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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. Secret Charlie Chan (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. Acesta a fost al doilea film din serie pentru Fox Films. Primul, treilea, filme patrulea și al cincilea sunt pierdute, deși o versiune de limbă spaniolă de Charlie Chan desfășoară (Treisprezece au fost, 1931) nu există. The Black Camel was released on June 21, 1931.
Am auzit prima data despre Chang Apana într-o featurette pe unul din seturile 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) on December 26, 1871 on the island of Oahu was
Charlie Chan la Muzeul figurilor de ceară (1940) încearcă Sidney Toler ca Charlie Chan este favoritul filmul meu Charlie Chan. Charlie Chan este în căutarea pentru un criminal într-un muzeu de ceară. Muzeul de ceară este o fata pentru un chirurg plastic, care schimbă aspectul de criminali au dorit pentru un preț. Chirurgul Dr. Smântână, jucat de C. Henry Gordon, also hosts
Treisprezece au fost (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 în Panama (1940) stele Sidney Toler ca Inspector Charlie Chan. În acest film, Inspector Chan este pe urmele spionul Riner. Riner intenționează să efectueze un act de sabotaj, în cazul în care flota americană trece prin canalul. Inspector Chan experimentează o situație neobișnuită, 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 și 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) construit Pathé "Film Studio la începutul anilor 1900. Linder’s comedy influenced Charles Chaplin, Harold Lloyd și 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 se întâmplă este primul film de artă de succes comercial (affiliate link). Cabinetul de Dr. Caligari (1920) a fost lansat în ianuarie 1920 devenind o senzație german și internațional. 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) cu același nume, scris de 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