Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
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Op december 1, 1944, Universal Pictures released the latest horror film in the Frankenstein series, House of Frankenstein, with an all-star cast. Boris Karloff, who originally played Frankenstein’s monster, returns to the series as the mad scientist Dr. Niemann. An earthquake releases him and his hunchbacked assistant Daniel from prison. Dr. Niemann intends to exact revenge on the men who
On January 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927). The German film company produced a science fiction class, which still holds up today. On the Internet Movie Database website (IMDB), users rate it 8.3 buiten 10 stars. It is #104 on the Top 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) released After The Thin Man (1936), the sequel to the popular Thin Man (1934), on Christmas Day 1936. The film is one of 14 films William Powell and Myrna Loy made together. Powell and Loy play Dashiell Hammet’s characters Nick and Nora Charles respectively. Nick Charles formerly worked as a private detective before marrying the wealthy heiress Nora.
Fritz Lang made one of his early crime films in 1922. He directed Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922), which ran approximately four hours and thirty minutes. It tells the story of Dr. Mabuse, a professor of psychoanalysis. He is also the leader of a criminal ring in the mold of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series. In his multiple
Midnight Manhunt (1945) is gevestigd in een wassenbeeldenmuseum, waar een dief is overleden na te zijn neergeschoten in zijn appartement. Making his way to the wax museum, the man was the subject of a police manhunt for stolen diamonds. Two reporters are vying for the story and trying to solve the case before the police do. A secret agent played
Op mei 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (affiliate link) werd uitgebracht in Berlijn, Duitsland. Naast het feit dat op de meeste lijsten voor de top 100 films aller tijden, Fritz Lang believed his finest film was M (1931). De film is het verhaal van een reeks kind moorden die plaatsvinden in Berlijn. The police are determined to catch the killer
During the Golden Age of Radio, the Shadow was a crusading crime fighter named Lamont Cranston. In this 1933 English film produced by Real Arts Productions, the Shadow is a villainous murderer and blackmailer. The film opens up with the Shadow demanding payment from a famous lawyer. The Shadow promises to expose the lawyer who can’t pay. Facing exposure and
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
On January 10, 1940, Rowland V. Lee released his low-budget feature film The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) through United Artists. Rowland V. Lee started directing films in 1920 and would make 59 films before retiring in 1945. In deze film, Louis Hayward plays The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmund Dantes, Jr. De graaf erft het geld van zijn vader en de
De Gorilla (1939) is een komedie-mysterie “B” film met de Ritz Brothers, Joseph Calleia, Bela Lugosi en Lionell Atwill. De film werd geproduceerd door Twentieth-Century Fox voordat ze stoppen met het maken van “B” films, the first film on a double bill. De Ritz Brothers waren actief tussen 1925 en 1960, when Al Ritz the oldest brother passed away. The brothers made