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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
שרלוק הולמס בוושינגטון (1943) הוא השליש מעשר הפקות יוניברסל תמונה של הזיכיון שרלוק הולמס. בזיל ראת'בון ונייג'ל ברוס כיכבו כהולמס ווטסון בהתאמה בשני סרטים לעשרים פוקס המאה ועשר יותר עבור יוניוורסל. סרט זה מוגדר שוב ב1940s. הולמס ווטסון נסעו לוושינגטון, D.C. to keep secret
צ'רלי צ'אן בטרז'ר איילנד (1939) is the third Twentieth-Century Fox film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. Inspector Chan and Jimmy Chan, בגילומו של ויקטור סן יונג, are flying to the San Francisco World Exposition in 1939 as the film opens. הנסיעה הקופצנית עושה ג'ימי עצבני מאוד. Also on the flight is Charlie’s friend Paul Essex, played
כסף מסוכן (1946) הוא השני להימשך צ'רלי צ'אן סרט בכיכובם של סידני טולר מMonogram תמונות. לאחר מותו של סידני טולר, רולנד וינטרס היה לוקח על עצם את התפקיד במשך תשעה סרטים נוספים. 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) 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. בסרט זה, 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. צ'אנג apana (born Ah Ping Chang) בדצמבר 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 “ב '” 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 “ב '” film series. This film would have warmed the audience up for the main feature like Double Indemnity (1944). In the The Scarlet Claw (1944), שרלוק הולמס, played by Rathbone, is in Quebec,
מה שקורה הוא סרט האמנות מצליח המסחרית הראשון. הקבינט של ד"ר. קליגרי (1920) שוחרר בינואר 1920 הופך לסנסציה גרמנית ובינלאומית. 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,