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På 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
På Januari 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 out of 10 stars. It is #104 on the Top 250. I ett tema som samhället har brottats med sedan början av
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 gjorde en av hans tidiga brotts filmer 1922. Han riktade Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922), som körde ungefär fyra timmar och trettio minuter. Den berättar historien om Dr. Mabuse, professor i psykoanalys. 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) ligger i ett vax museum, där en tjuv har dött efter att ha blivit skjuten i sin lägenhet. 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
På maj 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (affiliate länk) släpptes i Berlin, Tyskland. Förutom att vara på de flesta listor för toppen 100 filmer genom tiderna, Fritz Lang believed his finest film was M (1931). Filmen är berättelsen om en serie barnamord som uppstår i Berlin. 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 på vaxmuseum (1940) starring Sidney Toler som Charlie Chan är min favorit Charlie Chan-film. Charlie Chan söker efter en mördare i ett vax museum. Vaxet museum är en front för en plastikkirurg, som ändrar utseendet på efterlysta brottslingar till ett pris. Kirurgen Dr. Kräm, played by C. Henry Gordon, also
På Januari 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. I denna film, Louis Hayward plays The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmund Dantes, Jr. Greven ärver sin fars pengar och
Den gorilla (1939) är en komedi-mysterium “B” film starring Ritz Brothers, Joseph Calleia, Bela Lugosi och Lionell Atwill. Filmen är producerad av Twentieth-Century Fox innan de sluta göra “B” filmer, the first film on a double bill. The Ritz Brothers var verksamma mellan 1925 och 1960-talet, when Al Ritz the oldest brother passed away. The brothers made