Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Posts about films which played first on a double bill between 1931 na 1949.
On Machi 16, 1945, Universal Pictures released The House of Fear (1945), the eighth of twelve Sherlock Holmes films (affiliate kiungo) produced by the studio. Basil Rathbone returned as Holmes for the tenth time. Rathbone played Sherlock Holmes twice for Twentieth Century – Fox before Universal started producing the series. Despite its late entry into the series, the film stands
Julai 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Mwendo “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation finds Mr. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. Mr. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, intends
Black Raven (1943) ni “B” filamu (affiliate kiungo) from Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC). George Zucco plays Amos Bradford aka the Raven, mmiliki wa Black Raven Inn. Bradford ends up hosting several unexpected guests, who are escaping a raging thunderstorm. The storm washed out all the bridges and stranded the visitors, which include a couple trying to elope,
Twentieth Century – Fox Film Company released the fourth Mr. Moto movie, Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938), on June 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
The Thirteenth Guest (1932) is the film version of an Armitage Trail story. Monogram Pictures released the early “B” filamu (affiliate kiungo) akiwa na Ginger Rogers na Lyle Talbot. Ginger Rogers was only 21 at the time but would go on to great stardom as Fred Astaire’s most regular dance partner. Lyle Talbot alijipatia riziki kupitia marehemu wengi
Wakati karne ya ishirini-Fox aliamua kuacha Charlie Chan mfululizo baada ya Castle katika Jangwa (1942), Sidney Toler kununuliwa haki ya mfululizo na kuipeleka Monogram Picha. Baada ya kufanya 11 filamu na karne ya ishirini-Fox, Toler bila kufanya 11 Charlie Chan filamu na Monogram Picha. Shadows Zaidi Chinatown (1946) was the ninth film that Toler made for Monogram
Universal Pictures released the thirteenth (affiliate kiungo) of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes on February 1, 1946. Twentieth Century-Fox produced the first two films. Universal produced the final 12 films. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. Rodney Carstairs hires Holmes to
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. Mwendo (1937) Julai 27, 1937. Peter Lorre would play Mr. Moto seven more times for Twentieth Century – Fox. Mr. Moto disguises himself as a peddler and
On Machi 21, 1941, United Artists released the third Topper film (affiliate kiungo), Topper Returns (1941). Roland Young plays Cosmo Topper, a middle aged businessman with the unique gift of seeing ghosts stuck in this world. This film is set in a large country home. The film begins with Gail Richards, played by Joan Blondell, and Ann Carrington, alicheza na
Mnamo Oktoba 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. Mwendo (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