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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 deltog i en hundeudstilling med Coe og hans
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
Også kendt på The Sleeping Cardinal, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour (1931) er den første Sherlock Holmes film stjernespækket Arthur Wontner i titelrollen. Filmen omhandler en ung mand, der har været snyd på broen for at genvinde sin tabte formue. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
På marts 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau released Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau forsømt at købe rettighederne til at filme historien fra Stokers ejendom, som næsten førte til denne film går tabt til film seerne. Stokers enke held sagsøgt Murnau og den tyske filmselskab, der producerede filmen. Den
Arthur Wontner er nok den bedste film skildrer af Sherlock Holmes. Hans femte og sidste udflugt som Holmes i Murder på Baskervilles (1937). Filmen blev udgivet i Det Forenede Kongerige i 1937 men blev ikke udgivet i Amerika indtil januar 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the
Jeg ønskede at skrive om en af mine yndlingsfilm, The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935). It is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, written by Baroness Orczy. Filmen (affiliate link) vedrører en engelsk jævnaldrende, der risikerer sit liv ved at gemme franske aristokrater fra guillotinen. Historien kompliceres af det faktum, at den jævnaldrende er gift med
Den January 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 stjerner. It is #104 on the Top 250. I et tema samfundet har kæmpet med siden begyndelsen af
On September 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). Filmen (affiliate link) fortæller historien om sergent 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. Filmen begynder med kontrasten fra en søndagsgudstjeneste og den
The Canary Murder Case (1929) was originally shot as a silent film. Men, 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. Desværre, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, havde