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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. El secreto de Charlie Chan (1936) (enlace de afiliado) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values
El Camel Negro (1931) is the oldest surviving Charlie Chan film (enlace de afiliado) starring Warner Oland. Fue la segunda película de la serie de Fox Films. La primera, tercera, películas cuarto y quinto se pierden a pesar de una versión en español de Charlie Chan Carries On (Eran Trece, 1931) sí existe. The Black Camel was released on June 21, 1931.
La primera vez que oí hablar de Chang Apana en un featurette sobre uno de los conjuntos de Charlie Chan DVD. 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 en Panamá (1940) estrellas Sidney Toler como Inspector Charlie Chan. En esta película, Inspector Chan está en la pista del espía Riner. Riner pretende llevar a cabo un acto de sabotaje, cuando la flota estadounidense pasa por el canal. Inspector Chan experimenta una situación inusual, when he is arrested for the death of an American agent in
This movie is the first in a series (enlace de afiliado) of six films from Monogram Pictures released between 1938 y 1940. The series was a “B” formula film offering. The film would have been shown first on a double bill. Las primeras cinco películas protagonizaron Boris Karloff como el Sr.. James Lee Wong, while in the sixth film Keye Luke portrayed
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
Lo que sucede es la primera película de arte éxito comercial (enlace de afiliado). El gabinete del Dr.. Caligari (1920) fue lanzado en enero 1920 convirtiéndose en una sensación internacional y alemana. 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) (enlace de afiliado). It is an adaptation of the novel (enlace de afiliado) by the same name, escrito por la baronesa 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