Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Posts about films that played second on a double bill and drew the paying customers between 1931 en 1949.
Op juli 5, 1937, Associated British Picture Corporation released Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937), one of the last Bulldog Drummond feature films (affiliate link). In deze film, John Davis Lodge plays Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond. Drummond is vacationing, when a Scottish scientist escapes from a couple of secret agents. The scientist throws a rock through the window of Drummond’s cabin.
Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) (affiliate link) is one of the five Sherlock Holmes films starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes. Director Leslie S. Hiscott adapted the Sherlock Holmes novel The Valley of Fear but added to the story to give Professor Moriarty and Col. Sebastian Moran roles in the story. A significant portion of the movie is the retelling
Juve vs. Fantomas (1913) is Louis Feuillade’s second film adaptation (affiliate link) of the popular crime series by Marcell Allain and Pierre Souvestre. Rene Navarre plays the role of Fantomas and his many aliases. Edmund Breon portrays Inspector Juve. George Melchior plays the role of Jerome Fandor, a young journalist, who assists Juve in his investigations of Fantomas. Juve and
Op maart 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau vrijgegeven Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu (affilaite link) was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau nagelaten de rechten kopen om het verhaal te filmen van Stoker's landgoed, die bijna leidde tot deze film verloren aan kijkers filmen. Stoker's weduwe met succes aangeklaagd Murnau en de Duitse filmmaatschappij die de film produceerde.
Roland V. West kocht de rechten en regisseerde The Bat (1926) (affiliate link), een van de eerste “oud donker huis” mysteries voor United Artist in 1926. Arthur Edeson was de cameraman voor zowel deze film en The Old Dark House (1932), die vergelijkbaar zijn expressionistische elementen te delen. Beide films zijn in grote herenhuizen, which have seen better days. The key
(I have included Chapter 4 from my unpublished book, German Expressionism and The Cat and the Canary.) Leni and Karl Freund are the bridge between German Expressionism and American Expressionism. Freund was an art and film director on such films as The Golem (1920) and Metropolis (1927). He brought the distinct look of Expressionism to Dracula (1931) and The Mummy
Op mei 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (affiliate link) werd uitgebracht in Berlijn, Duitsland. Naast het feit dat op de meeste lijsten voor de top 100 films aller tijden, Fritz Lang believed his finest film was M (1931). De film is het verhaal van een reeks kind moorden die plaatsvinden in Berlijn. The police are determined to catch
Stan Laurel en Oliver Hardy ster in een van mijn favoriete vakantie films, Babe in Toyland (affiliate link) or March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934). Het wordt normaal weergegeven rond Thanksgiving. Deze film heeft Stan Laurel als Stannie Dum en Oliver Hardy als Ollie Dee, die proberen te helpen Moeder Peep, the little old women in the shoe. Barnaby,
While it may not be on classic film lists, I love The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) (affiliate link). It is an adaptation of the novel (affiliate link) door de zelfde naam, geschreven door Barones Orczy. The film concerns an English gentleman, who risks his life to save French aristocrats from the guillotine. Sir Percy Blakeney married Marguerite, a French woman with
Wat er gebeurt is de eerste commercieel succesvolle kunstfilm (affiliate link). Het kabinet van Dr.. Caligari (1920) werd uitgebracht in januari 1920 steeds een Duitse en internationale sensatie. It marked the beginning of a German film revival during the 1920s The German Expressionist Movement in German art strongly influenced this film. Expressionist paintings were known for buildings sloped at