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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
Le chameau noir (1931) is the oldest surviving Charlie Chan film (affiliate link) avec Warner Oland. Il était le deuxième film de la série pour Fox Films. La première, troisième, fourth and fifth films are lost although a Spanish language version of Charlie Chan Carries On (Treize étaient, 1931) n'existe. 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) sur Décembre 26, 1871 on the island of Oahu was
Charlie Chan au musée de cire (1940) mettant en vedette Sidney Toler comme Charlie Chan est mon film Charlie Chan favori. Charlie Chan est à la recherche d'un meurtrier dans un musée de cire. 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
Treize étaient (1931) est la version espagnole de Charlie Chan Carries On. Charlie Chan Carries On n'a pas encore survécu ou du moins n'a pas été trouvé, so this film (affliliate link) gives us our only look at the lost film. Alors qu'il était basé sur la même histoire, the film had a completely different cast. Charlie Chan does
Charlie Chan au Panama (1940) étoiles Sidney Toler comme inspecteur Charlie Chan. Dans ce film, Inspecteur Chan est sur la piste de l'espion Riner. Riner a l'intention de commettre un acte de sabotage, lorsque la flotte américaine passe par le canal. Inspecteur Chan connaît une situation inhabituelle, when he is arrested for the death of an American agent in
This movie is the first in a series (affiliate link) des six films de Monogram Pictures sortis entre 1938 and 1940. La série était une offre cinématographique de formule « B ». Le film aurait été montré d'abord sur un projet de loi double. Les cinq premiers films favoris Boris Karloff comme M.. James Lee Wong, tandis que dans le sixième film Keye Luc dépeint
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
Ce qui se passe est le premier film d'art succès commercial (affiliate link). Le Cabinet du Dr. Caligari (1920) a été publié en Janvier 1920 devenir une sensation allemande et internationale. 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) (affiliate link). It is an adaptation of the novel (affiliate link) by the same name, écrite par la baronne 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