Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937)

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Op Julie 5, 1937, Associated British Picture Corporation released Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937), one of the last Bulldog Drummond feature films (Koste skakel). In hierdie film, 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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Corsair (1931)

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Roland V. West directed fourteen films in his career. Critics consider three of his films to be excellent. West directed the silent thriller The Bat in 1926. West directed his most acclaimed film, Alibi (1929), which resulted in an Oscar nomination for his friend Chester Morris. In 1930, West and Morris again collaborated on his last classic, Die Bat Whispers,

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Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)

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Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) (Koste skakel) 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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Spelers vs. Fantomas (1913)

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Spelers vs. Fantomas (1913) is Louis Feuillade se tweede filmverwerking (Koste skakel) van die gewilde misdaadreeks deur Marcell Allain en Pierre Souvestre. Rene Navarre speel die rol van Fantomas en sy vele aliasse. Edmund Breon uitbeeld Inspekteur Spelers. George Melchior speel die rol van Jerome Fandor, 'n jong joernalis, wat Spelers help in sy ondersoeke van Fantomas. Juve en

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Die Bat (1926)

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Roland V. West gekoop het die regte en gerig The Bat (1926) (Koste skakel), een van die eerste “ou donker huis” raaisels vir die Verenigde kunstenaar in 1926. Arthur Edeson was die regisseur van beide hierdie film en die ou donker huis (1932), wat soortgelyke Ekspressionistiese elemente deel. Albei films is opgeneem in groot huise, wat beter dae gesien het. Die sleutel

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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

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Die avontuur van Sherlock Holmes (1939) is die tweede en laaste van die twee Sherlock Holmes films gemaak deur die twintigste eeu Fox in 1939. Basil Rathbone sterre soos Sherlock Holmes en Nigel Bruce speel Dr. Watson. Die rolprent speel in 1894 and Holmes is once again pursuing Professor Moriarty, played by George Zucco. Moriarty tells Holmes after once again escaping

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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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Op Mei 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (Koste skakel) in Berlyn vrygestel, Duitsland. Behalwe dat op die meeste lyste vir die top 100 films van alle tye, Fritz Lang believed his finest film was M (1931). Die film is die verhaal van 'n reeks van kindermoorde wat plaasvind in Berlyn. The police are determined to catch

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Max Linder Made Pathe’ Film

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Max Linder (1883-1925) gebou om die Pathe 'Film Studio in die vroeë 1900's. Linder’s comedy influenced Charles Chaplin, Harold Lloyd en Buster Keaton. Linder is largely unknown today because his biggest film successes were in the 1910s. Most of his films are considered lost. Film fans today have the benefit of resources like the Internet Archive, which has a number of

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