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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 scaoileadh Ceapachán le Contúirt (nasc affiliate) in London in 1950 ach níor scaoil sé san Aontaithe é
Sa dara scannán Sherlock Holmes a mhaireann (nasc affiliate) starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, dhá coirpigh gur éalaigh phríosún. Tá siad ag iarraidh díoltas a cruinn ar na fir, a thrasnaigh dúbailte ar cheann de na coirpigh, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls inis dhá cheann de na maoir a bpríosún nuair a bhí i bhfolach fhortún mór. The wardens find the treasure, bhfuil 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
Chomh maith leis sin ar a dtugtar ag an Chairdinéil Codlata, Sherlock Holmes’ Uair mharfach (1931) is é an chéad scannán Sherlock Holmes starring Arthur Wontner i ról an teideal. Baineann an scannán le fear óg, a bhí ag cheating ag droichead agus faigh ar ais ar a saibhreas caillte. 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 to 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
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. Cheannaigh Iarthar na cearta agus d'ordaigh an Ialtóg (1926), ar cheann de na chéad “sean-teach dorcha” mysteries do United Ealaíontóir 1926. Raibh Arthur Edeson an cineamatagrafaí do scannán seo agus Dark Sean Teach (1932), a pháirtíonn gnéithe expressionist den chineál céanna. Sa dá scannán, atá leagtha i Fatima móra, ina raibh laethanta níos fearr. The key to the
Meán Fómhair 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). The film (nasc affiliate) 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 Bás (1943) bunaithe go scaoilte ar an Eachtraíochta ar an dóiteán Musgrave. Bhí an scéal gearr a foilsíodh i Magazine Trá rith mhí na Bealtaine 1893. Cuireadh le chéile é níos déanaí i na Memoirs de Sherlock Holmes. Sa scéal, seilbh an Ard-Mhéara Musgrave rún go fiú tá sé nach raibh a fhios áitritheoirí. 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