Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Posts about “B” films, the first film shown on a double bill.
Lokakuun 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932), the film end to a radio play of the same year. The film concerns the murder of Jenny Wren or more properly “Who Killed Jenny Wren?” Wren, played by Karen Morley, blackmails several prominent men, who carried on affairs with her in the past. One of the men
Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star
On August 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions julkaisi Killer Dillin (1947), rikoselokuva, jossa ammattipaini Mike Mazurki esittää "Little Joe", kätyri, joka pelaa jengiriidan molemmin puolin. Stuart Erwin näyttelee Johnny "Killer" Dilliä, alusvaatteiden suunnittelija ja myyjä, jota ihmiset pitävät gangsterina. Sekaantuttuaan vahingossa jengisotaan, hänen
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) is loosely based on The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual. The short story was published in The Strand Magazine during May 1893. It was later compiled in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. In the story, the Musgrave Mansion held a secret that even it’s inhabitants did not know. This film follows the same plot line
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) is the final entry in “B” film series. RKO Pictures otti sarjan yli tasavalta Pictures, joka julkaisi alkuperäisen Dick Tracy sarjoja 1930-luvun lopulla ja 1940-luvun alussa. RKO Pictures julkaisi elokuva teattereihin syyskuussa 26, 1947. RKO toi Boris Karloff pelaamaan hirvittävä, one of Dick Tracy’s arch
Tammikuu 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “B” film company, released the spy thriller British Intelligence (1940). The film is set in Britain during World War I. Released almost two years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the film showed that Hollywood and probably most of the countries sympathies were with Britain and the Allies. While British
Warner Baxter returns for a fourth time as Dr. Robert Ordway in The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945). The newly married third wife of Gordon Carson asks Dr. Ordway to look into his first two wives’ mysterious deaths. Authorities declared both cases to be accidents. Kathleen Carson, played by Hillary Brooke, has begun to doubt the official verdict. Dr. Ordway arrives
RKO Pictures toi Dick Tracy sarjakuvahahmon valkokankaalle joulukuuta 1, 1945. Vaikka elokuva on ehdottomasti “B” elokuva tarkoitus olla ensin illassa, se silti olisi ollut kiinnostavaa monet fanit suositun sarjakuvan. Chester Gould luotu nauhat lokakuussa 1931 for the Detroit
Maaliskuun 19, 1942, RKO Radio Pictures released the second film starring the Old Time Radio comedy team Lum and Abner. The Bashful Bachelor (1942) starred Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody, the owners of the Jot’Em Down Store in Arkansas. Tässä elokuvassa (affiliate link), longtime bachelor Lum Edwards wants to become a hero
Tammikuu 26, 1934, United Artists released Palooka (1934), a feature film based on the popular comic strip. Stuart Erwin plays Joe Palooka but Jimmy Durante steals the show as his manager Knobby Walsh. Joe Palooka is the son of former world boxing champion Pete Palooka. When Joe was a baby, his mother Mayme, played by Marjorie Rambeau, takes him