August Blom

August Blom (26 December 1869 – 10 January 1947) was a Danish film director, producer, and pioneer of silent films during the "golden age" of Danish filmmaking from 1910 to 1914.

Career Blom began his acting career in 1893 in Kolding, and was employed as a company actor for the Folketeatret from 1907 to 1910. In 1911, Blom was instrumental in the development of the erotic melodrama with his film Ved Faengslets Port, the story of a young man in debt to a moneylender while in love with the moneylender's daughter. Blom refined this genre during the following years, and this became the most profitable trademark for Nordisk company films. He opened the Kinografen movie theater (later renamed the Bristol Theater) and managed the theater from 1934 to 1947.

Blom was first married at the age of 39 in 1908 to Agnete von Prangen. After they divorced, he married a second time in 1917 to the actress Johanne Fritz-Petersen, the widow of Theater Director Fritz Petersen. He died on 10 January 1947, aged 77.

Filmography Pre war years 1910 Livets Storme (Storms of Life) Robinson Crusoe Den hvide Slavehandel (The White Slave Trade) Spinonen fra Tokio (The Red Light) Den skaebnesvangre Opfindelse (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) Jagten paa Gentlemanrøveren (Hunt for the Gentleman Thief) Singaree Spøgelset i Gravkaelderen (The Ghost of the Variety) Den dø des Halsbaand (The Necklace of the Dead)

1911 Hamlet Den hvide Slavehandel II (In the Hands of Impostors) Den farlige Alder (The Price of Beauty) Ved Faengslets Port (Temptations of a Great City) Vildledt Elskov (The Bank Book) Potifars Hustru (The Victim of a Character) Politimesteren (Convicts No. 10 and No. 13) Den blaa Natviol (The Daughter of the Fortune Teller) Damernes Blad (The Ladies' Journal) Balletdanserinden (The Ballet Dancer) Jernbanens Datter (The Daughter of the Railway) Den naadige Frøken (Lady Mary's Love) En Lektion (Aviatikeren og Journalistens Hustru; The Aviator and the Journalist's Wife) Ekspeditricen (Ungdom og Letsind; In the Prime of Life) Desdemona (?) Fader og Søn (?) Dødsdrømmen (A Dream of Death) Min første Monocle (His First Monocle) Fru Potifar (Den skaebnesvangre Løgn; A Fatal Lie) Kaerlighedens Styrke (The Power of Love) Mormonens offer (A Victim of the Mormons) Haevnet (Det bødes der for; Vengeance) Det mørke Punkt (Mamie Rose; Annie Bell) Eventyr paa Fodrejsen (Den udbrudte Slave; The Two Convicts) Ungdommens Ret (The Right of Youth) Tropisk Kaerlighed (Love in the Tropics) Vampyrdanserinden (The Vampire Dancer) Det gamle Købmandshus (Midsommer; Midsummer-Time) Dødens Brud Gadeoriginalen (A Bride of Death)

1912 En Opfinders Skaebne (The Aeroplane Inventor) Onkel og Nevø (A Poisonous Love) Brillantstjernen (For Her Sister's Sake) Guvernørens Datter (The Governor's Daughter) Kaerlighed gør blind (Love Is Blind) Dyrekøbt Venskab (Dearly Purchased Friendship) Den sorte Kansler (The Black Chancellor) Hjertets Guld (Et Hjerte af Guld; Faithful unto Death) Direktørens Datter (Caught in His Own Trap) Det første Honorar (Hans første Honorar; His First Patient) Elskovs Magt (Gøgleren; Man's Great Adversary) Historien om en Moder (En Moders Kaerlighed; The Life of a Mother) De tre Kammerater (The Three Comrades) Operabranden (Bedstemoders Vuggevise) The Song Which Grandmother Sang Den første Kaerlighed (Her First Love Affair) Hjerternes Kamp (A High Stake) Hans vanskeligste Rolle (His Most Difficult Part) Den tredie Magt (The Secret Treaty) Fodselsdagsgaven (Gaven; The Birthday Gift) En Hofintrige (A Court Intrigue) Den sande Kaerlighed (Flugten gennem Skyerne; The Fugitives) Hvem var Forbryderen? (Samvittighedsnag; At the Eleventh Hour) Alt paa ét Kort (Guldmønten; Gold from the Gutter)

1913 Pressens Magt (Et Bankrun; A Harvest of Tears) Troløs (Gøglerblod, Artists) Højt Spil (Et forfejlet Spring; A Dash for Liberty) Naar Fruen gaar paa Eventyr (Pompadourtasken; The Lost Bag) Bristet Lykke (A Paradise Lost) Fem Kopier (Five Copies) Atlantis En farlig Forbryder (Knivstikkeren; A Modern Jack the Ripper) Af Elskovs Naade (Acquitted) Elskovsleg (Love's Devotee) Vasens Hemmelighed (Den kinesiske Vase; The Chinese Vase)

Years 1914–1918 Note: Denmark during World War I was neutral

1914 Sønnen (Her Son) Den store Middag (The Guestless Dinner Party) Tugthusfange No. 97 (En Gaest fra en anden Verden; The Outcast's Return) Faedrenes Synd (Nemesis) Aegteskab og Pigesjov (Mr. King paa Eventyr; A Surprise Packet) Aeventyrersken (Exiled) En ensom Kvinde (Hvem er han?; The Doctor's Legacy) Revolutionsbryllup (A Revolution Marriage) Et Laereaar (The Reformation) Den lille Chauffør (The Little Chauffeur) Den største Kaerlighed (En Moders Kaerlighed; "Escaped the Law, But . . . ") Pro Patria Kaerligheds-Vaeddemaalet (The Wager)

1915 Du skal elske din Naeste (For de Andre; The Samaritan) Giftpilen (The Poisonous Arrow) Hjertestorme Kaerligheds Laengsel (Den Pukkelryggede; The Cripple Girl) Lotteriseddel No. 22152 (Den blinde Skaebne; Blind Fate) Syndig Kaerlighed (Eremitten; The Hermit) For sit Lands Aere (For His Country's Honor)

1916 Truet Lykke (Et Skud i Mørket; The Evil Genius) (Flammesvaerdet; The Flaming Sword) (?) Rovedderkoppen (Den røde Enke) (?) Syndens Datter (Nobody's Daughter) Den mystiske Selskabsdame (The Mysterious Companion) Gillekop Verdens Undergang (The End of the World)

1918 Grevindens Aere (Kniplinger; Lace) Maharadjaens Yndlingshustru II (The Favorite Wife of the Maharaja II; A Daughter of Brahma) Via CrucisLater years

1919 Prometheus (Bonds of Hate)

1920 Hans gode Genius (His Guardian Angel) Praesten i Vejlby (The Vicar of Vejlby)

1924 Det store Hjerte (Lights from Circus Life; Side Lights of the Sawdust Ring) Den store Magt1925 Hendes Naade Dragonen''