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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 Secret (1936) (partnerský odkaz) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values
Černá Camel (1931) is the oldest surviving Charlie Chan film (partnerský odkaz) starring Warner Oland. It was the second film in the series for Fox Films. První, 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) on December 26, 1871 on the island of Oahu was
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940) starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan is my favorite Charlie Chan film. Charlie Chan is searching for a murderer in a wax museum. The wax museum is a front for a plastic surgeon, who changes the appearance of wanted criminals for a price. The surgeon Dr. Cream, 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 v Panamě (1940) hvězdy Sidney Toler jako inspektor Charlie Chan. V tomto filmu, Inspektor Chan je na stopě špiona Riner. Riner hodlá provést sabotáž, když americký flotila prochází kanálem. Inspektor Chan zažije neobvyklou situaci,, when he is arrested for the death of an American agent in
This movie is the first in a series (partnerský odkaz) of six films from Monogram Pictures released between 1938 a 1940. The series was a “B” formula film offering. Film by byly uvedeny jako první na dvojtitul. Prvních pět filmů hrál Boris Karloff jako pan. James Lee Wong, zatímco v šestém filmu Keye Luke vylíčil
Max Linder (1883-1925) built the Pathe’ Film Studio in the early 1900s. Linder’s comedy influenced Charles Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and 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
Co se stane, je první komerčně úspěšný umělecký film (partnerský odkaz). Kabinet dr. Caligari (1920) byl propuštěn v lednu 1920 stát německý a mezinárodní senzací. 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
While it may not be on classic film lists, I love The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) (partnerský odkaz). It is an adaptation of the novel (partnerský odkaz) stejným názvem, napsal baronky Orczy. The film concerns an English gentleman, who risks his life to save French aristocrats from the guillotine. Sir Percy Blakeney married Marguerite, a French woman with