Corvin Film Studio
Corvin Film was a Hungarian film production company which operated during the Silent era. It was founded by Jenő Janovics in 1914 in the city of Kolozsvár, although the company later moved to the Hungarian film capital of Budapest. The company's name was a reference to the 15th Century Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus.[1] Corvin's production programme concentrated largely on adaptations of popular and classic literature. A distribution agreement was reached with Projectograph, the leading Hungarian firm.
An increasingly dominant presence at the company was the young film director Alexander Korda, who joined Corvin in 1916. Korda directed White Nights, one of the first Hungarian films to be shown outside the country.[2][3] The following year he acquired the company's naming rights, and split from Janovics. He oversaw most of the company's biggest productions. In 1919 Korda became a member of the Communist Directorate of Soviet Republic as the director of film productions, so after defeating the red terror, he had to flee Hungary.[4] The company continued until 1925 when it went bust during a general slump in the Hungarian film industry. Its Budapest studio was later taken over by the Hungarian government.[5] As the Hunnia Film Studio it became the centrepiece of the state-owned film industry.
Korda's wife, actress María Corda starred in several Corvin productions. Corvin also employed the director Michael Curtiz.
Selected films[3]
- The One Million Pound Note (1916)
- Miska the Magnate (1916)
- White Nights (1916)
- St. Peter's Umbrella (1917)
- Mary Ann (1918)
- Oliver Twist (1919)
- Number 111 (1919)
References
- ^ Kulik p.16
- ^ Kulik p.17
- ^ a b "Alexander Korda". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
- ^ "A karizmatikus filmmogul: Korda Sándor". Nemzeti Filmintézet – Filmarchívum. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
- ^ Cunningham p.28
Bibliography
- Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.
- Kulik, Karol. Alexander Korda: The Man Who Could Work Miracles. Virgin Books, 1990.
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