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Charlie Chan - The Chinese Ring

The Chinese Ring is a 1947 American film directed by William Beaudine. The film is also known as Charlie Chan in the Chinese Ring (American poster title) and The Red Hornet. This is the first to feature Roland Winters as Charlie Chan. It is a remake of the 1939 Monogram Pictures film Mr. Wong in C

The Trap (1946 film)

The Trap is a 1946 crime film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Sidney Toler and Victor Sen Yung. The main premise is that two members of a show troupe are murdered, and detective Charlie Chan is called in to solve the case. The title credit mentions "Charlie Chan" as appearing in the film,

Charlie Chan: Dark Alibi

Dark Alibi is a 1946 American film directed by Phil Karlson featuring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. It is also known as Charlie Chan in Alcatraz, Fatal Fingerprints and Fatal Fingertips. Thomas Harley, an ex-convict who served time in prison twenty years ago, is wrongfully arrested for a bank robb

Hell's Island

Hell's Island is a 1955 American film noir directed by Phil Karlson starring John Payne and Mary Murphy. The film was shot in the VistaVision wide-screen format. Hell's Island was re-released in 1962 under the title South Sea Fury. The working titles of this film were Love Is a Weapon and The Ruby

What is Darwin's theory of evolution?

In 1859, Darwin's book on the origin of species was published - and what Darwin had feared then happened: he was fiercely attacked. Because it contradicted everything that people believed in at the time. Author: ZDF/TerraX/R.Schlosshan/F.Haedecke/C.Ruby/F.Wienke/Gruppe5/Jochen Schmidt Translation

Why does a zebra have stripes?

Even the common ancestor of horses and zebras wore a subtle pattern. In the course of time, the stripes prevailed in the offspring. The tsetse fly was responsible for this selection, because it recognized only single-colored animals and infected them with diseases. Author: ZDF/TerraX/R.Schlosshan/F

The origin of life

For life to develop, it needs amino acids, sugars, bases and fats. In addition, RNA, an acid and a kind of chemical Morse code - this is how chains with building blocks are created. But it is only a protective lipid shell that turns the chains into a cell. Author: ZDF/Terrax/R. Schlosshan/F. Hädeck

Blood on the Sun

Blood on the Sun is a 1945 American war film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring James Cagney and Sylvia Sidney. The film is based on a fictional history behind the Tanaka Memorial document. In 1929, the existence of the “Tanaka Memorial,” a Japanese plan devised by Baron Giichi Tanaka (John Emery

Blood on the Sun - Colorized by alugha

Blood on the Sun is a 1945 American war film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring James Cagney and Sylvia Sidney. The film is based on a fictional history behind the Tanaka Memorial document. In 1929, the existence of the “Tanaka Memorial,” a Japanese plan devised by Baron Giichi Tanaka (John Emery