Night and the City (1950)

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At nearly 70 יאָרן פון עלטער, 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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אויף אקטאבער 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) (affiliate link), 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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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 (affiliate link) 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 יאָרן. Half Shot at Sunrise (1930) was the fourth film (affiliate link) 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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אויף יאנואר 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) (affiliate link). The German film company produced a science fiction class, which still holds up today. On the Internet Movie Database website (ימדב), users rate it 8.3 out of 10 שטערן. It is #104 on the Top 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning

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לויז ברוקס אין די קאַנאַרי מאָרד קאַסע (1929)

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די קאַנאַרי מאָרד קאַסע (1929) איז ערידזשנאַלי שאָס ווי אַ שטיל פילם. אָבער, די העכסט סטודיאָ יגזעקיאַטיוו געדאַנק עס וואָלט זיין בעסער ווי אַ גערעדט בילד. די סטודיע דילייד די מעלדונג ביז זיי קען לייגן געזונט צו די פילם. די דערצו פון געזונט איז ניט אָן זייַן טשאַלאַנדזשיז. צומ באַדויערן, איינער פון די הויפּט שטערן פון דעם פילם, לויז ברוקס, had

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לאַוראַ (1944): A Dark Tale of Love

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לאַוראַ (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, געשילדערט דורך גענע טיערניי, 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) (affiliate link) 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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א לערנען אין סקאַרלעט (1933)

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Reginald Owen stars as Sherlock Holmes in one of the early American talking motion picture adaptations of Sherlock Holmes. א לערנען אין סקאַרלעט (1933) (affiliate link) 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. צומ באַדויערן, Reginald Owen did not

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