Enlightened Despotism in Things to Come (1936)

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H.G. Wells wrote the story of Things to Come, which was turned into a film in 1936. The film opens during Christmas 1940 in Everytown (obviously London) right before the outbreak of war. The war lasts almost thirty years before “the Airmen” led by John Cabal, a former resident of Everytown, leads the survivors to victory over the remaining war

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Babes in Toyland (1934)

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Stan Laurel και Oliver Hardy πρωταγωνιστήσει σε μια από τις αγαπημένες ταινίες των διακοπών μου, Babe in Toyland (affiliate link) or March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934). Είναι συνήθως εμφανίζονται γύρω από την Ημέρα των Ευχαριστιών. Αυτή η ταινία διαθέτει Stan Laurel ως Stannie Dum και Oliver Hardy ως Ollie Dee, που προσπαθούν να βοηθήσουν τη μητέρα Peep, the little old women in the shoe. Barnaby, the wicked

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After the Thin Man (1936)

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) released After The Thin Man (1936), the sequel to the popular Thin Man (1934), on Christmas Day 1936. The film is one of 14 films William Powell and Myrna Loy made together. Powell and Loy play Dashiell Hammet’s characters Nick and Nora Charles respectively. Nick Charles formerly worked as a private detective before marrying the wealthy heiress Nora.

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Seymour Hicks σε Σκρουτζ (1935)

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Σπαγγοραμμένος (1935) είναι Twickenham Studios έκδοση του Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol. Seymour Hicks παίζει Εμπενίζερ Σκρουτζ, η μίζερη ιδιοκτήτης μιας επιχείρησης Λονδίνου. Απασχολεί έναν βοηθό που ονομάζεται Bob Cratchit. Σκρουτζ θα συναντηθούν τελικά τρία φαντάσματα την παραμονή των Χριστουγέννων, who will cause a miraculous change in Scrooge’s attitude towards Christmas and his assistant. Seymour Hicks was born

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The Mad Doctor Meets the Somnambulist

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What happens is the first commercially successful art film. The Cabinet of 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,

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