Sejarawan Olahraga Tempur dan Artis Bela Diri
Posts about films that played second on a double bill and drew the paying customers between 1931 dan 1949.
Pada tanggal 5, 1937, Associated British Picture Corporation released Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937), one of the last Bulldog Drummond feature films (affiliate link). Dalam film ini, 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. Di 1930, West and Morris again collaborated on his last classic, The Bat Whispers,
Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) (affiliate link) adalah salah satu dari lima film Sherlock Holmes yang dibintangi Arthur Wontner sebagai Sherlock Holmes. Direktur Leslie S. Hiscott diadaptasi novel Sherlock Holmes The Valley of Fear tetapi ditambahkan ke cerita untuk memberikan Profesor Moriarty dan Col. Peran Sebastian Moran dalam cerita. 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 bought the rights and directed The Bat (1926) (affiliate link), one of the first “old dark house” mysteries for United Artist in 1926. Arthur Edeson was the cinematographer for both this film and The Old Dark House (1932), which share similar Expressionist elements. Both films are set in large mansions, which have seen better days. The key
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes (1939) adalah kedua dan terakhir dari dua film Sherlock Holmes yang dibuat oleh Twentieth Century Fox di- 1939. Bintang Basil Rathbone sebagai Sherlock Holmes dan Nigel Bruce memainkan Dr. Watson. Film ini diatur dalam 1894 dan Holmes sekali lagi mengejar Profesor Moriarty, dimainkan oleh George Zucco. Moriarty tells Holmes after once again escaping
(I have included Chapter 4 from my unpublished book, German Expressionism and The Cat and the Canary.)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
Pada tanggal 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (affiliate link) was released in Berlin, Jerman. Besides being on most lists for the top 100 films of all time, Fritz Lang believed his finest film was M (1931). The film is the story of a series of child murders that are occurring in Berlin. The police are determined to catch
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in one of my favorite holiday films, Babe in Toyland (affiliate link) 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) membangun Pathe 'Film Studio di awal 1900-an. Linder’s comedy influenced Charles Chaplin, Harold Lloyd dan 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