Blackie is accused of murdering a man at an art auction, which leads to the uncovering of an art racket. Boston blackie and the law is a remake of alias boston blackie with a gender switch a woman female prisoner escapes during a magic show instead of a male. When a dead body is discovered in blackie s apartment, he immediately. Excon turned sleuth boston blackie makes his feature film debut in this fastpaced, funny mystery, the first of a longrunning series. Ben markson screenplay, paul yawitz story 2 more credits. Blackie, a jewel thief and safecracker in boyles stories, became a detective in adaptations for films, radio and television. A former safecracker and confidence man, blackie eventually reformed and became an enemy to those who make him an enemy, a friend to those who have no friend. This was a pleasant enough little film with some nice laughs and decent action. Colombia, cote divoire, egypt, france, germany, hong kong, india, indonesia. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881. Blackie, an excon with a college education, is a jewel thief based in san francisco, who outwits the cops with the help of his wife mary. Although the running time was brief, columbia gave the picture good production values and an imaginative director, robert florey. With chester morris, trudy marshall, constance dowling, richard lane.
When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in new york, the trail leads to coney island and a spy ring. I actually like some of the later boston blackie films better than this one, but it is a good enough opener to the series. A safecracker excon with a heart of goldnoir mysteries. Blackie performs in a magic show at a womens prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape. Lloyd corrigan as blackie s rich friend arthur has amusing difficulties with a pair of handcuffs. Chester morris is boston blackie, and his first appearance was aptly titled meet boston blackie in 1941. Boston blackie and the law 1946 phantom thief, the 1946 trapped by boston blackie 1948 after midnight with boston blackie 1943 boston blackie booked on suspicion 1945 meet boston blackie 1941 one mysterious night 1944. Would you like to meet fellow french expats in boston. The earliest films were silent movies, dating from 1918 to 1927.
However, succeeding adaptations in both film and radio revamped the work of boyle and boston blackie the detective was born. Blackie, who was created by novelist jack boyle, was originally a jewel thief, safe cracker, and confidence man. Morris was blackie for the original week radio run and he was the blackie of record in the 1940s films. Meet boston blackie launched a successful franchise of 14 boston blackie features starring chester morris. Cleverly directed by robert florey and atmospherically lensed by cinematographer franz planer, meet boston blackie was an excellent launching pad for one of columbias most profitable film series.
A close call for boston blackie 1946free classic detective film. Boyles stories were collected in the book boston blackie 1919, which was reprinted in 1979 by gregg press. 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. This old time radio series began airing on june 23, 1944 and continued to run on nbc network until september of the same year. Before long, our hero and heroine are mixed up with a gang of foreign spies operating out of a funhouse. 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. Meet boston blackie 1941 12 out of 4 first entry into columbias boston blackie series with chester morris. Meet boston blackie is the first of fourteen boston blackie films. When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in new. In another of his unusual and fascinating capers, boston blackie chester morris, alibi, blind alley, and meet boston blackie gets entangled with a former girlfriend, the murder of her husband, and a possible kidnapextortion plot. Would you like to get insider suggestions from other french, e. With chester morris, harriet nelson, richard lane, george e. Not very true to life, but alot of great entertainment isnt.
Morris brought to the role a delightful offhand manner and sense of humour that kept the films fresh even when the scripts werent, according to critic leonard maltin. Blackie then got film treatments in the late teens and early twenties by the time columbia launched its boston blackie series in 1941, under the working title the return of boston blackie. Jun 10, 2009 while he was featured in a handful of short stories, and a number of largely forgotten silent films of the 1920s, blackie didnt really reach mass popularity until columbia picture reintroduced the character to the public in 1941 with meet boston blackie, starring chester morris. Blackie, just barely on the right side of the law, preferred not to get too involved with the police. Meet boston blackie is a 1941 crime film starring chester morris as boston blackie, a notorious, but honorable jewel thief. To leave or reply comments, please download free podbean ios app or android app.
Meet boston blackie 1941 film complet en francais film. 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. Joan woodbury has a juicy minor role as a woman from blackie s past an episode whose details are delightfully vague who has a ball trashing blackie s living room while george stone as the runt watches helplessly. Dec 19, 2017 boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle. Long before he showed up in silent films of the 1920s, and was revived again in the 1940s and 1950s, he was a fictional hardboiled excon jewel thief albeit with a heart of gold created by author jack.
Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie. The falcon mystery movie collection, volume 1 3 discs by. Boston blackie listen to free radio stations accuradio. When the radio show was added to the mutual line up in 1945, kollmar took over the radio role while morris continued playing blackie in films. Meet boston blackie became the first film in columbias profitable 14 film series, with chester morris providing an amiable, charming hero in all episodes. Boston blackie is a great way to spend an evening in the theater of the mind. Jack boyle boston blackie audio free download of audio. Boston blackie created by jack boyle 18811928 enemy to those who make him an enemy. The yarn begins when blackie finds a corpse in his cabin. When a dead body is discovered in blackie s apartment, he. Sound quality is very good for the age of the recordings. This bold, bodacious blackletter typeface is based on an offering from the 1832 boston type foundry catalog.
The definitive boston blackie radio log with chester morris. Boston blackie tangles with mystery, women and murder to smash a foreign spy ring in a coney island freak show. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881 october 1928. When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he immediately becomes the chief murder suspect. When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he immediately. Find groups in boston, massachusetts about french language and meet people in your local community who share your interests. Free customizable online radio with unlimited skips. Boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. Please let them know how much we appreciate them by commenting on their videos and subscribing to their channels. With chester morris, rochelle hudson, richard lane, charles wagenheim. It is an excellent name for a bad guy turned good guy. Cast chester morris as boston blackie lynn merrick as geraldine gerry peyton richard lane as inspector farraday frank sully as sergeant matthews george e. A close call for boston blackie 1946 is the tenth of fourteen columbia pictures crime films starring chester morris as boston blackie. The boston blackie franchise began with author jack boyles first story about his modern robin hoodlike character, horatio black, known to friend and foe as boston blackie.
Blackie changed his ways and became a private investigator though the local police still suspected him of being a bad guy. In this film, the exthief tries to track down a group of spies hiding out in coney island. This is the thirteenth movie in the boston blackie series. Boston blackie didnt start out as a private detective, even though that is how most people who do remember him, remember him. The complete boston blackie in search of jack boyle. Columbia pictures then revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b feature starring chester morris. Sleuth blackie is framed for murder but manages to catch the culprit. Meet boston blackie 1941 boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. Meet boston blackie 1941 cast and crew boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. The earliest boston blackie film adaptations were silent, dating from 1918 to 1927. The definitive boston blackie radio log with chester. When a friend is murdered, blackie helps the widow keep the family detective agency open by volunteering to work guard duty at a society party.
It proved popular enough for columbia pictures to produce a total of 14 b movies, all starring morris. Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b movie starring chester morris. Meet boston blackie 1941 film complet en francais a 20171111t19. A woman consigns a family heirloom to a pair of unscrupulous art dealers in order to raise money to help her sick brother. In order to prove his innocence, blackie begins his own investigation. Boston blackie is called on to disguise himself as a french jewel fence in order to recover a cache of. Covid19 advisory for the health and safety of meetup communities, were advising that all events be.
Chester morris, lynn merrick, richard lane this is public domain classic mystery and intrigue movies and tv shows. Two men played boston blackie on radio, chester morris and richard kollmar. Boston blackie is a rather peculiar character to include in this site as he wasnt a p. Boston blackie, as written by jack boyle, is an unrepentant criminal who lives by a strict honor among thieves moral code. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle. His character is largely made sympathetic by way of his love for mary, his wife, and his fondness for children. Meet boston blackie by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. In this first film, blackie finds a corpse, martin vestrick, in his stateroom when the steamer he traveled back to the states on docks. Old time radio shows download for free at zoot radio. Chester morris usually played a hardboiled tough guy whether he was portraying an actual criminal or just a remorseless cheating husband as he was in the divorcee. This fictional character was created by author jack boyle and was originally a jewel thief. In another of his unusual and fascinating capers, boston blackie chester morris, alibi, blind alley, and meet boston blackie gets entangled with a former. Nancy holder, danny sempere, reno maniquis, jason jensen, matt larson, keith williams, greg lawhun, renato guerra, ken hooper, shawn van briessen, mark stegbauer, cj henderson, howard. Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b feature starring chester morris.
Overview of boston blackies rendezvous, 1945, directed by arthur dreifuss, with chester morris, nina foch, steve cochran, at turner classic movies. Although the character had been the hero of a number of silent films, this was the first talking picture. Covid19 advisory for the health and safety of meetup communities, were advising that all events be hosted. When a dead body is discovered in blackie s apartment, he immediately becomes the chief murder suspect. Boston blackie audio by jack boyle boston blackie is the novelization of a group of pulp short stories by jack boyle 18811928. Confessions of boston blackie is a 1941 american crime film directed by edward dmytryk and starring chester morris and harriet hilliard. Dates, runtimes, cast and crew, synopsis and posters.
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