Night and the City (1950)

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At nearly 70 ετών, Stanislaus Zbyszko made his film debut in Night and the City (1950). Billed as Gregorious, a retired wrestler and the father of London’s wrestling promoter, Zbyszko displayed his wrestling skills, even at his advanced age, in the film’s signature scene. The movie begins with a man chasing Harry Fabian, a London hustler always looking

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The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)

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Τον Οκτώβριο του 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

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Οι Bat Whispers (1930)

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Τον Νοέμβριο του 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930) (affiliate link), the talkie version of his silent classic, Η νυχτερίδα (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Ωστόσο, 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

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Ο ενοικιαστής (1927)

Ο ενοικιαστής: Μια ιστορία του London Fog (1927) είναι ένα από τα πρώτα ομιλούσες ταινίες του Άλφρεντ Χίτσκοκ. It is based on the Marie Belloc Lowndes story and play based on the Jack the Ripper murders. Hitchcock directed the film (affiliate link) σε 1926; που κυκλοφόρησε το Φεβρουάριο 1927 στο Λονδίνο. It made it to the United States in 1928. The film begins with the

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Εξπρεσιονισμός και ο Nosferatu (1922)

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Τον Μάρτιο του 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau κυκλοφόρησε Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu (affilaite link) was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau αμέλησε να αγοράσει τα δικαιώματα για να κινηματογραφήσει την ιστορία από το κτήμα Στόκερ, η οποία σχεδόν οδήγησε σε αυτό το φιλμ να χαθούν στην ταινία θεατές. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture.

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Ο Δρ. Mabuse: Η Gambler (1922)

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Fritz Lang έκανε μια από τις πρώτες ταινίες του εγκλήματος σε 1922. Σκηνοθέτησε Δρ. Mabuse: Η Gambler (1922) (affiliate link), η οποία διήρκεσε περίπου τέσσερις ώρες και τριάντα λεπτών. Θα αφηγείται την ιστορία του Δρ. Mabuse, καθηγητής της ψυχανάλυσης. He is also the leader of a criminal ring in the mold of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series. Σε

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Things to Come (1936)

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H.G. Wells wrote the story of Things to Come, which was turned into a film (affiliate link) σε 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

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Laura (1944): A Dark Tale of Love

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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, παρουσιάζεται από τον Gene Tierney, 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

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Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It

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Τον Μάιο του 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. Η ταινία (affiliate link) opens with Inspector Hornleigh dictating his memoirs to

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Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)

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Τον Δεκέμβριο 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

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