The Phantom (1931)

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Nóvember 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

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Expressionism in Nosferatu (1922)

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Mars 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau út Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu var aðlögun Murnau er af Dracula skáldsögu eftir Bram Stoker. Murnau vanrækt að kaupa réttindi til að filma söguna úr búi Stoker er, sem næstum leiddi til þessa kvikmynd að vera glataður að filma áhorfendur. Ekkja Stoker er tekist lögsótt Murnau og þýska kvikmynd fyrirtæki sem framleiddi fyrir hreyfingu mynd. The

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One Body Too Many (1944)

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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 byrjar á milljónamæringnum Cyrus J. Erfingjar Rutherfords komu saman til að heyra

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Tough to Handle (1937)

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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, Mike, leikin af

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Pursuit to Algiers (1945)

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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) á október 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

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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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Júlí 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Hreyfing “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation finnur Mr. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. Mr. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, ætlar

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Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938)

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Twentieth Century – Fox Film Company released the fourth Mr. Moto bíómynd, Mr. 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. Many

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