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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 “ב” films produced by Monogram Pictures. טשאַרלי טשאַן ס סעקרעט (1936) (affiliate link) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values
די שווארצע קאַמעל (1931) is the oldest surviving Charlie Chan film (affiliate link) starring Warner Oland. It was the second film in the series for Fox Films. The first, third, fourth and fifth films are lost although a Spanish language version of Charlie Chan Carries On (דרייַצן זענען, 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. טשאַנג אַפּאַנאַ (born Ah Ping Chang) on December 26, 1871 on the island of Oahu was
טשאַרלי טשאַן בייַ די וואַקס מוזיי (1940) starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan is my favorite Charlie Chan film. Charlie Chan is searching for a murderer in a wax museum. 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
דרייַצן זענען (1931) איז די שפּאַניש שפּראַך ווערסיע פון טשאַרלי טשאַן קאַריז אויף. טשאַרלי טשאַן קאַריז אויף האט ניט סערווייווד אָדער לפּחות האט ניט געווען געפונען נאָך, so this film (affliliate link) gives us our only look at the lost film. בשעת עס איז געווען באזירט אויף דער זעלביקער געשיכטע, די פילם האט אַ גאָר אַנדערש וואַרפן. Charlie Chan does
טשאַרלי טשאַן אין פּאַנאַמאַ (1940) שטערן סידני טאָלער ווי ינספּעקטאָר טשאַרלי טשאַן. אין דעם פילם, ינספּעקטאָר טשאַן איז אויף דער שטעג פון די ספּי ריינער. ריינער בדעה צו פירן אויס אַ אַקט פון סאַבאָטאַזש, ווען די אמעריקאנער פליט פּאַסיז דורך די קאַנאַל. ינספּעקטאָר טשאַן יקספּיריאַנסיז אַ ומגעוויינטלעך סיטואַציע, 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 און 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
What happens is the first commercially successful art film (affiliate link). די קאַבינעט פון דר. קאַליגאַרי (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) (affiliate link). It is an adaptation of the novel (affiliate link) דורך דער זעלביקער נאָמען, 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