Lum en Abner Kom naar de film

nog steeds hardop aan het dromen

Van 1931 naar 1954, Lum and Abner occupied a spot among the most popular shows during the Old Time Radio era. Chester Lauck and Norris Goff attended the University of Arkansas together. Lauck and Goff later developed their show Lum and Abner based on life in Arkansas. The show struck a cord with many listeners. My wife’s grandmother once told

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The Phantom (1931)

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Op november 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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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 begint met miljonair Cyrus J. De erfgenamen van Rutherford kwamen bijeen om naar de verklaring te luisteren

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Tough to Handle (1937)

nog steeds moeilijk te hanteren

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, gespeeld door

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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935)

nog steeds scharlaken pimpernel

Ik wilde schrijven over een van mijn favoriete films, The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935). Het is een verfilming van de roman van de zelfde naam, geschreven door Barones Orczy. De film (affiliate link) betreft een Engelse collega, die zijn leven riskeert door het opslaan van de Franse aristocraten van de guillotine. The story is complicated by the fact the peer is married to

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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) 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

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De heer. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

nog steeds bedankt meneer moto

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

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