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Arthur Wontner és possiblement el millor retratista pel·lícula de Sherlock Holmes. His fifth and final outing as Holmes in Murder at the Baskervilles (1937). La pel·lícula es va estrenar al Regne Unit a 1937 però no va ser llançat a Estats Units fins al gener 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the
El triomf de 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. Una part important de la pel·lícula és el relat
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
In the second surviving Sherlock Holmes film (affiliate link) starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, dos delinqüents han escapat de la presó. Ells estan tractant de venjar-se dels homes, qui va trair un dels criminals, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls va dir a dos dels guàrdies de la presó en què una gran fortuna s'amaga. The wardens find the treasure, have a
També conegut a El Cardenal Dormir, Sherlock Holmes’ Hora Fatal (1931) és la primera pel · lícula de Sherlock Holmes protagonitzada per Arthur Wontner en el paper principal. La pel · lícula tracta d'un home jove, qui ha estat enganyant al pont per recuperar la seva riquesa perduda. Professor Moriarty utilitza la informació en un intent de fer xantatge al jove Ronald Adair, interpretat per Leslie Perrins.
Roland V. West va comprar els drets i va dirigir The Bat (1926), una de les primeres “vella casa fosca” misteris per a United Artist a 1926. Arthur Edeson va ser el director de fotografia, tant per aquesta pel · lícula i El casalot de les ombres (1932), que comparteixen elements expressionistes similars. Ambdues pel · lícules es troben en grans mansions, que han vist dies millors. The key to the
Al setembre 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). The film (affiliate link) tells the story of Sergeant Alvin C. York, a reluctant World War I hero from the small town of Pall Mall, Tennessee. Western film veteran Gary Cooper stars as Sergeant York. The film begins with the contrast of a Sunday church service and 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) protagonitzada per
William Powell’s fifth turn as S.S. Van Dine’s detective Philo Vance may have been his best. The Kennel Murder Case (1933) finds Philo Vance trying to solve the murder of Archer Coe. Coe had many enemies but the greatest mystery for Vance is how Coe was murdered in a locked room. Vance attended a dog show with Coe and his
Al setembre 16, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Most Dangerous Game (1932), a film about a big game hunter becoming the hunted. Joel McCrea plays big game hunter Bob Rainsford. Rainsford is on a yacht off the South American coast discussing his latest hunt, when another guest asks him, “Do you ever think how the tiger felt?” Rainsford laughs at