Tag: Makala Films

Mnamo Oktoba 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) (affiliate kiungo), 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. Moja ya

Novemba 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930) (affiliate kiungo), the talkie version of his silent classic, Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Hata hivyo, 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 (affiliate kiungo) katika 1926; it was released in February 1927 katika London. It made it to the United States in 1928. The film begins with the

On Machi 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau iliyotolewa Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu (affilaite link) was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau usahau kununua haki ya filamu hadithi kutoka mali Stoker ya, ambayo karibu kuongozwa na filamu hii kupotea kwa filamu watazamaji. Mjane Stoker ya mafanikio sued Murnau na Ujerumani kampuni ya filamu zinazozalishwa mwendo picha.

Fritz Lang alifanya moja ya filamu yake mapema uhalifu katika 1922. Alielekeza Dk. Mabuse: Gambler (1922) (affiliate kiungo), ambayo mbio takriban masaa manne na dakika thelathini. Ni anaelezea hadithi ya Dk. Mabuse, profesa wa kisaikolojia. 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 kiungo) katika 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, Imechezwa na 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

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. filamu (affiliate kiungo) opens with Inspector Hornleigh dictating his memoirs to

Desemba 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. Kufuatia sheria katika