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Des 1931 to 1954, Lum and Abner occupied a spot among the most popular shows during the Old Time Radio era. Chester Lauck i Norris Goff van assistir a la Universitat d'Arkansas en conjunt. Lauck and Goff later developed their show Lum and Abner based on life in Arkansas. L'espectacle va arribar a un cable amb molts oients. My wife’s grandmother once told
Al novembre 1, 1931, Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures released The Phantom (1931), a low-budget thriller. The film opens with a death row inmates escape from the prison on the day of his execution. After he jumps from the prison wall to the top of the train, a plane with a rope ladder picks up the prisoner. While the opening sounds
Al març de 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau Nosferatu alliberat (1922). Nosferatu de Murnau va ser l'adaptació de la novel · la Dràcula de Bram Stoker. Murnau es va oblidar de comprar els drets per filmar la història de l'herència de Stoker, que gairebé va portar a aquesta pel · lícula que es va perdre per filmar espectadors. La vídua de Stoker va demandar amb èxit a Murnau i la companyia cinematogràfica alemanya que va produir la pel · lícula. La
On Thanksgiving Weekend 1944, Paramount Pictures released One Body Too Many, a comedy-mystery film starring Jack Haley. Haley famously played the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (1939). The film also starred Jean Parker, Lyle Talbot, Douglas Fowley and Bela Lugosi in supporting roles. One Body Too Many comença amb el milionari Cyrus J. Els hereus de Rutherford es van reunir per escoltar
Minor film company Conn Pictures Company released Tough to Handle (1937) on May 24, 1937. Director S. Roy Luby pairs “B” film stars Kane Richmond and Frankie Darro in this story of phony lottery tickets. Grandpa Sanford believe he won the lottery. Grandpa will be able to use the money to improve the circumstances of his grandchildren, Micro, exercit per
Jo volia escriure sobre una de les meves pel · lícules favorites, La pimpinella escarlata (1935). És una adaptació de la novel·la del mateix nom, escrit per la baronessa Orczy. The film (affiliate link) es refereix a un company anglès, que arrisca la seva vida per salvar aristòcrates francesos de la guillotina. La història es complica pel fet que el company està casat
In one of the last films in the series, British authorites recruit Sherlock Holmes to protect the young heir to a European throne. Universal Pictures released Pursuit to Algiers (1945) on October 26, 1945. Basil Rathbone returns for the twelfth of fourteen times as Sherlock Holmes. Nigel Bruce again plays his assistant Dr. John Watson. As the film begins, Sherlock
Al juliol 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Moviment “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Sr. Moto Takes a Vacation troba al Sr. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. Sr. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, pretén
Monogram Pictures released So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942) d'abril 17, 1942. Zasu Pitts stars as Aunt Emma Bates. In her youth, Aunt Emma was engaged to up-and-coming professional fighter Jim O’Banion. Her sister didn’t approve of the match, so they sent her on a trip to break up the couple. Aunt Emma regretted it and starts following the career
Twentieth Century – Fox Film Company released the fourth Mr. Pel·lícula Moto, Sr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938), on June 24, 1938. Lou Breslow and John Patrick set the film in Cambodia allowing Twentieth-Century Fox to use stock footage of the recently discovered ruins of Angkor Wat. The discovery of Angkor Wat captured the attention of the American public. Molts