Crime and mystery johnnys rare serials and b westerns. Stone, playing blackie s sidekick, his dimwitted cronie the runt, was not in the first or last film but was in all the others. With chester morris, william wright, constance worth, lloyd corrigan. 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. Meet boston blackie is a 1941 crime film starring chester morris as boston blackie, a notorious, but honorable jewel thief.
Richard lane full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Inspector farraday richard lane is blackie s old friend. Alias boston blackie 1942 is the third in a series of columbia pictures b movies starring chester morris as boston blackie. Boston blackie goes hollywood turner classic movies. Didnt get much of a hollywood impression from this film. He kept working in film throughout the forties, starring in the red skelton comedy adaptation whistling in the dark 1941, the ann sothern comedy maisie gets her man 1942 and mystery of marie roget 1942 with patric knowles. Boston blackie is a rather peculiar character to include in this site as he wasnt a p.
Blackie 1941 alias boston blackie 1942 boston blackie goes hollywood 1942. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 movie moviefone. In this film, harriet hillard is the wife of ozzie nelson who made famous their favorite tv show. Boston blackie and his pal, the runt, are ready to board a train for florida. Chester morris and rochelle hudson star in the first of the boston blacie series from columbia, meet boston blackie. Reformed criminal boston blackie and his pal the runt obey the films title and head for tinseltown. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 when hes framed for robbery, a reformed thief takes off to.
Overview of boston blackie goes hollywood, 1942, directed by michael gordon, with chester morris, william wright, constance worth, at turner classic movies. 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 feature starring chester morris. Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some. Boston blackie is on the trail of stolen treasure and gets caught up in a crossfire of bullets and women. Richard lane in boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 chester morris and. 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 a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881.
The runt, blackie s dimwitted exjailbird pal, was along for comic relief on all 14 films, and so was blackie s chief nemesis. In one of these films, after midnight with boston blackie, the characters real name was. Boston blackie goes hollywood boston blackie movies. Richard lane, who plays boston s longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie movies. As always, blackie spends a goodly portion of his time in disguise, assuming the identity of a bearded foreigner. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 this is the fourth movie in the boston blackie series. 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. No quotes approved yet for boston blackie goes hollywood. 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. After midnight with boston blackie 1943 this is the fifth movie in the boston blackie series. Boston blackie goes hollywood inspector farraday 1942 time to kill lt. Although the character had been the hero of a number of silent films, this was the first talking picture. Your full list of all upcoming marvel movies with key details. When a friend is murdered, blackie helps the widow keep the family detective agency open by volunteering to work guard duty at a society party.
Chester morris boston blackie classic movies youtube. Blackie has just removed the money when police inspector. Boston blackie goes hollywood by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival. Boston blackie goes hollywood film boston blackie goes hollywood 05 november 1942. This is the second movie in the boston blackie series.
Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr with. Agreeing to help track down jimmy, blackie is soon mixed up inyes, a murder, and yes, blackies old friendly nemesis inspector farraday is right there to pin the crime on blackie. This is the fourth movie in the boston blackie series. Worth was fourth billed in the gangster b film borrowed hero 1941 at monogram and a spy story at prc, the dawn express 1942. Confessions of boston blackie boston blackie movies. Boston blackie, as written by jack boyle, is an unrepentant criminal who lives by a strict honor among thieves moral code. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 movie 68 min starring chester morris as boston blackie. 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. It was only later, in film, radio, and eventually television, that he morphed into a private eye. Meet boston blackie became the first film in columbias profitable 14 film series, with chester morris providing an amiable, charming hero in all episodes. 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. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881 october 1928. In january 1942 she was linked to clementina again.
Television historian tim brooks in the complete directory to prime time network and. 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. Boston blackie goes hollywood starring chester morris. Boston blackie goes hollywood was the fourth in columbias.
Once again, blackie is suspected of committing a crime, in this instance of helping a prisoner escape. Lloyd corrigan october 16, 1900 november 5, 1969 was an american film and television actor, producer, screenwriter, and director who began working in films in the 1920s. Alias boston blackie has blackie finding himself implicated in the escape of a convict from a prison magic show at a christmas celebration. Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some money from his apartment and deliver it to him in.
Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 when hes framed for robbery, a reformed thief takes off to find the real culprit. Chester morris, william wright, constance worth, lloyd corrigan. Boston blackie goes hollywood movie quotes rotten tomatoes. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 cast and crew credits, including. 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. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Ucla film and television archive writers guild of america wga. Read the full synopsis of boston blackie goes hollywood, 1942, directed by michael gordon, with chester morris, william wright, constance worth, at turner classic movies. Back at columbia she was third billed in boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 then at universal she was uncredited in when johnny comes marching home 1942. The return of boston blackie full movie strongheart youtube.
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. 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. Larry parks before he played jolson in the jolson story is among the supporting players as the escaped convict. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 rotten tomatoes. See the full list of boston blackie goes hollywood cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Reformed criminal boston blackie and his pal the runt obey the film s title and head for tinseltown. Licensed to youtube by adrev masters admin on behalf of apm in north america and emi production. He also appeared in boston blackie goes hollywood 1942. Find boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr at. 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. After midnight with boston blackie 1943 a reformed thief gets himself arrested fetching some jewels for a friend.
Dates, runtimes, cast and crew, synopsis and posters. They run into each other aboard a steamship where blackie finds a murdered man in his stateroom. When hes framed for robbery, a reformed thief takes off to find the real culprit. Boyles stories were collected in the book boston blackie 1919, which was reprinted in 1979 by gregg press. Boston blackie goes hollywood has been ranked 53 times, wins 60. Alias boston blackie 1942 blackie tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent. Confessions of boston blackie starring chester morris. This is the thirteenth movie in the boston blackie series.
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