Treze foram (1931)

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Treze foram (1931) is the Spanish language version of Charlie Chan Carries On. Charlie Chan Carries On has not survived or at least has not been found yet, so this film (affliliate link) gives us our only look at the lost film. While it was based on the same story, 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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Ao fazer a pesquisa, Eu encontrei esta imagem da formação Manassa Mauler para sua 04 de julho, 1919 luta pelo título com Jess Willard, World Heavyweight Boxing Campeões. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard era um gigante de um homem às 6’06” e 235 libras. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. However,

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Charlie Chan no Panamá (1940)

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Charlie Chan no Panamá (1940) estrelado por Sidney Toler como Inspector Charlie Chan. Neste filme, Inspector Chan está na trilha do espião Riner. Riner pretende realizar um ato de sabotagem, quando a frota americana passa através do canal. Inspector Chan experimenta uma situação inusitada, when he is arrested for the death of an American agent in

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Mr. Wong, Detetive (1938)

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This movie is the first in a series (link de afiliado) of six films from Monogram Pictures released between 1938 e 1940. The series was a “B” formula film offering. O filme teria sido exibido pela primeira vez em um projeto de lei duplo. Os primeiros cinco filmes estrelado por Boris Karloff como o Sr.. James Lee Wong, enquanto no sexto filme Keye Lucas retratou

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Deadliest Night for St. Louis Polícia

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O incidente mais mortífero em St. História Louis Polícia não era um tiroteio, desastre natural ou ato de terrorismo. O incidente mais mortífero em St. História Louis polícia ocorreu na noite desta segunda-feira, Setembro 3, 1900. Electricity was the assailant as a power line with 3300 volts de eletricidade caiu sobre as linhas telefônicas, at Eight Street and Carr Avenue. O

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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) (link de afiliado). It is an adaptation of the novel (link de afiliado) by the same name, written by 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 (link de afiliado). 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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