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Posts about films that played second on a double bill and drew the paying customers between 1931 och 1949.
At nearly 70 år, 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
På Oktober 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) (affiliate länk), 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. Ett av
På November 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930) (affiliate länk), the talkie version of his silent classic, The Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Emellertid, 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: En berättelse om London Fog (1927) är en av Alfred Hitchcocks tidiga stumfilmer. It is based on the Marie Belloc Lowndes story and play based on the Jack the Ripper murders. Hitchcock directed the film (affiliate länk) i 1926; Det släpptes i februari 1927 i London. Det gjorde det till USA i 1928. The film begins with the
På mars 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau Tillstånd Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu (affilaite link) was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau försummat att köpa rättigheterna att filma berättelsen från Stoker dödsbo, vilket nästan ledde till denna film går förlorad för att filma tittare. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture.
Fritz Lang gjorde en av hans tidiga brotts filmer 1922. Han riktade Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) (affiliate länk), som körde ungefär fyra timmar och trettio minuter. Den berättar historien om Dr. Mabuse, professor i psykoanalys. He is also the leader of a criminal ring in the mold of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series. I
H.G. Wells skrev historien om saker som kommer, which was turned into a film (affiliate länk) i 1936. Filmen öppnar under julen 1940 i Everytown (uppenbarligen London) precis innan krigsutbrottet. Kriget varar nästan trettio år innan “Airmenna” ledd av John Cabal, tidigare bosatt i 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, spelad av 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
På maj 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 (affiliate länk) opens with Inspector Hornleigh dictating his memoirs to
På 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