Karin Swanström (June 13, 1873 â€" July 5, 1942) was a Swedish
actress, producer and director.Swanström was born in St. Olai
congregation in Norrköping. Little is known of her life before she
was accepted for the Royal Dramatic Theatre school in 1890 when she
was seventeen. Already in school her acting ability was acknowledge by
her performance in two student plays. In 1892 she left the Royal
Dramatic Theater school and was employed by The Royal Dramatic Theater
and was in the ensemble for five years. In 1897 Karin Swanström went
from the Royal Dramatic Theater to Selander Company, that was run by
Hjalmar and Concordia Selander, for a year and then she went to
Swedish Theater Company in Helsinki in 1899.When she came back to
Sweden from Helsinki in 1904 she started her own theater company,
Karin Swanström Theater Company, that was active and run by
Swanström until the early 1920s. She now began teaching acting in
Stockholm and did this during the years 1921-25 and at the same time
she began acting in silent films with Maurtiz Stiller's De
landsflyktige in 1921. The critics loved the film and Swanström, one
wrote " as the most beautiful middle aged lady with the greatest
scenic routine that you can find". Two years after this Karin
Swanström became head of production at Bonnierfilm, and in the same
year she directed her first film, but it was for AB Svensk
Filmindustri, or SF.This film, which translates roughly to Boman at
the Fair, is a comedy that takes place during the fair in Gothenburg,
in 1923. Swanström had to share her directing credit with the
screenwriter Oscar Rydqvist, but "his part in directing the film was
more a title than having any say during production". It received even
reviews it was said that the film was neither bad or good, it had
good, even great, moments but it also had bad parts as a "slow tempo"
because of the "large number of attraction shots". It was also seen as
being "silly", these attraction shots were of the fair, the film was
also seen as an excuse for documenting the fair in Gothenburg.
actress, producer and director.Swanström was born in St. Olai
congregation in Norrköping. Little is known of her life before she
was accepted for the Royal Dramatic Theatre school in 1890 when she
was seventeen. Already in school her acting ability was acknowledge by
her performance in two student plays. In 1892 she left the Royal
Dramatic Theater school and was employed by The Royal Dramatic Theater
and was in the ensemble for five years. In 1897 Karin Swanström went
from the Royal Dramatic Theater to Selander Company, that was run by
Hjalmar and Concordia Selander, for a year and then she went to
Swedish Theater Company in Helsinki in 1899.When she came back to
Sweden from Helsinki in 1904 she started her own theater company,
Karin Swanström Theater Company, that was active and run by
Swanström until the early 1920s. She now began teaching acting in
Stockholm and did this during the years 1921-25 and at the same time
she began acting in silent films with Maurtiz Stiller's De
landsflyktige in 1921. The critics loved the film and Swanström, one
wrote " as the most beautiful middle aged lady with the greatest
scenic routine that you can find". Two years after this Karin
Swanström became head of production at Bonnierfilm, and in the same
year she directed her first film, but it was for AB Svensk
Filmindustri, or SF.This film, which translates roughly to Boman at
the Fair, is a comedy that takes place during the fair in Gothenburg,
in 1923. Swanström had to share her directing credit with the
screenwriter Oscar Rydqvist, but "his part in directing the film was
more a title than having any say during production". It received even
reviews it was said that the film was neither bad or good, it had
good, even great, moments but it also had bad parts as a "slow tempo"
because of the "large number of attraction shots". It was also seen as
being "silly", these attraction shots were of the fair, the film was
also seen as an excuse for documenting the fair in Gothenburg.
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