The Shadow Returns (1946)

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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

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Seymour Hicks Scrooge (1935)

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Kitupiikki (1935) on Twickenham Studios versio Charles Dickens’ klassinen, Joululaulu. Seymour Hicks pelaa Ebenezer Scrooge, pihi omistaja London Business. Hän työskentelee assistenttina nimeltä Bob Cratchit. Roope lopulta täyttää kolme aaveet jouluaattona, who will cause a miraculous change in Scrooge’s attitude towards Christmas and his assistant. Seymour Hicks was born

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The Pearl of Death (1944)

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Sherlock Holmes in The Pearl of Death (1944) is the ninth of fourteen movies in the series starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. Tässä elokuvassa, Holmes is battling archcriminal Giles Conover, played by Miles Mander. Conover is attempting to steal a valuable pearl from the British Museum. Häntä avustavat hänen rikoksissaan rikoskumppanit Naomi Drake ja The

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Charlie Chan’s Secret (1936)

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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

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Who Is the Scarlet Claw?

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Useita vanhoja Basil Rathbone -elokuvia Sherlock Holmesina on äskettäin saatavilla DVD-levyillä ja suoratoistona.. 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). The Scarlet Clawissa (1944), Sherlock Holmes, played by Rathbone, is in Quebec,

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The Mad Doctor Meets the Somnambulist

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Mitä tapahtuu, on ensimmäinen kaupallisesti menestynyt taide-elokuvan. Kaappi tohtori. Caligari (1920) julkaistiin tammikuussa 1920 tulossa Saksan ja kansainvälinen sensaatio. It marked the beginning of the German film revival during the 1920s The German Expressionist Movement in German art strongly influenced this film. Ekspressionistiset maalarit piirsivät rakennuksia, jotka ovat kaltevia eri kulmiin, oddly shaped furniture,

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