Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Posts about feature films.
At nearly 70 vuotiaita, Stanislaus Zbyszko made his film debut in Night and the City (1950). Billed as Gregorious, a retired wrestler and the father of London’s wrestling promoter, Zbyszko displayed his wrestling skills, even at his advanced age, in the film’s signature scene. The movie begins with a man chasing Harry Fabian, a London hustler always looking
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) julkaisi Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) marraskuussa 1941. Yksi myöhemmistä Thin Man -elokuvista (affiliate link), elokuva sisältää mielenkiintoisia vinjettejä painifaneille. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, joutuu paikallisen pelirenkaan valtiontutkintaan. Kaksi paikallista painipromoottoria pyörittää uhkapeliä, mikä on elämää matkivaa taidetta, jos
Toukokuun 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (affiliate link) julkaistiin Berliinissä, Saksa. Sen lisäksi, että useimmissa luettelot alkuun 100 elokuvien kaikkien aikojen, Fritz Lang believed his finest film was M (1931). Elokuva on tarina sarja lapsi murhista, joita tapahtuu Berliinissä. The police are determined to catch the killer
Marraskuun 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Kuitenkin, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) is one of the five Sherlock Holmes films starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes. Director Leslie S. Hiscott adapted the Sherlock Holmes novel The Valley of Fear but added to the story to give Professor Moriarty and Col. Sebastian Moran roles in the story. A significant portion of the movie is the retelling of
Fritz Lang teki yhden hänen varhaisen rikollisuuden elokuvien 1922. Hän ohjasi Dr. Mabuse: Gambler (1922), joka kesti noin neljä tuntia ja kolmekymmentä minuuttia. Se kertoo tohtori. Mabuse, professori psykoanalyysin. He is also the leader of a criminal ring in the mold of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series. In his multiple
I’m continuing with watching some old Alan Ladd movies that I first saw thirty years ago on American Movie Classics (AMC), when they showed classic movies. I recently watched Appointment with Danger (1950), which was as entertaining as I remembered it. Paramount Pictures julkaisi Appointment with Dangerin (affiliate link) in London in 1950 mutta ei julkaissut sitä Yhdysvalloissa
Roland V. West osti oikeudet ja ohjannut Bat (1926), yksi ensimmäisistä “Vanha tumma talo” mysteerejä United Artist in 1926. Arthur Edeson oli kuvaaja sekä tämän elokuvan ja Vanha tumma House (1932), , joilla on samanlaiset Expressionist elementtejä. Molemmat elokuvat ovat asettaa suuria kartanoita, which have seen better days. The key to the
I’ve been on an Alan Ladd kick lately. When I was still in college, I watched a number of Alan Ladd films one summer. I’ve been watching them over again the last few weeks on Amazon Prime. I’ll share some of these films over the next few months. The first film I watched was Thunder in the East (1951) pääosassa
Juve vs. Fantomas (1913) is Louis Feuillade’s second film adaptation of the popular crime series by Marcell Allain and Pierre Souvestre. Rene Navarre plays the role of Fantomas and his many aliases. Edmund Breon portrays Inspector Juve. George Melchior plays the role of Jerome Fandor, a young journalist, who assists Juve in his investigations of Fantomas. Juve and Fandor are