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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) é a entrada definitiva em “B” série de filmes. RKO Pictures levou a série ao longo da Republic Pictures, que lançou as séries Dick Tracy originais no final de 1930 e início dos anos 1940. RKO Pictures lançou o filme aos cinemas em setembro 26, 1947. RKO brought Boris Karloff in to play Gruesome, one of Dick Tracy’s arch
Quando Twentieth Century-Fox decidiu abandonar a série Charlie Chan após Castle in the Desert (1942), Sidney Toler comprou os direitos para a série e levou-a para Monogram Pictures. Depois de fazer 11 filmes Twentieth Century-Fox, Toler faria 11 Filmes Charlie Chan com 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. Depois de ameaçar vários
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 Toler fez onze filmes para Twentieth-Century Fox antes de passar a série a Monogram. After Toler died in 1947, Roland Winters took over the role for seven more films. Neste filme, Inspector Charlie Chan discovers a
Charlie Chan em Paris (1935) é uma outra entrada na série estrelada por Warner Oland como Charlie Chan. Charlie está voltando de sua investigação Londres, quando ele pára em Paris, para um período de férias. Na 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 ea 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 faz uma aparição como o Dr.. Moriart This movie is set during the early years of World War II, when Holmes sneaks a scientist out of
RKO Pictures trouxe o personagem de quadrinhos Dick Tracy para a tela grande em dezembro 1, 1945. Enquanto a película é, definitivamente, um “B” filme feito para ser o primeiro a tocar duas vezes, ele ainda teria sido de interesse para os muitos fãs da história em quadrinhos 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 attended a dog show with Coe and his
Charlie Chan no Panamá (1940) estrelado por Sidney Toler como Inspector Charlie Chan. Neste filme, Inspector Chan está na trilha do espião Riner. Riner pretende realizar um ato de sabotagem, quando a frota americana passa através do canal. Inspector Chan experimenta uma situação inusitada, when he is arrested for the death of an American agent in