Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Posts about “B” films, the first film shown on a double bill.
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
In the first of the three Shadow films from Monogram Pictures starring Kane Richomond, a number of citizens have fallen from windows to their death. Two of the men seemingly commit suicide in front of Lamont Cranston, the Shadow, and Inspector Cordonna played by Joseph Crehan. Crehan was a character actor who often played policeman in films such as The
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) is the third of twelve Universal Picture productions of the Sherlock Holmes franchise. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce starred as Holmes and Watson respectively in two films for Twentieth-Century Fox and twelve more for Universal Pictures. This film is again set in the 1940s. Holmes and Watson have traveled to Washington, D.C. to keep secret
Charlie Chan katika hazina Island (1939) ni ya tatu ishirini-Century Fox filamu nyota Sidney TOLER kama Charlie Chan. Inspekta Chan na Jimmy Chan, alicheza na Victor Sen Yung, wanasafiri kwa ndege hadi Maonyesho ya Ulimwengu ya San Francisco katika 1939 kama filamu inafungua. The bumpy ride is making Jimmy very nervous. Pia kwenye ndege ni rafiki wa Charlie Paul Essex, played
Juu ya Krismasi, 1937, Mr pili. Moto movie, Asante, Mr. Mwendo (1937) staring Peter Lorre, ilipata kushika nafasi ya. Kimataifa Agent Mr. Moto inajitahidi kulinda hazina Kichina kitamaduni kutoka wahalifu ya kimataifa. Gombo Saba itaonyesha mahali pa kujificha kwa kaburi la Genghis Khan. Wapiganaji Genghis Khan ya zimeripotiwa kuzikwa hazina kubwa na kiongozi wao amekufa. Mr. Moto’s friend Prince
Hatari Money (1946) ni ya pili na ya mwisho Charlie Chan filamu nyota Sidney TOLER kutoka Monogram Picha. Baada ya kifo cha Sidney TOLER ya, Roland Winters bila kuchukua jukumu kwa ajili ya filamu zaidi tisa. Filamu hii inaruhusu sisi kufahamu TOLER viigizo ya Mkaguzi Chan kwa karibu na mara ya mwisho. This film was the tenth for Monogram and his twenty-first portrayal
Sherlock Holmes in The Pearl of Death (1944) is the ninth of fourteen movies in the series starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. Katika filamu hii, Holmes is battling archcriminal Giles Conover, played by Miles Mander. Conover is attempting to steal a valuable pearl from the British Museum. He is aided in his crimes by accomplices Naomi Drake and The
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
A number of the old Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes movies have recently become available on DVDs and streaming. The Universal series, is well done for a “B” film series. This film would have warmed the audience up for the main feature like Double Indemnity (1944). In the The Scarlet Claw (1944), Sherlock Holmes, played by Rathbone, is in Quebec,