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Konrad Tom (9 April 1887 – 9 August 1957), born Konrad Runowiecki, a Polish Jewish actor, writer, singer and director, born in Warsaw. Wrote song lyrics in Polish and in Yiddish for stage, film and cabaret, including szmonces. His wife was actress Zula Pogorzelska.
Konrad Tom, właśc. Konrad Kusevitzky, pseudonim „Tim-Tom” (ur. 9 kwietnia 1887 w Warszawie, zm. 9 sierpnia 1957 w Los Angeles) – polski scenarzysta, piosenkarz, reżyser filmowy, aktor kina polskiego oraz żydowskiego (w Polsce i na emigracji), autor tekstów kabaretowych (w tym m.in. szmoncesu „Sęk”) i słów wielu piosenek.
Konrad Tom, born Konrad Runowiecki, a Polish Jewish actor, writer, singer and director, born in Warsaw. Wrote song lyrics in Polish and in Yiddish for stage, film and cabaret, including szmonces. His wife was actress Zula Pogorzelska."Yiddish talkies were not only comparable to those of the Polish mainstream but were produced by the same people.
Konrad Tom was born on 9 April 1887 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer and actor, known for Ksiazatko (1937), Mamele (1938) and Ada, Don't Do That! (1936).
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- Writer, Actor, Director
Throughout the period before World War II, he was a valued actor, theater and cabaret director in Poland. He was a screenwriter, director and/or actor in over 40 of the most popular Polish films from the 1920s and 1930s. Konrad Tom was also the author of many song lyrics and a singer.
Konrad Tom was born on 9 April 1887 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer and actor, known for Ksiazatko (1937), Ada, Don't Do That! (1936) and Mamele (1938).
Dec 7, 2023 · Before World War I, Tom wrote for several newspapers in Łódź, and performed in the cabaret Bi-Ba-Bo; after the war, he directed and managed some of the most interesting cabarets in Warsaw. The breadth and depth of Tom’s understanding of his métier was such that he was invited to teach at the newly formed State Institute for Theater Arts.
