Showing posts with label 1930s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1930s. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 8, 2017

West of Shanghai (1937)

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"I am Fang!", 25 November 2015 A group of Americans head to a remote part of China to obtain lucrative oil rights. When a wa...
Sunday, March 13, 2011

Murders in the Zoo (1933)

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An unforgettable opening set-piece , 30 December 2009 There are very few films that I have waited as long to see as I have Murders in th...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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"You go and fetch the bobbies." , 15 May 2009 A team of archaeologists uncover a real treasure – the Crown of the Queen of She...

Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)

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"It's most unusual to shoot oneself in the back and without a gun." , 14 May 2009 Mr. Moto's Gamble has a fairly strai...

Gow the Killer (1931)

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Interesting on two fronts , 10 May 2009 Gow the Killer follows a team of explorers as they cruise the South Pacific Islands searching fo...
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

The Death Kiss (1932)

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A reunion for Lugosi, Manners, and Van Sloan , 29 April 2009 It's a plot device that's been used many times since, but The Death...
Saturday, December 11, 2010

Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)

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"Spider does not spin web for single fly." , 29 November 2008 Charlie Chan arrives in Shanghai to help an old friend with opiu...
Friday, December 10, 2010

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

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"Mr. Holmes, you're the one man in all England who can help me." , 25 November 2008 Of the half dozen or so different ta...
Monday, November 29, 2010

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)

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"Some day I'm gonna get psychoanalyzed and find out why I'm such a dope." , 4 April 2008 Nancy Drew, with the invalu...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939)

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"If you wanna get rich, stay away from women." , 3 April 2008 Nancy Drew and her lawyer father, Carson, set off for the countr...
Saturday, November 27, 2010

Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)

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"You can always get information from women. They just love to talk!" , 29 March 2008 Nancy Drew (Bonita Granville) and her class...
Friday, November 26, 2010

The Mandarin Mystery (1936)

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A nice performance by Eddie Quillan , 8 March 2008 Josephine Temple (Charlotte Henry) arrives in New York with a very valuable stamp kno...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010

The Gorilla (1939)

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"We'll all be murdered in our beds!" , 1 March 2008 When Walter Stevens (Lionel Atwill) receives a threatening letter from...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Mad Love (1935)

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"I have conquered science! Why can't I conquer love?" , 27 February 2008 Renowned surgeon Dr. Gogol (Peter Lorre) is mad...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Charlie Chan in City in Darkness (1939)

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"Beware of spider who invites fly into his place for tea." , 18 February 2008 On the eve of war in France, Charlie Chan is vis...
Friday, September 24, 2010

Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)

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A solid effort , 14 February 2008 Mary Whitman seems to be a logical suspect in the murder of Jeanne Bentley. After all, she was found s...
Monday, September 20, 2010

Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)

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Toler's first Chan , 13 February 2008 In Charlie Chan in Honolulu, Chan is called out to a freighter with six passengers making its ...
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Woman Haters (1934)

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A nice start for the Stooges at Columbia , 1 November 2007 Woman Haters is far from the best of the Three Stooges, but it is a nice star...
Saturday, August 21, 2010

Nancy Drew -- Detective (1938)

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"Aw, quit disturbing the molecules!" , 24 August 2007 Mary Eldredge, a wealthy older woman, is prepared to make a substantial ...

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937)

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A weak, but still enjoyable Chan film , 18 August 2007 Traveling from Monte Carlo to Nice, Charlie Chan and No.1 son Lee discover and aban...