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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. Vance attended a dog show with Coe and his
Em setembro de 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
Também conhecido no The Cardinal Dormir, Sherlock Holmes’ Hora Fatal (1931) é o primeiro filme Sherlock Holmes, estrelado por Arthur Wontner no papel-título. O filme trata de um homem jovem, que tem vindo a fazer batota na ponte para recuperar sua fortuna perdida. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Em março 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau lançado Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu foi a adaptação de Murnau do romance Drácula de Bram Stoker. Murnau esqueceu de comprar os direitos para filmar a história da propriedade de Stoker, que quase levou a este filme que está sendo perdido para filmar os espectadores. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture. O
Arthur Wontner é indiscutivelmente o melhor retratista filme de Sherlock Holmes. Sua excursão quinto e último como Holmes em Murder at the Baskervilles (1937). O filme foi lançado no Reino Unido em 1937 mas não foi lançado na América até janeiro 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the
I wanted to write about one of my favorite movies, The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935). It is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, written by Baroness Orczy. O filme (link de afiliado) diz respeito a um colega inglês, who risks his life by saving French aristocrats from the guillotine. The story is complicated by the fact the peer is married to
Em janeiro de 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
Em setembro de 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). O filme (link de afiliado) 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
The Canary Murder Case (1929) was originally shot as a silent film. However, the Paramount Studio executive thought it would be better as a talking picture. The studio delayed the release until they could add sound to the film. The addition of sound was not without its challenges. Infelizmente, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, had