Combat kev ua si Historian thiab Martial Artist
Legacy posts about films from the silent and classic Hollywood film eras.
Roland V. Hnub poob yuav cov cai thiab cov qhia lub puav (1926) (affiliate link), ib tug thawj “lub tsev qub tsaus” mysteries rau United Artist hauv 1926. Arthur Edeson yog cinematographer tus niam no zaj duab xis thiab lub hnub nyoog tsaus nti lub tsev (1932), uas sib hais zoo Expressionist. Ob leeg films teem rau loj mansions, uas tau pom zoo hnub. Tus yuam sij
Spanish dhaus Cape tsis (1935) is an adaptation of one of the Ellery Queen novels. Ob tug loj, Frederic Dannay thiab Manfred lis, leej twg sau tau ntau detective novels hauv lub pseudonym ntawm cov ua cim npe. Hauv no zaj duab xis, Ellery Queen noj ib so rau California nrog nws cov phooj ywg Macklin txiav txim plaub ntug. tau mas, 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(I have included Chapter 4 from my unpublished book, German Expressionism and The Cat and the Canary.)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
Saum ntuj 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (affiliate link) tawm hauv Berlin, Lub teb chaws Yelemees. Dhau li ntawm nyob rau ntau lub npe rau saum 100 tag nrho cov sij hawm films, Fritz Lang ntseeg nws qhov zaj duab xis finest yog M (1931). Naam yog zaj dabneeg rau hauv me nyuam murders uas tau tshwm sim nyob Berlin. The police are determined to catch
Kuj paub tias hauv lub tsaug zog Cardinal, Sherlock Holmes’ Teev tuag (1931) is the first Sherlock Holmes film (affiliate link) starring Arthur Wontner in the title role. Naam kev txhawj xeeb yog ib tug hluas nraug, leej twg muaj lawm khib ntawm tus choj tsam lub cav muab nws cov wealth lov. Xib feb Moriarty siv cov ntaub ntawv nyob rau ib qho los mus blackmail tus hluas nraug Ronald Adair, portrayed
Nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj 12, 1939, Paramount duab tso naam lus kawg rau lawv “B’ Series adaptation txog zaj dabneeg Bulldog Drummond. Bulldog Drummond tus nkauj nyab (1939) starred John Howard qhov kawg nkaus xya thiab lub sij hawm ua tus tauj ncov loj Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond. Heather Angel rov ua Phyllis Clavering, Drummond lub caij nyoog ntev los fiance. Phyllis has given Bulldog Drummond one last chance to marry her or
Liam ua tub sab rau tsaus nti (1946) yog ib lub xeem Charlie Chan films starring Sidney Toler. No zaj duab xis (affiliate link) and the three subsequent movies made in 1946 twb cia thaum Toler raug tuag los ntawm txoj kev. Nws muaj zog heev, nws yuav NW nyuam qhuav mus thaum lub caij no films. Cas nws tswj kom cov tus nab films txawm tias nws yog 72 xyoo
Charlie Chan nyob ntawm daim card Service (1944) yog thawj Charlie Chan naam uas ua los ntawm Monogram duab. Sidney Toler reprises nws lub luag hauj lwm raws li cov kws soj ntsuam Charlie Chan. Tom qab hnub 20 xyoo pua hma liab txiav txim kom koob tom tsev fuabtais hauv cov suab puam (1942), Sidney Toler yuav nqe ntau lawm. Nws ntse shopped tus cai rau koob Monogram. Sidney Toler made eleven
Sherlock Holmes hauv Washington (1943) is the third (affiliate link) of twelve Universal Picture productions of the Sherlock Holmes franchise. Zaub basil Rathbone thiab Nigel Bruce starred li Holmes thiab Watson feem hauv films ob rau hnub 20 xyoo pua hma liab thiab kaum ob ntxiv kom Universal duab. Dua no zaj duab xis teem nyob rau lub 1940s. Holmes thiab Watson muaj cov kwv tij mus Washington, D.C. mus
Charlie Chan ntawm cov khoom muaj nqis Island (1939) (affiliate link) thib peb hnub 20 xyoo pua hma liab naam yog starring Sidney Toler li Charlie Chan. Inspector Chan and Jimmy Chan, ua si ntawm Victor Sen Yung, are flying to the San Francisco World Exposition in 1939 as the film opens. Lub caij thawv yog ua Jimmy daws poob siab loj heev. Also on the flight is Charlie’s friend Paul