Tag: Feature Films

<Педя bbox_x = "244" bbox_y = "690" bbox_w = "74" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = " 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) (филиал на връзката), the film end to a radio play of the same year. The film concerns the murder of Jenny Wren or more properly “Who Killed Jenny Wren?” Wren, played by Karen Morley, blackmails several prominent men, who carried on affairs with her in the past. One of

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) в главната роля

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 released Appointment with Danger (филиал на връзката) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United

Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey were a Broadway comedy team before transitioning to films in 1929. Before Robert Woolsey’s untimely death in 1938, Wheeler and Woolsey made 24 films in 8 години. Half Shot at Sunrise (1930) was the fourth film (филиал на връзката) starring Wheeler and Woolsey. Set in Paris during World War I, Half Shot at Sunrise tells the

На January 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) (филиал на връзката). The German film company produced a science fiction class, which still holds up today. On the Internet Movie Database website (IMDB), users rate it 8.3 out of 10 stars. It is #104 on the Top 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning

The Canary Murder Case (1929) was originally shot as a silent film. Обаче, the Paramount Studio executive thought it would be better as a talking picture. The studio delayed the release until they could add sound to the film. The addition of sound was not without its challenges. За съжаление, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, had

Laura (1944) is the story of an ambitious young woman pulled into the middle of a murder investigation by both amorous suitors and jealous women. Laura Hunt, изигран от Джийн Тиърни, is an advertising executive about to marry a shiftless seducer, Shelby Carpenter, portrayed by Vincent Price. To complicate matters, her aunt Anne Treadwell is in love with the seducer

British International Pictures (BIP) released The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934) (филиал на връзката) април 19, 1934. Ralph Richardson takes his only turn as the English hero Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond. Drummond recently married long-time love interest Phyllis Clavering. Politics and the presence of old foe Carl Peterson intrude on Drummond’s wedded bliss. When Peterson kidnaps Phyllis, Drummond determines to

Reginald Owen stars as Sherlock Holmes in one of the early American talking motion picture adaptations of Sherlock Holmes. Етюд в червено (1933) (филиал на връзката) sees Holmes trying to solve murders among a group of confederates. Arthur Wontner starred in several successful English adaptations of the series, which probably inspired Hollywood to follow suit. За съжаление, Reginald Owen did not