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Posts about films that played second on a double bill and drew the paying customers between 1931 and 1949.
A près de 70 ans, Stanislaus Zbyszko a fait ses débuts au cinéma dans Night and the City (1950). Facturé comme Gregorious, un lutteur à la retraite et le père du promoteur de lutte de Londres, Zbyszko a montré ses talents de catcheur, même à son âge avancé, dans la scène signature du film. Le film commence avec un homme qui poursuit Harry Fabian, un arnaqueur londonien toujours à la recherche
On October 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
Sur Novembre 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930) (affiliate link), the talkie version of his silent classic, La chauve-souris (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Cependant, 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: Une histoire de la London Fog (1927) est l'un des premiers films muets d'Alfred Hitchcock. 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; il a été publié en Février 1927 à Londres. It made it to the United States in 1928. The film begins with the
Sur Mars 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau Nosferatu libéré (1922). Nosferatu (affilaite link) was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau négligé d'acheter les droits pour filmer l'histoire de la succession de Stoker, qui a presque mené à ce film étant perdu pour filmer téléspectateurs. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture.
Fritz Lang a fait un de ses premiers films de la criminalité dans 1922. Il a dirigé le Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) (affiliate link), qui a duré environ quatre heures et trente minutes. Il raconte l'histoire du Dr. Mabuse, un professeur de la psychanalyse. Il est également le chef d'un réseau criminel dans le moule du professeur Moriarty de la série Sherlock Holmes. Dans
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, interprété par 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
Sur mai 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. Le film (affiliate link) opens with Inspector Hornleigh dictating his memoirs to
Sur Décembre 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