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Posts about “B” mga pelikula, 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 upang 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. Sa ganitong film, Mr. Moto teaches a criminal investigation class to several budding investigators including
Sherlock Holmes Faces Kamatayan (1943) ay maluwag batay sa Ang Pakikipagsapalaran ng Musgrave ritwal. Ang maikling kuwento ay nai-publish sa Ang Strand Magazine sa panahon ng Mayo 1893. Ito ay pinagsama-sama sa ibang pagkakataon sa Ang mga gunita ng Sherlock Holmes. Sa kuwento, ang Musgrave Mansion gaganapin isang lihim na kahit na ito ay naninirahan ay hindi alam. 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
Kapag nagpasya ikadalawampu Century Fox-i-drop ang mga serye Charlie Chan pagkatapos Castle sa Disyerto ng (1942), Sidney Toler binili ang mga karapatan sa serye at kinuha ito sa monogram Larawan. Matapos ang pagsasagawa 11 Mga pelikulang may ikadalawampu Century Fox-, Toler gagawin 11 Charlie Chan pelikula na may monogram Larawan. Shadow Higit sa 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. Pagkatapos ng pagbabanta ng ilang
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
Ang iskarlata bakas (1945) ay ang ikalima sa labing-isang pelikulang Charlie Chan na Monogram Pictures na ginawa pagkatapos kanselahin ng Twentieth-Century Fox ang serye noong 1942. Sidney Toler ginawa labing-isang mga pelikula para sa pandalawampu-Century Fox bago ang paglipat ng serye sa monogram. Matapos mamatay si Toler 1947, Roland Winters took over the role for seven more films. Sa ganitong film, Natuklasan ni Inspector Charlie Chan ang isang
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. Talaga, ang bakasyon ay isang pabalat para sa kanyang pagsisiyasat sa mga pekeng bono mula sa Lamartine Bank. Nag-install si Charlie ng isang undercover na ahente na nagngangalang Nardi ngunit pinatay ng gang si Nardi