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In the first of the three Shadow films from Monogram Pictures starring Kane Richomond, a number of citizens have fallen from windows to their death. Two of the men seemingly commit suicide in front of Lamont Cranston, the Shadow, and Inspector Cordonna played by Joseph Crehan. Crehan was a character actor who often played policeman in films such as The
Sherlock Holmes en Washington (1943) es el tercero de doce producciones universal imagen de la franquicia de Sherlock Holmes. Basil Rathbone y Nigel Bruce interpretó a Holmes y Watson, respectivamente, en dos películas de Twentieth-Century Fox y doce más para Universal Pictures. Esta película se sitúa de nuevo en la década de 1940. Holmes and Watson have traveled to Washington, D.C.. to keep secret
Charlie Chan en la isla del tesoro (1939) is the third Twentieth-Century Fox film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. Inspector Chan y Jimmy Chan, interpretado por Victor Sen Yung, están volando a la Exposición Mundial de San Francisco en 1939 como se abre la película. The bumpy ride is making Jimmy very nervous. También en el vuelo está el amigo de Charlie, Paul Essex., played
Dinero peligroso (1946) es la segunda a la última película de Charlie Chan, protagonizada por Sidney Toler de Monogram Pictures. Tras la muerte de Sidney Toler, Roland Winters se haría cargo de la función de nueve películas más. Esta película nos permite apreciar la representación de Toler del Inspector Chan durante casi la última vez. This film was the tenth for Monogram and his twenty-first portrayal
Scrooge (1935) es la versión Twickenham Studios de Charles Dickens’ clásico, Un cuento de Navidad. Seymour Hicks juega Ebenezer Scrooge, el dueño de un negocio miserable Londres. Él emplea un asistente llamado Bob Cratchit. Scrooge finalmente se reunirá tres fantasmas en Nochebuena, who will cause a miraculous change in Scrooge’s attitude towards Christmas and his assistant. Seymour Hicks was born
Sherlock Holmes en la Perla de la Muerte (1944) es el noveno de los catorce películas de la serie protagonizada por Basil Rathbone como Sherlock Holmes. En esta película, Holmes is battling archcriminal Giles Conover, interpretado por 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
La primera vez que oí hablar de Chang Apana en un featurette sobre uno de los conjuntos de Charlie Chan DVD. 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. El secreto de Charlie Chan (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better
Algunas de las viejas películas de Basil Rathbone como Sherlock Holmes han estado disponibles recientemente en DVD y en streaming.. The Universal series, is well done for a “B” Ciclo de cine. This film would have warmed the audience up for the main feature like Double Indemnity (1944). En la garra escarlata (1944), Sherlock Holmes, played by Rathbone, is in Quebec,
Lo que sucede es la primera película de arte éxito comercial. El gabinete del Dr.. Caligari (1920) fue lanzado en enero 1920 convirtiéndose en una sensación internacional y alemana. 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,