Night and the City (1950)

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At nearly 70 лет, 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

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The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)

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Октября 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) (партнерская ссылка), 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

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Thunder in the East (1951)

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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 главной роли

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Appointment with Danger (1950)

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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 (партнерская ссылка) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United

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Half Shot at Sunrise (1930)

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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 лет. Half Shot at Sunrise (1930) was the fourth film (партнерская ссылка) starring Wheeler and Woolsey. Set in Paris during World War I, Half Shot at Sunrise tells the

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Metropolis (1927)

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Января 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) (партнерская ссылка). 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 звезды. It is #104 on the Top 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning

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Луиза Брукс на Канарских Murder Case (1929)

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The Canary Murder Case (1929) was originally shot as a silent film. <Промежуток bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1494" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" FSIZE = "14" fweight = "3" красный = "255" зеленый = "255" синий = "255" альфа = ", 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. К сожалению, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, had

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Лаура (1944): A Dark Tale of Love

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Лаура (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, изображается Джин Тирни, 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

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The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934)

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British International Pictures (BIP) released The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934) (партнерская ссылка) on April 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

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Этюд в багровых тонах (1933)

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Реджинальд Оуэн звезды, как Шерлок Холмс в одном из ранних американских кинофильмов говорить адаптации Шерлока Холмса. Этюд в багровых тонах (1933) (партнерская ссылка) видит Холмс пытается решить убийства в группе единомышленников. Артур Вонтнер снялась в нескольких успешных английских адаптаций серии, который, вероятно, вдохновил Голливуд последовать их примеру. К сожалению, Reginald Owen did not

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