Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937)

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Op Julie 5, 1937, Associated British Picture Corporation released Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937), one of the last Bulldog Drummond feature films (Koste skakel). In hierdie film, John Davis Lodge plays Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond. Drummond is vacationing, when a Scottish scientist escapes from a couple of secret agents. The scientist throws a rock through the window of Drummond’s cabin.

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Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)

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Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) (Koste skakel) 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

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Spelers vs. Fantomas (1913)

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Spelers vs. Fantomas (1913) is Louis Feuillade se tweede filmverwerking (Koste skakel) van die gewilde misdaadreeks deur Marcell Allain en Pierre Souvestre. Rene Navarre speel die rol van Fantomas en sy vele aliasse. Edmund Breon uitbeeld Inspekteur Spelers. George Melchior speel die rol van Jerome Fandor, 'n jong joernalis, wat Spelers help in sy ondersoeke van Fantomas. Juve en

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Ekspressionisme en Nosferatu (1922)

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Op Maart 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau vrygestel Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu (affilaite link) was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau verwaarloos die regte aan te koop om die storie te film van Stoker se boedel, wat byna gelei het tot hierdie film verlore kykers na die film. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture.

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Die Bat (1926)

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Roland V. West gekoop het die regte en gerig The Bat (1926) (Koste skakel), een van die eerste “ou donker huis” raaisels vir die Verenigde kunstenaar in 1926. Arthur Edeson was die regisseur van beide hierdie film en die ou donker huis (1932), wat soortgelyke Ekspressionistiese elemente deel. Albei films is opgeneem in groot huise, wat beter dae gesien het. Die sleutel

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Cat and the Canary (1927)

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(I have included Chapter 4 from my unpublished book, German Expressionism and The Cat and the Canary.) Leni and Karl Freund are the bridge between German Expressionism and American Expressionism. Freund was an art and film director on such films as The Golem (1920) and Metropolis (1927). He brought the distinct look of Expressionism to Dracula (1931) and The Mummy

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M (1931)

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Op Mei 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (Koste skakel) in Berlyn vrygestel, Duitsland. Behalwe dat op die meeste lyste vir die top 100 films van alle tye, Fritz Lang believed his finest film was M (1931). Die film is die verhaal van 'n reeks van kindermoorde wat plaasvind in Berlyn. The police are determined to catch

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Die Scarlet Pimpernel

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While it may not be on classic film lists, I love The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) (Koste skakel). It is an adaptation of the novel (Koste skakel) met dieselfde naam, geskryf deur Barones Orczy. The film concerns an English gentleman, who risks his life to save French aristocrats from the guillotine. Sir Percy Blakeney married Marguerite, a French woman with

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The Mad Doctor Meets the Somnambulist

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Wat gebeur is die eerste kommersieel suksesvolle kuns film (Koste skakel). Die Kabinet van Dr. Caligari (1920) is in Januarie vrygestel 1920 besig om 'n Duitse en internasionale sensasie. It marked the beginning of a German film revival during the 1920s The German Expressionist Movement in German art strongly influenced this film. Expressionist paintings were known for buildings sloped at

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