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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 tham dự một show chó với Coe và mình
Ngày 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 cười nhạo
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
Còn được gọi tại Ngủ Đức Hồng Y, Sherlock Holmes’ Gây tử vong Giờ (1931) là bộ phim Sherlock Holmes đầu tiên với sự tham gia Arthur Wontner trong vai trò tiêu đề. Bộ phim liên quan đến một người đàn ông trẻ, người đã bị gian lận ở cây cầu để lấy lại sự giàu có của mình bị mất. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Vào ngày 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau phát hành Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu là thích ứng Murnau của cuốn tiểu thuyết Dracula của Bram Stoker. Murnau bị bỏ quên để mua quyền làm phim về câu chuyện từ bất động Stoker, mà gần như dẫn đến bộ phim này bị mất để quay phim người xem. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture. Các
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
Tôi muốn viết về một trong những bộ phim yêu thích của tôi, Scarlet loại cây mọc chung với lúa mì (1935). It is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, được viết bởi Baroness Orczy. The film (liên kết liên kết) concerns an English peer, who risks his life by saving French aristocrats from the guillotine. The story is complicated by the fact the peer is married to
On January 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
Ngày 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). The film (liên kết liên kết) 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. Tuy nhiên, 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. Không may, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, had