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Abuztuaren On 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions-ek Killer Dill kaleratu zuen (1947), Mike Mazurki borrokalari profesionalak "Little Joe" antzezten duen krimen filma, sekulako koadrilen arteko liskar baten bi aldeetan jokatzen. Stuart Erwinek Johnny "Killer" Dill antzezten du, lentzeria diseinatzailea eta saltzailea, jendeak gangstertzat hartzen duena. Ustekabean bere burua koadrilen gerran sartu ondoren, bere
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Shadow of the Thin Man kaleratu zuen (1941) azaroan 1941. Geroago Thin Man filmetako bat (kidea lotura), filmak borroka zaleentzako bineta interesgarriak ditu. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, tokiko joko-eraztun baten estatuko ikerketa batean sartu da. Bertako bi borroka sustatzaileek joko-zerrenda zuzentzen dute, zein den artea bizitza imitatzen badu
Norman Edward Wescoatt Hawaiin jaio zen abuztuan 2, 1911, "Rusty" Wescoatt-ek Hawaiiko Unibertsitatean jokatu zuen futbolean Hawai-n borroka profesionalean debuta egin aurretik. 1933. Wescoatt igeriketa txapelduna ere izan zen. Wescoatt-ek hasieran bere igeriketari buruz bere borroka baino albiste gehiago egin zituen AEB kontinentaletara bidaiatu zuenean. 1935. Pazko Igandean, Apirila
Urriaren On 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932), 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 the men
Azaroaren on 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). Film honetan, Ralph Bellamy portrays Ellery Queen for the fourth and final time. The film opens with a wealthy widow, Mrs. Augusta Stack, seeking the help of the police department. Mrs. Stack suspects Dr. Jannery, who operates her hospital, of negligence in the death of
Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, starring Warren Williams as Michael Lanyard, is one of my favorite “B” film series. Williams played the debonair jewel thief, who somehow always ends up helping the police solve a series of crimes. Counter-Espionage (1942) begins with Lanyard stealing top secret plans from Sir Stafford Hart’s safe. Scotland Yard’s Inspector Stephens rushes to the scene
Roland V. West directed fourteen films in his career. Critics consider three of his films to be excellent. West directed the silent thriller The Bat in 1926. West directed his most acclaimed film, Alibi (1929), which resulted in an Oscar nomination for his friend Chester Morris. Urtean 1930, West and Morris again collaborated on his last classic, The Bat Whispers,
Republic Pictures produced many quality movie serials in the 1930s and 1940s. One of their finer offerings was Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941), a twelve chapter serial (kidea lotura) based on the popular comic book super hero. Captain Marvel is known as Shazam today. Billy Batson, played by Frank Coghlan, Jr, accompanies the Malcolm Expedition to Siam. While searching an
Urriaren On 24, 1941, Monogram Pictures released Spooks Run Wild starring the East Side Kids and Bela Lugosi. At this point in his career, Bela Lugosi was relegated to “B” filmak. He played in several films with the East Side Kids, which were all enjoyable if not exactly classic cinema. Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and Bobby Jordan play the leaders
Urtarrilaren On 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “B” film company, released the spy thriller British Intelligence (1940). The film is set in Britain during World War I. Released almost two years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the film showed that Hollywood and probably most of the countries sympathies were with Britain and the Allies. Britainiarra berriz