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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 em Washington (1943) é o terceiro dos doze Imagem Universal produções da franquia Sherlock Holmes. Basil Rathbone e Nigel Bruce estrelou como Holmes e Watson, respectivamente, em dois filmes para a Twentieth-Century Fox e mais doze para a Universal Pictures. Este filme é novamente definido na década de 1940. 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. Inspetor Chan e Jimmy Chan, interpretado por Victor Sen Yung, estão voando para a Exposição Mundial de São Francisco em 1939 enquanto o filme abre. The bumpy ride is making Jimmy very nervous. Também no vôo está Paul Essex, amigo de Charlie., played
Dinheiro Perigoso (1946) é a penúltima Charlie Chan filme estrelado por Sidney Toler de Monogram Pictures. Após a morte de Sidney Toler, Roland Winters assumiria o papel para mais nove filmes. Este filme nos permite apreciar o retrato de Toler de Inspector Chan para perto da última vez. This film was the tenth for Monogram and his twenty-first portrayal
Scrooge (1935) é a versão Twickenham Studios do Charles Dickens’ clássico, Um Conto de Natal. Seymour Hicks interpreta Ebenezer Scrooge, o proprietário de um negócio miserável Londres. Ele emprega um assistente chamado Bob Cratchit. Scrooge acabará por cumprir três fantasmas na véspera de Natal, who will cause a miraculous change in Scrooge’s attitude towards Christmas and his assistant. Seymour Hicks was born
Sherlock Holmes em A Pérola da Morte (1944) é o nono de quatorze filmes da série estrelada por Basil Rathbone como Sherlock Holmes. Neste filme, 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
Eu primeiro ouvi falar Chang Apana em uma featurette em um dos conjuntos de Charlie Chan DVD. 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) em 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. Segredo de Charlie Chan (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” série de filmes. 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,
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,