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 di Washington (1943)

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Sherlock Holmes di Washington (1943) adalah yang ketiga dari dua belas Universal Picture produksi dari franchise Sherlock Holmes. Basil Rathbone dan Nigel Bruce membintangi sebagai Holmes dan Watson masing-masing dalam dua film untuk Twentieth-Century Fox dan dua belas lebih untuk Universal Pictures. Film ini lagi diatur pada 1940-an. Holmes dan Watson telah melakukan perjalanan ke Washington, D.C. to keep secret

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Charlie Chan Uang Berbahaya (1946)

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Uang Berbahaya (1946) adalah kedua terakhir Charlie Chan film yang dibintangi Sidney Toler dari Gambar Monogram. Setelah kematian Sidney Toler ini, Roland Winters akan mengambil alih peran untuk sembilan film lainnya. Film ini memungkinkan kita untuk menghargai penggambaran Toler tentang Inspektur Chan untuk dekat dengan terakhir kali. This film was the tenth for Monogram and his twenty-first portrayal

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Seymour Hicks di Gober (1935)

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Orang kikir (1935) adalah versi Twickenham Studios dari Charles Dickens’ klasik, A Christmas Carol. Seymour Hicks memainkan Ebenezer Scrooge, pemilik kikir dari bisnis London. Dia mempekerjakan seorang asisten bernama Bob Cratchit. Gober akhirnya akan memenuhi tiga hantu di malam Natal, who will cause a miraculous change in Scrooge’s attitude towards Christmas and his assistant. Seymour Hicks was born

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The Pearl of Death (1944)

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Sherlock Holmes di The Pearl of Death (1944) adalah sembilan dari empat belas film dalam seri dibintangi Basil Rathbone sebagai Sherlock Holmes. Dalam film ini, Holmes is battling archcriminal Giles Conover, played by Miles Mander. Conover is attempting to steal a valuable pearl from the British Museum. Dia dibantu dalam kejahatannya oleh kaki tangannya Naomi Drake dan The

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Charlie Chan Rahasia (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. Charlie Chan Rahasia (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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Sejumlah film lama Basil Rathbone sebagai Sherlock Holmes baru-baru ini tersedia dalam bentuk DVD dan 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). Di Cakar Merah (1944), Sherlock Holmes, played by Rathbone, is in Quebec,

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The Mad Doctor Meets the Somnambulist

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Apa yang terjadi adalah film seni yang sukses secara komersial pertama. Kabinet Dr. Karnaval (1920) dirilis pada bulan Januari 1920 menjadi sensasi Jerman dan internasional. 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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