Tag: Feature Films

Lokakuun 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

Marraskuun 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930) (affiliate link), the talkie version of his silent classic, Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Kuitenkin, 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: A Story of the London Fog (1927) is one of Alfred Hitchcock’s early silent films. It is based on the Marie Belloc Lowndes story and play based on the Jack the Ripper murders. Hitchcock directed the film (affiliate link) sisään 1926; it was released in February 1927 in London. It made it to the United States in 1928. The film begins with the

Maaliskuun 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau julkaistiin Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu (affilaite link) was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau laiminlyöty ostaa oikeudet kuvata tarinan Stokerin estate, joka lähes johti tämä elokuva menetetään elokuva katsojia. Stokerin leski onnistuneesti haastaa Murnau ja Saksan elokuvatuotannon yritys, joka tuotti elokuva.

Fritz Lang teki yhden hänen varhaisen rikollisuuden elokuvien 1922. Hän ohjasi Dr. Mabuse: Gambler (1922) (affiliate link), joka kesti noin neljä tuntia ja kolmekymmentä minuuttia. Se kertoo tohtori. Mabuse, professori psykoanalyysin. He is also the leader of a criminal ring in the mold of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series. Sisään

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

Toukokuun 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

Joulukuun 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