The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

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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

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Sunset Blvd. (1950)

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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

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Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour (1931)

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Auch bekannt bei The Sleeping Cardinal, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour (1931) ist der erste Sherlock-Holmes-Film mit Arthur Wontner in der Titelrolle. Der Film bezieht sich auf einen jungen Mann,, , die an der Brücke betrogen hat, um seinen verlorenen Reichtum wieder. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.

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Mord im Baskerville (1937)

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Arthur Wontner ist wohl die beste Film Schilderer von Sherlock Holmes. Seine fünfte und letzte Auftritt als Holmes in Mord im Baskerville (1937). Der Film wurde in Großbritannien Veröffentlicht 1937 aber nicht in Amerika, bis Januar veröffentlicht 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the

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Metropolis (1927)

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Am 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 stars. It is #104 on the Top 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning of the

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Sergeant York (1941)

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On September 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

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