As usual, inspector farraday richard lane thinks blackie has stolen a priceless diamond and is hot on his trail. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr with. The videos in my playlists are uploaded by many wonderful people who take a lot of time and effort to make these videos available for us to enjoy. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A close call for boston blackie free old mystery movies full. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 michael gordon, chester. This collection presents the first four boston blackie stories to be published, prefaced by an autobiographical piece by boyle, who wrote them all under the pseudonym.
Boston blackie films with chester morris show list info. Read in english by winston tharp boston blackie had his birth in the imagination of a self confessed opium eater. That fact, coupled with some revived interest in the 1940s columbia b catalog, has helped make alias boston blackie one of the odder pieces of holiday programming to. The red network adopted the character and the series as a summer replacement for amos n andy. It proved popular enough for columbia pictures to produce a total of 14 b movies, all starring morris the runt was played by charles wagenheim. Download modern english classic mystery and detective stories the lock and. After listening to the oldtime radio adventures of boston blackie, and being a fan of the old pulps, i decided to give the source material a read. Boston blackie goes hollywood is a 1942 american crime film, fourth of the fourteen boston blackie films of the 1940s columbias series of b pictures based on jack boyles pulpfiction character. Grace and the angel the true story of a german shepherd and her guardian angel, strongheart duration. Jello 1942 henry aldrich radio premium picture flyer with nbc radio stations ebay. Blackie s clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. Boston blackie is a great way to spend an evening in the theater of the mind. In all of these films, tango functioned as the prime mover of. It is the christmas holidays and reformed thief, boston blackie goes to castle theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are still in prison.
Richard lane, who plays boston s longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie movies. Performing this good deed, he is accused of theft, but is allowed to proceed to hollywood to help the police find a lost diamond. Exthief boston blackie chester morris brings a variety show up to his old prison alma mater for christmas eve. The boston blackie character first appeared in the american magazine in 1914, well before the hard boiled crowd took over the pages of the. Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some. Meet boston blackie 1941 boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 confessions of boston blackie 1941 alias boston blackie 1942 the chance of a lifetime 1943 after midnight with boston blackie 1943 one mysterious night 1944. In this first film, blackie finds a corpse when the steamer he traveled on back to the states docks. Boston blackie booked on suspicion 1945 advertisement.
Reformed criminal boston blackie and his pal the runt obey the films title and head for tinseltown. Of course, the inspector immediately suspects blackie of being involved. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 posters the movie. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 boston blackie goes. The series evolves blackie from a thief and underworld criminal into a new character that turns out to be very interesting and entertaining. Critics believe that morris brought more depth of character to the part because he played the character in six films. They run into each other aboard a steamship where blackie finds a murdered man in his stateroom. Jun 16, 20 starring strongheart the german shepherd. Stone, constance worth, and william wright in boston blackie goes hollywood 1942. Sound quality is very good for the age of the recordings. Boston blackie and his pal, the runt, are ready to board a. She has visited the prison twice in the month, so is not suppose to visit again. Inspector farraday richard lane is blackies old friend. That fact, coupled with some revived interest in the 1940s columbia b catalog, has helped make alias boston blackie one of the odder pieces of holiday programming to turn up on various vintage.
Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 rehabilitated exconvict boston blackie chester morris doesnt crack safes anymore, but singleminded inspector. The boston blackie radio show was on the air for weeks in 1944 then for five years from 1945 to 1950. Performing this good deed, he is accused of theft, but is allowed to proceed to hollywood to help the. Again, blackie is implicated in a crime even though innocent, ultimately resulting in farraday assuming his guilt.
Now it is blackie s job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother. Inspector farraday richard lane is blackie s old friend. Boston blackie goes hollywood is a 1942 american crime film, fourth of the fourteen boston blackie films of the 1940s columbias series of b pictures based on. Boston blackie films with chester morris list challenges. Stone, constance worth, and william wright in boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 richard lane, chester morris, george e. Blackie, a jewel thief and safecracker in boyles stories, became a detective in adaptations for films, radio and televisionan enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to. Chester morris and rochelle hudson star in the first of the boston blacie series from columbia, meet boston blackie. This is the fourth movie in the boston blackie series. Egypt, france, germany, hong kong, india, indonesia, italy, japan, korea, republic of, kuwait, lebanon.
Alias boston blackie 1942 this is the third movie in the boston blackie series. Alias boston blackie 1942 is the third in this series of 14 bmovies starring chester morris. Blackie was played by the actor who portrayed blackie in the movies, chester morris. Watch a close call for boston blackie film gorillas on dailymotion. Blackie tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent. Meet boston blackie is a 1941 crime film starring chester morris as boston blackie, a notorious, but honorable jewel thief.
Bob hope broadcasts his popular radio show from the famous hollywood. Boston blackie goes hollywood was the fourth in columbias series of bpictures based on jack boyles pulpfiction character. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr with chester morris. Boston blackie goes hollywood directed by michael gordon. Love letters 1942 claude autantlara, odette joyeux. She wants him to plug a song that her cousin wrote. In violation of the visitation rules, he also brings along eve sanders adele mara, whose brother joe larry parks is doing a 15year stretch as an accomplice to a robberymurder. Overview of boston blackie goes hollywood, 1942, directed by michael gordon, with chester morris, william wright, constance worth, at turner classic movies. Jack boyle was a san francisco newspaper man who became dependent upon the drug to make his deadlines, lost his job, and turned to crime to support his habit. I even own a nancy drew cookbook, a nancy drews guide to life book and a large nancy drew cut out. Boston blackie goes hollywood boston blackie movies. Boston blackie old time radio detective show on cd available to buy from.
Blackie, a jewel thief and safecracker in boyles stories, became a detective in adaptations for films, radio and televisionan enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend. A nice entry in the series 314 set at christmas time, with a frenetic and tortuously multilayered chase sequence in the middle. Boston blackie, as written by jack boyle, is an unrepentant criminal who lives by a strict honor among thieves moral code. This one adds a yuletide flavor to the fastpaced action, though there is no peace on earth until the bad guys are rounded up. The original week show was a sumer replacement for amos and andy. They run into each other aboard a steamship where blackie finds a. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 movie moviefone. Meet boston blackie by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Mary approaches boston blackie about talking to a publisher friend.
Not very true to life, but alot of great entertainment isnt. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 columbia title card. However when the group is completed the girl is included as well as inspector farrady. Watch all 26 boston blackie episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more. Boston blackie goes hollywood by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who. The first film depiction of the excon safecracker and gentleman thief was bert lytell in two pictures in 1918 and 1919. Rehabilitated exconvict boston blackie chester morris doesnt crack safes anymore, but single.
Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 part 1 of 8 2 of 8 3 of 8 4 of 8 5 of 8 6 of 8 7 of 8 8 of 8. Blackie has just removed the money when police inspector farraday and his assistant, sergeant matthews. Although the character had been the hero of a number of silent films, this was the first talking picture. Boston blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some money from his apartment and deliver it to him in california. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 rotten tomatoes.
Though the title of the fourth entry in columbias boston blackie serieswhich stars chester morris as reformed safecrackerjewel thief horatio. It was preceded by meet boston blackie, confessions of boston blackie and followed by boston blackie goes hollywood. Meet boston blackie 1941 directed by robert florey. Stone, boston blackie goes hollywood, 1942 fjhp9w from alamys library of millions. Alias boston blackie 1942 is the third in a series of columbia pictures b movies starring chester morris as boston blackie. I love nancy drew i have played and solved 21 of the herinteractive pc games and read most of the original yellow bound novels.
Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 despite the title of boston blackie goes hollywood 1942, jack boyles immortal character boston blackie, who first appeared in published stories in 1914, actually went hollywood many years earlier. Blackie is a pretty decent musician, but he thinks the. After midnight with boston blackie 1943 this is the fifth movie in the boston blackie series. Chester morris is boston blackie, and his first appearance was aptly titled meet boston blackie in 1941.
Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881 october 1928. When hes framed for robbery, a reformed thief takes off to find the real culprit. Boston blackie was a much darker character in these early stories than he became in later incarnations in book, film, radio and television, which dropped his opium dependence. Boston blackie goes hollywood is a 1942 american crime film, fourth of the fourteen boston blackie films of the 1940s columbias series of b pictures. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 this is the fourth movie in the boston blackie series.
Once again, blackie is suspected of committing a crime, in this instance of helping a prisoner escape. Meet boston blackie 1941 confessions of boston blackie 1941 alias boston blackie 1942 boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 after. Old time radio shows download for free at zoot radio. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 rehabilitated exconvict boston blackie chester morris doesnt crack safes anymore, but singleminded inspector farraday richard lane is determined to link. As always, blackie spends a goodly portion of his time in disguise, assuming the identity of a bearded foreigner. The return of boston blackie full movie strongheart youtube. The first film depiction of the excon safecracker and gentleman thief was bert lytell in two pictures in. A close call for boston blackie 1946free classic detective film.
Maybe it is because of blackies original radio sponsor, rinso. Rehabilitated exconvict boston blackie chester morris doesnt crack safes anymore, but singleminded inspector farraday richard lane is. Boston blackie goes hollywood starring chester morris. With chester morris, william wright, constance worth, lloyd corrigan. Richard lane, who plays bostons longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie movies.
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