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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
Files sa Washington (1943) ay ang ikatlong ng labindalawang Produksyong Universal Larawan ng files franchise. Basil Rathbone at Nigel Bruce bituin bilang Holmes at Watson pagkakabanggit sa dalawang pelikula para Ikadalawampu Century Fox at labindalawang iba pa para sa Universal Pictures. Ang pelikula na ito ay muling i-set sa 1940s. Holmes at Watson ay may manlalakbay sa Washington, D.C. to keep secret
Charlie Chan sa kayamanan Island (1939) ang pangatlong pandalawampu-Century Fox film paglalagay ng star Sidney Toler bilang Charlie Chan. Inspector Chan and Jimmy Chan, naglaro sa pamamagitan ng Victor Sen Yung, are flying to the San Francisco World Exposition in 1939 as the film opens. The bumpy ride is making Jimmy very nervous. Also on the flight is Charlie’s friend Paul Essex, played
Mapanganib na Pera (1946) ay ang pangalawang kailangang magtagal Charlie Chan film paglalagay ng star Sidney Toler mula sa monogram Larawan. Pagkatapos ng kamatayan Sidney Toler ni, Roland Winters nais sakupin ang papel para sa siyam na higit pa na mga pelikula. This film allows us to appreciate Toler’s portrayal of Inspector Chan for close to the last time. This film was the tenth for Monogram and his twenty-first portrayal
Kuripot (1935) ay Twickenham Studios bersyon ng Charles Dickens’ klasiko, Isang Christmas Carol. Nagpe-play ang Seymour Hicks Ebenezer kuripot, ang kuripot may-ari ng isang London negosyo. Siya Naghahatid ang isang katulong na may pangalang Bob Cratchit. Kuripot ay malaon matugunan tatlong ghosts sa Bisperas ng Pasko, na magiging sanhi ng mapaghimala pagbabago sa saloobin ng kuripot patungo sa Pasko at ang kanyang mga katulong. Seymour Hicks was born
Sherlock Holmes sa ang Pearl ng Kamatayan (1944) ay ang ika-siyam na ng labing-apat na pelikula sa serye paglalagay ng star Basil Rathbone bilang Sherlock Holmes. Sa ganitong film, Holmes is battling archcriminal Giles Conover, played by Miles Mander. Conover is attempting to steal a valuable pearl from the British Museum. Tinutulungan siya sa kanyang mga krimen ng mga kasabwat na sina Naomi Drake at 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) sa Disyembre 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,
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,