Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937)

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Juli 5, 1937, Associated British Picture Corporation released Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937), one of the last Bulldog Drummond feature films (affiliate link). I denne filmen, 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.

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Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)

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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

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Juve vs.. Fantomas (1913)

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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 spiller rollen som Fantomas og hans mange aliaser. Edmund Breon skildrer Inspektør Juve. George Melchior spiller rollen Jerome Fandor, en ung journalist, som bistår Juve i sine undersøkelser av Fantomas. Juve and

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The Bat (1926)

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Roland V. West kjøpte rettighetene og regissert The Bat (1926) (affiliate link), en av den første “gamle mørke huset” mysterier for United Artist in 1926. Arthur Edeson var filmfotograf for både denne filmen og The Old Mørk Hus (1932), som deler lignende ekspresjonistiske elementer. Begge filmene er satt i store herskapshus, which have seen better days. The key

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Cat and the Canary (1927)

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(I have included Chapter 4 from my unpublished book, German Expressionism and The Cat and the Canary.)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

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M (1931)

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Mai 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (affiliate link) ble utgitt i Berlin, Tyskland. Foruten å være på de fleste lister for toppen 100 filmer av all tid, Fritz Lang mente hans fineste film var M (1931). Filmen er historien om en serie av barne mord som er forekommende i Berlin. The police are determined to catch

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The Scarlet Pimpernel

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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) ved samme navn, skrevet av Baroness 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

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The Mad Doctor Meets the Somnambulist

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Hva skjer er den første kommersielt vellykkede kunstfilm (affiliate link). The Cabinet of Dr.. Caligari (1920) ble utgitt i januar 1920 bli en tysk og internasjonal sensasjon. 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

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