Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportskunstner
Posts about feature films.
På marts 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau released Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau forsømt at købe rettighederne til at filme historien fra Stokers ejendom, som næsten førte til denne film går tabt til film seerne. Stokers enke held sagsøgt Murnau og den tyske filmselskab, der producerede filmen. Den
Jeg ønskede at skrive om en af mine yndlingsfilm, The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935). It is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, written by Baroness Orczy. Filmen (affiliate link) vedrører en engelsk jævnaldrende, der risikerer sit liv ved at gemme franske aristokrater fra guillotinen. Historien kompliceres af det faktum, at den jævnaldrende er gift med
The Canary Murder Case (1929) was originally shot as a silent film. Men, 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. Desværre, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, havde
Since the beginning of commercial film making, production companies are always looking for new content. Film companies have always used popular books as a source of content and inspiration. Since the 1950s, popular television shows provided film adaptations and inspiration. In the early days of talking films, popular radio shows led to many film adaptations. Lum and Abner, Jack Benny,
H.G. Wells skrev historien om ting til at komme, der blev forvandlet til en film i 1936. Filmen åbner i julen 1940 i Everytown (naturligvis London) lige før krigens udbrud. Krigen varer næsten tredive år før “flyverne” ledet af John Cabal, en tidligere bosiddende i Everytown, leads the survivors to victory over the remaining war
Stjerne i en af mine foretrukne ferie film Stan Laurel og Oliver Hardy, Babe in Toyland (affiliate link) eller Træsoldaternes March (1934). Det er normalt vises omkring Thanksgiving. Denne film har Stan Laurel som Stannie Dum og Oliver Hardy som Ollie Dee, der forsøger at hjælpe Moder Peep, the little old women in the shoe. Barnaby, the wicked
Scrooge (1935) is Twickenham Studios version of the Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol. Seymour Hicks plays Ebenezer Scrooge, the miserly owner of a London business. He employs an assistant named Bob Cratchit. Scrooge will eventually meet three ghosts on Christmas Eve, who will cause a miraculous change in Scrooge’s attitude towards Christmas and his assistant. Seymour Hicks was born
What happens is the first commercially successful art film. Kabinettet af Dr.. Caligari (1920) was released in January 1920 becoming a German and international sensation. It marked the beginning of the German film revival during the 1920s The German Expressionist Movement in German art strongly influenced this film. Expressionist painters drew buildings sloped at odd angles, oddly shaped furniture,