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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 släppte Appointment with Danger (affiliate länk) in London in 1950 men släppte den inte i USA
In the second surviving Sherlock Holmes film (affiliate länk) starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, två brottslingar har rymt fängelse. De söker för att hämnas på de män, som dubbla korsade en av brottslingarna, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls berättade två av vakter i sitt fängelse där en stor förmögenhet gömd. The wardens find the treasure, have a
Chester Gould skapade Dick Tracy komiska remsan i 1931. Ursprungligen publicerat genom Detroit Metro, remsan flyttade till Chicago Tribune där det gjorde papper och Gould rika genom syndikering. Det var bara en tidsfråga innan Dick Tracy gjorde sin debut på vita duken. Ralph Byrd spelade Dick Tracy i fyra 15 chapter serials
Also known at The Sleeping Cardinal, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour (1931) is the first Sherlock Holmes film starring Arthur Wontner in the title role. The film concerns a young man, who has been cheating at bridge to regain his lost wealth. 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 till 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 köpt rättigheterna och regisserade The Bat (1926), ett av de första “gamla mörka hus” mysterier för United Artist in 1926. Arthur Edeson var filmfotograf för både denna film och den gamla mörka hus (1932), som har liknande expressionistiska element. Båda filmerna anges i stora herrgårdar, som har sett bättre dagar. The key to the
På September 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation släppt Sergeant York (1941). The film (affiliate länk) berättar historien om 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. Filmen börjar med kontrasten mellan en söndagsgudstjänst och den
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) starring