Einar Hanson

Born: 1899-06-14

From Wikipedia Einar Hanson (June 15, 1899; Stockholm, Sweden – June 3, 1927; Santa Monica, California), also known as Einar Hansen, was a Swedish silent film motion-picture actor. Discovered at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre by director Mauritz Stiller, handsome and sophisticated, he was in 1927 ideally positioned to take over from the late Rudolph Valentino as Hollywood's "great screen lover". Upon his arrival in Hollywood in 1925, along with Stiller and the director's other protegée Greta Garbo, Hanson starred opposite some of the era's leading ladies, including Pola Negri and Corinne Griffith. Hanson was destined for even bigger and better things at Paramount Pictures, who had bought his original five-year contract from Universal Studios. He showed great progress opposite Clara Bow and Esther Ralston in Children of Divorce, as well as The Woman on Trial and Barbed Wire both with Pola Negri, and Fashions for Women (all 1927), directed by Dorothy Arzner. On June 3, 1927, Hanson was on his way home from having dinner with Stiller and Garbo when his car apparently skidded off the road on the Pacific Coast Highway near Topanga Canyon and died on the way to the hospital. He was 27.


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The Joyless Street

as uncredited
Released: 1925-03-01

In 1921, we follow two women - Marie and Grete - from the same poor Viennese neighborhood, as...

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Children of Divorce

as Prince Ludovico de Saxe
Released: 1927-04-25

A young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her. He really loves another...

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Rags and Silk

as Werner, Erik's brother
Released: 1925-01-09

At the center of this social satire is the wealthy and bored couple Irene and Erik. When Erik...

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Gunnar Hede's Saga

as Gunnar Hede
Released: 1923-01-01

Gunnar Hede is raised by a strict mother, who wants him to become respectable to match his...

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Mälar Pirates

as Georg Schalén
Released: 1923-10-21

Three boys steal a sailboat and sail away for a summer adventure on Lake Mälaren. Based on...

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The Masked Woman

as Dr. René Delatour (as Einar Hansen)
Released: 1927-01-16

Baron Tolento lusts for Diane Delatour, his physician's wife, and donates money to their...

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Johan Ulfstjerna

as Helge Ulfstjerna
Released: 1923-12-02

The story of a man who makes a great sacrifice for his country and for his son. Based on the...

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The Lady in Ermine

as Adrian Murillo
Released: 1927-01-01

When her husband marches off to war, Mariana is left in charge of the ancestral castle and is...

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Fashions for Women

as Raoul de Bercy
Released: 1927-03-26

Celeste de Givray is renowned throughout Europe as the most beautiful and best-dressed model in...

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The Woman on Trial

as Pierre Bouton
Released: 1927-10-28

A story of a woman who committed a murder. In a French court room her life is retold by long...

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Barbed Wire

as André Moreau
Released: 1927-09-09

During WWI, a French farm girl and a German P.O.W. fall in love.

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Skeppargatan 40

as uncredited
Released: 1925-01-05

Erhard Malm is studying to become an engineer, but support himself as a tutor at Consul Frendin....

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Mists of the Past

as Henry Vernon
Released: 1925-11-30

The year is 1820 and a young, promising artist, Olaf Malm, has settled in Rome, Europe’s centre...

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Livet på landet

as uncredited
Released: 1924-09-15

The widower Karl Hawermann and his daughter Louise are forced to leave their home by the...

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Hemsöborna

as uncredited
Released: 1919-05-05

The widow Anna Eva Flod at Hemsö needs help on the farm and hire the new boy Carlsson.

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