Murder mystery thriller starring Alastair Sim and featuring Trevor Howard. After the nurse who declares that a recent surgical death was a murder dies also, an enigmatic Scotland Yard inspector arrives to investigate.
Green for Danger (1946)
Studio: Individual Pictures
Director: Sidney Gilliat
Writer: Sidney Gilliat, Claud Gurney
Cast: Trevor Howard, Sally Gray
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Filme ”Greenwich Village”, de 1944, estrelado por Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche e William Bendix. Apresentando a nova estrela da Fox Vivian Blaine.
Este é o primeiro filme de Vivian Blaine em um papel importante, a ”Cherry-Blonde-Haired” da 20th Century Fox, apelido que recebeu por causa da cor do seu cabelo, extremamente vermelho nos filmes em Technicolor. Depois de quatro películas no estúdio como coadjuvante, ou em papéis menores, Vivian finalmente teve sua carreira impulsionada, ao atuar como protagonista no filme ”Ladrão que rouba ladrão” (Jitteburgs) de 1943, com Stan Laurel e Oliver Hardy. Desde então participou de vários musicais, atuando com grandes nomes como Dick Haymes, Dennis O’Keefe, June Haver, Perry Como, Phil Silvers, Joan Bennett, Vera-Ellen, entre outros. Em 1954, depois de uma jornada no cinema e grande sucesso na Broadway, Blaine teve a oportunidade de agradecer pelo empurrãozinho ao ‘Gordo e o Magro’ ao vivo, no programa ”This is your life”, exibido pela NBC. Vivian começou a filmar Greenwich Village depois de seu agente e em seguida marido (1945-1956) Manny Frank insistir com a Fox para que ela substituísse Betty Grable nos filmes. Betty, por sua vez, substituiria Alice Faye, que decidiu se afastar dos estúdios para cuidar de seus filhos e trabalhar com o marido Phil Harris em seu próprio programa de rádio: ”The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show”. Serenata boêmia (título do filme no Brasil), apesar de algumas críticas ruins para Carmen Miranda nos jornais brasileiros da época, obteve um sucesso moderado no Brasil e um bom retorno nos Estados Unidos. Vivian fez mais três filmes com Carmen, sendo eles ”Alegria, rapazes!” (Something for the boys), ”Sonhos de estrela” (Doll Face) e ”Se eu fosse feliz” (If I’m lucky), saindo da Fox um ano antes do fim do seu contrato que seria de 1942 a 1947.
Captain Scarface 1953 Full movie. 1950’s spy thriller an interesting relic of the cold war era with aspects of the film noir genre. The story deals with a fake merchant ship that replaced the real one that had been sunk by an enemy submarine. The plan is to sail this ship up the Panama canal and activate the atomic bomb they have hidden on board. The bad guys are Russian (of course) what the commies don’t know is that an American (Leif Erickson) has replaced a Russian collaborator, as he is sure something is amiss with this strange boat. With Erickson’s help, the few passengers aboard the ship learn what awaits them and so they work together (mostly) to stop the attack.
Mark Twain’s 1851 story about two runaway friends, a fostered white boy and an escaped black slave, who sailed on a raft down the Mississippi River in search of freedom and adventure.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Writers: Mark Twain (novel), James Lee (screenplay)
Stars: Tony Randall, Eddie Hodges, Archie Moore
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 21 July 1960 (UK)
Also Known As: Huckleberry Finn: Abenteuer am Mississippi
Filming Locations: Mississippi River, USA
Runtime: 1h 47min
Storyline:
Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures.
Review:
All the acting was superb. The sets were…well, it was 1960. But the script! To hear Mark Twain so joyfully transposed, and so artfully accurate for the film characters and actors! What a straight, simple joy to see this film, made to entertain and doing it proudly, with all concerned — actors and director mainly — working on the same premise. And tell me Tony Randall didn’t go home whistling after every day on the set! But this was Mark Twain done proud. How many other great writers so easily lend themselves to film scripts? What a writer! What fun he had with phrases, sayings and words. And how well all that was put to use in this movie. And PS Archie Moore was a great heavyweight. Written by: greenfrog
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IMDb – ‘Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.’
If you like this movie and our channel, please subscribe: | “The Way Ahead” is a British Second World War drama released in 1944. It stars David Niven and Stanley Holloway and follows a group of civilians who are conscripted into the British Army to fight in North Africa. In the U.S., an edited version was released as “The Immortal Battalion”. The film was written by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov and directed by Carol Reed. The three had originally produced the 1943 training film “The New Lot”, which was produced for the Army Kinematograph Service. “The Way Ahead” was an expanded remake of their earlier film, this time intended for a commercial audience. The two films featured some of the same actors, including John Laurie, Raymond Huntley and Peter Ustinov.
