Jacques Bachrach

A dance-hall girl falls for a pickpocket. (imdb)

«Svejk v civilu» (also known as "Svejk as a Civilian", "Schweik in Civilian Life", "Schwejk in Zivil") is 1927 Comedy film directed by Gustav Machatý, and written by Jacques Bachrach, Eduard Simácek, and Karel Vanek . Karel Noll is starring, alongside Dina Gralla, Jirí Hron, Albert Paulig, Renati Renee and Jan Richter. (imdb)

Charismatic Polish opera singer Jan Kiepura made his Hollywood debut in Give Us This Night. His thick Slavic accent notwithstanding, Kiepura is cast as Italian fisherman Antonio. In the habit of singing as he fishes, Antonio catches the attention of opera diva Maria (played by real-life operatic soprano Gladys Swarthout, in her second film appearance). Our hero ends up replacing Maria's burned-out leading man Forcellini (Alan Mowbray), leading to a series of duets and, naturally, romance. (allmovie.com)

The Arch-Duke Herr Sixtus especially cares for Arts and particularly for young ballet students. The same is true of the Arch-Duke A.D.C., Herr Count Paul Paladin who shares with the Arch-Duke a special affection for Frau Elisa Jenkins, a young ballet student. Unexpectedly and thanks to a misunderstanding involving Frau Elisa and the Arch-Duke, the young student will become the new Prima Ballerina of the "Wiener Staatsoper".

British musical-comedy involving a down-on-his-luck musician who invents an anti-theft device for cars, then hits the big time when he sells it to an insurance firm. The good luck continues when he marries the daughter of the insurance company boss. (imdb)