Borrokako Kirolen Historialaria eta Martzial Artista
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 en Secret (1936) (kidea lotura) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values
Black Camel du (1931) is the oldest surviving Charlie Chan film (kidea lotura) starring Warner Oland. Fox sailerako serie bigarren filma izan zen. Lehenengoa, Hirugarren, laugarren eta bosgarren filmetan galdu egiten dira, nahiz eta gaztelaniaren Charlie Chan bertsio bat egiten On (Hamahiru izan ziren, 1931) existitzen. The Black Camel was released on June 21, 1931.
Chang Apana buruzko lehen entzun nuen Charlie Chan DVD multzoetako bat on featurette batean. 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) Abenduaren on 26, 1871 on the island of Oahu was
Charlie Chan Wax Museum (1940) Sidney TOLER protagonista gisa Charlie Chan nire gogoko Charlie Chan filma da. Charlie Chan argizaria museo batean hiltzaile bat bilatzeko. Argizari museoan zirujau plastikoari aurrean bezala, nork nahi gaizkile itxura prezio bat aldatzen. The surgeon Dr. Cream, played by C. Henry Gordon, also hosts
Hamahiru izan ziren (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 Panama (1940) izarrak Sidney TOLER Inspector Charlie Chan gisa. Film honetan, Inspector Chan espioi Riner pista gainean dagoen. Riner sabotaje-ekintza bat burutzeko asmoa, American flota ubidea igarotzen denean. Inspector Chan ezohiko egoera bat jasaten du, when he is arrested for the death of an American agent in
This movie is the first in a series (kidea lotura) of six films from Monogram Pictures released between 1938 eta 1940. The series was a “B” formula film offering. The film would have been shown first on a double bill. The first five films starred Boris Karloff as Mr. 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
What happens is the first commercially successful art film (kidea lotura). The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) was released in January 1920 becoming a German and international sensation. 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) (kidea lotura). It is an adaptation of the novel (kidea lotura) by the same name, written by Baroness 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