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Jeg ønskede at skrive om en af mine yndlingsfilm, The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935). It is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, written by Baroness Orczy. Filmen (affiliate link) vedrører en engelsk jævnaldrende, der risikerer sit liv ved at gemme franske aristokrater fra guillotinen. Historien kompliceres af det faktum, at den jævnaldrende er gift med
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
Den August 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. Men, Lanyard’s real purpose is a mission for British Intelligence.
Sherlock Holmes og Voice of Terror (1942) er den første af tolv Sherlock Holmes film produceret af Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone og Nigel Bruce gentage deres roller som Sherlock Holmes og dr. Watson henholdsvis. Universelt sæt serien i 1940'erne på trods af at den litterære Sherlock Holmes var 60 år i 1914. In a good deal
Den Trap (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 “Ikke. 2 Son Jimmy”. Toler was deathly ill during the filming, so Jimmy and Birmingham Brown, played by Mantan Moreland, handle most of
The Canary Murder Case (1929) was originally shot as a silent film. Men, 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. Desværre, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, havde
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 and Abner, Jack Benny,
Murder Over New York (1940) er en af de senere udgaver af Charlie Chan serien for Twentieth-Century Fox Productions. I denne film, Inspector Chan bistår sin gamle ven fra Scotland Yard, Inspector Drake, find a group of saboteurs. The spies intend to sabotage some test air craft in New York. Inspector Drake is tracing Paul Narvo, who leads
H.G. Wells skrev historien om ting til at komme, der blev forvandlet til en film i 1936. Filmen åbner i julen 1940 i Everytown (naturligvis London) lige før krigens udbrud. Krigen varer næsten tredive år før “flyverne” ledet af John Cabal, en tidligere bosiddende i Everytown, leads the survivors to victory over the remaining war
Stjerne i en af mine foretrukne ferie film Stan Laurel og Oliver Hardy, Babe in Toyland (affiliate link) eller Træsoldaternes March (1934). Det er normalt vises omkring Thanksgiving. Denne film har Stan Laurel som Stannie Dum og Oliver Hardy som Ollie Dee, der forsøger at hjælpe Moder Peep, the little old women in the shoe. Barnaby, the wicked