Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
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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
De Scarlet Clue (1945) is the fifth of eleven Charlie Chan films Monogram Pictures produced after Twentieth-Century Fox cancelled the series in 1942. Sidney Toler maakte elf films voor Twentieth-Century Fox voordat de serie Monogram. After Toler died in 1947, Roland Winters took over the role for seven more films. In deze film, Inspector Charlie Chan discovers a
Charlie Chan in Parijs (1935) is een ander item in de serie met in de hoofdrol Warner Oland als Charlie Chan. Charlie is terug uit zijn Londense onderzoek, als hij stopt in Parijs voor een vakantie. Werkelijk, 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 en de Secret Weapon (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 maakt een verschijning als Dr. Moriart This movie is set during the early years of World War II, when Holmes sneaks a scientist out of
RKO Pictures brought the Dick Tracy comic strip character to the big screen on December 1, 1945. While the film is definitely a “B” film meant to be first on the double bill, it still would have been of interest to the many fans of the popular comic strip. 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 ging met Coe en de zijne naar een hondenshow
Charlie Chan in Panama (1940) sterren Sidney Toler als Inspecteur Charlie Chan. In deze film, Inspecteur Chan is op het spoor van de spion Riner. Riner is voornemens een daad van sabotage, wanneer de Amerikaanse vloot passeert door het kanaal. Inspecteur Chan ervaart een ongewone situatie, when he is arrested for the death of an American agent in