Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
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
The Black Camel (1931) is the oldest surviving Charlie Chan film (affiliate link) starring Warner Oland. It was the second film in the series for Fox Films. De eerste, third, fourth and fifth films are lost although a Spanish language version of Charlie Chan Carries On (Dertien waren, 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 in het Wax Museum (1940) starring Sidney Toler als Charlie Chan is mijn favoriete Charlie Chan film. Charlie Chan is op zoek naar een moordenaar in een wassenbeeldenmuseum. Het wassenbeeldenmuseum is een front voor een plastisch chirurg, die de verschijning van gezochte criminelen voor een prijs verandert. De chirurg Dr. Crème, played by C. Henry Gordon, also hosts
Dertien waren (1931) wordt de taalversie van Charlie Chan Spaanse Carries On. Charlie Chan Carries On is nog niet overleefd of in ieder geval niet is gevonden, so this film (affliliate link) gives us our only look at the lost film. Hoewel het was gebaseerd op hetzelfde verhaal, the film had a completely different cast. Charlie Chan does
Charlie Chan in Panama (1940) sterren Sidney Toler als Inspecteur Charlie Chan. In deze film, Inspecteur Chan is op het spoor van de spion Riner. Riner is voornemens een daad van sabotage, wanneer de Amerikaanse vloot passeert door het kanaal. Inspecteur Chan ervaart een ongewone situatie, 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 en 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
Wat er gebeurt is de eerste commercieel succesvolle kunstfilm (affiliate link). Het kabinet van Dr.. Caligari (1920) werd uitgebracht in januari 1920 steeds een Duitse en internationale sensatie. 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) door de zelfde naam, geschreven door Barones 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