Charlie Chan’s Secret (1936)

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The series of the Charlie Chan films starring Warner Oland were probably the strongest films in the Charlie Chan series. Sidney Toler made several good films also but eventually the series would become low-budget “B” films produced by Monogram Pictures. Charlie Chan’s Secret (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better

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Manassa Mauler Knocks Out Giant in 1919

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While doing research, I found this picture of the Manassa Mauler training for his July 4th, 1919 title fight with Jess Willard, the World Heavyweight Boxing Champions. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard was a giant of a man at 6’06” ja 235 kiloa. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Kuitenkin,

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Who Is the Scarlet Claw?

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Useita vanhoja Basil Rathbone -elokuvia Sherlock Holmesina on äskettäin saatavilla DVD-levyillä ja suoratoistona.. The Universal series, is well done for a “B” film series. This film would have warmed the audience up for the main feature like Double Indemnity (1944). The Scarlet Clawissa (1944), Sherlock Holmes, played by Rathbone, is in Quebec,

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