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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) 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 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 released Appointment with Danger (affiliate link) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United
In the second surviving Sherlock Holmes film (affiliate link) starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, twee criminelen gevangenis ontsnapt. Ze zijn op zoek naar wraak op de mannen, die dubbele kruiste een van de criminelen, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls vertelde twee van de cipiers van zijn gevangenis waar een groot fortuin werd verborgen. The wardens find the treasure, have a
Ook bekend bij The Sleeping kardinaal, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour (1931) is het eerste Sherlock Holmes film met Arthur Wontner in de titelrol. De film betreft een jonge man, die is vals spelen bij de brug naar zijn verloren schat te herwinnen. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Roland V. West kocht de rechten en regisseerde The Bat (1926), 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 to the
On September 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). De film (affiliate link) 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 ging met Coe en de zijne naar een hondenshow
On September 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