Staraí Spóirt agus Ealaíontóir Comhraic
Posts about films that played second on a double bill and drew the paying customers between 1931 agus 1949.
I’ve been on an Alan Ladd kick lately. When I was still in college, I watched a number of Alan Ladd films one summer. I’ve been watching them over again the last few weeks on Amazon Prime. I’ll share some of these films over the next few months. The first film I watched was Thunder in the East (1951) starring
I’m continuing with watching some old Alan Ladd movies that I first saw thirty years ago on American Movie Classics (AMC), when they showed classic movies. I recently watched Appointment with Danger (1950), which was as entertaining as I remembered it. Paramount Pictures released Appointment with Danger (nasc affiliate) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United
Ar Márta 7, 1939, Fichiú haois-Fox Scannán Company scaoileadh an chéad cheann de na scannáin Cigire Hornleigh,,en,Is Cigire Hornleigh tá Albain Clós Cigire cúnamh ina imscrúduithe Sáirsint Bingham,,en,Gordon Harker imir Hornleigh,,en,cé go soláthraíonn Alastair Sim an faoiseamh grinn mar Sergeant Bingham,,en,Osclaíonn Cigire Hornleigh leis an teacht ar a dúnmharaíodh,,en, Inspector Hornleigh. Inspector Hornleigh is a Scotland Yard Inspector assisted in his investigations by Sergeant Bingham. Gordon Harker played Hornleigh, while Alastair Sim provides the comic relief as Sergeant Bingham. Inspector Hornleigh opens with the discovery of a murdered man in a local inn.
Bulldog Drummond Stailceanna Ar ais (1934) Is é ceann de na luath-Productions Fichiú hAois sa tsraith Bulldog Drummond. Bheadh an scannán seo a mheas fós ina ghné scannán le Ronald Colmán sa ról ceannais. Níos déanaí bhí scannáin Bulldog Drummond starring John Howard “B” scannáin. Bulldog Drummond has just attended the marriage of his best friend Algie, portrayed by Charles Butterworth.
Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey were a Broadway comedy team before transitioning to films in 1929. Before Robert Woolsey’s untimely death in 1938, Wheeler and Woolsey made 24 films in 8 bliana. Half Shot at Sunrise (1930) was the fourth film (nasc affiliate) starring Wheeler and Woolsey. Set in Paris during World War I, Half Shot at Sunrise tells the
Ar Eanáir 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) (nasc affiliate). The German film company produced a science fiction class, which still holds up today. On the Internet Movie Database website (IMDB), users rate it 8.3 out of 10 réaltaí. It is #104 on the Top 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning
An Cás Dúnmharú Chanáracha (1929) bhí lámhaigh ar dtús mar scannán adh. Mar sin féin, Shíl an feidhmiúcháin fíorthábhacht ag Stiúideo bheadh sé níos fearr mar phictiúr ag caint. An stiúideo moill ar an scaoileadh go dtí go bhféadfaí iad a chur fuaime ar an scannán. Ní raibh an Chomh maith leis na fuaime gan dúshláin. Unfortunately, ar cheann de na réaltaí is mó de na scannán, Louise Brooks, had
British International Pictures (BIP) released The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934) (nasc affiliate) on April 19, 1934. Ralph Richardson takes his only turn as the English hero Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond. Drummond recently married long-time love interest Phyllis Clavering. Politics and the presence of old foe Carl Peterson intrude on Drummond’s wedded bliss. When Peterson kidnaps Phyllis, Drummond determines to
Is Arthur Wontner fhéadfaí a rá an portrayer scannán is fearr de Sherlock Holmes. A turas cúigiú agus an ceann deireanach mar Holmes i Dúnmharú ar an Baskervilles (1937). The film (nasc affiliate) was released in the United Kingdom in 1937 ach ní a scaoileadh i Meiriceá go dtí Eanáir 15, 1941. Bhí Wontner fheabhas mar is gnách, ach is Dúnmharú ar an Baskervilles an tairiscint is laige
Réaltaí Reginald Owen mar Sherlock Holmes i gceann de na hoiriúnuithe pictiúr tairiscint ag caint go luath Mheiriceá Sherlock Holmes. Staidéar i Scarlet (1933) (nasc affiliate) Feiceann Holmes ag iarraidh a dúnmharuithe a réiteach i measc grúpa de confederates. Arthur Wontner réalta i roinnt oiriúnuithe mBéarla rathúil an tsraith, a spreag dócha Hollywood agra a leanúint. Unfortunately, Reginald Owen did not