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Posts about “B” filmer, 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 til 1949. Warner Oland began playing Charlie Chan in The Black Camel (1931). After his death, 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 filmen, Mr. Moto teaches a criminal investigation class to several budding investigators including
Sherlock Holmes Faces Død (1943) er løst basert på eventyr av Musgrave Ritual. Den korte historien ble publisert i The Strand Magazine i løpet av mai 1893. Det ble senere samlet i Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. I historien, Musgrave Mansion holdt hemmelig at selv det er innbyggere visste ikke. This film follows the same plot line
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) er den siste oppføringen i “B” film serie. RKO Pictures tok serier over fra Republic Pictures, som lanserte den originale Dick Tracy serier på slutten av 1930-tallet og begynnelsen av 1940-tallet. RKO Pictures sluppet filmen på kino på September 26, 1947. RKO brought Boris Karloff in to play Gruesome, one of Dick Tracy’s arch
Når Twentieth Century-Fox bestemte seg for å droppe Charlie Chan serien etter Castle in the Desert (1942), Sidney Toler kjøpt rettighetene til serien og tok det til Monogram Pictures. Etter å ha gjort 11 filmer med Twentieth Century-Fox, Toler ville gjøre 11 Charlie Chan filmer 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. After threatening several
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 av elleve Charlie Chan-filmer Monogram Pictures produsert etter at Twentieth-Century Fox avlyste serien i 1942. Sidney Toler gjort elleve filmer for Twentieth-Century Fox før han flyttet serien til Monogram. Etter at Toler døde i 1947, Roland Winters took over the role for seven more films. I denne filmen, Inspektør Charlie Chan oppdager en
Charlie Chan i Paris (1935) er en annen oppføring i serien stjernegalleri Warner Oland som Charlie Chan. Charlie er tilbake fra sin London etterforskning, når han stopper i Paris for en ferie. Egentlig, ferien er et dekning for hans etterforskning av forfalskede obligasjoner fra Lamartine Bank. Charlie installerte en undercover-agent ved navn Nardi, men gjengen dreper Nardi