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Posts about feature films.
På nesten 70 år, Stanislaus Zbyszko filmdebuterte i Night and the City (1950). Regnes som Gregorious, en pensjonert bryter og faren til Londons brytingspromotor, Zbyszko viste sine bryteferdigheter, selv i hans høye alder, i filmens signaturscene. Filmen begynner med en mann som jager Harry Fabian, en London hustler som alltid leter
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) ga ut Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) i november 1941. En av de senere Thin Man-filmene (affiliate link), filmen inneholder interessante vignetter for wrestling-fans. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, blir trukket inn i en statlig etterforskning av en lokal gambling ring. To lokale brytingspromotører driver gamblingringen, som er kunst som imiterer livet hvis
Mai 11, 1931, Fritz Langs klassiske film M (affiliate link) ble utgitt i Berlin, Tyskland. Foruten å være på de fleste lister for toppen 100 filmer av all tid, Fritz Lang mente hans fineste film var M (1931). Filmen er historien om en serie av barne mord som er forekommende i Berlin. The police are determined to catch the killer
November 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, The Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. However, 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 made one of his early crime films in 1922. He directed Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922), which ran approximately four hours and thirty minutes. It tells the story of Dr. Mabuse, a professor of psychoanalysis. 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 ga ut Appointment with Danger (affiliate link) in London in 1950 men ga den ikke ut i USA
Roland V. West kjøpte rettighetene og regissert The Bat (1926), en av den første “gamle mørke huset” mysterier for United Artist in 1926. Arthur Edeson var filmfotograf for både denne filmen og The Old Mørk Hus (1932), som deler lignende ekspresjonistiske elementer. Begge filmene er satt i store herskapshus, 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) star
Juve vs.. Fantomas (1913) er Louis Feuillade nest filmversjonen av den populære krimserien ved Marcell Allain og Pierre Souvestre. Rene Navarre spiller rollen som Fantomas og hans mange aliaser. Edmund Breon skildrer Inspektør Juve. George Melchior spiller rollen Jerome Fandor, en ung journalist, som bistår Juve i sine undersøkelser av Fantomas. Juve and Fandor are