Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Plaas oor klassieke films en films wat verband hou met gevegsport en geskiedenis.
I’m continuing with watching some old Alan Ladd movies that I first saw thirty years ago on American Movie Classics (AMC), when they showed classic movies. I recently watched Appointment with Danger (1950), which was as entertaining as I remembered it. Paramount Pictures het Appointment with Danger vrygestel (Koste skakel) in London in 1950 maar het dit nie in die Verenigde State vrygestel nie
In the second surviving Sherlock Holmes film (Koste skakel) hoofrol Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, twee misdadigers tronk ontsnap. Hulle is op soek na wraak te neem op die manne, wat dubbele gekruis een van die misdadigers, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls het twee van die bewaarders van sy tronk waar 'n groot fortuin is versteek. Die bewaarders vind die skat, have a
Chester Gould created the Dick Tracy comic strip in 1931. Originally published through the Detroit Metro, the strip moved to the Chicago Tribune where it made the paper and Gould rich through syndication. It was only a matter of time before Dick Tracy made his debut on the silver screen. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials
Ook bekend na die slapende kardinaal, Sherlock Holmes’ Noodlottige Uur (1931) is die eerste Sherlock Holmes film hoofrol Arthur Wontner in die titelrol. Die film handel oor 'n jong man, wat is bedrog by die brug sy verlore rykdom te herwin. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Terwyl 'n paar akteurs gespeel Charlie Chan voor Warner Oland en 'n paar uitgebeeld Inspekteur Chan na Roland Winters, die hoof van die Earl Derr Biggers’ Charlie Chan film aanpassings plaasgevind tussen 1931 te 1949. Warner Oland begin speel Charlie Chan in die swart Camel (1931). Na sy dood, Sidney Toler started playing the role of Charlie Chan in the
On February 26, 1943, RKO Pictures released the third film based on the popular Lum and Abner radio show. Two Weeks To Live (1943) stars Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody. Lauck and Goff, who also wrote the show, played the characters on radio beginning in 1931. The show began as a 15 minute radio
Roland V. West gekoop het die regte en gerig The Bat (1926), een van die eerste “ou donker huis” raaisels vir die Verenigde kunstenaar in 1926. Arthur Edeson was die regisseur van beide hierdie film en die ou donker huis (1932), wat soortgelyke Ekspressionistiese elemente deel. Albei films is opgeneem in groot huise, wat beter dae gesien het. The key to the
Op September 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). The film (Koste skakel) tells the story of Sergeant Alvin C. York, a reluctant World War I hero from the small town of Pall Mall, Tennessee. Western film veteran Gary Cooper stars as Sergeant York. The film begins with the contrast of a Sunday church service and the
Sherlock Holmes gesigte dood (1943) is losweg gebaseer op die avontuur van die Musgrave rituele. Die kortverhaal is gedurende Mei in die Strand Magazine gepubliseer 1893. Dit is later in Die Memoirs van Sherlock Holmes saamgestel. In the story, the Musgrave Mansion held a secret that even it’s inhabitants did not know. This film follows the same plot line
I’ve been on an Alan Ladd kick lately. When I was still in college, I watched a number of Alan Ladd films one summer. I’ve been watching them over again the last few weeks on Amazon Prime. I’ll share some of these films over the next few months. The first film I watched was Thunder in the East (1951) starring