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Posts about “B” film, the first film shown on a double bill.
Mens nogle skuespillere spillede Charlie Chan før Warner Oland og et par portrætteret Inspector Chan efter Roland Winters, hoveddelen af Earl Derr Biggers’ Charlie Chan film tilpasninger fandt sted mellem 1931 til 1949. Warner Oland begyndte at spille Charlie Chan i The Black Camel (1931). Efter hans død, Sidney Toler started playing the role of Charlie Chan in the
On February 26, 1943, RKO Pictures released the third film based on the popular Lum and Abner radio show. Two Weeks To Live (1943) stars Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody. Lauck and Goff, who also wrote the show, played the characters on radio beginning in 1931. The show began as a 15 minute radio
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. I denne film, Mr. Moto underviser en kriminel efterforskningsklasse til flere spirende efterforskere, herunder
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 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
Når Twentieth Century-Fox besluttet at droppe Charlie Chan serien efter Castle in the Desert (1942), Sidney Toler købte rettighederne til serien og tog det til Monogram Pictures. Efter at 11 film med Twentieth Century-Fox, Toler ville gøre 11 Charlie Chan film med Monogram Pictures. Shadows Over Chinatown (1946) was the ninth film that Toler made for Monogram
Monogram Pictures released Behind the Mask (1946), the second of three films based on the popular Shadow radio program, on May 25, 1946. “B” Film leading actor Kane Richmond returns as Lamont Cranston, the alter ego of the mysterious Shadow. The film begins by following the activities a blackmailing newspaper reporter Jeff Mann, played by James Cardwell. Efter at have truet flere
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
The Scarlet Clue (1945) er den femte af elleve Charlie Chan-film Monogram Pictures produceret efter Twentieth-Century Fox aflyste serien i 1942. Sidney Toler lavet elleve film for Twentieth-Century Fox, før du flytter serien til Monogram. Efter at Toler døde i 1947, Roland Winters took over the role for seven more films. I denne film, Inspektør Charlie Chan opdager en
Charlie Chan i Paris (1935) is another entry in the series starring Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. Charlie er tilbage fra hans London undersøgelse, når han stopper i Paris for en ferie. Faktisk, the vacation is a cover for his investigation of forged bonds from the Lamartine Bank. Charlie installed an undercover agent named Nardi but the gang kills Nardi