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I wanted to write about one of my favorite movies, The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935). It is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, written by Baroness Orczy. The film (affiliate link) pag-aalala ng isang English na kapantay, who risks his life by saving French aristocrats from the guillotine. Ang kuwento ay kumplikado sa pamamagitan ng katotohanan na ang kapantay ay ikinasal
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) sa Oktubre 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
Sa Agosto 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. Gayunman, Lanyard’s real purpose is a mission for British Intelligence.
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) is the first of twelve Sherlock Holmes films made by Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce reprise their roles as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson respectively. Universal set the series in the 1940s despite the fact that the literary Sherlock Holmes was 60 years old in 1914. In a good deal
Trap ang (1946) ay ang huling Charlie Chan film paglalagay ng star Sidney Toler bilang Inspektor Chan. Ang pang-onse ng labing-isang Charlie Chan pelikula na Toler ginawa para sa monogram Larawan, ito ay minamarkahan ang pagbabalik ng Victor Sen Yung bilang “Hindi. 2 Ang kanyang Jimmy”. Toler ay nakamamatay sakit sa panahon ng paggawa ng pelikula, kaya Jimmy at Birmingham Brown, -play sa pamamagitan ng Mantan Moreland, handle most of
The Canary Murder Case (1929) was originally shot as a silent film. Gayunman, 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. Sa kasamaang-palad, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, nagkaroon
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,
Pagpatay Higit sa New York (1940) ay isa sa mamaya edisyon ng mga serye Charlie Chan para pandalawampu-Century Fox Productions. Sa ganitong film, Inspector Chan ay tumutulong sa kanyang mga lumang kaibigan mula sa 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 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 at Oliver Hardy lagyan ng star sa isa sa aking mga paboritong holiday pelikula, Babe in Toyland (affiliate link) o March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934). Ito ay karaniwang ipinapakita sa paligid Thanksgiving. Nagtatampok ang film na ito Stan Laurel bilang Stannie Dum at Oliver Hardy bilang Ollie Dee, na sinusubukan upang matulungan Ina sumilip, ang maliit na lumang babae sa sapatos. Barnaby, the wicked