Reformed thief blackie chester morris solves the case of a womans harriet hilliard missing statue of augustus caesar. Blackie tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent. Confessions of a nazi spy 1939 confessions of boston blackie 1941 confidence girl 1952 conflict 1945 the conspirators 1944 the contact man aka alias nick beal 1949 convicted 1950 convicted woman 1940 count the hours aka every minute counts 1953 counterespionage 1942 crackup 1946 crashout 1955 crime against joe 1956 crime doctor 1943. This here was directed by edward dmytryk and is a highly entertaining little gem. She wants him to plug a song that her cousin wrote. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 release info imdb. The return of boston blackie full movie strongheart youtube. Chester morris stars as the title character, horatio boston blackie black, as a former.
Confessions of boston blackie 1941 plot keywords imdb. With chester morris, harriet nelson, richard lane, george e. Chester morris is best remembered today for portraying boston blackie, a criminalturneddetective, in the modestly budgeted boston blackie. To save his own skin, with the help of his girlfriend mary and sidekick shorty, blackie ends up solving the case. Chester morris tangles with detour femme fatale ann savage while wedding bells ring for george e. Jay dratler, who wrote the story and screenplay for meet boston blackie, teamed up with paul yawitz to concoct the engaging story for confessions. A woman consigns a family heirloom to a pair of unscrupulous art dealers in order to raise money to help her sick brother. Although the character had been the hero of a number of silent films, this was the first talking picture. Confessions of boston blackie is a 1941 american crime film directed by edward dmytryk and. Dates, runtimes, cast and crew, synopsis and posters. With chester morris, rochelle hudson, richard lane, charles wagenheim.
Morris went on to star in a total of fourteen boston blackie features between 1941 and 1949. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 this is the second movie in the boston blackie series. To further complicate matters, the murderer kidnaps sally brown nina foch to keep boston blackie at bay. The series evolves blackie from a thief and underworld criminal into a new character that turns out to be very interesting and entertaining.
Confessions of boston blackie 1941 out of 4 second film in the series has the exthief chester morris trying to track down some murderers who are also in the fake sculpture business. He sailed from the port of hamburg, germany, as a steerage passenger on board. Meet boston blackie 1941 confessions of boston blackie 1941 alias boston blackie 1942 boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 after midnight with boston blackie 1943 the chance of a lifetime 1943 one mysterious night 1944 boston blackie booked. Boston blackie goes hollywood directed by michael gordon. The stars of the troupe are roggi mckay, the famous clown, and a young dancer, eve sands, whose brother, joe trilby, is an inmate at the institution. Jun 16, 20 off limits 1953 mickey rooney full lenght comedy movie duration. 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. Jack boyle, chester morris, richard kollmar, jan miner, tony barrett, maurice tarplin, lesley. Richard kollmar as boston blackie jan minor as mary. Boston blackie is the role for which morris is best remembered. Meet boston blackie by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle 18811928. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 meet boston blackie 1941 columbia. On april 11, 1945 boston blackie began airing on mutual and other networks as a syndicated serialization with richard kollman taking on the role of blackie. This is the second movie in the boston blackie series. Free customizable online radio with unlimited skips. Watch confessions of boston blackie starring chester morris in this title on directv. Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some money from his apartment and deliver it to him in california. Overview of boston blackie goes hollywood, 1942, directed by michael gordon, with chester morris, william wright, constance worth, at turner classic movies. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 boston blackie is on the trail of stolen treasure and gets caught up in a crossfire of bullets and women. The prime suspect is boston blackie, whose reputation for living on the edge of the law makes him an easy target for the police. His remains were cremated and scattered over a german river. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881 october 1928.
Chester morris makes his second screen appearance as crookturneddetective boston blackie in this superior series entry. This is the third movie in the boston blackie series. The boston blackie syndicated by ziv mutual thursdays 8. Boston blackie, played by kent taylor on television, was originally the hero of more than a dozen 1940s b movies, and the lead protagonist in this memorable tv show that aired in syndication. Confessions of boston blackie boston blackie movies. Blackie is accused of murdering a man at an art auction, which leads to the uncovering of an art racket.
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. Boston blackie, in the 11th film of the columbia series, indulges in some wittrading with a squirmy spiritualist who deals in blackmail, murder and the occult. Actor chester morris was the bestknown blackie, playing the character in 14. Boston blackie listen to free radio stations accuradio. Boston blackie films collection 7 dvdr 14 films 19411949 etsy. Boston blackies life gets complicated when maniac murderer james cook steve cochran goes on a killing spree while pretending to be boston blackie. Blacky dress berlin clothing for women vestiaire collective. Blackie out to help his pal, runt, recover some jewels, finds himself involved in the homicides, and also finds himself as the prime suspect, and now has to find the real culprit in. Boston blackie is a reformed jewel thief who is never far from trouble. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Boston blackie films collection 7 dvdr 14 films 19411949. When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in new york, the trail leads to coney island and a spy ring.
