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. Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b movie starring chester morris. Cast chester morris as boston blackie lynn merrick as geraldine gerry peyton richard lane as inspector farraday frank sully as sergeant matthews george e. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 this is the second movie in the boston blackie series. His character is largely made sympathetic by way of his love for mary, his wife, and his fondness for children. When a dead body is discovered in blackie s apartment, he immediately becomes the chief murder suspect.
Boston blackie is a rather peculiar character to include in this site as he wasnt a p. It was preceded by meet boston blackie, confessions of boston blackie and followed by boston blackie goes hollywood. Boston blackies rendezvous quite transcended its bpicture origins, and was easily the best of columbias boston blackie series. Meet boston blackie 1941 12 out of 4 first entry into columbias boston blackie series with chester morris. Boston blackie, the reformed safecracker and detective, gets involved with solving. In this film, the exthief tries to track down a group of spies hiding out in coney island. Blackie changed his ways and became a private investigator though the local police still suspected him of being a bad guy. Meet boston blackie 1941 02201941 us crime, drama 1h user score. Blackie is accused of murdering a man at an art auction, which leads. The yarn begins when blackie finds a corpse in his cabin. Blackie, just barely on the right side of the law, preferred not to get too involved with the police. Stage name based on fictional pulp noir hero boston blackie. Blackie is accused of murdering a man at an art auction. Boston blackie goes after the murderer of a draftsman in a toy factory filling a warcontract.
As originally created by author jack boyle, he was a safecracker a hardened criminal who had served time in a california prison. Boyles stories were collected in the book boston blackie 1919, which was reprinted in 1979 by gregg press. With my first viewing of the series morris struck me as. Meet boston blackie 1941 this is the first movie in the boston blackie series. 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. One of the earliest appearances of boston blackie, as created by jack boyle, was in. Meet boston blackie, boston blackie goes to hollywood, confessions of boston blackie, alias. American chicago blues guitarist, singer, and bandleader, known by his stage name of boston blackie. Boston blackie is a fictional character who has been on both sides of the law. 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. Dates, runtimes, cast and crew, synopsis and posters. Alias boston blackie 1942 is the third in this series of 14 bmovies starring chester morris.
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. Moved to chicago in 1962 and joined the band sweetman and the sugar boys, which included 3 of his brothers. The earliest films were silent movies, dating from 1918 to 1927. Boston blackie didnt start out as a private detective, even though that is how most people who do remember him, remember him. Columbia pictures then revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b feature starring chester morris. I find this series of movies to be quite entertaining and it holds up better than some stuff made today. Long before he showed up in silent films of the 1920s, and was revived again in the 1940s and 1950s, he was a fictional hardboiled excon jewel thief albeit with a heart of gold created by author jack. A close call for boston blackie full movie chester morris, lynn merrick, richard lane.
Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b feature starring chester morris. Boston blackie, as written by jack boyle, is an unrepentant criminal who lives by a strict honor among thieves moral code. Excon turned sleuth boston blackie makes his feature film debut in this fastpaced, funny mystery, the first of a longrunning series. Richard lane, who plays bostons longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other. Chester morris starred as the title character in meet boston blackie, wherein the exthief protagonist and his underworld cronie the runt charles wagenheim meet a mysterious young lady named marilyn howard constance worth while disembarking from an ocean liner. It is an excellent name for a bad guy turned good guy. Meet boston blackie 1941 directed by robert florey.
Meet boston blackie is the first of fourteen boston blackie films. Boston blackie had a limited cast of regular characters. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr by. Boston blackie, the suave crookturneddetective created in 1910 by pulp writer donald boyle, had been popping up sporadically in films for nearly two decades by the time columbia launched its boston blackie series in 1941. Blackie, who was created by novelist jack boyle, was originally a jewel thief, safe cracker, and confidence man. Meet boston blackie is the first of fourteen boston blackie films that began the new adventures of boston blackie. They create a replica to sell in its place while they keep the original. There is the goofy side kick, the lovely girlfriend, and the suspicious inspector. In order to prove his innocence, blackie begins his own investigation. 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. Prowling the underworld as a detective in adaptations for films, radio, and television, the detective boston blackie was an enemy to. 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.
Once again, blackie is suspected of committing a crime, in this instance of helping a prisoner escape. Boston blackie created by jack boyle 18811928 enemy to those who make him an enemy. When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in new. 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 becomes the chief murder suspect. Chester morris boston blackie classic movies youtube. Meet boston blackie 1941 full movie download full hd youtube. Although the running time was brief, columbia gave the picture good production values and an imaginative director, robert florey. This collection of boston blackie radio programs features 196 shows on 2 compact discs.
Meet boston blackie became the first film in columbias profitable 14 film series, with chester morris providing an amiable, charming hero in all episodes. 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. This was a pleasant enough little film with some nice laughs and decent action. Meet boston blackie is a 1941 crime film starring chester morris as boston blackie, a notorious, but honorable jewel thief. He was also blackies accomplice and foil when trying to get around gthe police. The series evolves blackie from a thief and underworld criminal into a new character that turns out to be very interesting and entertaining. With chester morris, harriet nelson, richard lane, george e. Boston blackie 196 shows old time radio in mp3 format. A close call for boston blackie 1946 is the tenth of fourteen columbia pictures crime films starring chester morris as boston blackie. Boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. Chester morris is boston blackie, and his first appearance was aptly titled meet boston blackie in 1941. I cannot say blackie is a robin hood simply because his motivations for stealing are selfish either. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881.
In this first film, blackie finds a corpse when the steamer he traveled on back to the states docks. Boston blackie tangles with mystery, women and murder to smash a foreign spy ring in a coney island freak show. 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. Boston blackie season 2 syndicated 195253 32 color episodes ziv television programs, inc for firstrun syndication executive producer frederick w. Alias boston blackie 1942 is the third in a series of columbia pictures b movies starring chester morris as boston blackie. Meet boston blackie by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Meet boston blackie 1941 cast and crew boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. With chester morris, rochelle hudson, richard lane, charles wagenheim.
Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr with. The complete boston blackie in search of jack boyle. When a murder takes place, blackie and the runt trail marilyn to coney island. Meet boston blackie pelicula completa, ver online y. In this one, crookturnedsleuth blackie chester morris tries. When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he. The earliest boston blackie film adaptations were silent, dating from 1918 to 1927. Meet boston blackie 1941 the millerson case aka the crime doctors vacation 1947 miss lonelyheart aka lonelyhearts 1958 the missing juror 1944 the mob 1951 models inc. Ziv producer maurice unger aka babe unger us crime adventure series 195153 58 episodes x 30 min 26bw 32 color starring kent taylor as boston blackie supporting cast.
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