FredCDobbs

MURDER INC 1960

A murder of crows?? A film by that name is about a murder-mystery book. Is that related to the pen and ink picture?

a flock of birds a gathering of crows crows on a playground quill pen ink feather pen blah, blah, blah

I was surprised to learn that he made his best 11 films all within 5 years. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507932/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 1946 Bedlam (producer) 1945 Isle of the Dead (producer) 1945 The Body Snatcher (producer) 1944 Mademoiselle Fifi (producer) 1944 Youth Runs Wild (producer) 1944 The Curse of the Cat People (producer) 1943 The Ghost Ship (producer) 1943 The Seventh Victim (producer) 1943 The Leopard Man (producer) 1943 I Walked with a Zombie (producer) 1942 Cat People (producer)

I just watched it. A pretty good movie, except for the ending. Andes was a good actor. I wonder why he wasn't more famous?

Ahh yes.... now I recognize him!

I've gotten nowhere on this one since last night.

I don't see anything I recognize except a palm tree, probably in Southern California or Florida. Maybe an orange trumpet flower vine, and a guy who looks like Joan Crawford.

The Right version.... The Chinese Ring (1947) CHARLIE CHAN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1jyhqPA_3g The Wong version.... Mr. Wong in Chinatown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzQVugA2KIQ&list=PLzhNYT2pXWVGJrowczzohks85jgQM3ayL

Ahh, here we go.... the NEW MIKADO, with an all-Japanese cast and modern Japanese music.

Kid, I hope you don’t mind if I report this..... After studying your first frame for a while, I decided this looked like a Mr. Wong film, or a Sherlock Holmes film, or a Charlie Chan film. And I was right. Then, when you posted the poison dart gun photo, I figured more along the lines of a Mr. Wong film or a Charlie Chan film. And in fact, I found a Wong film with similar scenes, with an Asian lady waiting at a desk in Mr. Wong’s house, waiting for him to see her, when some bad guy sticks a dart gun through a window and shoots the lady! Before she dies, she quickly writes something on a piece of paper!! BUT, this is NOT the same as your film!! So I had to keep searching, and I finally found your film.

IMDB says it is Technicolor. Regarding the blurry image, that could be caused by shrinkage of one of the three original B&W camera negatives, if they used that to make a modern print. That causes a registration problem and results in a double image, with one slightly smaller than the other two. Or, all three originals could have shrunk a different amount.

Ok, I've got it, but I'll wait a while....

You mean like this?

I'm talking about the modern trend to try to change the original 1885 opera, which is a humorous 1885 look at British politics in Asia, with some cute 1885 musical tunes and songs in it. To have used real Japanese people in the opera in 1885 would have been an insult. But the way it was and still is, it's more of a joke about the British colonial way of thinking, and not insulting about the Japanese. I just can't imagine real Japanese people singing those comic songs. It's like when I hear an Italian opera, I want all the singers to pretend to be Italians, whether they are or not. If they are funny goofy Italians in the opera, that's fine with me, if it's an old opera. Just as it is ok with me for Abbott and Costello to play dumb white guys. As a matter of fact, years ago I saw some kind of comedy WW II film, and it showed a scene of Japanese soldiers watching an Abbott and Costello movie and laughing a lot at their antics.

I've seen the old Mikado film, and I think this trend in the media/entertainment is idiotic. Some "modern" people are going nuts about this type of stuff. http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/17/opinion/yang-mikado-racism/ "Each time, the use of yellowface has been defended as loving homage or harmless parody. Each time, when Asian-Americans have pointed out that we don't find the wearing of cosmetics and wardrobe to simulate Asian appearance to be "loving" or "harmless," our concerns have been dismissed. Which is why, despite my deep personal love of musical theater, I think these "traditional" productions -- yellowface productions -- of "The Mikado" have to end."

I agree with everything you said. You should be a professional film reviewer. And you are right about how this noir MUST be in color, and it is very good color too.

I think it also helps if some of us viewers of these great films are somewhat delusional too.

How did you guess Woman on the Run? I saw that on TCM a couple of years ago. I put it on my Old Films YouTube thread. But I couldn't remember how it started or who was in it, so I couldn't look it up this time. Also, I got the start of it mixed up with a newer TV film titled ZODIAC, about the Zodiac killer, who killed a couple of people in a car at Lands End in San Francisco in the early 70s. Similar film scenes in both movies. And I didn't recognize any of the actors or that dog.

Cause for Alarm! (1951) I saw this film 63 years ago, and I remember that ivy covered house. I hated that film. This was shown as a double feature on the weekend, and I went with my parents. This was what I thought of as an "adult" film, meaning lots of boring adult talk with no action at all. For some reason, I've remembered a lot about this film all my life, and I always avoid seeing it if it is ever on TV.

Yul Brynner, both young and with hair!! What a weird looking guy! He certainly did the right thing by shaving his head and getting old.

Ahh, an easy one. I recognized her right away. So, I'll have to pass on this one to give others a chance.

Terror By Night (1946) Sherlock Holmes The African country is Rhodesia. The stolen jewel is The Star of Rhodesia. I remembered a coffin scene in some Holmes movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inDZjZTLL1c&list=PLMbPbsn-u_g1XKxCuBbXq8S8mi3lWqekY&index=87

Kid and others..... I wonder if it would be any fun for us to work together to contribute to the clues, based on your still photos?? I'll try that a couple of times, such as.... Ok, I see what looks like a British flag, so this seems like an African British colony. The film looks like it was made in the late 20s or early 30s, based on the model of old car. I'll guess the early 30s. The car seems to be arriving and people are running out to greet it?? The lack of jungle or grassland suggests British East Africa, or perhaps South Africa. Here is a link to old British colonies in Africa: