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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 ga ut Appointment with Danger (affiliate link) in London in 1950 men ga den ikke ut i USA
I den andre overlevende Sherlock Holmes-filmen (affiliate link) starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, to kriminelle har rømt fengsel. De søker å hevne seg på menn, som dobbelt krysset en av de kriminelle, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls fortalte to av wardens av sitt fengsel hvor en stor formue ble skjult. The wardens find the treasure, har en
Chester Gould skapte Dick Tracy tegneserien i 1931. Opprinnelig publisert gjennom Detroit Metro, stripen flyttet til Chicago Tribune der det gjorde papiret og Gould rik gjennom syndikering. Det var bare et spørsmål om tid før Dick Tracy debuterte på lerretet. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials
Også kjent at The Sleeping Cardinal, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour (1931) er den første Sherlock Holmes film med Arthur Wontner i tittelrollen. Filmen handler om en ung mann, som har vært utro på broen for å gjenvinne sin tapte formue. Professor Moriarty bruker informasjonen i et forsøk på å utpresse den unge mannen Ronald Adair, portrettert av 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 til 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. West kjøpte rettighetene og regissert The Bat (1926), en av den første “gamle mørke huset” mysterier for United Artist in 1926. Arthur Edeson var filmfotograf for både denne filmen og The Old Mørk Hus (1932), som deler lignende ekspresjonistiske elementer. Begge filmene er satt i store herskapshus, which have seen better days. The key to the
On September 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 Død (1943) er løst basert på eventyr av Musgrave Ritual. Den korte historien ble publisert i The Strand Magazine i løpet av mai 1893. Det ble senere samlet i Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. I historien, Musgrave Mansion holdt hemmelig at selv det er innbyggere visste ikke. 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) star