Lajos Lázár
Hungarian screenwriter (1885–1936)
Lajos Lázár (December 2, 1885 – June 2, 1936) was a Hungarian film director and producer active during the silent and early sound era. He was born in Nagybánya (now Baia Mare), then in Austria-Hungary and now in Romania.
Selected filmography
Drótostót (1918)
Prisoner Number Seven (1929)
The Blue Idol (1931)
The Ghost Train (1933)
References
Bibliography
Bolton, Lucy & Wright Julie Lobalzo (ed.) Lasting Screen Stars: Images that Fade and Personas that Endure. Springer, 2016.
Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.
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