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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 in Washington (1943) is the third of twelve Universal Picture productions of the Sherlock Holmes franchise. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce starred as Holmes and Watson respectively in two films for Twentieth-Century Fox and twelve more for Universal Pictures. This film is again set in the 1940s. Holmes and Watson have traveled to Washington, D.C. to keep secret
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) is the third Twentieth-Century Fox film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. Inspektor Chan i Jimmy Chan, glumi Victor Sen Yung, lete na Svjetsku izložbu u San Francisco u 1939 kako se film otvara. The bumpy ride is making Jimmy very nervous. Na letu je i Charliejev prijatelj Paul Essex, played
Opasno novac (1946) je predzadnji Charlie Chan film u kojem glumi Sidney Toler od Monogram Pictures. Nakon Sidney Toler smrti, Roland Winters će preuzeti ulogu za još devet filmova. Film nam omogućuje da cijenimo Toler je prikaz inspektor Chan za blizu posljednjem trenutku. This film was the tenth for Monogram and his twenty-first portrayal
Tvrdica (1935) je Twickenham Studios verzija Charlesa Dickensa’ klasik, Christmas Carol. Seymour Hicks igra Ebenezer Scrooge, škrt vlasnik londonskog poslovanja. On zapošljava pomoćnika po imenu Bob Cratchit. Scrooge će na kraju zadovoljiti tri duhove na Badnjak, who will cause a miraculous change in Scrooge’s attitude towards Christmas and his assistant. Seymour Hicks was born
Sherlock Holmes u Pearl of Death (1944) je deveta od četrnaest filmova u seriji glumi Basil Rathbone kao Sherlock Holmes. U tom filmu, 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
Prvi put sam čuo o Chang Apana u featurette na jednom od Charlie Chan DVD seta. 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 Apàça (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. 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 “B” film series. This film would have warmed the audience up for the main feature like Double Indemnity (1944). In the The Scarlet Claw (1944), Sherlock Holmes, played by Rathbone, is in Quebec,
Ono što se događa je prvi komercijalno uspješan art film. Kabinet dr.. Caligari (1920) objavljen je u siječnju 1920 postao njemački i međunarodna senzacija. 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,