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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Sherlock Holmes en Washington (1943)

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Sherlock Holmes en Washington (1943) é o terceiro dos doce Imaxe Universal producións da franquía Sherlock Holmes. Basil Rathbone e Nigel Bruce estrelou como Holmes e Watson, respectivamente, en dous filmes á Twentieth-Century Fox e máis doce para a Universal Pictures. Esta película é de novo definido na década de 1940. Holmes e Watson viaxaron a Washington, D.C.. to keep secret

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Seymour Hicks en Scrooge (1935)

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Scrooge (1935) é a versión Twickenham Studios do Charles Dickens’ clásico, Un Conto de Nadal. Seymour Hicks interpreta Ebenezer Scrooge, o propietario dun negocio miserable Londres. El emprega un asistente chamado Bob Cratchit. Scrooge acabará por cumprir tres pantasmas na véspera de Nadal, who will cause a miraculous change in Scrooge’s attitude towards Christmas and his assistant. Seymour Hicks naceu,,en,World Heavyweight Champion Boxing Marvin Hart defendeu o seu título en Los Angeles,,en,Jeffries se aposentou como campión dos pesos pesados,,en,Hart e Jack Sharkey loitou polo título vacante,,en,Hart foi o gañador sorpresa da loita,,en,Hart negouse a loitar Jack Johnson,,en,o mellor peso pesado recoñecido,,en,Pola contra, el loitou Tommy Burns,,,en,a 5,,en,boxer cualificados,,en,Moriart Esta película pasa durante os primeiros anos da II Guerra Mundial,,en,cando Holmes foxe un científico fóra de Suiza ao,,en

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The Pearl of Death (1944)

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Sherlock Holmes en A Perla da Morte (1944) é o noveno de catorce películas da serie estrelada por Basil Rathbone como Sherlock Holmes. Nesta 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

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Segredo de Charlie Chan (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. Segredo de Charlie Chan (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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Varias das antigas películas de Basil Rathbone como Sherlock Holmes están dispoñibles recentemente en DVD e en 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). No The Scarlet Claw (1944), Sherlock Holmes, played by Rathbone, is in Quebec,

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The Mad Doctor Meets the Somnambulist

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What happens is the first commercially successful art film. The Cabinet of 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,

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