Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Posts about “B” films, the first film shown on a double bill.
While a few actors played Charlie Chan before Warner Oland and a few portrayed Inspector Chan after Roland Winters, the main body of Earl Derr Biggers’ Charlie Chan film adaptations occurred between 1931 to 1949. Warner Oland began playing Charlie Chan in The Black Camel (1931). After his death, Sidney Toler aloitti roolistaan Charlie Chan in
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. Tässä elokuvassa, Mr. Moto opettaa rikostutkintatunnin useille aloitteleville tutkijoille, mukaan lukien
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
When Twentieth Century-Fox decided to drop the Charlie Chan series after Castle in the Desert (1942), Sidney Toler purchased the rights to the series and took it to Monogram Pictures. After making 11 films with Twentieth Century-Fox, Toler would make 11 Charlie Chan films with 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. Useiden uhkausten jälkeen
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
Scarlet Clue (1945) on viides yhdestätoista Charlie Chan -elokuvasta Monogram Pictures, joka on tuotettu sen jälkeen, kun Twentieth-Century Fox peruutti sarjan vuonna 1942. Sidney Toler tehty yksitoista elokuvien Twentieth-Century Fox ennen siirtymistään sarja Monogram. Tolerin kuoleman jälkeen 1947, Roland Winters took over the role for seven more films. Tässä elokuvassa, Inspector Charlie Chan discovers a
Charlie Chan in Paris (1935) is another entry in the series starring Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. Charlie is returning from his London investigation, when he stops in Paris for a vacation. Todella, loma on suoja hänen tutkimukselleen Lamartine Bankin väärennetyistä joukkovelkakirjoista. Charlie asensi salaisen agentin nimeltä Nardi, mutta jengi tappaa Nardin