Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Post about classic films and films related to combat sports and history.
V prvním ze tří stínových filmů z Monogram Pictures v hlavní roli Kane Richomond, počet občanů klesly z okna na smrt. Dva z mužů, zdánlivě spáchat sebevraždu před Lamont Cranston, Stín, a inspektor Cordonna hrál Joseph Crehan. Crehan was a character actor who often played policeman in films such as The
Sherlock Holmes ve Washingtonu (1943) je třetí z dvanácti Universal Picture inscenací Sherlock Holmes povolení. Basil Rathbone a Nigel Bruce hrál jako Holmes a Watson, respektive ve dvou filmech pro Twentieth-Century Fox a dvanáct více pro Universal Pictures. Tento film se opět odehrává v roce 1940. Holmes a Watson cestoval do Washingtonu, D.C.. to keep secret
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) is the third Twentieth-Century Fox film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. Inspector Chan and Jimmy Chan, hrál Victor Sen Yung, are flying to the San Francisco World Exposition in 1939 as the film opens. The bumpy ride is making Jimmy very nervous. Also on the flight is Charlie’s friend Paul Essex, played
Nebezpečný Money (1946) je druhá trvat Charlie Chan film, v hlavní roli Sidney TOLER z Monogram Pictures. Po Sidney Toler smrti, Roland Winters převezme roli na dalších devíti filmů. Tento film nám umožňuje ocenit TOLER je ztvárnění inspektora Chan za téměř do posledního okamžiku. This film was the tenth for Monogram and his twenty-first portrayal
Scrooge (1935) je Twickenham Studios verze Charlese Dickense’ klasický, Vánoční koleda. Seymour Hicks hraje Ebenezer Scrooge, lakomý vlastník podniku v Londýně. On zaměstnává asistenta s názvem Bob Cratchit. Scrooge se nakonec sejdou tři duchy na Štědrý den, who will cause a miraculous change in Scrooge’s attitude towards Christmas and his assistant. Seymour Hicks was born
Sherlock Holmes in The Pearl of Death (1944) is the ninth of fourteen movies in the series starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. V tomto filmu, Holmes is battling archcriminal Giles Conover, played by Miles Mander. Conover is attempting to steal a valuable pearl from the British Museum. V jeho zločinech mu pomáhají komplicové Naomi Drake a The
I first heard about Chang Apana in a featurette on one of the Charlie Chan DVD sets. I knew a real life detective inspired Earl Derr Biggers to create Charlie Chan. I did not know who the man was. Chang Apana was that man. Chang Apana (born Ah Ping Chang) on December 26, 1871 on the island of Oahu was
The series of the Charlie Chan films starring Warner Oland were probably the strongest films in the Charlie Chan series. Sidney Toler made several good films also but eventually the series would become low-budget “B” films produced by Monogram Pictures. Charlie Chan Secret (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better
A number of the old Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes movies have recently become available on DVDs and streaming. The Universal series, is well done for a “B” film series. This film would have warmed the audience up for the main feature like Double Indemnity (1944). In the The Scarlet Claw (1944), Sherlock Holmes, played by Rathbone, is in Quebec,
Co se stane, je první komerčně úspěšný umělecký film. Kabinet dr. Caligari (1920) byl propuštěn v lednu 1920 stát německý a mezinárodní senzací. It marked the beginning of the German film revival during the 1920s The German Expressionist Movement in German art strongly influenced this film. Expressionist painters drew buildings sloped at odd angles, oddly shaped furniture,