Dates, runtimes, cast and crew, synopsis and posters. 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. Notes about confessions of boston blackie, 1942, directed by edward dmytryk, with chester morris, harriet hilliard, richard lane, available from turner classic movies skip navigation tcm. Confessions of boston blackie starring chester morris. Blackie is accused of murdering a man at an art auction, which leads to the uncovering of an art racket. When the body disappears, blackie must find it to prove his innocence. Stone, richard lane, charles winninger and harriet hilliard aka harriet nelson. Although the character had been the hero of a number of silent films, this was the first talking picture. 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. Boston blackie and the law starring chester morris. Alias boston blackie 1942 reformed thief boston blackie chester morris organizes a christmas show for inmates at a prison. 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.
Confessions of boston blackie 1941 cast and crew moviefone. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr with. Well, a mystery there is, but oddly little time is devoted to the season aside from that opening and then a bit at the end. Confessions of boston blackie by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who. Blackie tracks down a wrongly convicted prisoner who escapes during a christmas magic show. Chester morris list of movies and tv shows tv guide. It was preceded by meet boston blackie, confessions of boston blackie and followed by boston blackie goes hollywood. Confessions of boston blackie is a 1941 american crime film directed by edward dmytryk and starring chester morris and harriet hilliard. Boston blackie arranges a christmas a magic spectacle at the state prison the prisoners. A murder is committed during the auction of a valuable statue.
Complete filmography in order of date released of every boston blackie movie played by chester morris. It proved popular enough for columbia pictures to produce a total of 14 b movies, all starring morris. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 reformed thief blackie chester morris solves the case of a womans harriet hilliard missing statue of augustus caesar. Watch confessions of boston blackie starring chester morris in this title on directv. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 passed 1h 8min comedy, crime, drama 5 november 1942 usa 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, as written by jack boyle, is an unrepentant criminal who lives by a strict honor among thieves moral code. Watch confessions of boston blackie online stream full. Conclusionjumping inspector farraday richard lane assumes that blackie fired the shot, forcing our hero to spend the rest of the film eluding both the police. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 rotten tomatoes. Read the full synopsis of alias boston blackie, 1942, directed by lew landers, with chester morris, adele mara, richard lane, at turner classic movies. Overview of alias boston blackie, 1942, directed by lew landers, with chester morris, adele mara, richard lane, at turner classic movies. This is the fourth movie in the boston blackie series. Note if movie was not available on youtube at the time i replaced it with a clip, trailer or. Stone, playing blackie s sidekick, his dimwitted cronie the runt, was not in the first or last film but was in all the others. Reformed thief blackie chester morris solves the case of a womans harriet hilliard missing statue of augustus caesar.
Jay dratler, who wrote the story and screenplay for meet boston blackie, teamed up with paul yawitz to concoct the engaging story for confessions. Boston blackie goes hollywood starring chester morris. A woman consigns a family heirloom to a pair of unscrupulous art dealers in order to raise money to help her sick brother. Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b movie starring chester morris. When hes framed for robbery, a reformed thief takes off to find the real culprit. 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. She disappears after he draws the curtain, but as a former magicians assistant, uses the opportunity to escape. Richard lane, who plays boston s longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie movies. It was preceded by meet boston blackie, confessions of boston blackie and. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 movie moviefone. Towards the end of the film, the action takes place at the jane drake theatre, where. They create a replica to sell in its place while they keep the original. Meet boston blackie 1941 confessions of boston blackie 1941 alias boston blackie 1942 boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 after.
Rhea mitchell mary and bert lytell boston blackie in boston blackies little pal 1918, a lost film the earliest boston blackie film adaptations were silent, dating from 1918 to 1927. Read the full synopsis of confessions of boston blackie, 1942, directed by edward dmytryk, with chester morris, harriet hilliard, richard lane, at turner classic movies. Classic film boston blackie by chester morris youtube. Ucla film and television archive writers guild of america wga. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 movie 68 min starring chester morris as boston blackie. 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. Confessions of boston blackie boston blackie movies. Jun 16, 20 the return of boston blackie full movie strongheart sheltieshangrila. 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.
Boston blackie tangles with mystery, women and murder to smash a foreign spy ring in a coney island freak show. 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. Boston blackie is on the trail of stolen treasure and gets caught up in a crossfire of bullets and women. The return of boston blackie full movie strongheart sheltieshangrila. Boston blackie, in the 11th film of the columbia series, indulges in some wittrading with a squirmy spiritualist who deals in blackmail, murder and the occult. Sinners in the sun 1932 carole lombard chester morris precode art deco film by helen. Boston blackie dawson gets some jewels that belonged to the imperial family of russia. The return of boston blackie full movie strongheart youtube.
Confessions of boston blackie 1941 release info imdb. Overview of boston blackie goes hollywood, 1942, directed by michael gordon, with chester morris, william wright, constance worth, at turner classic movies. A reformed thief brings a magic show to a womans prison and gets mixed up in an escape. 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 culprit in. Lionel barrymore, seena owen, lowell sherman, george nash. This is the twelveth movie in the boston blackie series. The troupe he assembles for the performance includes pretty dancer. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 passed 1h 5min crime, drama, mystery 9 january 1942 usa blackie is accused of murdering a man at an art auction, which leads to the uncovering of an art racket. The prime suspect is boston blackie, whose reputation for living on the edge of the law makes him an easy target for the police. With chester morris, william wright, constance worth, lloyd corrigan. This is fastaction b movie action and comedy that is fun but beware. Read famous quotes from confessions of boston blackie, 1942, directed by edward dmytryk, with chester morris, harriet hilliard, richard lane.
Boston blackie goes hollywood boston blackie movies. Boston blackie is in top form in confessions of boston blackie, a 1941 entry into the popular series that stars chester morris, george e. This is the second movie in the boston blackie series. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr by. Alias boston blackie 1942 is the third in a series of columbia pictures b movies starring chester morris as boston blackie. Gamblers choice 1944 chester morris, full movie youtube. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881 october 1928. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 the movie database tmdb. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 cast and crew reformed thief blackie chester morris solves the case of a womans harriet hilliard missing statue of augustus caesar.
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