Ryszard Bolesławski

Ryszard Bolesławski

Ryszard Bolesławski (February 4, 1889 - January 17, 1937) was a Polish film director, actor and teacher of acting.

Biography

Bolesław Ryszard Srzednicki was born on February 4, 1889 in Dębowa Góra, in tsarist Russia-ruled Poland. He graduated from the Tver Cavalry Officers School. Later, he studied acting at the Moscow Art Theatre, became a Member of M.A.T. and the director of its First Studio.

During World War I, Bolesławski fought as a cavalry lieutenant on the tsarist Russian side until the fall of the Russian Empire. He left Russia after the October Revolution of 1917 for his native Poland, where he directed his first movies. As his birth name was difficult to pronounce, even for Poles, he took the name Ryszard Bolesławski. His "Cud nad Wisłą" ("Miracle at the Vistula") was a semi-documentary about the miraculous victory of the Poles at the Vistula River over the much stronger Soviet Russian forces during the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1921.

In 1922, Bolesławski acted in "Die Gezeichneten", a German silent film directed by Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer. In the 1920s, Bolesławski made his way to New York City, where, now known as "Richard" (the English spelling of his name), along with fellow émigré Maria Ouspenskaya, he began to teach what would become known as Method acting. In 1923, he founded the American Laboratory [Stage] Theatre in New York, which evolved into the Actors Studio.

Offered a contract to direct Hollywood films, he made several significant productions with some of the major stars of the day until his death a few weeks short of his 48th birthday, on January 17, 1937. He is interred in the Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Ryszard Bolesławski has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.

Filmography

Films directed by Ryszard Bolesławski (also credited as Richard Boleslavsky):

in Russia

*"Tri Vstrechi"
*"Khlieb" (1918)

in Poland

*"Bohaterstwo Polskiego Skauta" (1920)
*"Cud nad Wisłą" ("The Miracle at the Vistula") (1921)

in the United States

*"The Grand Parade" (1930), choreography only
*"Treasure Girl" (1930 short)
*"The Last of the Lone Wolf" (1930)
*"The Gay Diplomat" (1930)
*"Rasputin and the Empress" (1932), teaming Ethel, John, and Lionel Barrymore
*"Storm at Daybreak" (1933)
*"Beauty for Sale" (1933)
*"Fugitive Lovers" (1934)
*"Men in White" (1934) starring Clark Gable
*"Hollywood Party" (1934)
*"Operator 13" (1934)
*"The Painted Veil" (1934), featuring Greta Garbo
*"Clive of India" (1935)
*"Les Misérables" (1935), with Fredric March and Charles Laughton
*"Metropolitan" (1935)
*"O'Shaughnessy's Boy" (1935)
*"Three Godfathers" (1936)
*"The Garden of Allah" (1936), starring Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer
*"Theodora Goes Wild" (1936), featuring Irene Dunne
*"The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" (1937)

Books by Ryszard Bolesławski

* "The Way of the Lancer" (1932; about the battles of Polish Uhlans in Russia)
* "Lance Down" (1932)
* "Six Lessons of Dramatic Art" (1933)
* " New Features In Acting " (1935)

External links

*imdb name|id=0092915|name=Ryszard Bolesławski
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