Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Legacy posts about films from the silent and classic Hollywood film eras.
Roland V. West keypt rétt og beint kylfu (1926) (tengja hlekkur), eitt af fyrstu “gamla dökk hús” leyndardóma fyrir United listamaður í 1926. Arthur Edeson var kvikmyndatökumaður, bæði í kvikmynd og gamla Dark House (1932), sem deila svipuðum þætti expressjóníska. Báðar myndirnar eru settar í stórum Mansions, sem hafa séð betri daga. Lykillinn
The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935) is an adaptation of one of the Ellery Queen novels. Two cousins, Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee, who wrote a number of detective novels under the pseudonym of the title character. Í þessari mynd, Ellery Queen is taking a vacation to California with his friend Judge Macklin. Of course, they are not long into their
(I have included Chapter 4 from my unpublished book, German Expressionism and The Cat and the Canary.) Leni and Karl Freund are the bridge between German Expressionism and American Expressionism. Freund was an art and film director on such films as The Golem (1920) and Metropolis (1927). He brought the distinct look of Expressionism to Dracula (1931) and The Mummy
Á maí 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (tengja hlekkur) var gefin út í Berlín, Þýskaland. Auk þess að vera á flestum listum fyrir ofan 100 kvikmyndir allra tíma, Fritz Lang believed his finest film was M (1931). Myndin er saga af röð barna morð sem eru að verða í Berlín. The police are determined to catch
Also known at The Sleeping Cardinal, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour (1931) is the first Sherlock Holmes film (tengja hlekkur) starring Arthur Wontner in the title role. The film concerns a young man, who has been cheating at bridge to regain his lost wealth. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed
Júlí 12, 1939, Paramount Pictures released the final film in their “B’ series adaptation of the Bulldog Drummond story. Bulldog Drummond’s Bride (1939) starred John Howard for the seventh final and time as Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond. Heather Angel returns as Phyllis Clavering, Drummond’s long time fiance. Phyllis has given Bulldog Drummond one last chance to marry her or
Dark Alibi (1946) is one of the last Charlie Chan films starring Sidney Toler. This film (tengja hlekkur) and the three subsequent movies made in 1946 were filmed while Toler was dying from cancer. He was so weak, he could barely walk during these films. He somehow managed to make these last four films even though he was 72 ár
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944) is the first Charlie Chan film produced by Monogram Pictures. Sidney Toler reprises his role as Inspector Charlie Chan. After Twentieth-Century Fox decided to cancel the series after Castle in the Desert (1942), Sidney Toler bought the production rights. He successfully shopped the rights for the series to Monogram. Sidney Toler made eleven
Sherlock Holmes í Washington (1943) is the third (tengja hlekkur) of twelve Universal Picture productions of the Sherlock Holmes franchise. Basil Rathbone og Nigel Bruce stjörnumerkt sem Holmes og Watson sig í tveimur kvikmynda fyrir Twentieth-Century Fox og tólf meira fyrir Universal Pictures. Þessi mynd er aftur sett í kringum 1940. Holmes og Watson hafa ferðast til Washington, D.C. til
Charlie Chan í Treasure Island (1939) (tengja hlekkur) er þriðja Twentieth-Century Fox kvikmynd aðalhlutverki Sidney TOLER sem Charlie Chan. Eftirlitsmaður Chan og Jimmy Chan, leikin af Victor Sen Yung, eru að fljúga á heimssýninguna í San Francisco í 1939 þegar myndin opnar. The ójafn ríða er að gera Jimmy mjög kvíðin. Also on the flight is Charlie’s friend Paul