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Posts about “B” mga pelikula, the first film shown on a double bill.
Noong Oktubre 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
Sa Agosto 2, 1947, Max M. Inilabas ng King Productions ang Killer Dill (1947), isang pelikulang krimen na ginampanan ng propesyonal na wrestler na si Mike Mazurki bilang "Little Joe", isang alipores na naglalaro sa magkabilang panig ng away ng gang. Si Stuart Erwin ay gumaganap bilang Johnny "Killer" Dill, isang lingerie designer at salesperson, na napagkakamalang gangster ang mga tao. Matapos ang aksidenteng pagkakasangkot sa kanyang sarili sa isang gang war, kanya
Sherlock Holmes Faces Kamatayan (1943) ay maluwag batay sa Ang Pakikipagsapalaran ng Musgrave ritwal. Ang maikling kuwento ay nai-publish sa Ang Strand Magazine sa panahon ng Mayo 1893. Ito ay pinagsama-sama sa ibang pagkakataon sa Ang mga gunita ng Sherlock Holmes. Sa kuwento, ang Musgrave Mansion gaganapin isang lihim na kahit na ito ay naninirahan ay hindi alam. This film follows the same plot line
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) is the final entry in “B” film series. RKO Pictures took the series over from Republic Pictures, who released the original Dick Tracy serials in the late 1930s and early 1940s. RKO Pictures released the film to theaters on September 26, 1947. RKO brought Boris Karloff in to play Gruesome, one of Dick Tracy’s arch
Sa Enero 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 nagdala ng Dick Tracy comic strip ng character sa malaking screen sa Disyembre 1, 1945. Habang ang pelikula ay talagang isang “B” nilalayong film na maging unang sa double kuwenta, ito pa rin maaaring naging ng interes sa maraming mga tagahanga ng mga sikat na comic strip. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit
Sa Marso 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. Sa ganitong film (affiliate link), longtime bachelor Lum Edwards wants to become a hero
Sa Enero 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