Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about films that played second on a double bill and drew the paying customers between 1931 und 1949.
Bei fast 70 Jahren, Stanislaus Zbyszko gab sein Filmdebüt in Night and the City (1950). Als Gregorious in Rechnung gestellt, ein pensionierter Wrestler und der Vater von Londons Wrestling-Promoter, Zbyszko zeigte seine Wrestling-Fähigkeiten, auch in seinem fortgeschrittenen Alter, in der Signaturszene des Films. Der Film beginnt mit einem Mann, der Harry Fabian jagt, ein Stricher aus London, der immer auf der Suche ist
Am Oktober 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
On November 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930) (affiliate link), the talkie version of his silent classic, Die Fledermaus (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Jedoch, 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: Eine Geschichte der London Fog (1927) ist eine von Alfred Hitchcock frühen Stummfilme. It is based on the Marie Belloc Lowndes story and play based on the Jack the Ripper murders. Hitchcock directed the film (affiliate link) in 1926; es wurde im Februar veröffentlicht 1927 in London. Das machte es für die Vereinigten Staaten in 1928. The film begins with the
Im März 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau Nosferatu veröffentlicht (1922). Nosferatu (affilaite link) was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau versäumt, die Rechte zu kaufen, um die Geschichte aus Stokers Immobilien filmen, die fast bis dieser Film die Zuschauer verloren Film-LED. Stokers Witwe erfolgreich verklagt Murnau und die deutsche Filmfirma, die den Film produziert.
Fritz Lang bei einem seiner frühen Kriminalfilme 1922. Er leitete Dr.. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) (affiliate link), die etwa vier Stunden und 30 Minuten lief. Es erzählt die Geschichte von Dr.. Mabuse, Professor für Psychoanalyse. Darüber hinaus ist er der Anführer einer kriminellen Ring in der Form von Professor Moriarty von der Sherlock Holmes Serie. In
H.G. Wells wrote the story of Things to Come, which was turned into a film (affiliate link) in 1936. The film opens during Christmas 1940 in Everytown (obviously London) right before the outbreak of war. The war lasts almost thirty years before “the Airmen” led by John Cabal, a former resident of Everytown, leads the survivors to victory over the
Laura (1944) is the story of an ambitious young woman pulled into the middle of a murder investigation by both amorous suitors and jealous women. Laura Hunt, von Gene Tierney dargestellt, is an advertising executive about to marry a shiftless seducer, Shelby Carpenter, portrayed by Vincent Price. To complicate matters, her aunt Anne Treadwell is in love with the seducer
On May 17, 1941, Twentieth Century – Fox released the third and last Inspector Hornleigh feature film, Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It. The series blends comedy and crime drama to create a unique product. Gordon Harker plays Inspector Hornleigh, while Alistair Sims reprises his role as Sgt. Bingham. The film (affiliate link) opens with Inspector Hornleigh dictating his memoirs to
On December 1, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox released Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939), the second film in the three film series. Gordon Harker starred as Scotland Yard Inspector Hornleigh. The film opens in Brighton-on-the-Sea, where a storm has kept Inspector Hornleigh and his assistant Sergeant Bingham, played by Alastair Sim, inside for their first few vacation days. Following the rule in