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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
A l'agost 19, 1943, Columbia Pictures released Passport to Suez (1943). Warren William plays Michael Lanyard, the Lone Wolf, for the final time in this film. The film opens in Alexandria, Egypt, where Lanyard has just arrived. Lanyard meets up with his old friend Johnny Booth, a successful cafe’ owner. Però, Lanyard’s real purpose is a mission for British Intelligence.
Sherlock Holmes i la veu del terror (1942) és la primera de les dotze pel · lícules de Sherlock Holmes realitzats per Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone i Nigel Bruce repeteixen els seus papers com Sherlock Holmes i el Dr. Watson respectivament. Conjunt universal de la sèrie en la dècada de 1940 malgrat el fet que la literària Sherlock Holmes era 60 anys d'edat en 1914. En un bon tracte
La Trampa (1946) is the last Charlie Chan film starring Sidney Toler as Inspector Chan. The eleventh of eleven Charlie Chan films that Toler made for Monogram Pictures, it marks the return of Victor Sen Yung as “No. 2 Fill Jimmy”. Toler was deathly ill during the filming, so Jimmy and Birmingham Brown, interpretat per Mantan Moreland, handle most of
The Canary Murder Case (1929) was originally shot as a silent film. Però, the Paramount Studio executive thought it would be better as a talking picture. The studio delayed the release until they could add sound to the film. The addition of sound was not without its challenges. Desafortunadament, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, tenia
Since the beginning of commercial film making, production companies are always looking for new content. Film companies have always used popular books as a source of content and inspiration. Since the 1950s, popular television shows provided film adaptations and inspiration. In the early days of talking films, popular radio shows led to many film adaptations. Lum i Abner, Jack Benny,
Murder sobre Nova York (1940) és una de les últimes edicions de la sèrie de Charlie Chan per Twentieth-Century Fox Produccions. En aquesta pel · lícula, Inspector Chan està ajudant al seu vell amic de Scotland Yard, Inspector Drake, trobar un grup de sabotejadors. Els espies tenen la intenció de sabotejar algunes naus aèries de prova a Nova York. Inspector Drake is tracing Paul Narvo, who leads
H.g. Wells va escriure la història del que vindrà, que es va convertir en una pel·lícula en 1936. La pel·lícula s'obre durant el Nadal 1940 en Everytown (òbviament Londres) just abans de l'esclat de la guerra. La guerra dura gairebé trenta anys abans “els aviadors” dirigit per Juan Cabal, un ex resident de Everytown, leads the survivors to victory over the remaining war
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in one of my favorite holiday films, Babe in Toyland (affiliate link) o Marxa dels Soldats de Fusta (1934). It is normally shown around Thanksgiving. This film features Stan Laurel as Stannie Dum and Oliver Hardy as Ollie Dee, who are trying to help Mother Peep, the little old women in the shoe. Barnaby, the wicked