Counter-Espionage (1942)

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Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, starring Warren Williams as Michael Lanyard, is one of my favorite “B” film series. Williams played the debonair jewel thief, who somehow always ends up helping the police solve a series of crimes. Counter-Espionage (1942) begins with Lanyard stealing top secret plans from Sir Stafford Hart’s safe. Scotland Yard’s Inspector Stephens rushes to the scene

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Are Vampire Bats Killing People?

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The Vampire Bat (1933) é unha película de xénero flexión protagonizado por Lionel Atwill. Ostensivamente, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, un curtametraxe feito para ser o aperitivo para o principal película sobre un proxecto de lei dobre. Majestic Pictures produciu o filme, que foi dirixido por Frank R.

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Lum and Abner Come to Film

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A partir de 1931 para 1954, Lum and Abner occupied a spot among the most popular shows during the Old Time Radio era. Chester Lauck and Norris Goff attended the University of Arkansas together. Lauck and Goff later developed their show Lum and Abner based on life in Arkansas. The show struck a cord with many listeners. My wife’s grandmother once told

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House of Frankenstein (1944)

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En decembro de 1, 1944, Universal Pictures released the latest horror film in the Frankenstein series, House of Frankenstein, with an all-star cast. Boris Karloff, who originally played Frankenstein’s monster, returns to the series as the mad scientist Dr. Niemann. An earthquake releases him and his hunchbacked assistant Daniel from prison. Dr. Niemann intends to exact revenge on the men who

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One Body Too Many (1944)

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On Thanksgiving Weekend 1944, Paramount Pictures released One Body Too Many, a comedy-mystery film starring Jack Haley. Haley famously played the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (1939). The film also starred Jean Parker, Lyle Talbot, Douglas Fowley and Bela Lugosi in supporting roles. One Body Too Many comeza co millonario Cyrus J. Os herdeiros de Rutherford reuníronse para escoitar o

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So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942)

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Monogram Pictures released So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942) on April 17, 1942. Zasu Pitts stars as Aunt Emma Bates. In her youth, Aunt Emma was engaged to up-and-coming professional fighter Jim O’Banion. Her sister didn’t approve of the match, so they sent her on a trip to break up the couple. Aunt Emma regretted it and starts following the career

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Passport to Suez (1943)

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En agosto 19, 1943, Columbia Pictures released Passport to Suez (1943). Warren William plays Michael Lanyard, the Lone Wolf, for the final time in this film. The film opens in Alexandria, Egypt, where Lanyard has just arrived. Lanyard meets up with his old friend Johnny Booth, a successful cafe’ owner. Porén, O propósito real de Lanyard é unha misión para a intelixencia británica.

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Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938)

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Twentieth Century – Fox Film Company released the fourth Mr. Moto película, Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938), en xuño 24, 1938. Lou Breslow and John Patrick set the film in Cambodia allowing Twentieth-Century Fox to use stock footage of the recently discovered ruins of Angkor Wat. The discovery of Angkor Wat captured the attention of the American public. Many

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The Woman in Green (1945)

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The Woman in Green (1945) is the ninth of twelve Sherlock Holmes produced by Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone returns as Holmes in the eleventh of fourteen turns as the English sleuth. 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. After they

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Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938)

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Peter Lorre reprises his role as Mr. Kentaro Moto, Interpol Agent, in Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938). James Tinling directed this film and Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1937). Tinling’s participation caused Lorre to portray Mr. Moto more like Inspector Chan with a little jujitsu thrown in. Nesta película, Mr. Moto imparte unha clase de investigación criminal a varios investigadores incipientes, incluíndo

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