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Posts about feature films.
William Powell fifth tig li S.S. Van Dine detective Philo Vance yuav tau lawm nws zoo tshaj plaws. Rooj plaub no tua neeg tsev dev (1933) pom Philo Vance sim los daws kom tau tua neeg uas Archer Coe. Coe muaj ntau yam tsiaj tab sis qhov loj tshaj uas tsis rau Vance yog li cas cov Coe yog murdered xauv rau ib. Vance attended a dog show with Coe and his
Nyob rau lub Cuaj hlis 16, 1932, RKO duab tso cov feem ntau yam kev ua si (1932), ib zaj duab xis txog ib qhov big koom saib xyuas qhov cov hunted. Joel McCrea plays big qhov saib xyuas Bob Rainsford. Rainsford yog ib tug yacht tuaj rau sab qab zog American sab tawm tswv yim txog nws tseeb plob, thaum lwm qhua nug nws, “Ua koj puas xav hais tias cas cov tsov muaj?” Rainsford laughs at
Being both a fan and film historian, Kuv twb paub Sunset Blvd. yus lub qe nyob rau hauv zaj duab xis voj. Billy Wilder 1950 zaj duab xis qhia cov dab neeg tu siab ntawm ib forgotten uas ntsiag to zaj duab xis hnub qub Norma Desmond. William Holden yog ib qho screen txawj sau ntawv, leej twg stumbles raws li qhov nws tsev loj crumbling thiab pom zoo los pab kho nws screenplay. Norma believes the screenplay will lead to a
Kuj paub tias hauv lub tsaug zog Cardinal, Sherlock Holmes’ Teev tuag (1931) yog thawj Sherlock Holmes naam starring Arthur Wontner hauv lub luag hauj lwm hauv title. Naam kev txhawj xeeb yog ib tug hluas nraug, leej twg muaj lawm khib ntawm tus choj tsam lub cav muab nws cov wealth lov. Xib feb Moriarty siv cov ntaub ntawv nyob rau ib qho los mus blackmail tus hluas nraug Ronald Adair, portrayed los Leslie Perrins.
Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau tawm Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu yog tus Murnau adaptation ntawm tus tshiab Dracula los Bram Stoker. Murnau neglected muas tus cai film zaj dabneeg ntawm Stoker lub qub txeeg qub tes, uas yuav luag coj mus no zaj duab xis poobzoo viewers zaj duab xis. Stoker tus poj ntsuam ntse sued Murnau thiab tus zaj duab xis German lag luam uas tau ua cov suab duab. Tus
Arthur Wontner arguably yog tus zoo zaj duab xis portrayer of Sherlock Holmes. Nws fifth thiab kawg outing li Holmes hauv tua neeg thaum lub Baskervilles (1937). Naam tawm nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United Kingdom hauv 1937 tab sis tsis tawm nyob rau hauv kom txog rau thaum lub ib hlis ntuj 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the
Kuv xav sau txog ib qho uas kuv nyiam tsos, Txoj kev xoo pob liab vog Pimpernel (1935). Nws yog ib qho adaptation ntawm tus tshiab uas muaj cov npe tib, sau los ntawm Baroness Orczy. Naam (affiliate link) concerns an English peer, leej twg risks nws lub neej los txuag Fabkis txoj aristocrats ntawm qhov guillotine. The story is complicated by the fact the peer is married to
Nyob rau lub ib hlis ntuj 10, 1927, Universum zaj duab xis (UFA) tso Fritz Lang lub Metropolis (1927). Lub tuam txhab German zaj duab xis uas ua ib cov hoob kawm science ntawv tseeb, uas tseem tuas hnub no. Rau hauv Internet Movie Database website (IMDB), cov neeg siv npaum nws 8.3 tawm ntawm 10 hnub qub. Nws yog #104 nyob saum 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning of the
Nyob rau lub Cuaj hlis 27, 1941, Warner tij laug zaj duab xis Corporation tso Sergeant York (1941). Naam (affiliate link) tells the story of Sergeant Alvin C. York, tus tsis txaus siab ua ntiaj teb ua tsov ua rog I hero ntawm qhov me me hauv lub zos ntawm cov Pall Mall, Tennessee. Zaj duab xis thaj qub tub rog Gary Cooper hnub qub li Sergeant York. The film begins with the contrast of a Sunday church service and the
Rooj plaub no Canary tua neeg (1929) muas thaum chiv thawj ua npaws yog ib zaj duab xis uas ntsiag to twb. Txawm li cas los, lub Paramount Studio executive xav ces yuav zoo li ib daim duab talking. Lub studio ncua cov kev tso cai kom txog thaum lawv phem muab suab rau txheej tshooj. Ntawm suab twb tsis tsis tau nws txoj kev sib tw. Hmoov tsis, yog ib lub hnub qub loj ntawm naam, Louise Brooks, had