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A l'agost 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. Però, Lanyard’s real purpose is a mission for British Intelligence.
Sherlock Holmes i la veu del terror (1942) és la primera de les dotze pel · lícules de Sherlock Holmes realitzats per Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone i Nigel Bruce repeteixen els seus papers com Sherlock Holmes i el Dr. Watson respectivament. Conjunt universal de la sèrie en la dècada de 1940 malgrat el fet que la literària Sherlock Holmes era 60 anys d'edat en 1914. En un bon tracte
La Trampa (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 “No. 2 Fill Jimmy”. Toler was deathly ill during the filming, so Jimmy and Birmingham Brown, interpretat per Mantan Moreland, handle most of
The Canary Murder Case (1929) was originally shot as a silent film. Però, 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. Desafortunadament, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, tenia
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 i Abner, Jack Benny,
Murder sobre Nova York (1940) és una de les últimes edicions de la sèrie de Charlie Chan per Twentieth-Century Fox Produccions. En aquesta pel · lícula, Inspector Chan està ajudant al seu vell amic de Scotland Yard, Inspector Drake, trobar un grup de sabotejadors. Els espies tenen la intenció de sabotejar algunes naus aèries de prova a Nova York. Inspector Drake is tracing Paul Narvo, who leads
H.g. Wells va escriure la història del que vindrà, que es va convertir en una pel·lícula en 1936. La pel·lícula s'obre durant el Nadal 1940 en Everytown (òbviament Londres) just abans de l'esclat de la guerra. La guerra dura gairebé trenta anys abans “els aviadors” dirigit per Juan Cabal, un ex resident de Everytown, leads the survivors to victory over the remaining war
The first Mr. Moto film starring Peter Lorre as Japanese jujitsu expert Kentaro Moto sees Mr. Moto tracking down a smuggling ring leader. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation released Think Fast, Sr. Moviment (1937) de juliol 27, 1937. Peter Lorre would play Mr. Moto seven more times for Twentieth Century – Fox. Sr. Moto es disfressa de venedor ambulant i
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in one of my favorite holiday films, Babe in Toyland (affiliate link) o Marxa dels Soldats de Fusta (1934). It is normally shown around Thanksgiving. 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
A l'octubre 14, 1938, 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation released the fifth of eight Mr. Moto Films starring Peter Lorre as Interpol Policeman Kentaro Moto. In Mysterious Mr. Moviment (1938), Sr. Moto infiltrates a prison and helps a prisoner escape to discover the plans of his criminal organization. Sr. Moto breaks international criminal Paul Brissac, played by Leon Ames, out of