1939 Charlie Chan
Dec 22, 2023 05:58:42 #
sjb3 wrote:
Starting in 1931, Warner Oland made 16 films as Chan. Mr. Toler took on the role after Oland's death in 1938 and made 22 Chan movies until his death in 1947, whereupon 6 more films were made with Roland Winters in the title role. A long string of good movies.
I'll be receiving twenty-seven in a few days.
I've also been watching "The Lone Wolf" movies. There were about two dozen of them dating from 1917. I've been watching them from the late 1930s through the 1940s. Most starred Warren William.
Dec 22, 2023 09:43:28 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I'll be receiving twenty-seven in a few days.
I've also been watching "The Lone Wolf" movies. There were about two dozen of them dating from 1917. I've been watching them from the late 1930s through the 1940s. Most starred Warren William.
I've also been watching "The Lone Wolf" movies. There were about two dozen of them dating from 1917. I've been watching them from the late 1930s through the 1940s. Most starred Warren William.
Jerry, many people think B-movies are just cheap, bad movies, but they were made to run with top films as a double-feature, often only one hour, but because of their limited budgets, they were often very creative in techniques and the acting was as good as most big-budget films. For instance, in the late 40's the B-movies were first to permit an actor continuing to speak while walking into another room. Limited lighting also was perfect for dramatic effects and became standard in film noir.
"Casablanca" used all the B-movie techniques (there was a war on, and everything was scarce)--it starts with a view of the town, which was obviously just a drawing, and many scenes were night or dimly lit interiors, and at the end, the airport scene was added later--they used a local airport at night, added fog and a plywood plane. The script and the acting, and the photographic quality, of course, made it an A-movie all the same. The ending was added because Jack Warner would not endorse Bergman leaving a perfectly good frenchman husband for the likes of Bogart. This way, everybody did their duty and stood against Hitler.
Dec 22, 2023 11:40:36 #
Dec 22, 2023 23:22:02 #
kb6kgx
Loc: Simi Valley, CA
Rich2236 wrote:
And what about the gun that never needs reloading? The armed forces would love to have those in its arsenal.
And in almost every Western TV show and movie where the gunfights just go on and on and on…
Dec 23, 2023 07:47:14 #
kb6kgx wrote:
And in almost every Western TV show and movie where the gunfights just go on and on and on…
Yes - an unlimited supply of ammo.
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