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Posts about films that played second on a double bill and drew the paying customers between 1931 at 1949.
Sa Hulyo 5, 1937, Associated British Picture Corporation released Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937), one of the last Bulldog Drummond feature films (affiliate link). Sa ganitong 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. Sa 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 binili ang mga karapatan at nakadirekta Ang Bat (1926) (affiliate link), isa sa mga unang “lumang madilim na bahay” misteryo para sa United Artist sa 1926. Arthur Edeson ay ang cinematographer para sa parehong mga ito film at ang Lumang Madilim House (1932), na ibahagi ang mga katulad na mga elemento Expressionist. Ang parehong pelikula ay naka-set sa malaking Mansions, na nakita mas mahusay na araw. Ang susi
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes (1939) is the second and last of the two Sherlock Holmes films made by Twentieth-Century Fox in 1939. Basil Rathbone stars as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce plays Dr. Watson. The movie is set in 1894 and Holmes is once again pursuing Professor Moriarty, played by 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(I have included Chapter 4 from my unpublished book, German Expressionism and The Cat and the Canary.)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
Sa Mayo 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (affiliate link) ay inilabas sa Berlin, Alemanya. Bukod sa pagiging sa karamihan ng mga listahan para sa tuktok 100 pelikula ng lahat ng oras, Fritz Lang believed his finest film was M (1931). Ang pelikula ay ang kuwento ng isang serye ng mga bata murders na nagaganap sa Berlin. The police are determined to catch
Stan Laurel at Oliver Hardy lagyan ng star sa isa sa aking mga paboritong holiday pelikula, Babe in Toyland (affiliate link) or March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934). Ito ay karaniwang ipinapakita sa paligid Thanksgiving. Nagtatampok ang film na ito Stan Laurel bilang Stannie Dum at Oliver Hardy bilang Ollie Dee, na sinusubukan upang matulungan Ina sumilip, ang maliit na lumang babae sa sapatos. 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