Hanesydd Chwaraeon Brwydro ac Artist Ymladd
Posts about films that played second on a double bill and drew the paying customers between 1931 a 1949.
Ar Orffennaf 5, 1937, Associated British Picture Corporation released Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937), one of the last Bulldog Drummond feature films (cyswllt Affiliate). Yn y ffilm hon, 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.
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. Yn 1930, West and Morris again collaborated on his last classic, The Bat Whispers,
Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) (cyswllt Affiliate) 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
Juve vs. Fantomas (1913) is Louis Feuillade’s second film adaptation (cyswllt Affiliate) of the popular crime series by Marcell Allain and Pierre Souvestre. Rene Navarre plays the role of Fantomas and his many aliases. Edmund Breon portrays Inspector Juve. George Melchior plays the role of Jerome Fandor, a young journalist, who assists Juve in his investigations of Fantomas. Juve and
Roland V. Prynu Gorllewin hawliau a chyfarwyddo y Ystlumod (1926) (cyswllt Affiliate), un o'r rhai cyntaf “hen dŷ dywyll” dirgelion ar gyfer Artist Unedig ym 1926. Roedd Arthur Edeson y cinematographer ar gyfer y ffilm a'r Hen House Dark (1932), sy'n rhannu elfennau Mynegiadol tebyg. Mae'r ddau ffilmiau yn cael eu gosod yn y plastai mawr, which have seen better days. The key
Yr Antur Sherlock Holmes (1939) yw'r ail a'r olaf o'r ddwy ffilm Sherlock Holmes a wnaed gan yr Ugeinfed Ganrif Fox yn 1939. Sêr Basil Rathbone fel Sherlock Holmes a Nigel Bruce yn chwarae Dr. Watson. Mae'r ffilm wedi ei osod yn 1894 ac Holmes unwaith eto yn mynd ar drywydd yr Athro Moriarty, chwaraeir gan George Zucco. Moriarty tells Holmes after once again escaping
(I have included Chapter 4 from my unpublished book, German Expressionism and The Cat and the Canary.)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
Ar Fai 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (cyswllt Affiliate) ei ryddhau yn Berlin, Yr Almaen. Yn ogystal â bod ar y rhan fwyaf rhestrau ar gyfer y brig 100 ffilmiau o bob amser, Fritz Lang believed his finest film was M (1931). Mae'r ffilm yn adrodd hanes cyfres o lofruddiaethau blant sy'n digwydd yn Berlin. The police are determined to catch
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in one of my favorite holiday films, Babe in Toyland (cyswllt Affiliate) or March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934). It is normally shown around Thanksgiving. This film features Stan Laurel as Stannie Dum and Oliver Hardy as Ollie Dee, who are trying to help Mother Peep, the little old women in the shoe. Barnaby,
Max Linder (1883-1925) built the Pathe’ Film Studio in the early 1900s. Linder’s comedy influenced Charles Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and 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