#warner oland

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Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong and Warner Oland in Josef von Sternberg ‘s SHANGHAI EXPRESS, which premiered in Los Angeles #OnThisDay in 1932

#marlene dietrich #clive brook #anna may wong #warner oland #shanghai express #old hollywood #classic movies

[tygerland]

Shanghai Express (1932)

#retro #1930s #old hollywood #20th century #film #art history #marlene dietrich #cinematography #anna may wong #shanghai express #josef von sternberg #hollywood #feminism #film noir #cinema #dark #warner oland #drama #movies #black and white #clive brook #🎬

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Bela Lugosi and Warner Oland during their boat trip to Hawaii for the filming of The Black Camel 1931

#bela lugosi #warner oland #the black camel #ship #trip #dracula

[weirdlookindog]

Werewolf of London (1935) - Trade ads

#werewolf of london #universal monsters #henry hull #warner oland #valerie hobson #1935 #1930s movies #stuart walker #universal horror #classic horror #vintage movie ads #trade ads

[brokehorrorfan]

Super 7 is adding Werewolf of London to its ReAction Figures line. The 3.75" retro-style toy comes on a backer card designed by Ed Repka. Shipping in October, it’s up for pre-order for $20.

#werewolf of london #universal monsters #horror #30s horror #1930s horror #super 7 #reaction figures #toy #gift #jack pierce #ed repka #classic horror #stuart walker #henry hull #warner oland

[gatutor]

Warner Oland-Ray Milland-Drue Leyton "Charlie Chan in London" 1934, de Eugene Forde.

#Drue Leyton #Warner Oland #Ray Milland #Eugene Forde

[sesiondemadrugada]

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (Rowland V. Lee, 1929).

#fu manchu #the mysterious dr. fu manchu #rowland v. lee #warner oland #Harry Fischbeck #Travis Banton

[thejazzera]

Anna May Wong, Dolores Costello and Warner Oland in "Old San Francisco" 1927

Found in Greenbriar Picture Shows.

#movies #fashion #1920s #Anna May Wong #Dolores Costello #Warner Oland

[principiumindividuationis777]

#Warner Oland #Bela Lugosi #The Black Camel #1930s #behind the scenes #black and white #men's fashion #beret

[byneddiedingo]

Kay Francis, Warner Oland, and Ricardo Cortez in Mandalay (Michael Curtiz, 1934)

Cast: Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Warner Oland, Lyle Talbot, Ruth Donnelly, Lucien Littlefield, Reginald Owen, Etienne Giardot, David Torrence, Rafaela Ottiano, Halliwell Hobbes, Bodil Rosing, Herman Bing. Screenplay: Paul Hervey Fox, Austin Parker, Charles King. Cinematography: Tony Gaudio. Art direction: Anton Grot. Film editing: Thomas Pratt. Music: Heinz Roemheld.

You get what you might expect from a movie titled Mandalay: Orientalist hooey, with lots of gun-running and opium dealing in sleazy night clubs, with expat Europeans and Americans fleecing tourists with the aide of sinister Eurasians. (There was no other kind of Eurasian in Hollywood movies of the '30s; here they're played by Warner Oland, who made a career of the type before going straight into yellowface as Charlie Chan, and Rafaela Ottiano, who filled the bill whenever Gale Sondergaard was unavailable.) Kay Francis does what she can with a role that doesn't make a lot of sense: She's the Russian-born Tanya Borodoff, who has somehow fallen in love with Tony Evans (Ricardo Cortez), a gun-runner and all-around heel. When he dumps her, she becomes Spot White (no, I don't get the name either), the madam of the sleazy night club in Rangoon run by Nick (Oland). She doesn't want to fall that far from grace, but needs must. When she's threatened with deportation to Russia by the police commissioner (Reginald Owen), she blackmails him by reminding him that they once had a night together when he was drunk, and that she has her garter adorned with his medals to prove it. He gives her the money she needs to leave Rangoon and head for the "cool green hills" near Mandalay. Now calling herself Marjorie Lang, she boards a paddle-wheel steamer upriver, on which she meets an alcoholic doctor (Lyle Talbot) who intends to atone for accidentally killing a patient by working with black fever patients in the jungles. They hit it off and she helps him sober up, but, wouldn't you know it, Tony Evans resurfaces on the very steamer. This sounds like a lot more fun than it is, although Michael Curtiz's professionalism and Tony Gaudio's cinematography gives it some occasional finesse. Francis slinks about nicely -- a woman passenger tells her, "You certainly can wear clothes" -- but she doesn't have the spark she fires in her best roles, perhaps because Cortez and Talbot are such dull leading men. The ending is the sort of thing that would have the heads of the Production Code enforcers exploding, but even that isn't enough for me to recommend sitting through the rest of the movie.

