Occupants of the Armitage boarding house in London are suspects when Joseph Reynolds is found murdered inside his locked room. Based on Frank Vosper’s play “Murder on the Second Floor.”
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Category: Silver Screen
Movies, Movie Posters, and the stars that propelled them into the spotlight.
Cocaine Fiends
The Cocaine Fiends is an 1935 American exploitation film directed by William O’Connor. It is also marketed as The Pace That Kills and Cocaine Madness
Ghoul, 1933
Boris Karloff stars in this British horror film, where he plays the part of Prof. Henry Morlant, a dying Egyptologist who purchased “The Eternal Light” a rare Egyptian artifact, where if placed in the hand of Anubis after death, would grant the owner immortality. Naturally, everyone in the film wants the artifact for themselves, but patiently waited until the eccentric professor had passed away. After an elaborate burial, Morlant rises from the dead to retrieve his stolen jewel!
Original British movie poster
Yvonne DeCarlo Wishes You
A Happy New Year!
The Panther Woman
Kathleen Burke as the Panther Woman in The Island of Lost Souls
Wallpaper sized image (1920×1080) of the Panther Woman.
Old Cinema in Episodes
In this 1943 book published by Rialto of Spain, Don Carlos focuses on the silent years of episodic cinema.
Journey Beneath the Desert
A helicopter crashes in the desert, and the crew winds up in the underground city of Atlantis and get mixed up in a slave revolt. (IMDb)
What? No Jane?
Maureen O’Sullivan, sparkling MGM star, truly is Ireland’s gift to Hollywood. Her winsome Irish beauty, laughing eyes, dark brown hair and impulsive giggle have made her a favorite with patrons of motion pictures everywhere. Although she has appeared in many productions, she is best remembered, perhaps, for her work in two Tarzan pictures. Here, this 24-year-old daughter of Old Ireland is shown with some of the gowns she wears in “Westpoint of The Air,” new MGM production. (Apr 21, 1935)<!-more–>
Maureen O’Sullivan promo shot for Tarzan and His Mate, 1934
Fear In The Night, 1947
In De Forest Kelley’s first major role, he plays the part of a man who wakes up from a nightmare, a nightmare where he stabs an unknown man during a scuffle when he stopped him from breaking into a wall safe in an mirrored octagonal room. When he awakens he finds a button and a key, both of which h remembered from the dream. He goes to his brother in law (Paul Kelly) and presents him with the evidence. Did he commit murder, or was it just a dream?
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The Whip Against Satan
The Whip arrives in a Mexican town mired in fear and despair. Supernatural events are happening, and a volcano is about to explode. A saint supported by the frightened inhabitants, accuses the governor’s daughter of having liberated evil demons and insists that the solution is to sacrifice her. The Whip will try to prevent it and find out what the macabre truth is behind all this. (FILMAFFINITY)