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Posts about films that played second on a double bill and drew the paying customers between 1931 i 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) z udziałem
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 (związek partnerski) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United
Marzec 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Company released the first of the Inspector Hornleigh films, 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 kontratakuje (1934) to jeden z początku XX wieku Productions w serii Bulldog Drummond. Film ten będzie nadal uważany fabularny Ronald Colman w roli głównej. Później Bulldog Drummond filmów z udziałem Johna Howarda były “B” filmy. 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 lat. Half Shot at Sunrise (1930) was the fourth film (związek partnerski) starring Wheeler and Woolsey. Set in Paris during World War I, Half Shot at Sunrise tells the
On January 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) (związek partnerski). 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 gwiazdek. It is #104 on the Top 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning
Canary Murder Case (1929) został zastrzelony w niemym filmie. Jednak, wykonawczym Paramount Studio, że byłoby lepiej, jak rozmawia obrazu. Studio opóźnione uwalnianie do czasu można dodać dźwięk do filmu. Dodanie dźwięku nie obyło się bez problemów. Niestety, jednym z głównych gwiazdy filmu, Louise Brooks, had
British International Pictures (BIP) released The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934) (związek partnerski) w kwietniu 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
Arthur Wontner jest prawdopodobnie najlepszym portrayer film Sherlock Holmes. Jego piąta i ostatnia odsłona, jak Holmes w Morderstwo na Baskerville'ów (1937). Film (związek partnerski) was released in the United Kingdom in 1937 ale nie został wydany w Ameryce aż do stycznia 15, 1941. Wontner była doskonała, jak zwykle, ale Morderstwo na Baskerville'ów jest najsłabsza oferta
Reginald Owen stars as Sherlock Holmes in one of the early American talking motion picture adaptations of Sherlock Holmes. Study in Scarlet (1933) (związek partnerski) sees Holmes trying to solve murders among a group of confederates. Arthur Wontner starred in several successful English adaptations of the series, which probably inspired Hollywood to follow suit. Niestety, Reginald Owen did not