#Mandalay #Michael Curtiz #Warner Oland #Kay Francis

[twittercomfrnklin2001-blog]

Mandalay

Michael Curtiz’ pre-Code melodrama MANDALAY (1934, Criterion Channel, TCM) is sheer, unadulterated hokum, but it’s such expertly made hokum you may find it irresistible. It doesn’t start out that well. Although Curtiz and cinematographer Tony Gaudio do a great job of turning the Warner’s backlot into Rangoon, Kay Francis is supposed to be a carefree innocent at first, and that kind of casting never sat well with her. She’s a Russian émigré living on a boat with gunrunner Ricardo Cortez. When he takes her out for a night on the town, he even has to explain to her that evil Asian Warner Oland’s Jardin d’Orient is both a nightclub and a brothel. And, of course, you have to get past the now-outdated convention of casting Caucasian actors in the principal Asian roles while Asians are confined to bits and functionaries. Cortez is not the most faithful of lovers. To settle his debts with Oland, he trades Francis to him to act as the club’s hostess. At first, she rebels, but then the outgoing hostess (the wonderful Rafaela Ottiano) convinces her to use her position to “make men do what you want them to…And then you can laugh at them, just like one is laughing at you now.” And suddenly it becomes a real Kay Francis movie. When she makes her official entrance as club hostess in a dazzling sequined gown by Orry Kelly, it’s fashion as power. In a quick montage she’s shown getting men to give her all she wants, even as her eyes reveal the dying soul inside. There;s the inevitable redemption later, but even then, Frances’ great dark eyes seem to carry the weight of the world’s sins. Lyle Talbot is surprisingly understated as the alcoholic doctor who gives her a reason to improve, while Ruth Donnelly and Lucien Littlefield are funny as tourists, the wife trying to get away from Topeka, the husband unable to get it out of his mind.

#melodrama #michael curtiz #kay francis #ricardo cortez #warner oland #rafaela ottiano #lyle talbot #ruth donnelly #orry kelly

[citizenscreen]

Warner Oland and Bela Lugosi on set of THE BLACK CAMEL (1931)

#warner oland #bela lugosi #behind the scenes #old hollywood

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Reblog to solve a mystery

#poll #polls #my polls #charlie chan #mystery #20th centery fox #monogram pictures #warner oland #sidney toler #roland winters #keye luke #mantan moreland #Benson Fong #Earl Derr Biggers

[belalugosi1882]

Bela Lugosi in The Black Camel 1931

#Bela Lugosi #Charlie Chan #Warner Oland #1930s #Hawaii #20 century

[weirdlookindog]

Werewolf of London (1935)

#werewolf of london #henry hull #valerie hobson #warner oland #lester matthews #universal monsters #universal horror #1935 #1930s movies #stuart walker #horror movie poster

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Dishonored (1931) Josef von Sternberg

April 13th 2024

#dishonored #1931 #josef von sternberg #marlene dietrich #victor mclaglen #gustav von seyffertitz #warner oland #madame nobody #pre-code #PreCodeApril