Boston blackie is a great way to spend an evening in the theater of the mind. 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. Meet boston blackie is a 1941 crime film starring chester morris as boston blackie, a notorious, but honorable jewel thief. Blackie, who was created by novelist jack boyle, was originally a jewel thief, safe cracker, and confidence man.
The return of boston blackie full movie strongheart youtube. It is an excellent name for a bad guy turned good guy. Exthief boston blackie chester morris brings a variety show up to his old prison alma mater for christmas eve. Richard lane, who plays boston s longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie films. 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 02201941 us crime, drama 1h user score. Onesmedia offers all fourteen boston blackie films in one nicely packaged set of seven discs with two films per disc in chronological order. The character of boston blackie, legendary safecrackerturnedsleuth, first appeared in popular short stories penned by author jack boyle as early as 1914. 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. 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. When a dead body is discovered in blackie s apartment, he immediately. Not very true to life, but alot of great entertainment isnt. Sound quality is very good for the age of the recordings. And from the first movie on, this safe cracker hero, thanks to chester morris wonderful, charming as well as cheeky and clever performance, but also to the way the. Part of our over 12,000 show library of old time radio. Every thursday night in january, we are featuring the boston blackie film series in chronological order. Alias boston blackie 1942 is the third in this series of 14 bmovies starring chester morris.
The yarn begins when blackie finds a corpse in his cabin. 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. Although the character had been the hero of a number of silent films, this was the first talking picture. Meet boston blackie letterboxd social film discovery. Meet boston blackie is the first of fourteen boston blackie films that began the new adventures of boston blackie. Meet boston blackie 1941 boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. Columbia pictures then revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b feature starring chester morris. Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b movie starring chester morris. Boston blackie s chinese venture is a 1949 mystery film directed by seymour friedman, starring chester morris, in this film, the last of columbias boston blackie fourteen pictures 194149. When a dead body is discovered in blackie s apartment, he immediately becomes the chief murder suspect. The fourth silent film, the face in the fog 1922, had blackie dawson portrayed by lionel barrymore. In this first film, blackie finds a corpse when the steamer he traveled on back to the states docks.
Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr by. The boston blackie series is far superior to many others which seem to have less humor and move a lot more slowly. Read the full synopsis of meet boston blackie, 1941, directed by robert florey, with chester morris, rochelle hudson, richard lane, at turner classic movies. Boston blackie had a limited cast of regular characters. Boston blackie didnt start out as a private detective, even though that is how. Boyles stories were collected in the book boston blackie 1919, which was reprinted in 1979 by gregg press. Meet boston blackie 1941 cast and crew boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. Meet boston blackie by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Richard lane, who plays boston s longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie movies. 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. Technically, audiences at the time didnt need to meet the character, as he had been making sporadic screen appearances for the last 20 years or so, but this was their first time to meet chester morris in the role, and he was definitely worth meeting. Meet boston blackie is the first of fourteen boston blackie films.
He was then portrayed in several silents of the era, followed by a columbia boston blackie film series and two separate radio series during the 1940s. Each one of these download links yields an entire cd worth of shows, and they. Chester morris boston blackie classic movies youtube. Meet boston blackie 1941 film complet en francais film. Blackie changed his ways and became a private investigator though the local police still suspected him of being a bad guy. In this film, blackie helps out a former girlfriend whose husband is recently out of prison. Boston blackie tangles with mystery, women and murder to smash a foreign spy ring in a coney island freak show. Blackie, just barely on the right side of the law, preferred not to get too involved with the police. The earliest films were silent movies, dating from 1918 to 1927. Stone, playing blackie s sidekick, his dimwitted cronie the runt, was not in the first or last film but was in all the others. He was also blackie s accomplice and foil when trying to get around gthe police. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 movie 68 min starring chester morris as boston blackie.
With chester morris, rochelle hudson, richard lane, charles wagenheim. Watch meet boston blackie full english full movie online meet boston blackie full film online watch meet boston blackie full english film meet boston blackie full movie stream free download meet. The return of boston blackie full movie strongheart by sheltieshangrila. 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 1941 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Although the running time was brief, columbia gave the picture good production values and an imaginative director, robert florey. Boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. In violation of the visitation rules, he also brings along eve sanders adele mara. A close call for boston blackie 1946 directed by lew. Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b feature starring chester morris. 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 attends a christmas show in a prison and is amused by the performances of some of the more talented inmates, including parks whose magic act is a cover for a prison break. When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in new york, the trail leads to coney island and a spy ring. The earliest boston blackie film adaptations were silent, dating from 1918 to 1927. Boston blackie chester morris attends a christmas show in a prison where joe trilbys larry park magic act is a cover for a prison break.
Star of the month chester morris as boston blackie youtube. In 1923, boston blackie came to the screen played by. Overall the boston blackie films are great to watch though once you get to the few movies in the series the plot start to get week. Flim flam the flim flam man meet mordecai jones, master of backstabbing.
When a dead body is discovered in blackie s apartment, he. In order to prove his innocence, blackie begins his own investigation. The series evolves blackie from a thief and underworld criminal into a new character that turns out to be very interesting and. Before long, our hero and heroine are mixed up with a gang of foreign spies operating out of a funhouse. Boston blackie goes after the murderer of a draftsman in a toy factory filling a warcontract. Chester morris is boston blackie in this 1946 entry into the series. Chester morris is boston blackie, and his first appearance was aptly titled meet boston blackie in 1941. Long before he showed up in silent films of the 1920s, and was revived. There is the goofy side kick, the lovely girlfriend, and the suspicious inspector. Meet boston blackie 1941, confessions of boston blackie 1941, alias boston blackie 1942, boston blackie. Love these low budget films that were produced during the 1940s and by a great producer, edward dmytryk who created many of these boston blackie films. Meet boston blackie 1941 this is the first movie in the boston blackie series. Meet boston blackie became the first film in columbias profitable 14 film series, with chester morris providing an amiable, charming hero in all episodes.
Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b movie starring. Columbias boston blackie series got off to a good start with the first entry, the logicallytitled meet boston blackie. Dates, runtimes, cast and crew, synopsis and posters. And before i forget the transfer to dvd with the two whistler movies are horrible.
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