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Posts about feature films.
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
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) se youn nan senk Sherlock Holmes fim sa yo kòmanse Arthur Wontner kòm Sherlock Holmes. Direktè Leslie S. Hiscott adapte roman an Sherlock Holmes nan Valley nan Laperèz men yo te ajoute nan istwa a bay Pwofesè Moriarty ak Col. Wòl Sebastian Moran nan istwa a. A significant portion of the movie is the retelling of
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 lage Randevou ak Danje (lyen afilye) in London in 1950 men li pa t lage li nan Etazini
In the second surviving Sherlock Holmes film (lyen afilye) kòmanse Arthur Wontner kòm Sherlock Holmes, de kriminèl gen chape prizon. Yo ap chèche egzak tire revanj sou moun ki, ki moun ki doub janbe lòt youn nan kriminèl yo, Jonatan mèskinri. Mèskinri di de nan sendik yo nan prizon an kote yon gwo fòtin te kache. Sendik yo jwenn trezò a, have a
Epitou li te ye nan Kadinal nan dòmi, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Lè (1931) se premye Sherlock Holmes fim nan kòmanse Arthur Wontner nan wòl nan tit. Fim nan enkyetid yon jenn gason, ki moun ki te kopye nan pon yo reprann richès pèdi l '. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Roland V. West bought the rights and directed The Bat (1926), youn nan premye a “fin vye granmoun kay fè nwa” mistè pou Etazini Artist nan 1926. Arthur Edeson was the cinematographer for both this film and The Old Dark House (1932), ki pataje eleman èkspresyonist menm jan an. Tou de fim yo mete nan vila gwo, ki te wè pi bon jou. The key to the
Sou Sèptanm 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). The film (lyen afilye) 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) starring
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 te ale nan yon montre chen ak Coe ak li
Sou Sèptanm 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 ap ri