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Posts about films that played second on a double bill and drew the paying customers between 1931 e 1949.
At nearly 70 anos de idade, 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
En outubro 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) (enlace de afiliado), 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
En novembro 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930) (enlace de afiliado), the talkie version of his silent classic, The Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Porén, 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) é un dos primeiros filmes mudos de Alfred Hitchcock. It is based on the Marie Belloc Lowndes story and play based on the Jack the Ripper murders. Hitchcock directed the film (enlace de afiliado) en 1926; que foi lanzado en febreiro 1927 en Londres. Fíxoo a Estados Unidos en 1928. The film begins with the
En marzo 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau lanzado Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu (affilaite link) was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau esqueceu de mercar os dereitos para filmar a historia da propiedade de Stoker, que case levou a esta película que está a ser perdido para filmes os espectadores. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture.
Fritz Lang fixo un dos seus filmes iniciais de crime en 1922. El dirixiu o Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) (enlace de afiliado), que tivo lugar preto de catro horas e trinta minutos. Conta a historia do Dr. Mabuse, profesor de psicanálise. He is also the leader of a criminal ring in the mold of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series. En
H.G. Wells escribiu a historia das cousas a vir, which was turned into a film (enlace de afiliado) en 1936. A película abre durante o Nadal 1940 en Everytown (obviamente Londres) dereito antes da eclosión da guerra. A guerra dura case 30 anos antes “os militares da Forza Aérea” liderado por John Cabal, un antigo habitante da 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, interpretado por 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
En maio 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 (enlace de afiliado) opens with Inspector Hornleigh dictating his memoirs to
En decembro de 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