Diane parrish sells a family heirloom, a statue of augustus caesar, to a pair of unscrupulous art dealers in order to raise money to treat her brother, who has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. Confessions of boston blackie is a 1941 american crime film directed by edward dmytryk and starring chester morris and harriet hilliard. Its christmas at the boston blackie household, which means that blackie is trimming the tree and the runt is telling him that christmas trees are bad luck. She wants him to plug a song that her cousin wrote. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 this is the second movie in the boston blackie series. Blackie s clothes are stolen and a murder is committed.
Boston blackie tangles with mystery, women and murder to smash a foreign spy ring in a coney island freak show. Boston blackie and the law wikipedia boston blackie, volume 1. Alias boston blackie 1942 this is the third movie in the boston. Boston blackie goes hollywood boston blackie movies. Boston blackie online using any of the 3 radio players below. However, succeeding adaptations in both film and radio revamped the work of boyle and boston blackie the detective was born. 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. Jay dratler, who wrote the story and screenplay for meet boston blackie, teamed up with paul yawitz to concoct the engaging story for confessions. Find boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr at. Alias boston blackie 1942 is the third in a series of columbia pictures b movies starring chester morris as boston blackie.
When the body disappears, blackie must find it to prove his innocence. Jun 16, 20 starring strongheart the german shepherd. They create a replica to sell in its place while they keep the original. Dec 19, 2017 boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle. There are close to 100 hours of entertaining and suspenseful boston blackie episodes. Jack boyle, chester morris, richard kollmar, jan miner, tony barrett, maurice tarplin, lesley.
Dates, runtimes, cast and crew, synopsis and posters. Specialising in classic radio programmes and film from the 30s 40s and 50s. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 rotten tomatoes. Alias boston blackie has blackie finding himself implicated in the escape of a convict from a prison magic show at a christmas celebration. Meet boston blackie 1941 directed by robert florey. Richard lane, who plays boston s longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie movies. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr with. Boston blackie films with chester morris show list info. This old time radio series began airing on june 23, 1944 and continued to run on nbc network until september of the same year.
Of course, the inspector immediately suspects blackie of being involved. Watch confessions of boston blackie starring chester morris in this title on directv. Stone, richard lane, charles winninger and harriet hilliard aka harriet nelson. The prime suspect is boston blackie, whose reputation for living on the edge of the law makes him an easy target for the police. 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.
Blackie, who was created by novelist jack boyle, was originally a jewel thief, safe cracker, and confidence man. Watch confessions of boston blackie online stream full. Mary approaches boston blackie about talking to a publisher friend. Although the character had been the hero of a number of silent films, this was the first talking picture. Confessions of boston blackie by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who. Chester morris makes his second screen appearance as crookturneddetective boston blackie in this superior series entry. Boston blackie is on the trail of stolen treasure and gets caught up in a crossfire of bullets and women. It was preceded by meet boston blackie, confessions of boston blackie and. Now it is blackie s job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother. Blackie changed his ways and became a private investigator though the local police still suspected him of being a bad guy. Boston blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. The best detective films of the 1940s page 5 flickchart. Chester morris and rochelle hudson star in the first of the boston blacie series from columbia, meet boston blackie.
Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr with chester morris. Three or four complete movies on each dvd, complete with menu. They run into each other aboard a steamship where blackie finds a murdered man in his stateroom. Grace and the angel the true story of a german shepherd and her guardian angel, strongheart duration. 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. Rehabilitated exconvict boston blackie chester morris doesnt crack safes anymore, but singleminded inspector farraday richard lane is determined to link him to the theft of a priceless diamond. Germany, hong kong, india, indonesia, italy, japan, korea, republic of, kuwait. Boston blackie is a rather peculiar character to include in this site as he wasnt a p. The series evolves blackie from a thief and underworld criminal into a new character that turns out to be very interesting and entertaining.
Inspector farraday richard lane is blackie s old friend. This collection of boston blackie radio programs features 196 shows on 2 compact discs. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881 october 1928. Passed 1h 5min crime, drama, mystery 9 january 1942 usa.
Well, a mystery there is, but oddly little time is devoted to the season aside from that opening and then a bit at the end. Read the full synopsis of alias boston blackie, 1942, directed by lew landers, with chester morris, adele mara, richard lane, at turner classic movies. As originally created by author jack boyle, he was a safecracker a hardened criminal who had served time in a california prison. Meet boston blackie 1941 confessions of boston blackie 1941 alias boston blackie 1942 boston blackie goes hollywood 1942. Boston blackie is in top form in confessions of boston blackie, a 1941 entry into the popular series that stars chester morris, george e.
Cast chester morris as boston blackie lynn merrick as geraldine gerry peyton richard lane as inspector farraday frank sully as sergeant matthews george e. It was only later, in film, radio, and eventually television, that he morphed into a private eye. We offer 3 different ways for you to listen to our old time radio shows so that no matter what device you are using pc, laptop, android phone, iphone, ipad, kindle, tablet, etc. 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 boston blackie booked on suspicion 1945 boston blackie s rendezvous 1945 a close call for boston blackie 1946 the phantom thief 1946 boston blackie and the law 1946. Meet boston blackie 1941 confessions of boston blackie 1941 alias boston blackie 1942 boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 after. Reformed thief blackie chester morris solves the case of a womans harriet hilliard missing statue of augustus caesar. 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. Boston blackie is the novelization of a group of pulp short stories by jack boyle 18811928. Chester morris list of movies and tv shows tv guide. This fictional character was created by author jack boyle and was originally a jewel thief.
Boston blackie goes hollywood starring chester morris. Boston blackie, as written by jack boyle, is an unrepentant criminal who lives by a strict honor among thieves moral code. A close call for boston blackie free old mystery movies full length. 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. It proved popular enough for columbia pictures to produce a total of 14 b movies, all starring morris. Blackie, a jewel thief and safecracker in boyles stories, became a detective in adaptations for films, radio and television. A close call for boston blackie 1946free classic detective film. 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. 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 is a 1941 crime film starring chester morris as boston blackie, a notorious, but honorable jewel thief.
Actor chester morris was the bestknown blackie, playing the character in 14. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 movie moviefone. A woman consigns a family heirloom to a pair of unscrupulous art dealers in order to raise money to help her sick brother. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 movie moviefone. 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. Sleuth blackie is framed for murder but manages to catch the culprit. Larry parks before he played jolson in the jolson story is among the supporting players as the escaped convict. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Boston blackie 196 shows old time radio in mp3 format otr. This is the fourth movie in the boston blackie series. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 reformed thief blackie chester morris solves the case of a womans harriet hilliard missing statue of augustus caesar.
It is an excellent name for a bad guy turned good guy. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 the movie database tmdb. Boston blackie is a fictional character who has been on both sides of the law. Chester morris is boston blackie, and his first appearance was aptly titled meet boston blackie in 1941. When hes framed for robbery, a reformed thief takes off to find the real culprit.
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