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. Comedy mystery stories with a charming reformed master burglar. It was only later, in film, radio, and eventually television, that he morphed into a private eye. Dates, runtimes, cast and crew, synopsis and posters. Meet boston blackie by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Complet vostfr, blondie meets the boss film en entier francais streaming vf. A film of its time, there are only white people in it, and the special effects see the car chase are rudimentary.
I find this series of movies to be quite entertaining and it holds up better than some stuff made today. In this first film, blackie finds a corpse when the steamer he traveled on back to the states docks. Blackie, a jewel thief and safecracker in boyles stories. Cast chester morris as boston blackie lynn merrick as geraldine gerry peyton richard lane as inspector farraday frank sully as sergeant matthews george e. Dec 19, 2017 boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle. It was preceded by meet boston blackie, confessions of boston blackie and followed by boston blackie goes hollywood. It is an excellent name for a bad guy turned good guy.
Read the full synopsis of meet boston blackie, 1941, directed by robert florey, with chester morris, rochelle hudson, richard lane, at turner classic movies. Reformed thief blackie chester morris solves the case of a womans harriet hilliard missing statue of augustus caesar. Richard lane, who plays bostons longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie movies. There is the goofy side kick, the lovely girlfriend, and the suspicious inspector. Before long, our hero and heroine are mixed up with a gang of foreign spies operating out of a funhouse. 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. Nov 16, 2014 the boston blackie radio series, also starring chester morris, began june 23, 1944, on nbc as a summer replacement for amos n andy. A close call for boston blackie 1946free classic detective film. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 movie 68 min starring chester morris as boston blackie.
In while the boston blackie series of films were still giving an extra fillip. Boston blackie films with chester morris list challenges. Sleuth blackie is framed for murder but manages to catch the culprit. Chester morris is boston blackie, and his first appearance was aptly titled meet boston blackie in 1941.
Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Blackie, who was created by novelist jack boyle, was originally a jewel thief, safe cracker, and confidence man. When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he. Although the character had been the hero of a number of silent films, this was the first talking picture. When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he immediately. Columbia pictures then revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b feature starring chester morris. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle. A close call for boston blackie 1946 is the tenth of fourteen columbia pictures crime films starring chester morris as boston blackie. When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he immediately becomes the chief murder suspect. Watch a close call for boston blackie film gorillas on dailymotion. Meet boston blackie 1941 film complet en francais film.
Ucla film and television archive writers guild of america wga. Although the running time was brief, columbia gave the picture good production values and. It proved popular enough for columbia pictures to produce a total of 14 b movies, all starring morris. Richard lane, inspector farraday is always after boston blackie for stealing a pearl and also gets himself running around in circles trying to find something to arrest boston blackie and his sidekick george e. The first of a series of movies that continued through.
He was also blackies accomplice and foil when trying to get around gthe police. When a dead body is discovered in blackie s apartment, he immediately. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Boston blackie, as written by jack boyle, is an unrepentant criminal who. The series evolves blackie from a thief and underworld criminal into a new character that turns out to be very interesting and entertaining. In order to prove his innocence, blackie begins his own investigation. The earliest film adaptations were silent, dating from 1918 to 1927. Boston blackie was one of columbias most profitable film series.
Blackie changed his ways and became a private investigator though the local police still suspected him of being a bad guy. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr by. Boston blackies chinese venture 1949 page 1 of 1 previous next. Boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. A close call for boston blackie 1946free classic detective. The complete boston blackie in search of jack boyle. Boston blackie had a limited cast of regular characters. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 rotten tomatoes. Meet boston blackie 1941 this is the first movie in the boston blackie series.
Blackie, a jewel thief and safecracker in boyles stories, became a detective in adaptations for films, radio and television. Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b movie starring chester morris. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr with. The earliest boston blackie film adaptations were silent, dating from 1918 to 1927. Watch confessions of boston blackie online stream full. The yarn begins when blackie finds a corpse in his cabin. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881 october 1928. Alias boston blackie 1942 is the third in a series of columbia pictures b movies starring chester morris as boston blackie.
Slickhaired, hardeyed morris debuts as boston blackie, an excon who turns. A close call for boston blackie free old mystery movies full length. Columbias boston blackie series got off to a good start with the first entry, the logicallytitled meet boston blackie. Excon turned sleuth boston blackie makes his feature film debut in this fastpaced, funny mystery, the first of a longrunning series. When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in new york, the trail leads to coney island and a spy ring.
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. 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. Boston blackie is a rather peculiar character to include in this site as he wasnt a p. Chester morris, william wright, constance worth, lloyd corrigan. Meet boston blackie 1941 official trailer, organic. Meet boston blackie is the first of fourteen boston blackie films that began the new adventures of boston blackie. The boston blackie series is far superior to many others which seem to have less humor and move a lot more slowly. Meet boston blackie es una pelicula dirigida por robert florey con chester. In this film, blackie helps out a former girlfriend whose husband is recently out of prison.
Boston blackie killed was the proclamation in the march 29, 1900 edition of the saint paul globe. Sponsored by rinso, the series continued until september 15 of. Watch confessions of boston blackie starring chester morris in this title on directv. 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 1941 is a crime, drama movie starring chester morris and rochelle hudson. When a dead body is discovered in blackie s apartment, he immediately becomes the chief murder suspect. In this film, blackie helps out a former girlfriend whose husband is recently out of prison shes afraid hes going to kill her and their baby. Richard lane, who plays bostons longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. The earliest films were silent movies, dating from 1918 to 1927.
Boston blackie created by jack boyle 18811928 enemy to those who make him an enemy. Meet boston blackie is the first of fourteen boston blackie films. As originally created by author jack boyle, he was a safecracker a hardened criminal who had served time in a california prison. 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. Once again, blackie is suspected of committing a crime, in this instance of helping a prisoner escape. Although the running time was brief, columbia gave the picture good production values and an imaginative director, robert florey. Chester morris is boston blackie in this 1946 entry into the series. The boston blackie radio series, also starring chester morris, began june 23, 1944, on nbc as a summer replacement for amos n andy. Meet boston blackie 1941 film complet en francais a 20171111t19. Meet boston blackie is a 1941 crime film starring chester morris as boston blackie, a notorious, but honorable jewel thief. Reformed criminal boston blackie and his pal the runt obey the film s title and head for tinseltown. Although the running time was brief, columbia gave the picture good production values and an imaginative director robert florey.
When a dead body is discovered in blackie s apartment, he. At the time, jack boyle was an upandcoming reporter in san francisco, still more than a decade away from creating his infamous ebonyeyed safecracker of new england heritage, and yet boston blackie lay dying in a michigan saloon. Excon turned sleuth boston blackie makes his feature film debut in this fast paced, funny mystery, the first of a longrunning series. Boston blackie chester morris attends a christmas show in a prison where joe. 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. 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. Meet boston blackie 1941 boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. Jun 14, 2016 a close call for boston blackie 1946free classic detective film. Boston blackie films with chester morris show list info.
1409 1483 577 298 784 657 1430 564 1352 536 1349 784 44 1417 708 778 1508 154 220 1506 935 828 1139 100 71 1201 691 1443 465 1103 1476 630 1458 725 7 721 319 158 1429 831 1114 186 613