Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about films which played first on a double bill between 1931 en 1949.
Columbia Pictures released Night of Terror (1933) op April 24, 1933. Made before the enforcement of the Production Code, the film contained a couple of situations, which would not be allowed in a year or two. In hierdie film (Koste skakel), Mary Rinehart frequently kisses a man she is not engaged to but remains the heroine. A maniac is killing
Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, starring Warren Williams as Michael Lanyard, is one of my favorite “B” film-reeks. Williams played the debonair jewel thief, who somehow always ends up helping the police solve a series of crimes. Counter-Espionage (1942) (Koste skakel) begins with Lanyard stealing top secret plans from Sir Stafford Hart’s safe. Scotland Yard’s Inspector Stephens rushes to
Op April 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox released the seventh of eight Mr. Motion “B” films. Mnr. Moto in Danger Island begin met mnr. Moto on a ship headed to Puerto Rico. Mnr. Motion, played by Peter Lorre, and several passengers are watching a wrestling match. Twister McGurk, played by Warren Hymer, is wrestling Sailor Sam, played by Ward Bond. Mnr. Motion
The Trap (1946) is die laaste Charlie Chan-film (Koste skakel) met Sidney Toler as inspekteur Chan. The eleventh of eleven Charlie Chan films that Toler made for Monogram Pictures, it marks the return of Victor Sen Yung as “Nie. 2 Seun Jimmy”. Toler was deathly ill during the filming, so Jimmy and Birmingham Brown, played by Mantan Moreland, handle
Van 1931 te 1954, Lum en Abner besig om 'n plek onder die gewildste programme gedurende die Ou Tyd Radio era. Chester Lauck en Norris Goff het die Universiteit van Arkansas saam. Lauck en Goff later hul show Lum en Abner ontwikkel wat gebaseer is op die lewe in Arkansas. Die show geslaan 'n koord met baie luisteraars. My wife’s grandmother once told
Die Vampire Bat (1933) is a genre bending film (Koste skakel) starring Lionel Atwill. Oënskynlik, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, 'n kort film bedoel om die voorgereg vir die hoof film op 'n dubbel wetsontwerp te wees. Majestic Pictures produced the film, which was directed by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) vrygelaat nadat Die maer man (1936), die opvolger van die gewilde Dun Man (1934), on Christmas Day 1936. Die film is een van 14 films William Powell en Myrna Loy byeengekom. Powell en Loy speel Dashiell Hammet se karakters Nick en Nora Charles onderskeidelik. Nick Charles formerly worked as a private detective before marrying the wealthy heiress Nora.
Op Desember 16, 1937, Paramount Pictures released the second “Bulldog” Drummond film starring John Howard as Drummond. Ronald Coleman and Ralph Richardson played Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond in the past. By the time Bulldog Drummond’s Revenge (Koste skakel) was released, the series had become a formula “B” movie franchise. Despite Captain Drummond being married to Phyllis Clavering in The Return
Augustus 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions released Killer Dill (1947), a crime film that professional wrestler Mike Mazurki plays “Little Joe”, a henchman playing both sides of a gang feud. Stuart Erwin stars as Johnny “Killer” Dill, a lingerie designer and salesperson, who people mistake for a gangster. After accidentally involving himself in a gang war, sy
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) (Koste skakel) is the second of the Universal film versions of the stories and the fourth movie starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. Lionell Atwill makes an appearance as Dr. Moriart This movie is set during the early years of World War II, when Holmes sneaks a scientist out