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Legacy posts about films from the silent and classic Hollywood film eras.
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) (affiliate link) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values
El camell Negre (1931) is the oldest surviving Charlie Chan film (affiliate link) starring Warner Oland. It was the second film in the series for Fox Films. The first, third, fourth and fifth films are lost although a Spanish language version of Charlie Chan Carries On (Eran Trece, 1931) does exist. The Black Camel was released on June 21, 1931.
I first heard about Chang Apana in a featurette on one of the Charlie Chan DVD sets. I knew a real life detective inspired Earl Derr Biggers to create Charlie Chan. I did not know who the man was. Chang Apana was that man. Chang Apana (born Ah Ping Chang) al desembre 26, 1871 on the island of Oahu was
Charlie Chan al Museu de Cera (1940) protagonitzada per Sidney Toler com Charlie Chan és la meva pel · lícula favorita de Charlie Chan. Charlie Chan és la recerca d'un assassí en un museu de cera. El museu de cera és una façana per a un cirurgià plàstic, que canvia l'aparença dels delinqüents buscats per un preu. El cirurgià Dr. Crema, played by C. Henry Gordon, also hosts
Eran Trece (1931) is the Spanish language version of Charlie Chan Carries On. Charlie Chan Carries On has not survived or at least has not been found yet, so this film (affliliate link) gives us our only look at the lost film. While it was based on the same story, the film had a completely different cast. Charlie Chan does
Charlie Chan a Panamà (1940) estrelles Sidney Toler com a inspector Charlie Chan. En aquesta pel · lícula, Inspector Chan està a la pista de l'espia Riner. Riner pretén dur a terme un acte de sabotatge, quan la flota nord-americana passa pel canal. Inspector Chan experimenta una situació inusual, when he is arrested for the death of an American agent in
This movie is the first in a series (affiliate link) of six films from Monogram Pictures released between 1938 i 1940. The series was a “B” formula film offering. La pel·lícula s'hauria mostrat per primera vegada en un programa doble. Les primeres cinc pel·lícules van protagonitzar Boris Karloff com el Sr.. James Lee Wong, while in the sixth film Keye Luke portrayed
Max Linder (1883-1925) construït el Pathe "Film Studio l'any 1900. Linder’s comedy influenced Charles Chaplin, Harold Lloyd i Buster Keaton. Linder is largely unknown today because his biggest film successes were in the 1910s. Most of his films are considered lost. Film fans today have the benefit of resources like the Internet Archive, which has a number of
El que passa és la primera pel · lícula de la tècnica amb èxit comercial (affiliate link). El gabinet del Dr. Caligari (1920) va ser llançat al gener 1920 convertint-se en una sensació internacional i alemanya. It marked the beginning of a German film revival during the 1920s The German Expressionist Movement in German art strongly influenced this film. Expressionist paintings were known for buildings sloped at
Tot i que potser no figura a les llistes de pel·lícules clàssiques, I love The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) (affiliate link). It is an adaptation of the novel (affiliate link) amb el mateix nom, escrit per la baronessa Orczy. La pel·lícula tracta d'un senyor anglès, que arrisca la seva vida per salvar els aristòcrates francesos de la guillotina. Sir Percy Blakeney es va casar amb Marguerite, a French woman with