Colourful Pages Explained

Colourful Pages (Swedish: Brokiga blad) is a 1931 Swedish musical comedy film directed by Edvin Adolphson, Valdemar Dalquist and starring Adolphson, Lili Ziedner, Gösta Ekman and Dagmar Ebbesen.^[1] It has described as the first Swedish revue film.^[2] It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Vilhelm Bryde and Arne Åkermark.

Cast

• Edvin Adolphson as Movie director
• Lili Ziedner as The Queen
• Gösta Ekman as Sigge Wulff
• Vera Nilsson as Daughter
• Håkan Westergren as Neighbour's boy
• Dagmar Ebbesen as Mrs. Ebbesen
• Sigurd Wallén as Strandcharmören
• Nils Lundell as Father
• Concordia Selander as Grandmother
• Valdemar Dalquist as Valdemar Dalquist
• Arvid Petersén as Singer
• Olga Adamsén as Woman at cocktail party
• Albin Ahrenberg as Pilot
• Helge Andersson as Janitor at the exhibition
• Anna-Lisa Baude as Girl
• Eric Bengtson as Orchestra manager
• Stina Berg as Mother Stina
• Erik Bergvall as Bergvall
• Gösta Bodin as Opera singer
• Rulle Bohman as Rulle from Gothenburg
• Arne Borg as Self - the swimmer
• Ernst Brunman as Man falling into the water
• Vilhelm Bryde as Production manager
• Oscar Carlsson as Make-up artist
• Gucken Cederborg as Opera singer
• Gustaf Edgren as Edgren, director
• Carl Gustaf Ekman as Prime minister Ekman
• Annalisa Ericson as Dancer
• Emanuel Gille as Film crew
• Isaac Grünewald as Isaac, the painter
• Eric Gustafson as Guest at restaurant
• Gösta Gustafson as Manager at shopping department
• Weyler Hildebrand as Janitor at the exhibition
• Gösta Jonsson as Accordion player
• Helge Kihlberg as Guest at restaurant
• Thyra Leijman-Uppström as Woman at cocktail party
• Mats Lindberg as Lindberg
• Sigfrid Lindberg as Soccer player
• Richard Lindström as Scotsman
• Manne Lundh as Make-up artist
• Hugo Lundström as Man in sightseeing bus
• John Melin as Wholesalesman in the boat
• Gustaf Molander as Molander, director
• John Nilsson as Soccer player
• Katie Rolfsen as Bathing beauty
• Edla Rothgardt as Woman at cocktail party
• Victor Sjöström as Sjöström, director
• Greta Strömberg as Twin #1
• Maya Strömberg as Twin #2
• Palle Östling as Banjo player

References

1. Qvist & Von Bagh p.114
2. Wallengrenp.130

Bibliography

• Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
• Wallengren, Ann-Kristin. Welcome Home Mr Swanson: Swedish Emigrants and Swedishness on Film. Nordic Academic Press, 2014.