In the days after the Dunkirk evacuation in Second World War, Lieutenant Jim Perry (David Niven), a veteran of the British Expeditionary Force, is posted to the Duke of Glendon’s Light Infantry to train replacements to fill its depleted ranks. A patient, mild-mannered officer, he does his strenuous best to turn the bunch of grumbling ex-civilians into soldiers, earning himself their intense dislike. Eventually however, the men come to respect their officer.
After their training is completed, their battalion is shipped out to North Africa to face Rommel’s Afrika Korps. However, their ship is torpedoed en route, and they miss the fighting. They are assigned to guard a small town. Perry appropriates a cafe as his headquarters, much to the disgust of the pacifist owner, Rispoli (Peter Ustinov). When the Germans attack, Perry and his men fiercely defend their positions, aided by Rispoli. The last scene shows them advancing in a counter-attack. Instead of the film ending with the words “The End”, it concludes with the more uplifting “The Beginning”, an attempt to galvanize support for the final push in the war effort. The final scene of the advancing soldiers was also copied for the closing credits of the long-running sitcom Dad’s Army; John Laurie appeared in both and his performance in the sitcom credits mirrors this film.
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Directed by Carol Reed, produced by John Sutro and Norman Walker, written by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov, starring David Niven, Stanley Holloway and William Hartnell.
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Source: “The Way Ahead” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 21 June 2012. Web. 3 August 2012.
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When investigating the death of a chemical manufacturer, detective James Wong (Boris Karloff) uncovers an international spy ring! In the first of a popular movie franchise from Monogram Pictures, director William Nigh unfurls an intriguing mystery headlined by a cast that includes Grant Withers, Maxine Jennings, and Evelyn Brant. What’s not to love when a movie includes a crafty detective, secret formulas, and poison gas?
Director: William Nigh
Writers: Houston Branch, Hugh Wiley
Starring: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Maxine Jennings, Evelyn Brent, George Lloyd, Lucien Prival
Young Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, an unsuccessful playwright, is forced, in order to support himself, to take a position as tutor in the household of Herr Quandt. His first attempt to force himself upon women comes when he becomes interested in a young actress, Maria Brandt, daughter of Colonel Brandt at whose home he is lodging. He is driven from the house by Colonel Brandt. That night, acting as an usher for a meeting of the new German Socialist Party, Goebbels hears Hitler speak, and becomes an ardent follower. He is made propaganda head, becomes known as the “Scoundrel of Berlin”, and his machinations strike terror into the hearts of innocent girls. Maria Brandt, who is working as a bit player in a theatre in Hannover, again meets Goebbels. Through his efforts, although unknown to her, Maria is made an overnight star. He then procures a contract for her at the famous UFA studios of Berlin. Maria, who has become interested in a young doctor, Hans Traeger, shuns Goebbels’ attentions.
Directed by Alfred Zeisler.
Writing credits:
Alfred Zeisler and Herbert O. Phillips (story and screenplay).
Elizabeth Perdix (additional dialogue).
Release date (USA): 10 November 1944; 15 August 1952 (re-release).
Cast:
Claudia Drake … Maria Brandt
Wolfgang Zilzer (as Paul Andor) … Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels
Donald Woods … Dr. Hans Traeger, MD
H.B. Warner … Colonel Eberhart Brandt
Sigrid Gurie … Magda Quandt
Ralph Morgan … Mr. Quandt
Gloria Stuart … Bertha
Robert Barrat … Wallburg the Publisher
Beryl Wallace … Jenny Hartmann
Byron Foulger … Krause, Brown Shirt
Lester Dorr … Hanussen the Medium
Crane Whitley … Hanke, Gobbels’ Secretary
Charles Halton … Uncle Hugo, Radio Performer
Marin Sais … Frau Bendler
Lotte Palfi Andor … Housekeeper (uncredited)
Stephen Roberts … Informer (uncredited)
Gene Roth … Gestapo Announcer (uncredited)
Erskine Sanford … Levine (uncredited)
Ben Taggart … News Chief (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook … Gestapo Man (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan … Brieger – Radio Station Man (uncredited)
Produced by W.R. Frank and Fred W. Kane.
Original Music by Artur Guttmann.
Cinematography by John Alton.
Film Editing by Doug Bagler .
Art Direction by Stanley Fleischer.
Set Decoration by Glenn P. Thompson.
Costume Design by Kay West.
Makeup Department: Ted Larsen, Scotty Rackin.
Production Management: Bartlett A. Carre.
Assistant Director: Barton Adams.
Sound Department: William H. Lynch.
Production assistant: Marshall Edson.