Overview of alias boston blackie, 1942, directed by lew landers, with chester morris, adele mara, richard lane, at turner classic movies. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. They run into each other aboard a steamship where blackie finds a murdered man in his stateroom. This is the second movie in the boston blackie series.
Boston blackie goes hollywood was the fourth in columbias. Boston blackie films with chester morris show list info. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 michael gordon synopsis. Chester morris and constance worth in boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 richard. Boston blackie goes hollywood inspector farraday 1942. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr with. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 directed by michael. Reformed criminal boston blackie and his pal the runt obey the film s title and head for tinseltown. Find boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr by. Boston blackie goes hollywood turner classic movies.
Boston blackie and the law starring chester morris. Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some. The first film depiction of the excon safecracker and gentleman thief. Chester morris, william wright, constance worth, lloyd corrigan. Upon hearing footsteps in his living room, blackie locks the intruder in a windowless room and then calls the police. Boston blackie created by jack boyle 18811928 enemy to those who make him an enemy. Larry parks before he played jolson in the jolson story is among the supporting players as the escaped convict. This is the third movie in the boston blackie series. 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. Didnt get much of a hollywood impression from this film. 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. Jun 16, 20 the return of boston blackie full movie strongheart sheltieshangrila.
Blackie 1941 alias boston blackie 1942 boston blackie goes hollywood 1942. Performing this good deed, he is accused of theft, but is allowed to proceed to hollywood to help the police find a lost diamond. Boston blackie films with chester morris list challenges. Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some money from his apartment and deliver it to him in california. Blackies clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. Dates, runtimes, cast and crew, synopsis and posters. Confessions of boston blackie boston blackie movies. Boston blackie, in the 11th film of the columbia series, indulges in some wittrading with a. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 movie moviefone. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 this is the fourth movie in the boston blackie series. 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. 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 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. Actor chester morris was the bestknown blackie, playing the character in 14.
Approved 1h 7min drama, mystery 2 april 1942 usa blackie tracks down a wrongly convicted prisoner who escapes during a christmas magic show. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr with chester morris. Chester morris and rochelle hudson star in the first of the boston blacie series from columbia, meet boston blackie. Shop boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr. When hes framed for robbery, a reformed thief takes off to find the. Richard lane, who plays boston s longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie movies. One of the clowns in the show is kidnapped and replaced by a con who wants to get even with two expartners. As usual, inspector farraday richard lane thinks blackie has stolen a priceless diamond and is hot on his trail. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881 october 1928. Confessions of boston blackie starring chester morris. Stone, constance worth, and william wright in boston blackie goes hollywood 1942. A close call for boston blackie full movie chester morris, lynn merrick, richard lane. Boston blackie arranges a christmas a magic spectacle at the state prison the prisoners.
Move over, darling is a 1963 american deluxe color comedy film starring doris day, james garner, and polly bergen and directed by michael gordon. Alias boston blackie 1942 is the third in a series of columbia pictures b movies starring chester morris as boston blackie. Meet boston blackie is a 1941 crime film starring chester morris as boston blackie, a notorious, but honorable jewel thief. Start streaming a complimentary selection of shows and movies while you wait for your xfinity tv service to be installed. Despite the title of boston blackie goes hollywood 1942, jack boyles immortal character boston blackie, who first appeared in published stories in 1914, actually went hollywood many years earlier.
Boston blackie is on the trail of stolen treasure and gets caught up in a crossfire of bullets and women. Blackie tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent. Boston blackie is a rather peculiar character to include in this site as he wasnt a p. Boston blackie goes hollywood by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 rotten tomatoes. The pace is fast, it is a well edited movie, but the script here is just not quite up to the usual high blackie quality. Find boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr at. Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b feature starring chester morris.
After midnight with boston blackie 1943 this is the fifth movie in the boston blackie series. Stone richard lane 1942 the police nab sleuth blackie chester morris, reformed thief, caught taking cash from a friends safe. Read the full synopsis of alias boston blackie, 1942, directed by lew landers, with chester morris, adele mara, richard lane, at turner classic movies. Although the character had been the hero of a number of silent films, this was the first talking picture. In 1951, boston blackie was brought to television in the adventures of boston blackie starring kent taylor as blackie, lois collier as the love interest, and frank orth as inspector farraday. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 the movie database.
