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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 (partnerský odkaz) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United
In the second surviving Sherlock Holmes film (partnerský odkaz) starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, dvaja zločinci utiekli z väzenia. Snaží sa vykonať pomstu na mužoch, ktorí double prešiel jeden z tých zločincov,, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls povedal, dvaja z dozorcov z väzenia, kde bolo veľké šťastie skrytých. The wardens find the treasure, have a
Tiež známy na spiace kardinál, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal hodina (1931) je prvý Sherlock Holmes film v hlavnej úlohe Arthura Wontner v titulnej úlohe. Film o mladého muža, ktorý bol podvádzanie na moste získať svoje stratené bohatstvo. Profesor Moriarty používa informácie v pokuse vydierať mladého muža Ronald Adair, opísanie Leslie Perrins.
Roland V. West kúpil práva a režíroval The Bat (1926), jeden z prvých “starý tmavý dom” záhady pre United Artist in 1926. Arthur Edeson bol kameraman ako tento film a The Old temného domu (1932), ktoré zdieľajú podobné expresionistické prvky. Oba filmy sú nastavené vo veľkých sídiel, ktoré videl lepšie dni. The key to the
On September 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). The film (partnerský odkaz) 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) hrať
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 sa zúčastnil výstavy psov s Coem a jeho
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