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. Three or four complete movies on each dvd, complete with menu. Boston blackie the hooded gang protection racket june 18. With chester morris, william wright, constance worth, lloyd corrigan. Once again, blackie is suspected of committing a crime, in this instance of helping a prisoner escape. Towards the end of the film, the action takes place at the jane drake theatre.
Alias boston blackie 1942 blackie tracks down an escaped convict so he can. Even at universal, dmytryk had done fine work including the boris karloff thriller the devil commands. Boston blackie is a fictional character who has been on both sides of the law. This is his thirteenth film and the only one i recognise is the previous one. A murder is committed during the auction of a valuable statue. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 movie moviefone. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. As originally created by author jack boyle, he was a safecracker a hardened criminal who had served time in a california prison.
Larry parks before he played jolson in the jolson story is among the supporting players as the escaped convict. 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 one mysterious night 1944. Read the full synopsis of confessions of boston blackie, 1942, directed by edward dmytryk, with chester morris, harriet hilliard, richard lane, at turner classic movies. Actor chester morris was the bestknown blackie, playing the character in 14. Boston blackie is a rather peculiar character to include in this site as he wasnt a p.
Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 passed 1h 8min comedy, crime, drama 5 november 1942 usa boston blackie and his pal, the runt, are ready to board a train for florida when blackie gets a telegram from his friend arthur manleder asking blackie to go to manleders new york. Not only is chester morris back in vibrant form as blackie, but the film properly introduces george e. Confessions of boston blackie boston blackie movies. Confessions of boston blackie is een amerikaanse misdaadfilm uit 1941 onder regie van edward dmytryk. Boston blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. Boston blackie films with chester morris show list info. Meet boston blackie is a 1941 crime film starring chester morris as boston blackie, a notorious, but honorable jewel thief. They create a replica to sell in its place while they keep the original. Punchy programmer which starts out with great energy but runs out of puff towards the end.
Boston blackie the jonathan diamond, aka the rockwell diamond june 23, 1944 by a room with a view. Seven miles from alcatraz is a 1942 american action film directed by edward dmytryk. Stone reprised their screen roles for one year in the boston blackie radio series. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr by. When hes framed for robbery, a reformed thief takes off to find the real culprit. Adele mara and chester morris in alias boston blackie 1942 chester morris and.
Corsair 1931 chester morris thelma todd mayo methot. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 boston blackie films columbia pictures revived the boston blackie property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b feature starring chester morris. Confessions of boston blackie letterboxd your life in 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. Alias boston blackie 1942 is the third in a series of columbia pictures b movies starring chester morris as boston blackie. Jun 16, 20 the return of boston blackie full movie strongheart sheltieshangrila. Stone, playing blackie s sidekick, his dimwitted cronie the runt, was not in the first or last film but was in all the others. Boston blackie films with chester morris list challenges. I confess, im a sucker for crime dramas with a little comic relief in the mix, and im particularly fond of boston blackie, so tonights feature is confessions of boston blackie starring chester morris and harriet hilliard mrs. Read the full synopsis of alias boston blackie, 1942, directed by lew landers, with chester morris, adele mara, richard lane, at turner classic movies. Boston blackie the color blind accomplice march 12, 1946. 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. 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. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 was one of a number of b pictures that edward dmytryk directed early in his career.
Alias boston blackie has blackie finding himself implicated in the escape of a convict from a prison magic show at a christmas celebration. Boston blackie was one of columbias most profitable film series. The screenplay concerns two prisoners who break out of alcatraz federal penitentiary. Stone in confessions of boston blackie 1941 lloyd corrigan. The prime suspect is boston blackie, whose reputation for living on the edge of the law makes him an easy target for the police. For additional information on the series, please consult the series index and see the entry below for meet boston blackie.
Confessions of boston blackie by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who. Cast chester morris as boston blackie lynn merrick as geraldine gerry peyton richard lane as inspector farraday frank sully as sergeant matthews george e. Chester morris as boston blackie, part 2 tim lucas video watchblog. Onesmedia offers all fourteen boston blackie films in one nicely packaged set of seven discs with two films per disc in chronological order. Jay dratler, who wrote the story and screenplay for meet boston blackie, teamed up with paul yawitz to concoct the engaging story for confessions. 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. Watch confessions of boston blackie online stream full. Chester morris is a fine spiky presence as exjewel thief boston blackie, outwitting the cops at every turn its notable just how dumb every policeman is made to look in this film.
Boston blackie goes hollywood boston blackie movies. Meet boston blackie 1941 confessions of boston blackie 1941 alias boston blackie 1942. This is the fourth movie in the boston blackie series. The return of boston blackie full movie strongheart youtube. Blackie tracks down a wrongly convicted prisoner who escapes during a christmas magic show. Blackie s clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. Read famous quotes from confessions of boston blackie, 1942, directed by edward dmytryk, with chester morris, harriet hilliard, richard lane. The working title of this film was the secret of boston blackie. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr with. Stone as the runt, a role he played throughout the rest of the series. One of the earliest appearances of boston blackie, as created by jack boyle, was in the american magazine, july 1914, in a.
Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b movie starring chester morris. A close call for boston blackie 1946 is the tenth of fourteen columbia pictures crime films starring chester morris as boston blackie. The earliest boston blackie film adaptations were silent, dating from 1918 to 1927. It was only later, in film, radio, and eventually television, that he morphed into a private eye. Chester morris, william wright, constance worth, lloyd corrigan. I live on danger 1942 chester morris by classics 247. This is the second movie in the boston blackie series. 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 c. Boston blackie is on the trail of stolen treasure and gets caught up in a crossfire of bullets and women.
Blackie is accused of murdering a man at an art auction, which leads to the uncovering of an art racket. 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. It was preceded by meet boston blackie, confessions of boston blackie and followed by boston blackie goes hollywood. It proved popular enough for columbia pictures to produce a total of 14 b movies, all starring morris. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle. 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. Some of the actors in this movie would appear later in perry mason, raymond burrs version.
Blackie is accused of murdering a man at an art auction, which leads to the. With chester morris, adele mara, richard lane, george e. Boston blackie, the reformed safecracker and detective, gets involved with solving the mystery when diane spots the fake at the auction. Meet boston blackie 1941 confessions of boston blackie 1941 alias boston blackie 1942 boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 after. The earliest films were silent movies, dating from 1918 to 1927. With chester morris, harriet nelson, richard lane, george e. Columbia pictures then revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b feature starring chester morris. This picture, the second in the series, marked the first appearance of george e. Gamblers choice 1944 chester morris, full movie youtube. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 this is the second movie in the boston blackie series. Conclusionjumping inspector farraday richard lane assumes that blackie fired the shot, forcing our hero to spend the rest of the film eluding both the police. Richard lane, who plays boston s longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie movies. The falcon mystery movie collection, volume 1 3 discs by.
Confessions of boston blackie 1941 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Meet boston blackie 1941 this is the first movie in the boston blackie series. Boston blackie goes hollywood starring chester morris. Even in his smallest roles, stone made an impression. The return of boston blackie full movie strongheart sheltieshangrila. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881 october 1928. However when the group is completed the girl is included as well as inspector farrady. 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 starring chester morris and harriet hilliard. Alias boston blackie 1942 movie starring chester morris as boston blackie. Dates, runtimes, cast and crew, synopsis and posters. A woman consigns a family heirloom to a pair of unscrupulous art dealers in order to raise money to help her sick brother.
Confessions of boston blackie starring chester morris. Dec 16, 2015 grab a bucket of popcorn, some milk duds and a coke and find a seat. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 boston blackie is on the trail of stolen. Boston blackie, the suave crookturneddetective has been popping up.
It proved popular enough for columbia pictures to produce a. Boston blackie, the reformed safecracker and detective, gets involved with solving. Prowling the underworld as a detective in adaptations for films, radio, and television, the detective boston blackie was an enemy to. Dvdbluray not available considered partially lost complete print does not exist credits at imdb. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 passed 1h 5min crime, drama, mystery 9 january 1942 usa blackie is accused of murdering a man at an art auction, which leads to the uncovering of an art racket. Confessions of a boston blackie turner classic movies. Alias boston blackie 1942 reformed thief boston blackie chester morris organizes a christmas show for inmates at a prison. Rhea mitchell mary and bert lytell boston blackie in boston blackies little pal 1918, a lost film the earliest boston blackie film adaptations were silent, dating from 1918 to 1927. Although the running time was brief, columbia gave the picture good production values and an imaginative director robert florey. Confessions of boston blackie columbia pictures dec 1941. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 edward dmytryk edward dmytryk is an important name to attach to a pulp detective series like this, but then he was still reasonably new to the industry. The american film institute is grateful to sir paul getty kbe and the sir paul getty kbe estate for their dedication to the art.
Confessions of boston blackie 1941 rotten tomatoes. Reformed thief blackie chester morris solves the case of a womans harriet hilliard missing statue of augustus caesar. Boston blackie created by jack boyle 18811928 enemy to those who make him an enemy. Specialising in classic radio programmes and film from the 30s 40s and 50s. The troupe he assembles for the performance includes pretty dancer. Boston blackie and his pal, the runt, are ready to board a train for florida when blackie gets a telegram from his friend arthur manleder asking blackie to go to manleders new york. Another of the reoccuring fun characters is the irrepresible arthur manleder, the adventurous millionaire played by lloyd corrigan in some of the films.
Watch confessions of boston blackie starring chester morris in this title on directv. Blackies 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. 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. 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. One of the clowns in the show is kidnapped and replaced by a con who wants to get even with two expartners.