קאַמבאַט ספּאָרט היסטאריקער און מאַרשאַל קינסטלער
Posts about films that played second on a double bill and drew the paying customers between 1931 און 1949.
At nearly 70 יאָרן פון עלטער, 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
אויף אקטאבער 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
אויף נאוועמבער 13, 1930, ראָלאַנד V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930) (affiliate link), the talkie version of his silent classic, די באַט (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. אָבער, 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
די לאָדגער: א געשיכטע פון די לאָנדאָן פאָג (1927) איז איינער פון אלפרעד היטטשקאָקק ס פרי שטיל פילמס. It is based on the Marie Belloc Lowndes story and play based on the Jack the Ripper murders. Hitchcock directed the film (affiliate link) אין 1926; עס איז געווען פריי אין פעברואר 1927 אין לאָנדאָן. עס געמאכט עס צו די פאַרייניקטע שטאַטן אין 1928. The film begins with the
אויף מאַרץ 4, 1922, פ.וו. מורנאַו באפרייט נאָספעראַטו (1922). נאָספעראַטו (affilaite link) was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. מורנאַו אָפּגעלאָזן צו קויפן די רעכט צו פילם די געשיכטע פון סטאָקער ס נחלה, וואָס כּמעט געפירט צו דעם פילם זייַענדיק פאַרפאַלן צו פילם וויוערז. סטאָקער ס אלמנה הצלחה סוד מורנאַו און די דייַטש פילם פירמע וואָס געשאפן די באַוועגונג בילד.
פריץ לאַנג געמאכט איינער פון זיין פרי פאַרברעכן פילמס אין 1922. ער דירעקטעד דר. מאַבוסע: די גאַמבלער (1922) (affiliate link), וואָס געלאפן בעערעך פיר שעה און דרייַסיק מינוט. עס דערציילט די געשיכטע פון דר. מאַבוסע, אַ פּראָפעסאָר פון פּסיכאָאַנאַליז. He is also the leader of a criminal ring in the mold of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series. אין
H.G. Wells wrote the story of Things to Come, which was turned into a film (affiliate link) אין 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
לאַוראַ (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, געשילדערט דורך גענע טיערניי, 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
אויף מאי 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. דעם פילם (affiliate link) opens with Inspector Hornleigh dictating his memoirs to
אויף דעצעמבער 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