Estudi en escarlata (1933)

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Reginald Owen stars as Sherlock Holmes in one of the early American talking motion picture adaptations of Sherlock Holmes. Estudi en escarlata (1933) (affiliate link) sees Holmes trying to solve murders among a group of confederates. Arthur Wontner starred in several successful English adaptations of the series, which probably inspired Hollywood to follow suit. Desafortunadament, Reginald Owen did not

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Sr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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Al juliol 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Moviment “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Sr. Moto Takes a Vacation finds Mr. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. Sr. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, intends

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The Black Raven (1943)

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Negre Corb (1943) és un “B” pel · lícula (affiliate link) from Producers Releasing Corporation (República Popular de la Xina). George Zucco plays Amos Bradford aka the Raven, l'amo del Negre Raven Inn. Bradford ends up hosting several unexpected guests, who are escaping a raging thunderstorm. The storm washed out all the bridges and stranded the visitors, que inclouen una parella tractant d'escapolir,

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Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937)

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Al juliol 5, 1937, Associated British Picture Corporation released Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937), one of the last Bulldog Drummond feature films (affiliate link). En aquesta pel · lícula, John Davis Lodge plays Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond. Drummond is vacationing, when a Scottish scientist escapes from a couple of secret agents. The scientist throws a rock through the window of Drummond’s cabin.

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