Tag: Spēlfilmas

Oktobrī 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) (filiāli saite), 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. Viens no

Novembrī 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930) (filiāli saite), the talkie version of his silent classic, Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Tomēr, 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 (filiāli saite) uz 1926; it was released in February 1927 in London. It made it to the United States in 1928. The film begins with the

Martā 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau atbrīvo Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu (affilaite link) was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau novārtā iegādāties tiesības filmu stāstu no Stoker īpašumu, kas gandrīz noveda pie šī filma varētu izzust filmu skatītājiem. Stoker atraitne veiksmīgi iesūdzēt Murnau un Vācijas filmu uzņēmums, kas ražo kinofilmu.

Fritz Lang made one of his early crime films in 1922. He directed Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) (filiāli saite), which ran approximately four hours and thirty minutes. It tells the story of Dr. Mabuse, a professor of psychoanalysis. He is also the leader of a criminal ring in the mold of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series. Uz

H.G. Wells rakstīja stāstu par Things to Come, which was turned into a film (filiāli saite) uz 1936. Filma sākas Ziemassvētku laikā 1940 in Everytown (protams London) tieši pirms kara sākšanas. Karš ilgst gandrīz trīsdesmit gadus pirms “tad lidotājiem” John Cabal vadīja, bijušais iedzīvotājs 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, attēlotie 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

Gada maijā 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 (filiāli saite) opens with Inspector Hornleigh dictating his memoirs to

Decembrī 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