Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937)

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Juulil 5, 1937, Associated British Picture Corporation released Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937), one of the last Bulldog Drummond feature films (affiliate link). In this 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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Röövlaev (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. Sisse 1930, West and Morris again collaborated on his last classic, Bat Whispers,

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Juve vs. Fantomas (1913)

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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

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Bat (1926)

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Roland V. West ostis õigused ja suunatud Bat (1926) (affiliate link), üks esimene “vana tume maja” saladuste eest Ameerika kunstniku 1926. Arthur Edeson oli filmida nii see film ja Old Dark House (1932), mis on sarnased Expressionist elemendid. Mõlemad filmid on seatud suur eluasemeid, kes on näinud paremaid päevi. The key

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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(I have included Chapter 4 from my unpublished book, German Expressionism and The Cat and the Canary.)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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Mail 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (affiliate link) ilmus Berliinis, Saksamaa. Lisaks sellele, et kõige nimekirjad top 100 filme kogu aeg, Fritz Lang uskusid oma parimat film oli M (1931). Film on lugu rea lapse mõrvu, mis toimuvad Berliinis. The police are determined to catch

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Max Linder Made Pathe’ Film

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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

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