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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. Segredo de Charlie Chan (1936) (link de afiliado) 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 (link de afiliado) starring Warner Oland. Foi o segundo filme da série para a Fox Films. O primeiro, terceiro, quarto e quinto filmes são perdidos, embora uma versão do Charlie Chan língua espanhola carrega (Treze foram, 1931) existe. The Black Camel was released on June 21, 1931.
Eu primeiro ouvi falar Chang Apana em uma featurette em um dos 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) em December 26, 1871 on the island of Oahu was
Charlie Chan no Museu de Cera (1940) starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan is my favorite Charlie Chan film. Charlie Chan está à procura de um assassino em um museu de cera. O museu de cera é uma fachada para um cirurgião plástico, que muda a aparência de criminosos procurados por um preço. O cirurgião Dr. Creme, played by C. Henry Gordon, also hosts
Treze foram (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 no Panamá (1940) estrelado por Sidney Toler como Inspector Charlie Chan. Neste filme, Inspector Chan está na trilha do espião Riner. Riner pretende realizar um ato de sabotagem, quando a frota americana passa através do canal. Inspector Chan experimenta uma situação inusitada, when he is arrested for the death of an American agent in
This movie is the first in a series (link de afiliado) of six films from Monogram Pictures released between 1938 e 1940. The series was a “B” formula film offering. O filme teria sido exibido pela primeira vez em um projeto de lei duplo. Os primeiros cinco filmes estrelado por Boris Karloff como o Sr.. James Lee Wong, enquanto no sexto filme Keye Lucas retratou
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 (link de afiliado). 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) (link de afiliado). It is an adaptation of the novel (link de afiliado) 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