László Kardos (October 8, 1905 – April 11, 1962)[1] was a Hungarian film director, screenwriter and editor. He spent the latter part of his film career in the United States where he worked under the pseudonym Leslie Kardos.
László Kardos | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 8, 1905 |
| Died | April 11, 1962 (aged 56) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Other names | Leslie Kardos |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, editor |
| Years active | 1934–1957 |
He was the son of the printing house owner Gábor Kardos (1860–1929)[2] and Fanni Löbl (1866–1934).[3][4] His paternal grandparents were Lipót Klein and Rozália Donáth, his maternal grandparents were Mór Löbl and Amália Ebenspanger. His sister was Erzsébet Kardos, a vaudeville actress and the second wife of fellow Hungarian actor S. Z. Sakall.[5]
His wife was Mária "Lenke" Paszternák, sister of the Hungarian-born American film producer Joe Pasternak.[6] They were married on 24 March 1935 in Budapest.[7]
Filmography
editAs director
edit- Viereinhalb Musketiere (1935)
- Barátságos arcot kérek (1936)
- Sportszerelem (1936)
- 120 Kilometres an Hour (1937)
- Dark Streets of Cairo (1940)
- The Strip (1951)
- Small Town Girl (1953)
- The Man Who Turned to Stone (1956)
- The Tijuana Story (1957)
As writer
edit- No Leave, No Love (1946), directed by Charles Martin
- Dance with Me, Henry (1956), directed by Charles Barton
References
edit- ^ "Kardos László". opac-nevter.pim.hu (in Hungarian).
- ^ "Kardos Gábor halotti bejegyzése a Budapest VI. kerületi polgári halotti akv. 1644/1929. folyószáma alatt" [Death registration of Gábor Kardos in the Budapest 6th district's civil mortuary aqv. 1644/1929. under current account]. FamilySearch (in Hungarian).
- ^ "Kardos Gáborné halotti bejegyzése a Budapest VI. kerületi polgári halotti akv. 935/1934. folyószáma alatt" [Death registration of Gáborné Kardos in Budapest 6th district's civil mortuary aqv. 935/1934. under current account]. FamilySearch (in Hungarian).
- ^ "Kardos Gábor és Löbl Fanni házasságkötési bejegyzése a csáktornyai izraelita hitközség házassági akv. 6/1885. folyószáma alatt" [Marriage record of Gábor Kardos and Fanni Löbl in the marriage register of the Israelite community of Csáktornya. 6/1885. under current account]. FamilySearch (in Hungarian).
- ^ "Kardos Erzsébet és Gerő Jakab (Szőke Szakáll) házasságkötési bejegyzése a Budapest VII. kerületi polgári házassági akv. 1319/1920. folyószáma alatt" [Marriage registration of Erzsébet Kardos and Jakab Gerő (Szőke Szakáll) in the Budapest 7th district civil marriage register 1319/1920. under current account]. FamilySearch (in Hungarian).
- ^ Spivak, Jeffrey (2010). Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley. University Press of Kentucky. p. 274. ISBN 9780813126449.
- ^ "Házasságkötési bejegyzése a Budapest VII. kerületi polgári házassági akv. 440/1935. folyószáma alatt" [Marriage registration in the Budapest 7th district's civil marriage register 440/1935. under current account]. FamilySearch (in Hungarian).