Night and the City (1950)

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Hampir 70 tahun, Stanislaus Zbyszko membuat debut filmnya di Night and the City (1950). Ditagih sebagai Gregorious, seorang pensiunan pegulat dan ayah dari promotor gulat London, Zbyszko menunjukkan kemampuan gulatnya, bahkan di usia lanjutnya, dalam adegan khas film tersebut. Film dimulai dengan seorang pria yang mengejar Harry Fabian, seorang penipu London yang selalu mencari

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The Bat Whispers (1930)

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Pada November 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930) (affiliate link), the talkie version of his silent classic, The Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. However, 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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The Lodger (1927)

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) di 1926; it was released in February 1927 in London. It made it to the United States in 1928. The film begins with the

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Ekspresionisme dan Nosferatu (1922)

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Pada bulan Maret 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau dirilis Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu (affilaite link) was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau diabaikan untuk membeli hak untuk memfilmkan cerita dari real Stoker, yang hampir menyebabkan film ini hilang untuk film pemirsa. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture.

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Things to Come (1936)

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H.G. Wells menulis cerita Hal yang Datang, which was turned into a film (affiliate link) di 1936. Film ini dibuka selama Natal 1940 di Everytown (jelas London) tepat sebelum pecahnya perang. Perang berlangsung hampir tiga puluh tahun sebelum “yang Airmen” dipimpin oleh John Cabal, mantan penduduk Everytown, leads the survivors to victory over the

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Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)

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Pada tanggal 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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