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Sherlock Holmes i Washington (1943) er den tredje av tolv Universal Picture produksjoner av Sherlock Holmes serien. Basil Rathbone og Nigel Bruce spilte rollen som Holmes og Watson henholdsvis i to filmer for Twentieth-Century Fox og tolv mer for Universal Pictures. Denne filmen er igjen satt i 1940. Holmes and Watson have traveled to Washington, D.C. to keep secret
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) er den tredje Twentieth-Century Fox film med Sidney Toler som Charlie Chan. Inspector Chan and Jimmy Chan, spilt av Victor Sen Yung, are flying to the San Francisco World Exposition in 1939 as the film opens. Den humpete tur gjør Jimmy veldig nervøs. Also on the flight is Charlie’s friend Paul Essex, played
På julaften, 1937, the second Mr. Moto film, Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937) staring Peter Lorre, debuted. International Agent Mr. Moto strives to protect Chinese cultural treasures from international criminals. The Seven Scrolls will reveal the hiding place for the Tomb of Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan’s warriors reportedly buried great treasure with their dead leader. Mr. Motos venn Prince
Farlig Penger (1946) er den nest siste Charlie Chan film stjernegalleri Sidney Toler fra Monogram Pictures. Etter Sidney Toler død, Roland Winters ville ta over rollen for ni flere filmer. 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
April 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox released the seventh of eight Mr. Moto “B” filmer. Mr. Moto in Danger Island begins with Mr. Moto on a ship headed to Puerto Rico. Mr. Moto, played by Peter Lorre, and several passengers are watching a wrestling match. Twister McGurk, played by Warren Hymer, is wrestling Sailor Sam, played by Ward Bond. Mr. Moto
In the sixth of eight Mr. Moto films released between 1937 and 1939, Interpol police officer Kentaro Moto pursues a group of international saboteurs. Twentieth Century – Fox Film Corporation released Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939) (affiliate link) on January 20, 1939. Peter Lorre returns as the cerebral but deadly Mr. Moto. Ricardo Cortez plays Fabian the Great, a ventriloquist,
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 i The Pearl of Death (1944) er den niende av fjorten filmer i serien stjernegalleri Basil Rathbone som Sherlock Holmes. I denne filmen, Holmes is battling archcriminal Giles Conover, spilt av 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
Første gang jeg hørte om Chang Apana i en featurette på en av Charlie Chan DVD-systemer. 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) desember 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 Secret (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better