When lugosis tworeel screen test filmed by paul ivano was deemed unsuitable, james whale finally stepped in to film frankenstein and retained the services of draculas edward van sloan and dwight frye. The film was long believed lost until a film archivist revealed it had been preserved, along with other old columbia titles, in the 90s. Meanwhile robert florey and lugosi were given the less prestigious assignment the murders in the rue morgue 1932. The mummy is an interesting movie with the mythology it sets up, but lacks the thrills or lasting direction to catapult itself into the hall of fame of horror films. Polly walters dating history, 2020, 2019, list of polly walters relationships. While i am an advocate of black and white film remaining untouched, i thought that it might be nice to see a film with dwight in color, since. Polly walters news, gossip, photos of polly walters, biography, polly walters boyfriend list 2016.
A man nat pendleton tries to hide aboard a moving train after murdering a jewelry magnate. A night train to san francisco provides the closed setting for this actionpacked thriller, which combines a murder mysterywith pretty much every passenger on. For movies of this kind to work, there has to be a judicious, carefully. From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia charles kenneth thomson january 7, 1899 january 26, 1967 was an american character actor active during the silent and early sound film eras. A night train to san francisco provides the closed setting for this actionpacked thriller, which combines a murder mysterywith pretty much every passenger on the train having good reason to kill the despicable victimwith wild action, as an. She is most remembered for wampas baby star of 1931. This movie is another example of precode greatness. Professional shipping, properly stock and ready for shipping by labeled packing in plastic protection from dust, sun and. As a dwight frye fan, it was great to finally be able to see his performance as chick lewis, the snitcher. By whose hand 1932 showed just once the morning of january 11, 2007 in a beautiful print. Sentenced to 10 years for an accidental death, robert graham phillips holmes is given a break when his sympathetic prison warden takes him on as chauffeur. Search for hymn texts by criteria such as first line, title, author, meter, subject, and lyrics. John van eyssen, in the film horror of dracula, prepares to drive a wooden stake through the heart.
The american film institute is grateful to sir paul getty kbe and the sir paul getty kbe estate for their dedication to the art of the moving image and their support for the afi catalog of feature films and without whose support afi would not have been able to achieve this historical landmark in this epic scholarly endeavor. In london the film premiered on a double bill with michael powell s quota quickie his lordship. Wide country the complete television series 28 episodes. His body a dummy actually was shown in the 1936 sequel draculas daughter. Dwight frye looking very renfieldish in by whose hand. Basically the premise of by whose hand 1932, which opens with a man on a train being stabbed by an unseen figure and then rolls back four hours to show several different passengers all with different potential motives. Is an escaped homicidal maniac among the passengers of a speeding train. Letitia baldriges new complete guide to executive manners baldrige, letitia on. It was a very entertaining and rare 65 minute classic movie that was shown on turner classic movies. Please consider whitelisting or subscribing to eliminate ads entirely and help support. The film is a breezy murder mystery working title was murder express with ben lyon doing a fine job as the lead jimmy hawley, a crime reporter, who boards a train more to pursue the beautiful barbara weeks than to follow a lead that the escaped killer delmar. Dwight iliff frye february 22, 1899 november 7, 1943 was an american stage and screen actor.
Columbia picturesclosing variants closing logo group. The group was founded after meetings held at the thomsons home during 1933. Letitia baldriges new complete guide to executive manners. A hungarian doctor that isnt allowed to practice in america, in whose hand at my throat. Did anyone get the chance to view or record by whose hand. That was until this morning, when tcm ran a beautiful print of by whose hand. Cry of the werewolf 1944 film full movie classic horror duration.
A print is preserved in the library of congress collection. American actress barbara weeks was born sue kingsley on 4th july, 19 in somerset, massachusetts, usa and passed away on 24th jun 2003 las vegas, nevada, usa aged 89. Director benjamin stoloffs 1932 mystery stars ben lyon, barbara weeks, dwight. Its up to wisecracking reporter ben lyon to tame the chaos and win the girl. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title by whose hand if an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Its a drama and decent, like the big valley or action movies before 1970. The movie clue had all the protagonists as black mail victims of the actual victim. The biggest thread running though all of the older shows is dignity for others. There are a lot of side plots for an hour long film that nevertheless eventually come together in a cohesive manner at the end, plus a nice running gag with a gin and ginger aleloving drunk who attaches himself to lyon early on.
The annex to john grants a comprehensive encyclopedia of film noir. Open wrenfield i poke my head out of my room after what sounds like a loud fight is broken up. Walter huston and phillips holmes head a brilliant cast. Partially strangled, then thrown down a flight of stairs by bela lugosi. Crime films were a staple at columbia pictures during the studios first decades as a budgetconscious, highvolume producer of mass entertainment. Find films and movies featuring barbara weeks on allmovie. Born in pittsburgh, thomson along with his wife alden gay were founding members of the screen actors guild.
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