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I den første af de tre Shadow film fra Monogram Pictures stjernespækket Kane Richomond, et antal borgere er faldet fra vinduer til deres død. To af mændene tilsyneladende begå selvmord foran Lamont Cranston, skyggen, og Inspector Cordonna spillet af Joseph Crehan. Crehan was a character actor who often played policeman in films such as The
Sherlock Holmes i Washington (1943) er den tredje af tolv Universal Picture produktioner af Sherlock Holmes franchisen. Basil Rathbone og Nigel Bruce spillede som Holmes og Watson i henholdsvis to film for Twentieth-Century Fox og tolv mere for Universal Pictures. Denne film er atter i 1940'erne. Holmes og Watson er rejst til Washington, D.C. at hemmeligholde
Charlie Chan ved Treasure Island (1939) er den tredje Twentieth-Century Fox film stjernespækket Sidney Toler som Charlie Chan. Inspektør Chan og Jimmy Chan, af Victor Sen Yung spillet, flyver til San Franciscos verdensudstilling i 1939 som filmen åbner. The bumpy ride is making Jimmy very nervous. Med på flyet er også Charlies ven Paul Essex, played
Farlige Penge (1946) er næstsidst Charlie Chan film stjernespækket Sidney Toler fra Monogram Pictures. Efter Sidney Toler død, Roland Winters ville overtage rollen ni flere film. Denne film giver os mulighed for at værdsætte Toler skildring af Inspector Chan for tæt på sidste gang. This film was the tenth for Monogram and his twenty-first portrayal
Scrooge (1935) is Twickenham Studios version of the Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol. Seymour Hicks plays Ebenezer Scrooge, the miserly owner of a London business. He employs an assistant named Bob Cratchit. Scrooge will eventually meet three ghosts on Christmas Eve, 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. I denne film, Holmes is battling archcriminal Giles Conover, played by Miles Mander. Conover is attempting to steal a valuable pearl from the British Museum. He is aided in his crimes by accomplices Naomi Drake and 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) 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’s 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,
What happens is the first commercially successful art film. Kabinettet af Dr.. Caligari (1920) was released in January 1920 becoming a German and international sensation. 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,