Harriet nelson project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Read on wikipedia edit history talk page print download pdf. Sound quality is very good for the age of the recordings. The wife takes a flyer 1942 flybynight 1942 get hep to love 1942 laura 1944 higher and higher 1944 its in the bag. Passed 1h 5min crime, drama, mystery 9 january 1942 usa.
However, succeeding adaptations in both film and radio revamped the work of boyle and boston blackie the detective was born. 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. A close call for boston blackie 1946 is the tenth of fourteen columbia pictures crime films starring chester morris as boston blackie. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 movie moviefone. Boston blackie goes hollywood is a firstrate entry from the popular series, expertly mixing action and laughs, and is a mustwatch the next time its shown on turner classic movies. Boston blackie is on the trail of stolen treasure and gets caught up in a crossfire of bullets and women.
Ziv and mutuals wor partnered to syndicate boston blackie for 1945 and again from 1947 to 1950. Boston blackie the color blind accomplice march 12, 1946. Watch confessions of boston blackie online stream full. Richard lane, who plays boston s longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie movies.
Cast chester morris as boston blackie lynn merrick as geraldine gerry peyton richard lane as inspector farraday frank sully as sergeant matthews george e. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 the movie database tmdb. Meet boston blackie 1941 confessions of boston blackie 1941 alias boston blackie 1942 boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 all on one dvd. Meet boston blackie 1941 confessions of boston blackie 1941 alias boston blackie 1942 boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 after. 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. The definitive boston blackie radio log with chester. Inspector farraday of the homicide squad tries to pin blackie for the crime in every episode. In 1942, stone burlesqued hirohito in roachs wartime comedy the devil with hitler. It was only later, in film, radio, and eventually television, that he morphed into a private eye. Boston blackie the jonathan diamond, aka the rockwell diamond june 23, 1944 by a room with a view. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 rotten tomatoes.
The chance of a lifetime, after midnight with boston blackie, one mysterious night, booked on suspicion. The definitive boston blackie radio log with chester morris. A murder is committed during the auction of a valuable statue. Blackie is a pretty decent musician, but he thinks the the song is lousy, but takes it to his friend anyway. Boston blackie is a great way to spend an evening in the theater of the mind. Off limits 1953 mickey rooney full lenght comedy movie duration. 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.
The series continued to run until october 25, 1950 and spawned over 200 old radio shows. In violation of the visitation rules, he also brings along eve sanders adele mara. Prompted by the sentiment of christmas, reformed safecracker boston blackie persuades the cast of a musical comedy company to help him entertain the inmates at his alma mater, the state prison. More typical bit roles came as an icecream seller in confessions of boston blackie 1941, a telegram boy in talk of the town 1942, and a hotel doorman in second chorus 1942. This old time radio series began airing on june 23, 1944 and continued to run on nbc network until september of the same year. Meet boston blackie is a 1941 crime film starring chester morris as boston blackie, a notorious, but honorable jewel thief. Exthief boston blackie chester morris brings a variety show up to his old prison alma mater for christmas eve. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 the movie database.
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. Not very true to life, but alot of great entertainment isnt. A jewel thief and safecracker in boyles stories, blackie became a detective in adaptations for films, radio and television. Onesmedia offers all fourteen boston blackie films in one nicely packaged set of seven discs with two films per disc in chronological order. 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.
The hard way 1943 as maria uncredited you cant beat the law. This time, blackie gets into trouble when he attends an art auction with. Blackie is accused of murdering a man at an art auction, which leads. Adele mara and chester morris in alias boston blackie 1942 chester morris and george e. Buy secondhand blacky dress berlin clothing for women on vestiaire collective. Confessions of boston blackie starring chester morris. Confessions of boston blackie is a 1941 american crime film directed by edward dmytryk and starring chester morris and harriet hilliard. All confessions of boston blackie movie posters,high res movie posters image for confessions of boston blackie. Boston blackie is a rather peculiar character to include in this site as he wasnt a p. Blackie tracks down a wrongly convicted prisoner who escapes during a christmas magic show. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 movie moviefone.
Boston blackie 195153 episode guide compiled by the classic tv archive with contributions by. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 reformed thief blackie chester morris solves the case of a womans harriet hilliard missing statue of augustus caesar. Mary approaches boston blackie about talking to a publisher friend. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr with. Actor chester morris was the bestknown blackie, playing the character in 14 columbia pictures films 19411949 and in a 1944 nbc radio series.
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