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Posts about feature films.
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. Mynychodd Vance sioe gŵn gyda Coe a'i
On September 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
Being both a fan and film historian, I was aware of Sunset Blvd.‘s reputation in film circles. Billy Wilder’s 1950 film tells the sad story of a forgotten silent film star Norma Desmond. William Holden is a screen writer, who stumbles upon her crumbling mansion and agrees to help fix her screenplay. Norma believes the screenplay will lead to a
Fe'i gelwir hefyd yn y Cardinal Cysgu, Sherlock Holmes’ Awr Angheuol (1931) yw'r ffilm Sherlock Holmes cyntaf serennu Arthur Wontner yn y rôl deitl. Mae'r ffilm yn ymwneud â dyn ifanc, sydd wedi bod yn twyllo ar bont i adennill ei gyfoeth a gollwyd. Yr Athro Moriarty yn defnyddio'r wybodaeth mewn ymgais i blacmel y dyn ifanc Ronald Adair, portreadu gan Leslie Perrins.
Ar Fawrth 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau Nosferatu rhyddhau (1922). Roedd Nosferatu Addasiad Murnau o'r nofel Dracula Bram Stoker gan. Murnau esgeuluso i brynu'r hawliau i ffilmio'r stori o ystâd Stoker, sydd bron wedi arwain at y ffilm hon yn cael ei golli i ffilmio gwylwyr. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture. Mae'r
Arthur Wontner is arguably the best film portrayer of Sherlock Holmes. His fifth and final outing as Holmes in Murder at the Baskervilles (1937). The film was released in the United Kingdom in 1937 but was not released in America until January 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the
Roeddwn i eisiau ysgrifennu am un o fy hoff ffilmiau, Mae'r Scarlet Pimpernel (1935). It is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, a ysgrifennwyd gan y Farwnes Orczy. The film (cyswllt Affiliate) concerns an English peer, who risks his life by saving French aristocrats from the guillotine. The story is complicated by the fact the peer is married to
Ar Ionawr 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927). 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. Mewn thema mae cymdeithas wedi ymgodymu â hi ers dechrau'r
On September 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). The film (cyswllt Affiliate) 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
Yr Achos Canary Murder (1929) ei saethu yn wreiddiol fel ffilm fud. Fodd bynnag,, yn meddwl bod y weithrediaeth Paramount Studio byddai'n well fel darlun yn siarad. Mae'r stiwdio oedi rhyddhau hyd nes y gallent ychwanegu sain i'r ffilm. Nid yw ychwanegu sain heb ei heriau. Yn anffodus,, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, wedi