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Posts about films that played second on a double bill and drew the paying customers between 1931 og 1949.
På juli 5, 1937, Associated British Picture Corporation released Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937), one of the last Bulldog Drummond feature films (affiliate link). I denne 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.
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. I 1930, West and Morris again collaborated on his last classic, The Bat Whispers,
Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) (affiliate link) 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 (affiliate link) 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. West købte rettighederne og instrueret The Bat (1926) (affiliate link), en af de første “gamle mørke hus” mysterier for United Artist in 1926. Arthur Edeson var filmfotograf for både denne film og Den Gamle Mørk House (1932), der deler lignende ekspressionistiske elementer. Begge film er i store palæer, which have seen better days. The key
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes (1939) er den anden og sidste af de to Sherlock Holmes film af Twentieth-Century Fox i 1939. Basil Rathbone stjerner som Sherlock Holmes og Nigel Bruce spiller Dr.. Watson. Filmen er sat i 1894 og Holmes er igen forfølger Professor Moriarty, af George Zucco spillet. Moriarty fortæller Holmes efter igen at undslippe
(I have included Chapter 4 from my unpublished book, German Expressionism and The Cat and the Canary.)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
Den maj 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (affiliate link) blev udgivet i Berlin, Tyskland. Udover at være på de fleste lister toppen 100 film af alle tid, Fritz Lang believed his finest film was M (1931). Filmen er historien om en række barn mord, der finder sted i Berlin. The police are determined to catch
Stjerne i en af mine foretrukne ferie film Stan Laurel og Oliver Hardy, Babe in Toyland (affiliate link) or March of the Wooden Soldiers (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,
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