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Januar 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 denne filmen, Louis Hayward plays The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmund Dantes, Jr. Greven arver farens penger og
Gorilla (1939) er en komedie-mysteriet “B” film med Ritz Brothers, Joseph Calleia, Bela Lugosi og Lionell Atwill. Filmen ble produsert av Twentieth-Century Fox før de sluttet å lage “B” filmer, the first film on a double bill. Ritz Brothers var aktive mellom 1925 og 1960-tallet, når Al Ritz den eldste bror gikk bort. Brødrene laget
Denne film (affiliate link) was the first Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes. Sidney Lanfield regissert The Hound of Baskerville (1939) for Twentieth-Century Fox. Nigel Bruce co-stjerner som Dr. John Watson. Rathbone og Bruce ville spille Holmes og Watson i tretten påfølgende filmer, en mer for Twentieth-Century Fox og tolv for Universal Pictures. This film is a
The Vampire Bat (1933) er en sjanger bøye film med Lionel Atwill. Tilsynelatende, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, en kortfilm ment å være forrett til hovedfilmen på en dobbel regning. 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 kommer tilbake som Holmes i den ellevte av fjorten svinger som den engelske speideren. 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. Etter de
På Mars 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, filmen (affiliate link) står
November 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, The Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. However, 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 filmer. 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
Mai 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 is arguably the best film portrayer of Sherlock Holmes. His fifth and final outing as Holmes in Murder at the Baskervilles (1937). The film was released in the United Kingdom in 1937 but was not released in America until January 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the