstjerne i dansk film

06. mar 2017. Der skal ikke herske tvivl om, at Asta Nielsen er den største stumfilmskuespiller, der er udgået fra Danmark. Men hun indspillede kun tre film hertillands, inden hun i foråret 1911 tog til Tyskland

Hjerteslag, syfilis, mord eller selvmord

06. mar 2017. Den 6. marts 1917 blev filmstjernen Valdemar Psilander fundet død på Hotel Bristol, blot 32 år gammel. Straks begyndte rygterne om dødsårsagen at svirre. Var det mord, selvmord, syfilis eller et

Screenwriting for a Star: The Scripts for Valdemar Psilander's Films

06. mar 2017. PEER REVIEWED. A star surely needs suitable scripts, but the question of how scripts contributed to creating a star and a star image is seldom raised. This article examines Psilander’s screenwriters

"Young Apollo, Friend of an old Damsel": Psilander and Finnish Film Culture

06. mar 2017. PEER REVIEWED. How was film star adoration understood and how was film publicity constructed in Finland in the 1910s? This article examines how Psilander’s popularity in Finland became visible and

Psilander, Dreyer, and Lydia

06. mar 2017. PEER REVIEWED. Of all the many films that Valdemar Psilander made, Carl Th. Dreyer made a credited contribution only to one: Lydia, a film directed by Holger-Madsen and released in 1918, for which

Garrison, Star of the Russian Screen

06. mar 2017. PEER REVIEWED. In Russia, Valdemar Psilander rose to stardom under the name of Garrison. This article details Nordisk Film and Psilander’s rise and fall in Russia prior to and during the First World