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Дік Трейсі зустрівся Важко (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. погрожуючи кілька
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. Доктор. Ordway arrives
Алий Підказка (1945) — п’ятий з одинадцяти фільмів про Чарлі Чана, знятих компанією Monogram Pictures після того, як телекомпанія Twentieth Century Fox скасувала серіал у 1942. Сідні Толер зробив одинадцять фільмів для двадцятого Century Fox, перш ніж перейти серію в Monogram. Після смерті Толера в 1947, Roland Winters took over the role for seven more films. У цьому фільмі, Інспектор Чарлі Чан виявляє a
Чарлі Чан в Парижі (1935) ще один вхід в ряду головних ролях Warner Еланд як Чарлі Чана. Чарлі повертається зі своєї лондонської розслідування, коли він зупиняється в Парижі для відпочинку. Насправді, 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
Шерлок Холмс і секретна зброя (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. Уотсон. Lionell Atwill робить вигляд, як 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 attended a dog show with Coe and his
Чарлі Чан в Панамі (1940) зірки Сідні Толер як інспектора Чарлі Чана. У цьому фільмі, Інспектор Чан на слід шпигуна Riner. Рінер намір здійснювати акт диверсії, коли американський флот проходить через канал. Інспектор Чан відчуває незвичайну ситуацію, when he is arrested for the death of an American agent in