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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. Venss kopā ar Ko un viņu apmeklēja suņu izstādi
Septembrī 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
Arī zināms miega Cardinal, Sherlock Holmes’ Letāls Stunda (1931) ir pirmais Sherlock Holmes filma starring Artūrs Wontner titullomā. Filma ir par jaunu vīrieti, kurš ir blēdība pie tilta, lai atgūtu savu zaudēto bagātību. Profesors Moriarty izmanto informāciju, mēģinot šantažēt jauneklis Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Martā 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau atbrīvo Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu bija Murnau s pielāgošanu Dracula romāns Bram Stoker. Murnau novārtā iegādāties tiesības filmu stāstu no Stoker īpašumu, kas gandrīz noveda pie šī filma varētu izzust filmu skatītājiem. Stoker atraitne veiksmīgi iesūdzēt Murnau un Vācijas filmu uzņēmums, kas ražo kinofilmu. 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
Es gribēju rakstīt par vienu no manām mīļākajām filmām, Scarlet Pimpernel (1935). Tā ir adaptācija no romāna ar vienādu nosaukumu, raksta Baroness Orczy. The film (filiāli saite) attiecas uz angļu vienaudzi, kuri riskē ar savu dzīvību, saglabājot franču aristokrāti no giljotīnas. Stāstu sarežģī fakts, ka vienaudžis ir precējies
Janvārī 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
Septembrī 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). The film (filiāli saite) 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
Kanāriju slepkavības lietā (1929) sākotnēji tika nošauts kā mēmā kino. Tomēr, Paramount Studio izpildvara domāju, ka būtu labāk, kā runā attēlu. Studija aizkavēja atbrīvošanu, kamēr tie varētu pievienot skaņu filmu. Skaņas pievienošana nebija bez problēmām. Diemžēl, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, bija