When a dead body is discovered in blackie s apartment, he immediately. Columbia pictures then revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b feature starring chester morris. Boston blackie is a rather peculiar character to include in this site as he wasnt a p. Boston blackie was one of columbias most profitable film series. In a bit role as a dimwitted flatfoot who mistakes. The yarn begins when blackie finds a corpse in his cabin. Stone often blew his lines and scenes with him often required retakes. Boston blackie films collection 7 dvdr 14 films 19411949. A close call for boston blackie 1946 is the tenth of fourteen columbia pictures crime films starring chester morris as boston blackie.
Meet boston blackie is the first of fourteen boston blackie films that began the new adventures of boston blackie. Confessions of boston blackie boston blackie movies. Chester morris makes his second screen appearance as crookturneddetective boston blackie in this superior series entry. This time, blackie gets into trouble when he attends an art auction with. 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 created by jack boyle 18811928 enemy to those who make him an enemy. He was clever and street smart and meet boston blackie established his character who would do several films right into the fifties. Walter c willett, department of nutrition, harvard school of public health, boston. When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he immediately. Blackie, who was created by novelist jack boyle, was originally a jewel thief, safe cracker, and confidence man. Boston blackie tangles with mystery, women and murder to smash a foreign spy ring in a coney island freak show. Meet boston blackie 1941 film complet en francais a 20171111t19. Boston blackie is called on to disguise himself as a french jewel fence in order to recover a cache of stolen.
Boston blackie is called on to disguise himself as a french jewel fence in order to recover a cache of stolen gems during his broadcast tonight at 7. Meet boston blackie became the first film in columbias profitable 14 film series, with chester morris providing an amiable, charming hero in all episodes. Old time radio shows download for free at zoot radio. Meet boston blackie by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Blackie changed his ways and became a private investigator though the local police still suspected him of being a bad guy. Colombia, cote divoire, egypt, france, germany, hong kong, india, indonesia. Meet boston blackie was the sole venture for character great charles wagenheim as the runt.
This was a pleasant enough little film with some nice laughs and decent action. Meet boston blackie is the first of fourteen boston blackie films that began. Boston blackie, the suave crookturneddetective created by pulp writer jack boyle, had been popping up sporadically in films for nearly two decades by the time columbia launched its boston blackie series in 1941. Boston blackie, as written by jack boyle, is an unrepentant criminal who lives by a strict honor among thieves moral code. 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. Sound quality is very good for the age of the recordings. He started his career as a criminal, a jewel thief, confidence man and and safe cracker. Meet boston blackie 1941 robert florey cast and crew. In this film, the exthief tries to track down a group of spies hiding out in coney island. Stone replaces charles wagenheim as the runt in this second entry of the boston blackie series.
Blackie was one smooth talking charmer, but if you looked hard you could see he didnt come from any privileged background. With chester morris, rochelle hudson, richard lane, charles wagenheim. The earliest boston blackie film adaptations were silent, dating from 1918 to 1927. The earliest films were silent movies, dating from 1918 to 1927.
Although the character had been the hero of a number of silent films, this was the first talking picture. The ultimate boston blackie log by charles laughlin, arlene osborne and al hubin updated 11252003 boston blackie, enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend. The film opens as blackie morris and his sidekick the runt. Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b movie starring chester morris. Chester morris boston blackie classic movies youtube. Meet boston blackie 1941 confessions of boston blackie 1941 alias boston blackie 1942 boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 all on one dvd. Chester morris starred as the title character in meet boston blackie, wherein the exthief protagonist and his underworld cronie the runt charles wagenheim meet a mysterious young lady named marilyn howard constance worth while disembarking from an ocean liner. Chester morris stars as the title character, horatio boston blackie black, as a former.
Canada, colombia, cote divoire, egypt, france, germany, hong kong, india, indonesia, italy, japan, korea, republic of. In this first film, blackie finds a corpse when the steamer he traveled on back to the states docks. Boston blackie is a great way to spend an evening in the theater of the mind. Meet boston blackie 1941 02201941 us crime, drama 1h user score. Meet boston blackie in the beginning, boston blackie whose real name is horatio black was not the charming rogue we all like. Meet boston blackie is the first of fourteen boston blackie films that began the new. Meet boston blackie is a 1941 crime film starring chester morris as boston blackie, a notorious, but honorable jewel thief. The definitive boston blackie radio log with chester.
Meet boston blackie 1941 film complet en francais film. Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b feature starring chester morris. One of the earliest appearances of boston blackie, as created by jack boyle, was in. Read the full synopsis of meet boston blackie, 1941, directed by robert florey, with chester morris, rochelle hudson, richard lane, at turner classic movies. Although the running time was brief, columbia gave the picture good production values and an imaginative director, robert florey. Chester morris is boston blackie, and his first appearance was aptly titled meet boston blackie in 1941. Meet boston blackie 1941 confessions of boston blackie 1941 alias. Confessions of boston blackie full movie online 1941. Unfollow boston blackie to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The definitive boston blackie radio log with chester morris.
The series evolves blackie from a thief and underworld criminal into a new character that turns out to be very interesting and entertaining. In spite of the fact that he was welleducated, charming and. Confessions of boston blackie starring chester morris. A close call for boston blackie full movie chester morris, lynn merrick, richard lane. Sleuth blackie is framed for murder but manages to catch the culprit. Watch a close call for boston blackie film gorillas on dailymotion. Meet boston blackie 1941 12 out of 4 first entry into columbias boston blackie series with chester morris. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 rotten tomatoes. Excon turned sleuth boston blackie makes his feature film debut in this fastpaced, funny mystery, the first of a longrunning series. Meet boston blackie 1941 appropriately kicked off the popular movie franchise. Im thrilled to know that there are more folks out here on the net who care about this classic mystery character. Find movie and film cast and crew information for meet boston blackie 1941 robert florey on allmovie. Albert thomas, 69372 lyon cedex 08, france, in order that the agent may be.
Confessions of boston blackie is a 1941 american crime film directed by edward dmytryk and starring chester morris and harriet hilliard. It is an excellent name for a bad guy turned good guy. When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in new. Boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. The return of boston blackie 1927, chadwick, with raymond glenn bob custer the 14 massproduced columbia pictures films in the 1940s, often training grounds for a number of future prominent directors, were. A close call for boston blackie 1946free classic detective film.
Meet boston blackie 1941 directed by robert florey. This is the second movie in the boston blackie series. Boston blackie is on the trail of stolen treasure and gets caught up in a crossfire of bullets and women. 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.
Meet boston blackie 1941 boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. If the movietv character was married, i dont recall that, but blackies wife mary. When a murder takes place, blackie and the runt trail marilyn to coney island. 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. When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he. Cast chester morris as boston blackie lynn merrick as geraldine gerry peyton richard lane as inspector farraday frank sully as sergeant matthews george e.
Not very true to life, but alot of great entertainment isnt. Boyles stories were collected in the book boston blackie 1919, which was reprinted in 1979 by gregg press. Stone inherited the role and played it beautifully in all but the final blackie saga, boston blackies chinese venture 1949where sid tomack is the runt. I find this series of movies to be quite entertaining and it holds up better than some stuff made today. Dates, runtimes, cast and crew, synopsis and posters. When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in new york, the trail leads to coney island and a spy ring.
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