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Posts about “B” fim, the first film shown on a double bill.
The first Mr. Moto film starring Peter Lorre as Japanese jujitsu expert Kentaro Moto sees Mr. Moto tracking down a smuggling ring leader. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation released Think Fast, Mr. Mouvman (1937) on July 27, 1937. Peter Lorre would play Mr. Moto seven more times for Twentieth Century – Fox. Mr. Moto disguises himself as a peddler and
Sou Oktòb 14, 1938, 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation released the fifth of eight Mr. Moto Films starring Peter Lorre as Interpol Policeman Kentaro Moto. In Mysterious Mr. Mouvman (1938), Mr. Moto infiltrates a prison and helps a prisoner escape to discover the plans of his criminal organization. Mr. Moto breaks international criminal Paul Brissac, played by Leon Ames, out of
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) is the third Twentieth-Century Fox film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. Enspektè Chan ak Jimmy Chan, jwe pa Victor Sen Yung, ap vole nan San Francisco World Exposition nan 1939 kòm fim nan ouvè. The bumpy ride is making Jimmy very nervous. Epitou sou vòl la se zanmi Charlie a Paul Essex, played
Sou Nwèl Èv, 1937, dezyèm Mr a. Moto fim, Mèsi, Mr. Mouvman (1937) staring Peter Lorre, debut. Entènasyonal Agent Mr. Moto fè efò yo pwoteje Chinwa trezò kiltirèl soti nan kriminèl entènasyonal. Sèt defiled yo pral revele plas la kache pou kavo a nan Genghis Khan. Vanyan sòlda Genghis Khan nan rapòte antere gwo trezò ak lidè moun mouri yo. Mr. Moto’s friend Prince
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
I first heard about Chang Apana in a featurette on one of the Charlie Chan DVD sets. I knew a real life detective inspired Earl Derr Biggers to create Charlie Chan. I did not know who the man was. Chang Apana was that man. Chang Apana (born Ah Ping Chang) on December 26, 1871 on the island of Oahu was
The series of the Charlie Chan films starring Warner Oland were probably the strongest films in the Charlie Chan series. Sidney Toler made several good films also but eventually the series would become low-budget “B” films produced by Monogram Pictures. Charlie Chan’s Secret (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better
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
Panyòl Cape mistè a (1935) se yon adaptasyon nan youn nan woman Ellery Queen. De kouzen, Frederic Dannay ak Manfred Lee, ki te ekri yon nimewo nan woman detektif anba psedonim a an karaktè nan tit. Nan sa a fim, Ellery Rèn ap pran yon vakans nan California ak zanmi l 'Jij Macklin. Natirèlman, yo pa lontan nan yo