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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 released Appointment with Danger (affiliate link) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United
In the second surviving Sherlock Holmes film (affiliate link) starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, dos delinqüents han escapat de la presó. Ells estan tractant de venjar-se dels homes, qui va trair un dels criminals, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls va dir a dos dels guàrdies de la presó en què una gran fortuna s'amaga. The wardens find the treasure, 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
També conegut a El Cardenal Dormir, Sherlock Holmes’ Hora Fatal (1931) és la primera pel · lícula de Sherlock Holmes protagonitzada per Arthur Wontner en el paper principal. La pel · lícula tracta d'un home jove, qui ha estat enganyant al pont per recuperar la seva riquesa perduda. Professor Moriarty utilitza la informació en un intent de fer xantatge al jove Ronald Adair, interpretat per Leslie Perrins.
Mentre que uns pocs actors van jugar Charlie Chan abans de Warner Oland i alguns retratats Inspector Chan després de Roland Winters, el cos principal d'Earl Derr Biggers’ Adaptacions cinematogràfiques de Charlie Chan ocórrer entre 1931 to 1949. Warner Oland began playing Charlie Chan in The Black Camel (1931). Després de la seva mort, Sidney Toler va començar a jugar el paper de Charlie Chan en el
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 va comprar els drets i va dirigir The Bat (1926), una de les primeres “vella casa fosca” misteris per a United Artist a 1926. Arthur Edeson va ser el director de fotografia, tant per aquesta pel · lícula i El casalot de les ombres (1932), que comparteixen elements expressionistes similars. Ambdues pel · lícules es troben en grans mansions, que han vist dies millors. The key to the
Al setembre 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). The film (affiliate link) 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 Faces Death (1943) is loosely based on The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual. The short story was published in The Strand Magazine during May 1893. It was later compiled in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. 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) protagonitzada per