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Posts about “B” filmes, the first film shown on a double bill.
On Thanksgiving Weekend 1944, Paramount Pictures released One Body Too Many, a comedy-mystery film starring Jack Haley. Haley famously played the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (1939). The film also starred Jean Parker, Lyle Talbot, Douglas Fowley and Bela Lugosi in supporting roles. One Body Too Many começa com o milionário Cyrus J. Os herdeiros de Rutherford reuniram-se para ouvir o
Minor film company Conn Pictures Company released Tough to Handle (1937) on May 24, 1937. Director S. Roy Luby pairs “B” film stars Kane Richmond and Frankie Darro in this story of phony lottery tickets. Grandpa Sanford believe he won the lottery. Grandpa will be able to use the money to improve the circumstances of his grandchildren, Mike, played by
In one of the last films in the series, British authorites recruit Sherlock Holmes to protect the young heir to a European throne. Universal Pictures released Pursuit to Algiers (1945) on October 26, 1945. Basil Rathbone returns for the twelfth of fourteen times as Sherlock Holmes. Nigel Bruce again plays his assistant Dr. John Watson. As the film begins, Sherlock
Monogram Pictures released So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942) em abril 17, 1942. Zasu Pitts stars as Aunt Emma Bates. In her youth, Aunt Emma was engaged to up-and-coming professional fighter Jim O’Banion. Her sister didn’t approve of the match, so they sent her on a trip to break up the couple. Aunt Emma regretted it and starts following the career
Twentieth Century – Fox Film Company released the fourth Mr. Moto filme, 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
Em agosto 19, 1943, Columbia Pictures released Passport to Suez (1943). Warren William plays Michael Lanyard, the Lone Wolf, for the final time in this film. The film opens in Alexandria, Egypt, where Lanyard has just arrived. Lanyard meets up with his old friend Johnny Booth, a successful cafe’ owner. However, Lanyard’s real purpose is a mission for British Intelligence.
Sherlock Holmes ea Voz do Terror (1942) é o primeiro de doze filmes de Sherlock Holmes feitas pela Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone e Nigel Bruce reprisar seus papéis como Sherlock Holmes e Dr.. Watson, respectivamente. Universal set da série na década de 1940, apesar do facto de que a literatura Sherlock Holmes estava 60 anos de idade em 1914. Em um bom negócio
The Trap (1946) é o último filme estrelado por Charlie Chan Sidney Toler como Inspector Chan. O onze de onze filmes Charlie Chan que Toler feito para Monogram Pictures, que marca o retorno de Victor Sen Yung como “Não. 2 Filho Jimmy”. Toler foi mortalmente doente durante as filmagens, assim Jimmy e Birmingham Brown, played by Mantan Moreland, handle most of
Murder sobre New York (1940) é uma das edições posteriores da série Charlie Chan para a Twentieth-Century Fox Productions. Neste filme, Inspector Chan está a ajudar seu velho amigo da Scotland Yard, Inspector Drake, encontrar um grupo de sabotadores. Os espiões pretendem sabotar algum ofício do ar de teste em Nova York. Inspector Drake está traçando Paul Narvo, who leads
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. Movimento (1937) on July 27, 1937. Peter Lorre would play Mr. Moto seven more times for Twentieth Century – Fox. Mr. Moto se disfarça de mascate e