Borrokako Kirolen Historialaria eta Martzial Artista
Posts about films that played second on a double bill and drew the paying customers between 1931 eta 1949.
Uztailetik 5, 1937, Associated British Picture Corporation released Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937), one of the last Bulldog Drummond feature films (kidea lotura). Film honetan, 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. Urtean 1930, West and Morris again collaborated on his last classic, The Bat Whispers,
Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) (kidea lotura) 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 (kidea lotura) 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 eskubideak erosi eta Bat zuzendu (1926) (kidea lotura), lehenengo bat “etxe ilun zaharra” United Artist for misterioak 1926. Arthur Edeson bi film hau eta The Old Dark House Zinematografoari zen (1932), Antzeko espresionista elementu partekatu bertan. Bi filmetan dira jauregi handi batean ezarri, which have seen better days. The key
Sherlock Holmes abentura (1939) da bigarren eta azken Twentieth-Century Fox egindako bi Sherlock Holmes filmen 1939. Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes eta Nigel Bruce gisa ko juega Dr. Watson. Filma da girotutako 1894 eta Holmes da berriro ere Moriarty irakaslea lortu, George Zucco jokatu. Moriarty kontatzen Holmes berriro ere ihes egin ondoren
(I have included Chapter 4 from my unpublished book, German Expressionism and The Cat and the Canary.)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
Maiatzaren On 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (kidea lotura) zen Berlinen kaleratu, Alemanian. Zerrendak izateaz goian gain 100 garai guztietako filmak, Fritz Lang believed his finest film was M (1931). Filma diren Berlinen gertatzen haurraren hilketa sorta baten istorioa da. The police are determined to catch
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in one of my favorite holiday films, Babe in Toyland (kidea lotura) 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