Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Post about classic films and films related to combat sports and history.
Halusin kirjoittaa noin yksi minun suosikki elokuvia, Scarlet Pimpernel (1935). It is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, kirjoittanut Baroness Orczy. The film (affiliate link) koskee englantilaista vertaista, who risks his life by saving French aristocrats from the guillotine. Tarinaa mutkistaa se, että ikätoveri on naimisissa
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) lokakuuta 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
On 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. Kuitenkin, Lanyard’s real purpose is a mission for British Intelligence.
Sherlock Holmes ja Voice of Terror (1942) on ensimmäinen kahdestatoista Sherlock Holmes tekemät elokuvat Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone ja Nigel Bruce palaavat rooleihinsa Sherlock Holmes ja tohtori. Watson vastaavasti. Universal asetettu sarja 1940 huolimatta siitä, että kirjallisuuden Sherlock Holmes oli 60 vuotias vuonna 1914. Hyvässä kaupassa
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 “Ei. 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. Kuitenkin, 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. Valitettavasti, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, had
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 Yli New York (1940) on yksi myöhemmin painoksiin Charlie Chan sarjan Twentieth-Century Fox Productions. Tässä elokuvassa, Tarkastaja Chan avustaa hänen vanha ystävä Scotland Yard, Tarkastaja Drake, löytää ryhmä sabotoijat. Vakoojia aikovat sabotoida jotain testiä ilma-aluksella New Yorkissa. Inspector Drake is tracing Paul Narvo, who leads
H.G. Wells wrote the story of Things to Come, which was turned into a film in 1936. The film opens during Christmas 1940 in Everytown (obviously London) right before the outbreak of war. The war lasts almost thirty years before “the Airmen” led by John Cabal, a former resident of Everytown, leads the survivors to victory over the remaining war
Stan Laurel ja Oliver Hardy tähti yksi suosikkini loma elokuvia, Babe in Toyland (affiliate link) or March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934). Se on yleensä esitetty noin kiitospäivä. 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