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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) is the final entry in “B” film series. RKO Pictures took the series over from Republic Pictures, who released the original Dick Tracy serials in the late 1930s and early 1940s. RKO Pictures released the film to theaters on September 26, 1947. RKO brought Boris Karloff in to play Gruesome, one of Dick Tracy’s arch
Cando Twentieth Century-Fox decidiu abandonar a serie Charlie Chan tras Castle in the Desert (1942), Sidney TOLER comprou os dereitos para a serie e levouna para Monogram Pictures. Despois de facer 11 películas Twentieth Century-Fox, TOLER faría 11 Películas Charlie Chan con Monogram Pictures. Shadows Over Chinatown (1946) was the ninth film that Toler made for Monogram
Monogram Pictures released Behind the Mask (1946), the second of three films based on the popular Shadow radio program, on May 25, 1946. “B” Film leading actor Kane Richmond returns as Lamont Cranston, the alter ego of the mysterious Shadow. The film begins by following the activities a blackmailing newspaper reporter Jeff Mann, played by James Cardwell. After threatening several
Warner Baxter returns for a fourth time as Dr. Robert Ordway in The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945). The newly married third wife of Gordon Carson asks Dr. Ordway to look into his first two wives’ mysterious deaths. Authorities declared both cases to be accidents. Kathleen Carson, played by Hillary Brooke, has begun to doubt the official verdict. Dr. Ordway arrives
The Scarlet Clue (1945) is the fifth of eleven Charlie Chan films Monogram Pictures produced after Twentieth-Century Fox cancelled the series in 1942. Sidney Tolerancia fixo once películas para Twentieth-Century Fox antes de pasar a serie a Monogram. After Toler died in 1947, Roland Winters took over the role for seven more films. Nesta película, Inspector Charlie Chan discovers a
Charlie Chan en París (1935) é outra entrada na serie estrelada por Warner Oland como Charlie Chan. Charlie volve da súa investigación Londres, cando el deixa en París, para un período de vacacións. En realidade, the vacation is a cover for his investigation of forged bonds from the Lamartine Bank. Charlie installed an undercover agent named Nardi but the gang kills Nardi
Sherlock Holmes eo Arma Secreta (1942) is the second of the Universal film versions of the stories and the fourth movie starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. Lionell Atwill makes an appearance as Dr. Moriart This movie is set during the early years of World War II, when Holmes sneaks a scientist out of
RKO Pictures trouxo o personaxe de cómics Dick Tracy á pantalla grande en decembro 1, 1945. Mentres a película é, en definitiva, un “B” filme feito para ser o primeiro en tocar dúas veces, inda sería de interese para os moitos fans do cómic populares. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit
William Powell’s fifth turn as S.S. Van Dine’s detective Philo Vance may have been his best. The Kennel Murder Case (1933) finds Philo Vance trying to solve the murder of Archer Coe. Coe had many enemies but the greatest mystery for Vance is how Coe was murdered in a locked room. Vance asistiu a unha exposición canina con Coe e os seus
Charlie Chan en Panamá (1940) estrelas Sidney Tolerancia como Inspector Charlie Chan. Nesta película, Inspector Chan está na ruta do espía Riner. Riner pretende realizar un acto de sabotaxe, cando a flota estadounidense pasa pola canle. Inspector Chan experimenta unha situación inusitada, when he is arrested for the death of an American agent in