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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 v Washingtonu (1943) je tretjina dvanajstih Universal slik produkcijah Sherlock Holmes franšize. Basil Rathbone in Nigel Bruce zaigral kot Holmes in Watson oziroma v dveh filmih za Twentieth-Century Fox in dvanajst bolj za Universal Pictures. Ta film je spet postavljena v 1940. Holmes in Watson sta odpotovala v Washington, Enosmerno. obdržati skrivnost

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Charlie Chan na Treasure Island (1939) je tretji Twentieth-Century Fox Film zaigrala Sidney strpnost kot Charlie Chan. Inšpektor Chan in Jimmy Chan, Victor Sen Yung igral, letijo na svetovno razstavo v San Francisco 1939 ko se film začne. Neravan ride dosega Jimmy zelo nervozen. Na letu je tudi Charliejev prijatelj Paul Essex, played

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Nevarna Denar (1946) je drugi trajala Charlie Chan film starring Sidney TOLER od Monogram Pictures. Po Sidney TOLER smrti, Roland Winters bi prevzel vlogo za devet več filmov. Ta film nam omogoča, da cenim podobo TOLER za inšpektorja Chan za skoraj do zadnjega časa. This film was the tenth for Monogram and his twenty-first portrayal

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Sherlock Holmes in The Pearl of Death (1944) is the ninth of fourteen movies in the series starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. V tem 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

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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 Secret (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better

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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 serija. 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,

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