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Nan premye a nan twa fim sa yo lonbraj soti nan monogram Foto kòmanse Kane Richomond, gen yon nimewo nan sitwayen tonbe soti nan fenèt nan lanmò yo. De nan mesye yo w pèdi komèt swisid nan devan Lamont Cranston, lonbraj la, ak Enspektè Cordonna jwe pa Joseph Crehan. Crehan was a character actor who often played policeman in films such as The
Sherlock Holmes nan Washington (1943) se twazyèm lan nan douz disip Inivèsèl Foto pwodiksyon nan franchiz la Sherlock Holmes. Basil Rathbone ak Nigel Bruce joue kòm Holmes ak Watson respektivman nan de fim pou ventyèm syèk Fox ak douz disip plis pou Inivèsèl Foto. Fim Sa a se ankò mete nan ane 1940 yo. 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. Enspektè Chan ak Jimmy Chan, jwe pa Victor Sen Yung, ap vole nan San Francisco World Exposition nan 1939 kòm fim nan ouvè. The bumpy ride is making Jimmy very nervous. Epitou sou vòl la se zanmi Charlie a Paul Essex, played
Danjre Lajan (1946) se dezyèm lan nan dènye Charlie Chan fim kòmanse Sidney Toler soti nan monogram Foto. Apre lanmò Sidney Toler a, Roland Winters ta pran sou wòl a pou nèf fim plis. Fim Sa pèmèt nou apresye pentire Toler a nan Enspektè Chan pou fèmen nan dènye tan an. 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 nan Pearl a nan lanmò (1944) se nevyèm a nan katòz sinema nan seri a kòmanse Basil Rathbone kòm Sherlock Holmes. Nan sa a fim, Holmes is battling archcriminal Giles Conover, jwe pa Kilomèt 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) 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, jwe pa Rathbone, se nan Quebec,
Kisa k ap pase se premye Commerce siksè fim nan atizay. Kabinè a nan Dr. Caligari (1920) te lage nan mwa janvye 1920 vin tounen yon sansasyon Alman ak entènasyonal. 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,