Harcsporttörténész és harcművész
Legacy posts about films from the silent and classic Hollywood film eras.
Október 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
November 1, 1931, Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures released The Phantom (1931), a low-budget thriller. A film (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
November 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930) (affiliate link), the talkie version of his silent classic, A Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Viszont, 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
The Lodger: A Story of a London Fog (1927) az egyik Alfred Hitchcock korai némafilmeket. It is based on the Marie Belloc Lowndes story and play based on the Jack the Ripper murders. Hitchcock directed the film (affiliate link) -ben 1926; ben megjelent február 1927 Londonban. Azt tette, hogy az Egyesült Államokban 1928. The film begins with the
A spanyol Cape Rejtély (1935) is an adaptation of one of the Ellery Queen novels. Két unokatestvérek, Frederic Dannay és Manfred Lee, aki írt számos detektív regények álnéven, a címszereplő. Ebben a filmben, Ellery Queen vesz egy nyaralás a kaliforniai barátjával bíró Macklin. Természetesen, they are not long into their
Március 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau Nosferatu megjelent (1922). Nosferatu (élesítse a linket) was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau elhanyagolt, hogy megvásárolja a jogot, hogy a film a történetet Stoker ingatlan, amely szinte vezetett ez a film, hogy elveszett a film nézői. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture.
Fritz Lang készült egyik korai bűnözés filmek 1922. Ő rendezte Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) (affiliate link), lezajlott körülbelül négy óra és harminc perc alatt. Azt mondja a történet Dr.. Mabuse, A professzor a pszichoanalízis. He is also the leader of a criminal ring in the mold of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series. -Ben
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. Ebben a filmben, Mr. Moto teaches a criminal investigation class to several budding investigators including
Twentieth Century – Fox Film Company released the fourth Mr. Moto film, Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938), on June 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,