Night and the City (1950)

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At nearly 70 lat, 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

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The Bat Whispers (1930)

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W listopadzie 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930) (związek partnerski), the talkie version of his silent classic, Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Jednak, 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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Ekspresjonizm i Nosferatu (1922)

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Marzec 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau released Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu (affilaite link) was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau neglected to purchase the rights to film the story from Stoker’s estate, which almost led to this film being lost to film viewers. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture.

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Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)

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Grudzień 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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