The Shadow Laughs (1933) MYSTERY
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2015
- Stars: Hal Skelly, Rose Hobart, Harry T. Morey
Director: Arthur Hoerl
When the police fail to find the thieves responsible for a bank robbery, a newspaper reporter decides to investigate it on his own! - Фільми й анімація
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Good old film. Never slows down. 3 years' older than me, and I'm 86. January, 2023.
How great. No cell phones, laptops, security cameras, televisions, etc. Nice to see people writing notes by hand instead of texting.
I can't believe this film quite literally had me on the edge of my seat through the last 4 1/2 minutes! LOVE these old films!
Rose Hobart is absolutely lovely. I'd never seen or heard of her before this. I would never forget that genuine smile or her complete composure, the camera can stay on her for ages...nothin' left to do but smile smile smile.
She was also in 'The Adventures of Smilin' Jack', in 1943, a decade after this, and she still looked great.
Love watching the backgrounds of old movies. That old bank, the cars license plate, the houses and buildings.
Most excellent! Probably the single part that will make it difficult for people these days to _like_ it is the absence of any music.
That places it more completely in the realm of 'theater' - plus, it looks like it could have mostly been filmed in one.
Finding a film like this is refreshing - thank you for posting it!
FAR better without the music.
"I hope you find sand in your spinach." "I'm so broke I couldn't even write home for money.' Almost as good as the Mae West one-liners only these are more innocent.
Thank you so for rendering this in its original aspect ratio! Rendering 4:3 into 16:9, as is so often done with vintage films like this, is an act of desecration rather than preservation and makes them headache-inducing and unwatchable.
It's good to see how life was back then wood everywhere the cars ,sounds etc and the language.
Cops, reporters etc. didn't really talk or act like that then. Hollywood was as unreal then as today.
Very Good Mystery. No twists & turns & one can logically see from the evidence who the bad guy is.
Will the Shadow movies get their own spot on the playlist now?
Hi Roger - I don’t know if I have enough of them… but I’ll check.
So good !!!
Casket...$150...those days are long gone and, that wasn't even a cheap one!
lynda renaud ...right...brass handles, cushioning...wow...even back then it was too much to stuff in the ground to rust!...
The character of The Shadow which is issued from the Dark's Universe edition which is also entitled to the Invisible man: the Shadow has greatly contributed to the creation of the character of BATMAN: from which the writers and draughtsmen inspired much of the latter for his creation and are universe.
The Shadow contributed to Batman, Doc Savage contributed to Superman and Batman.
This doesn't compare to Rod LaRocque as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow.
The best part of the movie"leave it to me>.
Seen that in a few old movin pictures. Also "Let me take care of it", or "I'll take care of it".
according to imdb, Ceasar Romero's debut No Cranson not much of a shadow.
Fun, thank you.
Opening scene-man gets shot, guy standing next to him looks around and walks on in through the gate. I was waiting to hear, Cartman say, "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!"
Thank you
Ooooh, nothing worse than finding sand in your spinach....or any sort of salad. Munch, crunch!
Or in a can of smoked oysters.🦪
I think the Bank Manager, put a $1000 bill, back in the Bank Vault.
I am sure I saw a young Alan Hale ( the skipper) earlier in this film.
Subaru was an is a very special racer on an off the track.
Clymer was the best..."leave it to me"!
Seen that in a few old movin pictures. Also "Let me take care of it", or "I'll take care of it".
Were people a lot shorter back then? I’ve noticed that the reports of men’s heights in these older films were extremely shorter than what is normal today (in the USA)... (5 foot, 4 inches?) ~ I’m female at 5 foot, 7 inches. Must be the additives & GMO’s in our food!
Love Hal Skelly! Thx!
Yes every generation get taller and wider and that means more materials for shirts, trousers, shoes etc and more acreage to grow it and that means more water etc👋
Better nutrition for a broader part of the population.
Unfortunately, Hal Skelly died the year after this picture was released. Train vs car accident.
Multiple illnesses affect growth ...measles, mumps, chicken pox, lack of certain medications...
@@AlaskaErik ...was he in the car..or in the train? : )
Where the heck is lamont cranston ..thanks for these special shows. The really early shadows show .
Lamont Cranston was the true identity of the Shadow in the radio show. In the pulp magazines Cranston was just one of many disguises the Shadow used. In this case, it usually gave him access to the Cobalt Club where rich thieves would hang out. His true identity was Kent Allard, a WWI spy.
@@bjbell52 did author/director Charles LAMONT create the name of Lamont Cranston?
THIS ACTING IS LIKE A SCHOOL PLAY..................BIT PART AT 49:00 ...CESAR ROMERO..FROM THE BACK......
A good 🎥😊
Quite good, in fact. A sort of 'period piece', but with much to offer.
49:35 - Caesar Romero!
Where the hell is Lamont Cranston?
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Must have the wrong title. No Shadow anywhere.
The Shadow radio show, which had Lamont Cranston as The Shadow, didn't come out until 1937. This movie must be loosely based upon The Shadow pulp magazines in which the true identity of The Shadow is mentioned only twice. His true identity was Kent Allard, WW I spy and aviator but he is a master of disguise and assumes different characters like Cranston or Fritz, the janitor at police headquarters.
Hey thanks for the back an forward story.
Home in bed with gout!
Unbelievable acting. Script full of holes, but great period stuff.
@43:06; Cesar Romero (the Joker) as a henchman!
I never liked him, and that was even before his 'affectional preference' became common knowledge.
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As a rule I love these old Bmovies but this one is bad. Skelly is miscast in a role tailor made for Lee Tracy.
This was definitely a Lee Tracy role, but judging by the production values, they probably couldn't afford him. lol
Even today most film stars are short stature so as in the 30's till present day they had and have to match all the other actors and actresses not to overshadow the Hero or Heroin players !!!!! HA HA HA HA. Nordic's and European Celtic's are tall but in Africa there are tall tribes as in the Indo Chinese Continent are very tall and short folk's aswell.Indigenous USA natives had sometall people but the short Europeans are the Alpine's,Gauls,Anglo=Saxons,Britains, this is a general list but yes the people were generally shorter because they were developing their societies quicker than other sizes probably the Ancient civilisations were shorter people? BUT Hollywood is the worst measure to use for peoples hights HA HA HA.Still shorter fighter pilots were and are always more successfull than taller one's ! Just check this out it is true.So Hollywood take note.All Be Blessed
Reflex time given all parameters equal are a matter of the chemical transmission along the nerve cells. Hence, the longer the nerve the slower the reaction time. So smaller people should have faster response barring other physiological conditions.
Maybe there is a good movie 🍿 struggling to get out from under the cheesey acting and the hackneyed dialogue, not to mention the amateurish crime scene procedure, but I am not going to stick around to find out.
Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX. May the Sauce be with you. 🥊
Bad dialog and acting / cheap moive
I very much appreciate most of your posts, and thank you for them. But this movie is the exception. There is NO Shadow, there are NO laughs, the writing is abysmal, Hal Skelly is gratingly, super-annoying, and the movie is 63 minutes too long. Thumbs down.
It was annoying how he kept leaning hard toward Ruth when he first met her at her typewriter. I wonder how many guys emulated that, thinking it was clever, only to get slapped.
terrible
Don't look now, but there's more here than first seems to be - much more.
This movie is boring as can be.
When that happens, just move that little square over to about five minutes left. That is when the most action occurs and the case/mystery is solved.
Have you ever considered the problem is you?
@@robertwalker5521Just like any basketball game.🏀