Arthur Lubin

  • Arthur Lubin – Great God Gold (1935)

    1931-1940Arthur LubinClassicsCrimeUSA

    Marcia Harper (Sleeper) sets out to send a group of racketeers, headed by villain John Hart (Blackmer), to prison after they cheat her out of a small inheritance from her father by claiming that her father owed them money. She is aided in her venture by industrious reporter Phil Stewart (Toomey), who acquires a mysterious old Roman coin that becomes the key to bringing down the racketeers.Read More »

  • Arthur Lubin – Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)

    1941-1950AdventureArthur LubinFantasyUSA

    Ali Baba, son of the Kalif of Bagdad is brought up by the 40 Thieves after his father is killed by the soldiers of Hugalu Khan, who received the necessary information by traitor Cassim. Ali becomes the leader of the thieves and they are fighting for the freedom of his land. Per chance Ali captures the fiancée of Hugalu Khan, who turns out to be his girl friend Amara. After a few misunderstandings Ali uses her wedding day with Hugalu Khan as the day for the liberation of Bagdad.Read More »

  • Arthur Lubin – Abbott & Costello: In The Navy (1941)

    USA1941-1950Arthur LubinComedyMusical

    Russ Raymond, America’s number one crooner, disappears and joins the Navy under the name Tommy Halstead. Dorothy Roberts, a magazine journalist, is intent on finding out what happened to Russ and she tries everything she can to get a picture of him to prove he’s Russ Raymond. Tommy’s friends, Pomeroy Watson and Smokey Adams,help him while Pomeroy writes love letters to Patty Andrews. But because Smokey makes Pomeroy lie about himself in the letters, and when Patty comes to the Navy base, she’s furious at Pomeroy. When Pomeroy, Smokey, Tommy and the Andrews sisters set sail for Hawaii, Pomeroy discovers there’s a tomato in the potato locker, and she’s been snapping shots of Tommy the whole trip. Whether Pomeroy’s proving that 7 x 13 = 28 – three different ways, having Smokey help him play ship captain for Patty, or falling out of his hammock, it’s an Abbott and Costello classic.Read More »

  • Arthur Lubin – Francis AKA Francis the Talking Mule (1950)

    1941-1950Arthur LubinComedyUSAWar

    The truthful soldier Stirling didn’t know how to lie about his source of information, the talking army Mule, Francis, so he was treated as a lunatic and led to one after another hilarious situations, where the mule was the only one that appeared in his right mind. In the process of all this, the mule assisted in uncovering a spy, Mareen, who pretended to be lost among the jungles, but was actually…Read More »

  • Arthur Lubin – Footsteps in the Fog (1955)

    1951-1960Arthur LubinCrimeThrillerUnited Kingdom

    Synopsis:
    To his Victorian London friends, Stephen Lowry is a heartbroken widower. Only his housemaid Lily knows that far from dying of gastroenteritis his wife was slowly poisoned by her husband – information she is happy to use to improve her position in the household and to make sure she stays close to Stephen. As his own prospects improve with a business partnership and a romance more of his own class, Stephen decides that Lily must go. Unfortunately for him, his first attempt gives her even more of a hold over him.Read More »

  • Arthur Lubin – Phantom of the Opera (1943)

    1941-1950Arthur LubinClassicsHorrorUSA

    Synopsis:
    Pit violinist Claudin hopelessly loves rising operatic soprano Christine Dubois (as do baritone Anatole and police inspector Raoul) and secretly aids her career. But Claudin loses both his touch and his job, murders a rascally music publisher in a fit of madness, and has his face etched with acid. Soon, mysterious crimes plague the Paris Opera House, blamed on a legendary “phantom” whom none can find in the mazes and catacombs. But both of Christine’s lovers have plans to ferret him out.Read More »

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