Work in progress
Virgil Tibbs Collection.3movies---Mister Roberts Collection.2movies---Demetrius Filmreihe Collection.2 movies
The Harry Palmer Collection.5 movies---The Matt Helm Collection.4 movies
The Fugitive / U.S. Marshals Collection.2 movies
Cheech & Chong Collection.8 movies
The Vampire Chronicles Collection.2 movies
The Hannibal Lecter Collection.5 movies
The Jake Gittes Collection.2 movies
Alex Cross Collection.3 movies
Robert Langdon Collection.3 movies
Mexico Trilogy Collection.
Jack Ryan Collection.5 movies
The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming
A series of fourteen films based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories were released between 1939 and 1946; the British actors Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce played Holmes and Dr. John Watson.
A collection of four Miss Marple mysteries starring Margaret Rutherford as Jane Marple.
Nine mysteries starring Tom Selleck as the tough and troubled chief of police of a small New England town. Struggling to keep his demons under control, Stone exposes killers, cover-ups, dark secrets, and more in these hard-boiled thrillers, based on the bestselling novels by Robert B. Parker.
Simon Templar is a Robin Hood-like criminal known as The Saint.
Stuart Palmer's immortal crime-solving school teacher Hildegarde Withers came to the screen courtesy of a series of mysteries from RKO Pictures. Memorably played by character great Edna May Oliver in three features, Hildegarde was ably paired with her flirty foil of Inspector Piper in the person of James Gleason. Gleason would go on to anchor the series, appearing in all six, alongside Helen Broderick for one and Zasu Pitts for the final two.
Charlie Chan is a fictional character created by Earl Derr Biggers. Biggers loosely based Chan on Honolulu, Hawaii, detective Chang Apana, and conceived of the benevolent and heroic Chan as an alternative to Yellow Peril stereotypes and villains like Fu Manchu. Chan is a detective for the Honolulu police, though many stories feature Chan traveling the world as he investigates mysteries and solves crimes.
E.L. Park (1929) (Chan's role was minimal in Behind That Curtain with Chan appearing only in the last ten minutes of the film)
Warner Oland (1931-1937)
Sidney Toler (1938-1946)
Roland Winters (1947-1949)
Ross Martin (1973)
Peter Ustinov (1981)
Not included are 6 lost movies The House Without a Key (1926) The Chinese Parrot (1927) Charlie Chan Carries On (1931) Charlie Chan's Chance (1932) Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933) Charlie Chan's Courage (1934)
Also not included are Spanish+Chinese-language adaptations
Comedy-mysteries featuring Nick and Nora Charles: a former detective and his rich, playful wife. They solve a murder case mostly for the fun of it.
William Powell and Myrna Loy
Johnny Weissmuller (born June 2, 1904, Freidorf, near Timişoara, Romania—died January 20, 1984, Acapulco, Mexico), American freestyle swimmer of the 1920s who won five Olympic gold medals and set 67 world records. He became even more famous as a motion-picture actor, most notably in the role of Tarzan, a “noble savage” who had been abandoned as an infant in a jungle and reared by apes.
Weissmuller best known for his motion-picture role as Tarzan of the Apes, a character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Weissmuller starred in 12 Tarzan films between 1932 and 1948, beginning with Tarzan the Ape Man (1932).
Laurel and Hardy were a comedy double act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. The team was composed of thin Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and heavyset American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). They became well known during the late 1920s through the mid-1940s for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend of the pompous Hardy.They appeared as a team in 107 films, starring in 32 short silent films, 40 short sound films, and 23 full-length feature films.
Laurel and Hardy were a comedy double act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. The team was composed of thin Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and heavyset American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). They became well known during the late 1920s through the mid-1940s for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend of the pompous Hardy.They appeared as a team in 107 films, starring in 32 short silent films, 40 short sound films, and 23 full-length feature films.
Laurel and Hardy were a comedy double act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. The team was composed of thin Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and heavyset American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). They became well known during the late 1920s through the mid-1940s for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend of the pompous Hardy.They appeared as a team in 107 films, starring in 32 short silent films, 40 short sound films, and 23 full-length feature films.
Missing Hats Off (Lost Short)
The Marx Brothers Chico, Groucho, Harpo and Zeppo were an American family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in motion pictures from 1905 to 1949. Five of the Marx Brothers' thirteen feature films were selected by the American Film Institute (AFI) as among the top 100 comedy films, with two of them (Duck Soup and A Night at the Opera) in the top twelve. They are widely considered by critics, scholars, and fans to be among the greatest and most influential comedians of the 20th century.
Abbott and Costello were a comedy double act composed of William "Bud" Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work on radio and in film and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and early 1950s
Abbott and Costello made 36 movies together from 1940 to 1956.
Road to ... refers to a series of seven comedy films starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. They are also often referred to as the "Road" pictures or the "Road" series. The movies were a combination of adventure, comedy, romance, and music. The minimal plot often took a back seat to gags, many of them supposedly ad-libed by Crosby and Hope during filming.
The Carry On films were a long-running series of British low-budget comedy films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers. An energetic mix of parody, farce and double entendres, they are seen as classic examples of British humour.
Twenty-nine original films and one compilation film (That's Carry On!) were made between 1958 and 1978 at Pinewood Studios, with an additional film made in 1992.
List of a few british comedy films from the 40s,50s,60s.
This is a list of films made by the British production company Ealing Studios and its predecessor Associated Talking Pictures.Prior to 1932 and after 1956, the company's films were made at studios other than Ealing. This list does not include films made at Ealing Studios by other companies.
The Ealing comedies is an informal name for a series of comedy films produced by the London-based Ealing Studios during the period 1947 to 1957. Hue and Cry (1947) is generally considered to be the earliest of the cycle, and Barnacle Bill (1957) the last,although some sources list Davy (also 1957) as the final Ealing comedy.
Tigon British Film Productions or Tigon was a film production and distribution company, founded by Tony Tenser in 1966. It is best remembered for its horror films, particularly Witchfinder General and The Blood on Satan's Claw.
