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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
Kapag nagpasya ikadalawampu Century Fox-i-drop ang mga serye Charlie Chan pagkatapos Castle sa Disyerto ng (1942), Sidney Toler binili ang mga karapatan sa serye at kinuha ito sa monogram Larawan. Matapos ang pagsasagawa 11 Mga pelikulang may ikadalawampu Century Fox-, Toler gagawin 11 Charlie Chan pelikula na may monogram Larawan. Shadow Higit sa 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. Pagkatapos ng pagbabanta ng ilang
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
Ang iskarlata bakas (1945) ay ang ikalima sa labing-isang pelikulang Charlie Chan na Monogram Pictures na ginawa pagkatapos kanselahin ng Twentieth-Century Fox ang serye noong 1942. Sidney Toler ginawa labing-isang mga pelikula para sa pandalawampu-Century Fox bago ang paglipat ng serye sa monogram. Matapos mamatay si Toler 1947, Roland Winters took over the role for seven more films. Sa ganitong film, Natuklasan ni Inspector Charlie Chan ang isang
Charlie Chan in Paris (1935) is another entry in the series starring Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. Charlie is returning from his London investigation, when he stops in Paris for a vacation. Talaga, ang bakasyon ay isang pabalat para sa kanyang pagsisiyasat sa mga pekeng bono mula sa Lamartine Bank. Nag-install si Charlie ng isang undercover na ahente na nagngangalang Nardi ngunit pinatay ng gang si Nardi
Sherlock Holmes at ang Lihim armas (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 nagdala ng Dick Tracy comic strip ng character sa malaking screen sa Disyembre 1, 1945. Habang ang pelikula ay talagang isang “B” nilalayong film na maging unang sa double kuwenta, ito pa rin maaaring naging ng interes sa maraming mga tagahanga ng mga sikat na 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 attended a dog show with Coe and his
Charlie Chan sa Panama (1940) bituin Sidney Toler bilang Inspector Charlie Chan. Sa ganitong film, Inspector Chan ay nasa trail ng espya Riner. Riner nagnanais na isakatuparan isang gawa ng pamiminsala, kapag sa American kalipunan ng mga sasakyan ay ipinapasa sa pamamagitan ng kanal. Inspector Chan ay nakakaranas ng isang hindi karaniwang sitwasyon, when he is arrested for the death of an American agent in