Þrettán voru (1931)

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Þrettán voru (1931) er spænska tungumál útgáfa af Charlie Chan ber á. Charlie Chan ber á hefur ekki lifað eða að minnsta kosti hefur ekki fundist enn sem komið er, so this film (affliliate link) gives us our only look at the lost film. Meðan það var byggt á sömu sögu, the film had a completely different cast. Charlie Chan does

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Manassa Mauler Knocks Out Giant in 1919

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While doing research, I found this picture of the Manassa Mauler training for his July 4th, 1919 title fight with Jess Willard, the World Heavyweight Boxing Champions. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard was a giant of a man at 6’06” og 235 £. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Þó,

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The Scarlet Pimpernel

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While it may not be on classic film lists, I love The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) (tengja hlekkur). It is an adaptation of the novel (tengja hlekkur) með sama nafni, skrifað af Baroness Orczy. The film concerns an English gentleman, who risks his life to save French aristocrats from the guillotine. Sir Percy Blakeney married Marguerite, a French woman with

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The Mad Doctor Meets the Somnambulist

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What happens is the first commercially successful art film (tengja hlekkur). The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) was released in January 1920 becoming a German and international sensation. It marked the beginning of a German film revival during the 1920s The German Expressionist Movement in German art strongly influenced this film. Expressionist paintings were known for buildings sloped at

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