היסטוריון ספורט קרבי ואמן לחימה
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 “ב '” 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
קאמל השחור (1931) is the oldest surviving Charlie Chan film (affiliate link) starring Warner Oland. It was the second film in the series for Fox Films. הראשון, 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. צ'אנג apana (born Ah Ping Chang) בדצמבר 26, 1871 on the island of Oahu was
צ'רלי צ'אן במוזיאון השעווה (1940) starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan is my favorite Charlie Chan film. צ'רלי צ'אן מחפש רוצח במוזיאון שעווה. מוזיאון השעווה הוא חזית למנתח פלסטי, שמשנה את המראה של פושעים מבוקשים במחיר. מנתח ד"ר. קרם, played by C. הנרי גורדון, 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
צ'רלי צ'אן בפנמה (1940) כוכבי סידני טולר כמפקח צ'רלי צ'אן. בסרט זה, מפקח צ'אן הוא על עקבותיו של המרגל ריינר. ריינר מתכוון לבצע מעשה חבלה, כאשר הצי האמריקאי עובר דרך התעלה. מפקח צ'אן חווה מצב חריג, 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 ו - 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
מקס לינדר (1883-1925) בנה את "פאתה אולפן סרטים בתחילת 1900s. Linder’s comedy influenced Charles Chaplin, הרולד לויד ובאסטר קיטון. 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
מה שקורה הוא סרט האמנות מצליח המסחרית הראשון (affiliate link). הקבינט של ד"ר. קליגרי (1920) שוחרר בינואר 1920 הופך לסנסציה גרמנית ובינלאומית. 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
אמנם זה אולי לא ברשימות הסרטים הקלאסיים, I love The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) (affiliate link). It is an adaptation of the novel (affiliate link) באותו השם, נכתב על ידי הברונית Orczy. הסרט עוסק בג'נטלמן אנגלי, שמסכן את חייו כדי להציל אריסטוקרטים צרפתים מהגיליוטינה. סר פרסי בלייני התחתן עם מרגריט, a French woman with