Third film in columbias boston blackie series has blackie chester morris tracking down a prison escapee who escaped during one of blackie s shows. Ross ledermans boston blackie and the law, produced by ted richmond, is the twelfth of 14 boston blackie features released by columbia pictures from 1941 to 1949. Start streaming a complimentary selection of shows and movies while you wait for your xfinity tv service to be installed. 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. Superior to the other boston blackie movie i saw, trapped by boston blackie, which was nigh incomprehensible. Stone, frank sully, warren ashe, selmer jackson, george meehan, directed by d. Blackie s clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr by. They run into each other aboard a steamship where blackie finds a murdered man in his stateroom. A reformed thief brings a magic show to a womans prison and gets mixed up in an escape. Boston blackie and the law 1946, the twelfth blackie outing, is a semiremake of the earlier film. The classic archives old time radio channel 6,868 views. When boston blackie performs magic tricks at a thanksgiving day party for the inmates of a womens prison, dinah moran constance dowling volunteers to enter a booth. The return of boston blackie full movie strongheart by sheltieshangrila.
Chester morris is boston blackie in this 1946 entry into the series. The boston blackie series is far superior to many others which seem to have less humor and move a lot more slowly. This is the twelveth movie in the boston blackie series. The prints are complete and with great quality, certainly well worth the.
Boston blackie is a man who has been on both sides of the law. As originally created by author jack boyle, he was a safecracker, a hardened criminal who had served time in a california prison. Maybe it is because of blackie s original radio sponsor, rinso. Download modern english classic mystery and detective stories the lock and. Richard lane, who plays boston s longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie movies. Short on plot gerry and smiley are working a con with the baby to secure a large financial payoff from johns father but long on comedy, a close call for boston blackie 1946 is an enjoyable larkwithin its one hour running time, the boston blackie players run through their usual paces with frenetically hilarious situations and clever. This old time radio series began airing on june 23, 1944 and continued to run on nbc network until september of the same year.
This fictional character was created by author jack boyle and was originally a jewel thief. Ross lederman, ted richmond, george meehan, james sweeney, harry essex, malcolm stuart boylan, trudy marshall, constance dowling, richard lane, george e. Boston blackie and the law by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Boston blackie and the law is the twelfth of fourteen columbia pictures films starring chester morris as reformed crook boston blackie. Meet boston blackie is the first of fourteen boston blackie films. A close call for boston blackie 1946free classic detective. 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.
Boston blackie and the law starring chester morris. Inspector farraday richard lane thinks blackie had a hand in the escape but theres a lot more going on. Cast chester morris as boston blackie lynn merrick as geraldine gerry peyton richard lane as inspector farraday frank sully as sergeant matthews george e. Boston blackie and the law is a 1946 english film stars chester morris, d. Inspector farraday richard lane is blackie s old friend. 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. 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 radio show fifty hunter street case wchester morris old time radio otr. Stone, playing blackie s sidekick, his dimwitted cronie the runt, was not in the first or last film but was in all the others. The increased visibility and popularity opened more opportunities for non boston blackie roles, most often patriotic war films and supporting roles in some of the better feature.
Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Meet boston blackie by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Blackie performs in a magic show at a womens prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape. However, succeeding adaptations in both film and radio revamped the work of boyle and boston blackie the detective was born. Boston blackie and the law movie posters from movie poster. Boston blackie and the law 1946 this is the twelfth movie in the boston blackie series. Sound quality is very good for the age of the recordings. Boston blackie films with chester morris show list info. Overview of a close call for boston blackie, 1946, directed by lew landers, with chester morris, lynn merrick, richard lane, at turner classic movies. Now it is blackie s job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother. Boston blackie and the law 1946 cast and crew reformed thief blackie chester morris does a magic show in a womens prison, during which an inmate escapes.
Overview of boston blackie and the law, 1946, directed by d. Boston blackie is a great way to spend an evening in the theater of the mind. Boston blackie and the law posters for sale online. Boston blackie films with chester morris list challenges. Boston blackie and the law 1946 boston blackie and the. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 8 dvdr with chester morris. Boston blackie and the law 1946 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Dates, runtimes, cast and crew, synopsis and posters. It was only later, in film, radio, and eventually television, that he morphed into a private eye. Actor chester morris was the bestknown blackie, playing the character in 14. A close call for boston blackie 1946 directed by lew. Ross lederman, david ross lederman on allmovie this twelfth entry in columbias boston blackie. The definitive boston blackie radio log with chester.
Ross lederman, chester morris, trudy marshall, constance dowling may 28, 2019 boston blackie, exconvict and amateur magician, is doing his act at a prisonforwomen, and an inmate takes the opportunity to do her own disappearing act while blackie. Old time radio shows download for free at zoot radio. Halfway through the boston blackie film franchise, nbc featured morris over radio as boston blackie during the summer of 1944. Boston blackie is a rather peculiar character to include in this site as he wasnt a p. Boston blackie and the law 1946 cast and crew moviefone. Boston blackie and the law 1946 1212 1946 us drama, crime, mystery 1h 9m. In this film, blackie helps out a former girlfriend whose husband is recently out of prison. Blackie, just barely on the right side of the law, preferred not to get too involved with the police. 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. This one, directed by the insanely prolific lew landers, skips along at a nice pace, keeping the story of of an escaped prisoner trying to clear his name motoring along.
The inferior 12th entry in the entertaining lightweight boston blackie formulaic crime drama series. A close call for boston blackie 1946 full synopsis. Chester morris boston blackie classic movies youtube. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 movie 68 min starring chester morris as boston blackie. 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. Ross lederman, with chester morris, trudy marshall, constance dowling, at turner classic movies. Find boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr at. Weve three blackie movies available on retrovision.
Boston blackie and the law 1946 out of 4 twelfth film in columbias boston blackie series is pretty much a remake of the third film alias boston blackie. Desc boston blackie crime old time radio downloads. A close call for boston blackie 1946 radio spirits. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881 october 1928. Not very true to life, but alot of great entertainment isnt. Chester morris and rochelle hudson star in the first of the boston blacie series from columbia, meet boston blackie. Boston blackie the devils daughters season 1, episode 16. Boston blackie and the law 1946 reformed thief blackie chester morris does a magic show in a womens prison, during which an inmate escapes. Boston blackie and the law 1946 boston blackie, exconvict and amateur magician, is doing his act at a prisonforwomen, and an inmate takes the opportunity to do her own disappearing act while blackie is doing his. Horatio boston blackie black was a gentleman thief and safecracker created by author jack boyle in 1914.
Boston blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. A close call for boston blackie 1946 free classic detective film. Of course, the inspector immediately suspects blackie of being involved. The red network adopted the character and the series as a summer replacement for amos n andy. Lew landers the raven returns to direct this entry and like the previous film in the series, this one here moves at a very fast pace but for some reason most of the comedy is left out of this film. Read the full synopsis of a close call for boston blackie, 1946, directed by lew landers, with chester morris, lynn merrick, richard lane, at turner classic movies. Boston blackie 195153 episode guide compiled by the classic tv archive with contributions by. One of the earliest appearances of boston blackie, as created by jack boyle, was in the american magazine, july 1914, in a. The boston blackie character first appeared in the american magazine in 1914, well before the hard boiled crowd took over the pages of the.
Buy boston blackie and the law movie posters from movie poster shop. Stories featuring boston blackie appeared in the american magazine, cosmopolitan. This twelfth entry in columbias boston blackie series is essentially a remake of 1942s alias boston blackie. Boston blackie created by jack boyle 18811928 enemy to those who make him an enemy.
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