It was preceded by meet boston blackie, confessions of boston blackie and followed by boston blackie goes hollywood. Reformed criminal boston blackie and his pal the runt obey the films title and head for tinseltown. 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. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 movie 68 min starring chester morris as boston blackie. The winner of the outstanding motion picture later. Home silent movies 40s movies bio chester morris television radio short stories. Alias boston blackie 1942 blackie tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent. Ucla film and television archive writers guild of america wga. After midnight with boston blackie 1943 a reformed thief gets himself arrested fetching some jewels for a friend. A reformed thief brings a magic show to a womans prison and gets mixed up in an escape. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 cast and crew credits, including. When hes framed for robbery, a reformed thief takes off to find the real culprit. A complete history in print, radio, film and television.
After the radio show ended and there were no more movies, boston blackie was still popular. Boston blackie goes hollywood is a film directed by michael gordon with chester morris, william wright, constance worth, lloyd corrigan, year. Chase movie, crime comedy release date nov 5, 1942 usa unknown run time 68 min. The cinemascope picture was a remake of a 1940 screwball comedy film, my favorite wife, with irene dunne, cary grant and gail patrick. As reformed safecracker boston blackie and his sidekick the runt pack their suitcases for a vacation in florida, a stealthy figure slinks up the fire escape and enters blackie s apartment. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 michael gordon boston blackie, former safebreaker, and his companion and fellow excrook the runt, are about to leave for florida on a vacation, when they catch a burglar in their own apartment. He also appeared in maisie was a lady 1941, a mans world 1942 and boston blackie goes hollywood 1942. It proved popular enough for columbia pictures to produce a total of 14 b movies.
Boston blackie dawson gets some jewels that belonged to the imperial family of russia. The return of boston blackie full movie strongheart youtube. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. Boston blackie goes hollywood starring chester morris. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 despite the title of boston blackie goes hollywood 1942, jack boyles immortal character boston blackie, who first appeared in published stories in 1914, actually went hollywood many years earlier. 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 figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. Alias boston blackie has blackie finding himself implicated in the escape of a convict from a prison magic show at a christmas celebration.
Chester morris boston blackie classic movies youtube. Boston blackie and the lone wolf both first appeared in film in the silent. The first film depiction of the excon safecracker and gentleman thief was bert lytell in two pictures in 1918 and 1919. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 when hes framed for robbery, a reformed thief takes off to find the real culprit. As always, blackie spends a goodly portion of his time in disguise, assuming the identity of a bearded foreigner.
This is the twelveth movie in the boston blackie series. It is the christmas holidays and reformed thief, boston blackie goes to castle theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are still in prison. Boyles stories were collected in the book boston blackie 1919, which was reprinted in 1979 by gregg press. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 directed by michael gordon. Inspector farraday richard lane is blackie s old friend. 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. The entertainment is by a musical comedy company troupe staring roggi mckay, the famous clown, and a young dancer, eve sands, whose brother, joe trilby, is an inmate at the institution. The fourth of 14 boston blackie films starring chester morris released by columbia from 1941 to 1949. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 posters the movie. With chester morris, william wright, constance worth, lloyd corrigan. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 boston blackie goes. Boston blackie goes hollywood boston blackie movies. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr by.
However when the group is completed the girl is included as well as inspector farrady. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 boaton blackie goes hollywood 1942 close call for boston blackie 1946 boaton blackie chinese venture 1949 back to the boston blackie catalog back to the chester. 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. Boston blackie goes hollywood has been ranked 53 times, wins 60. Overview of boston blackie goes hollywood, 1942, directed by michael gordon, with chester morris, william wright, constance worth, at turner classic movies. Once again, blackie is suspected of committing a crime, in this instance of helping a prisoner escape. This is the fourth movie in the boston blackie series. Lionel barrymore, seena owen, lowell sherman, george nash. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 movie 68 min starring chester morris as boston blackie 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. List of feature film series with more than twenty entries.
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