Tag: Feature Films

Op oktober 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

Op november 13, 1930, Roland V. West uitgebracht The Bat Whispers,,en,Editing nog steeds gedomineerd de continuïteit en het verhaal,,en,de tweede van drie films gebaseerd op de populaire Shadow radioprogramma,,en (1930) (affiliate link), the talkie version of his silent classic, De Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Echter, 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: Een verhaal van de London Fog (1927) is een van de vroege stille films van Alfred Hitchcock's. 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; het werd uitgebracht in februari 1927 Londen. Het maakte het aan de Verenigde Staten in 1928. The film begins with the

Op maart 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau vrijgegeven Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu (affilaite link) was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau nagelaten de rechten kopen om het verhaal te filmen van Stoker's landgoed, die bijna leidde tot deze film verloren aan kijkers filmen. Stoker's weduwe met succes aangeklaagd Murnau en de Duitse filmmaatschappij die de film produceerde.

Fritz Lang made one of his early crime films in 1922. He directed Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) (affiliate link), 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. In

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, gespeeld door 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

Op mei 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. De film (affiliate link) opens with Inspector Hornleigh dictating his memoirs to

Op december 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