Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Legacy posts about films from the silent and classic Hollywood film eras.
Τον Οκτώβριο του 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) (affiliate link), the film end to a radio play of the same year. The film concerns the murder of Jenny Wren or more properly “Who Killed Jenny Wren?” Wren, played by Karen Morley, blackmails several prominent men, who carried on affairs with her in the past. One of
Τον Νοέμβριο του 1, 1931, Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures released The Phantom (1931), a low-budget thriller. Η ταινία (affiliate link) opens with a death row inmates escape from the prison on the day of his execution. After he jumps from the prison wall to the top of the train, a plane with a rope ladder picks up the prisoner. While the
Τον Νοέμβριο του 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930) (affiliate link), the talkie version of his silent classic, Η νυχτερίδα (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Ωστόσο, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story
Ο ενοικιαστής: Μια ιστορία του London Fog (1927) είναι ένα από τα πρώτα ομιλούσες ταινίες του Άλφρεντ Χίτσκοκ. It is based on the Marie Belloc Lowndes story and play based on the Jack the Ripper murders. Hitchcock directed the film (affiliate link) σε 1926; που κυκλοφόρησε το Φεβρουάριο 1927 στο Λονδίνο. It made it to the United States in 1928. The film begins with the
Η ισπανική Cape Mystery (1935) is an adaptation of one of the Ellery Queen novels. Δύο ξαδέλφια, Frederic Dannay και Manfred Lee, ο οποίος έγραψε μια σειρά αστυνομικών μυθιστορημάτων με το ψευδώνυμο του χαρακτήρα τίτλου. Σε αυτή την ταινία, Ellery βασίλισσα παίρνει διακοπές στην Καλιφόρνια με τον φίλο του δικαστή Macklin. Φυσικά, they are not long into their
Τον Μάρτιο του 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau κυκλοφόρησε Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu (affilaite link) was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau αμέλησε να αγοράσει τα δικαιώματα για να κινηματογραφήσει την ιστορία από το κτήμα Στόκερ, η οποία σχεδόν οδήγησε σε αυτό το φιλμ να χαθούν στην ταινία θεατές. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture.
Fritz Lang έκανε μια από τις πρώτες ταινίες του εγκλήματος σε 1922. Σκηνοθέτησε Δρ. Mabuse: Η Gambler (1922) (affiliate link), η οποία διήρκεσε περίπου τέσσερις ώρες και τριάντα λεπτών. Θα αφηγείται την ιστορία του Δρ. Mabuse, καθηγητής της ψυχανάλυσης. He is also the leader of a criminal ring in the mold of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series. Σε
Peter Lorre reprises his role as Mr. Kentaro Moto, Interpol Agent, in Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938). James Tinling directed this film and Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1937). Tinling’s participation caused Lorre to portray Mr. Moto more like Inspector Chan with a little jujitsu thrown in. Σε αυτή την ταινία, Ο κ.. Moto teaches a criminal investigation class to several budding investigators including
Twentieth Century – Fox Film Company released the fourth Mr. Moto ταινία, Ο κ.. Moto Takes a Chance (1938), τον Ιούνιο 24, 1938. Lou Breslow and John Patrick set the film in Cambodia allowing Twentieth-Century Fox to use stock footage of the recently discovered ruins of Angkor Wat. The discovery of Angkor Wat captured the attention of the American public. Many
Since the beginning of commercial film making, production companies are always looking for new content. Film companies have always used popular books as a source of content and inspiration. Since the 1950s, popular television shows provided film adaptations and inspiration. In the early days of talking films, popular radio shows led to many film adaptations. Lum and Abner, Jack Benny,