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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 à Washington (1943) est la troisième de douze productions Universal image de la franchise Sherlock Holmes. Basil Rathbone et Nigel Bruce favoris comme Holmes et Watson, respectivement dans deux films pour Twentieth-Century Fox et douze autres pour Universal Pictures. Ce film est à nouveau mis dans les années 1940. Holmes et Watson se sont rendus à Washington, D.C. to keep secret
Charlie Chan au Treasure Island (1939) est le troisième film de Fox Twentieth-Century vedette Sidney Toler comme Charlie Chan. Inspecteur Chan et Jimmy Chan, joué par Victor Sen Yung, s'envolent pour l'Exposition universelle de San Francisco à 1939 alors que le film s'ouvre. The bumpy ride is making Jimmy very nervous. L'ami de Charlie, Paul Essex, est également à bord du vol., played
Argent Dangerous (1946) est le deuxième pour durer Charlie Chan films mettant en vedette Sidney Toler de Monogram Pictures. Après la mort de Sidney Toler, Roland Winters reprendrait le rôle pendant neuf autres films. This film allows us to appreciate Toler’s portrayal of Inspector Chan for close to the last time. This film was the tenth for Monogram and his twenty-first portrayal
Scrooge (1935) est la version Twickenham Studios de la Charles Dickens’ classique, A Christmas Carol. Seymour Hicks joue Ebenezer Scrooge, le propriétaire avare d'une entreprise Londres. Il emploie un assistant nommé Bob Cratchit. Scrooge finira par rencontrer trois fantômes le soir de Noël, who will cause a miraculous change in Scrooge’s attitude towards Christmas and his assistant. Seymour Hicks was born
Sherlock Holmes dans The Pearl of Death (1944) est le neuvième des quatorze films de la série mettant en scène Basil Rathbone comme Sherlock Holmes. Dans ce film, Holmes is battling archcriminal Giles Conover, joué par 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) sur Décembre 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
Un certain nombre de vieux films de Basil Rathbone comme Sherlock Holmes sont récemment devenus disponibles sur DVD et en streaming. The Universal series, is well done for a “B” série de films. This film would have warmed the audience up for the main feature like Double Indemnity (1944). Dans la griffe écarlate (1944), Sherlock Holmes, played by Rathbone, is in Quebec,
Ce qui se passe est le premier film d'art succès commercial. Le Cabinet du Dr. Caligari (1920) a été publié en Janvier 1920 devenir une sensation allemande et internationale. 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,