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Posts about “B” films, the first film shown on a double bill.
During the Golden Age of Radio, the Shadow was a crusading crime fighter named Lamont Cranston. In this 1933 English film produced by Real Arts Productions, the Shadow is a villainous murderer and blackmailer. The film opens up with the Shadow demanding payment from a famous lawyer. The Shadow promises to expose the lawyer who can’t pay. Facing exposure and
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940) starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan is my favorite Charlie Chan film. Charlie Chan is searching for a murderer in a wax museum. The wax museum is a front for a plastic surgeon, who changes the appearance of wanted criminals for a price. The surgeon Dr. Cream, played by C. Henry Gordon, also
El Gorila (1939) es una comedia-misterio “B” película protagonizada por los hermanos Ritz, Joseph Calleia, Bela Lugosi y Lionell Atwill. La película fue producida por Twentieth-Century Fox antes de dejar la toma de “B” films, the first film on a double bill. The Ritz Brothers estuvieron activos entre 1925 y la década de 1960, when Al Ritz the oldest brother passed away. The brothers made
The Vampire Bat (1933) es una película de género flexión protagonizada por Lionel Atwill. Aparentemente, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, un cortometraje destinado a ser el aperitivo de la película principal en un programa doble. Majestic Pictures produjo la película, que fue dirigida por Frank R.
The Woman in Green (1945) is the ninth of twelve Sherlock Holmes produced by Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone regresa como Holmes en el undécimo de catorce turnos como el detective inglés.. The film is one of the few “B” series films, which could have been an “A” película. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women. Después de ellos
En marzo de 16, 1945, Universal Pictures released The House of Fear (1945), the eighth of twelve Sherlock Holmes films produced by the studio. Basil Rathbone returned as Holmes for the tenth time. Rathbone played Sherlock Holmes twice for Twentieth Century – Fox before Universal started producing the series. Despite its late entry into the series, la película (enlace de afiliado) se encuentra
Universal Pictures released the thirteenth of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes on February 1, 1946. Twentieth Century-Fox produced the first two films. Universal produced the final 12 films. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. Rodney Carstairs contrata a Holmes para proteger el
En mayo 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd returned to the Dick Tracy franchise in Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947). It was welcome news for fans of the franchise although Chester Gould was a notable exception. Gould created the Tracy character for the comic page of the Detroit Mirror. After the Chicago Tribune picked up the comic for syndication, it’s popularity exploded. Gould
El Misterio del cabo español (1935) es una adaptación de una de las novelas de Ellery Queen. Dos primos, Frederic Dannay y Manfred Lee, quien escribió una serie de novelas policíacas bajo el seudónimo de el personaje del título. En esta película, Ellery Queen está tomando unas vacaciones a California con su amigo el juez Macklin. Of course, they are not long into their
Chester Gould created the Dick Tracy comic strip in 1931. Originally published through the Detroit Metro, the strip moved to the Chicago Tribune where it made the paper and Gould rich through syndication. It was only a matter of time before Dick Tracy made his debut on the silver screen. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials