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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
When Twentieth Century-Fox decided to drop the Charlie Chan series after Castle in the Desert (1942), Sidney Toler purchased the rights to the series and took it to Monogram Pictures. After making 11 films with Twentieth Century-Fox, Toler would make 11 Charlie Chan films with 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) az ötödik a tizenegy Charlie Chan film közül, a Monogram Pictures azt követően készült, hogy a Twentieth-Century Fox lemondta a sorozatot 1942. Sidney Toler készült tizenegy filmek Twentieth-Century Fox, mielőtt a sorozat Monogram. Miután Toler meghalt 1947, Roland Winters took over the role for seven more films. Ebben a filmben, Inspector Charlie Chan discovers a
Charlie Chan Párizsban (1935) egy másik bejegyzést a sorozat főszereplője Warner Oland mint Charlie Chan. Charlie visszatér az ő londoni vizsgálat, amikor megáll Párizsban a nyaralás. Tulajdonképpen, 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 és a titkos fegyver (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 teszi a megjelenést, mint Dr. Moriart This movie is set during the early years of World War II, amikor Holmes settenkedik egy tudós ki
RKO Pictures hozta a Dick Tracy képregény jellegű, hogy a nagy képernyőn december 1, 1945. Bár a film minden bizonnyal egy “B” film azt jelentette, hogy először a két törvényjavaslatot, még mindig lett volna az érdeke, hogy a sok rajongó a népszerű képregény. 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 egy kutyakiállításon vett részt Coe-val és az övével
Charlie Chan Panama (1940) csillagok Sidney Toler az Inspector Charlie Chan. Ebben a filmben, Inspector Chan a nyomvonal a kém Riner. Riner végre kívánja hajtani cselekmény a szabotázs, amikor az amerikai flotta áthalad a csatornán. Inspector Chan tapasztalatok szokatlan helyzetet, when he is arrested for the death of an American agent in