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This film (affiliate länk) var den första Sherlock Holmes-filmen med Basil Rathbone som Holmes. Sidney Lanfield riktade The Baskervilles hund (1939) för Twentieth-Century Fox. Nigel Bruce co-stjärnor som 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. Den här filmen är en
The Vampire Bat (1933) är en genre bock film starring Lionel Atwill. Skenbart, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, en kortfilm avsedd att vara en aptitretare för huvudfilmen på en dubbelräkning. 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 återvänder som Holmes i den elfte av fjorton varv som engelsmannen. 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. Efter 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 länk) står
På 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. Emellertid, 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 anlitar Holmes för att skydda
På maj 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd återvände till Dick Tracy franchise i Dick Tracy Dilemma (1947). Det var välkomna nyheter för fans av serien, även om Chester Gould var ett anmärkningsvärt undantag. Gould skapade Tracy tecknet för komiska sidan av Detroit Mirror. Efter Chicago Tribune plockade upp komikern för syndikering, Det popularitet exploderade. 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
Den spanska Cape Mystery (1935) är en anpassning av en av Ellery Queen-romanerna. Två kusiner, Frederic Dannay och Manfred Lee, som skrev ett antal deckare under pseudonymen titelteckenet. I denna film, Ellery drottningen tar en semester till Kalifornien med sin vän Domare Macklin. Naturligtvis, de är inte långt inne i sina
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) is one of the five Sherlock Holmes films starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes. Director Leslie S. Hiscott adapted the Sherlock Holmes novel The Valley of Fear but added to the story to give Professor Moriarty and Col. Sebastian Moran roles in the story. A significant portion of the movie is the retelling of