Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
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Dieser Film (affiliate link) war der erste Sherlock-Holmes-Film mit Basil Rathbone als Holmes. Sidney Lanfield directed The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) for Twentieth-Century Fox. Nigel Bruce co-stars as Dr. John Watson. Rathbone and Bruce would play Holmes and Watson in thirteen subsequent films, one more for Twentieth-Century Fox and twelve for Universal Pictures. Dieser Film ist ein
The Vampire Bat (1933) ist ein Genre-Film mit Biege Lionel Atwill. Vordergründig, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, ein Kurzfilm soll die Vorspeise für den Hauptfilm auf einem Doppelabend sein. Majestic Pictures produced the film, which was directed by Frank R.
The Woman in Green (1945) is the ninth of twelve Sherlock Holmes produced by Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone returns as Holmes in the eleventh of fourteen turns as the English sleuth. The film is one of the few “B” series films, which could have been an “A” Film. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women. After they
Im März 16, 1945, Universal Pictures released The House of Fear (1945), the eighth of twelve Sherlock Holmes films produced by the studio. Basil Rathbone returned as Holmes for the tenth time. Rathbone played Sherlock Holmes twice for Twentieth Century – Fox before Universal started producing the series. Despite its late entry into the series, der Film (affiliate link) stands
On November 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, Die Fledermaus (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Jedoch, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.
Universal Pictures released the thirteenth of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes on February 1, 1946. Twentieth Century-Fox produced the first two films. Universal produced the final 12 Filme. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. Rodney Carstairs hires Holmes to protect the
On May 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd returned to the Dick Tracy franchise in Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947). It was welcome news for fans of the franchise although Chester Gould was a notable exception. Gould created the Tracy character for the comic page of the Detroit Mirror. After the Chicago Tribune picked up the comic for syndication, it’s popularity exploded. Gould
Arthur Wontner ist wohl die beste Film Schilderer von Sherlock Holmes. Seine fünfte und letzte Auftritt als Holmes in Mord im Baskerville (1937). Der Film wurde in Großbritannien Veröffentlicht 1937 aber nicht in Amerika, bis Januar veröffentlicht 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the
Die spanische Cape Geheimnis (1935) is an adaptation of one of the Ellery Queen novels. Zwei Cousins, Frederic Dannay und Manfred Lee, , die eine Reihe von Kriminalromanen unter dem Pseudonym der Titelfigur, schrieb. In diesem Film, Ellery Queen ist ein Urlaub nach Kalifornien mit seinem Freund Richter Macklin. Natürlich, they are not long into their
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) ist einer der fünf Sherlock Holmes Filme mit Arthur Wontner als Sherlock Holmes. Director Leslie S. Hiscott passte die Sherlock-Holmes-Roman Das Tal der Angst, aber hinzugefügt, um die Geschichte von Professor Moriarty und Col geben. Sebastian Moran Rollen in der Geschichte. A significant portion of the movie is the retelling of