Borrokako Kirolen Historialaria eta Martzial Artista
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. Vance attended a dog show with Coe and his
Irailaren 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
Sleeping Cardenal at ere ezaguna, Sherlock Holmes’ Ordua konponezin (1931) lehen Sherlock Holmes film Arthur Wontner protagonista izenburua rola da. Filmaren gizon gazte bat kezkatzen, nork du iruzurra dira zubi at bere aberastasuna galduak berreskuratu. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Martxoan 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau kaleratu Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu Murnau en Drakula eleberriaren egokitzapena Bram Stokerren zen. Murnau ahaztutako eskubideak erosteko istorioa filmatzeko Stokerren finka batetik, horrek ia film hau galtzen ari ikuslek filmatzeko ekarri. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture. The
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
I wanted to write about one of my favorite movies, The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935). It is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, written by Baroness Orczy. The film (kidea lotura) 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
Urtarrilaren On 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 daudelarik 10 stars. It is #104 on the Top 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning of the
Irailaren 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). The film (kidea lotura) Alvin C sarjentuaren istorioa kontatzen du. York, a reluctant World War I hero from the small town of Pall Mall, Tennessee. Western film veteran Gary Cooper stars as Sergeant York. Filma igandeko elizkizunaren eta elizkizunaren kontrastearekin hasten da
The Canary Murder Case (1929) was originally shot as a silent film. Hala ere, 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. Zoritxarrez, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, had