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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 (enlace de afiliado) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United
En la segunda película superviviente de Sherlock Holmes. (enlace de afiliado) starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, dos delincuentes han escapado de la cárcel. Ellos están tratando de vengarse de los hombres, quien traicionó uno de los criminales, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls dijo a dos de los guardias de la prisión en la que una gran fortuna se oculta. The wardens find the treasure, tener un
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
También conocido en El Cardenal Dormir, Sherlock Holmes’ Hora Fatal (1931) es la primera película de Sherlock Holmes protagonizada por Arthur Wontner en el papel principal. La película trata de un hombre joven, quien ha estado engañando en el puente para recuperar su riqueza perdida. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
While a few actors played Charlie Chan before Warner Oland and a few portrayed Inspector Chan after Roland Winters, the main body of Earl Derr Biggers’ Charlie Chan film adaptations occurred between 1931 a 1949. Warner Oland began playing Charlie Chan in The Black Camel (1931). After his death, Sidney Toler started playing the role of Charlie Chan in the
En febrero 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 compró los derechos y dirigió El Murciélago (1926), una de la primera “vieja casa oscura” misterios para United Artist en 1926. Arthur Edeson fue el director de fotografía, tanto para esta película y El caserón de las sombras (1932), que comparten elementos expresionistas similares. Ambas películas se encuentran en grandes mansiones, que han visto días mejores. The key to the
En septiembre 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). The film (enlace de afiliado) 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 desafía a la muerte (1943) se basa libremente en la aventura del ritual de Musgrave. El cuento fue publicado en The Strand Magazine en mayo 1893. Más tarde fue compilado en Las Memorias de Sherlock Holmes. En la historia, la mansión Musgrave celebró un secreto que incluso sus habitantes no sabían. 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