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US Naturalization index record of SZ Sakall. Gerő Jenő (later transcribed in English as Jacob Gero) [2] was born in Budapest to a Jewish family. [3] A sculptor's son, he was invalided out of the Hungarian army in World War I after a Russian bayonet wounded him in the chest. [4]
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]
The supporting cast includes Oscar Homolka, S. Z. Sakall, Henry Travers, Richard Haydn, Dana Andrews, and Dan Duryea. In 2016, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress , and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry .
Tin Pan Alley promoter (Mark Stevens) turns serious composer Fred Breitenbach (S.Z. Sakall) into songwriter Fred Fisher. Fred Fisher is his assumed name in real life and Breitenbach is his birth surname. In the film, many Fisher songs were given a symphonic arrangement that was performed at Aeolian Hall. Among the Fisher songs heard were: Chicago
S. Z. Sakall as Miklos "Mike" Teretzky; Gene Nelson as Doug Martin; Sean McClory as James Moore; Debbie Reynolds as Maureen O'Grady; Marsha Jones as Katie O'Grady; Jane Darwell as Mrs. Murphy; Virginia Lee as Virginia Lee; Cast notes. The role of Maureen was written specifically for 17-year-old Debbie Reynolds, and was her first speaking role ...
Mr. Flynn's unaccustomed performance is not likely to win him a palm as Hollywood's most accomplished farceur, but it does have amusing points—especially when he endeavors to pose as a tough guy with Humphrey Bogart's voice, and Eleanor Parker is remarkably attractive and encouraging as his obviously reluctant ex-wife. S. Z. Sakall, too, is ...
S.Z. Sakall played Hungarian chef Felix Bassenak in Christmas in Connecticut and made famous the expression "everything is hunky dunky." Lisa Douglas (née Gronyitz), immigrant Hungarian wife of Oliver Wendell Douglas, protagonist of 1960s CBS situation comedy series Green Acres.
Henry S. Benedict (1878–1930), U.S. Representative from California [18] William Benedict (1917–1999), actor Enid Bennett (1893–1969), actress, wife of Fred Niblo and Sidney Franklin