Meet boston blackie 1941 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Boston blackie is a fictional character who has been on both sides of the law. It was preceded by meet boston blackie 1941 and followed by alias boston blackie 1942. Blackie, just barely on the right side of the law, preferred not to get too involved with the police. Prowling the underworld as a detective in adaptations for films, radio, and television, the detective boston blackie was an enemy to.
The red network adopted the character and the series as a summer replacement for amos n andy. Dates, runtimes, cast and crew, synopsis and posters. Morris was blackie for the original week radio run and he was the blackie of record in the 1940s films. It is an excellent name for a bad guy turned good guy. Its available for download from online sources such as munseys, and used hard copies show up in various places. In order to prove his innocence, blackie begins his own investigation.
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. Ben markson screenplay, paul yawitz story 2 more credits. Chester morris plays boston blackie, a suspected jewel thief. Inspector faraday, played by richard lane, is both flustered and relieved to have blackies help.
When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in new york, the trail leads to coney island and a spy ring. Meet boston blackie 1941 boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he immediately becomes the chief murder suspect. Actor chester morris was the bestknown blackie, playing the character in 14. With chester morris, rochelle hudson, richard lane, charles wagenheim. Meet boston blackie is a 1941 crime film starring chester morris as boston blackie, a notorious, but honorable jewel thief. Boston blackie created by jack boyle 18811928 enemy to those who make him an enemy. All movies are in region 0 ntsc format and are supplied in protective plastic sleeves. Meet boston blackie is the first of fourteen boston blackie films. Boston blackie, as written by jack boyle, is an unrepentant criminal who lives by a strict honor among thieves moral code.
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 listen to free radio stations accuradio. The yarn begins when blackie finds a corpse in his cabin. Inspector farraday of the homicide squad tries to pin blackie for the crime in every episode.
Sleuth blackie is framed for murder but manages to catch the culprit. Boston buddies april 16, 2018, 26,948 runners huddled up in the little town of hopkinton massachusetts 26. One of the earliest appearances of boston blackie, as created by jack boyle, was in. Boyles stories were collected in the book boston blackie 1919, which was reprinted in 1979 by gregg press. Meet boston blackie became the first film in columbias profitable 14 film series, with chester morris providing an amiable, charming hero in all episodes. Richard lane, who plays bostons longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie movies. Watch a close call for boston blackie film gorillas on dailymotion. Busty ebony lacey du valle shakes her ass and rides bbc.
Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr by. Columbia pictures then revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b feature starring chester morris. This book collects seven stories published in magazines from 1914 on. The definitive boston blackie radio log with chester. 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. The boston blackie character first appeared in the american magazine in 1914, well before the hard boiled crowd took over the pages of the. When the radio show was added to the mutual line up in 1945, kollmar took over the. 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. Boston blackie the jonathan diamond, aka the rockwell diamond june 23, 1944 duration. To save his own skin, with the help of his girlfriend mary and sidekick shorty, blackie ends up solving the case. The weather forecast called for 38degree temperatures, two inches of rain, a sustained 15 to 25 miles. Boston blackie is a rather peculiar character to include in this site as he wasnt a p. Maybe it is because of blackies original radio sponsor, rinso. With chester morris, harriet nelson, richard lane, george e.
The earliest films were silent movies, dating from 1918 to 1927. Star of the month chester morris as boston blackie youtube. I find this series of movies to be quite entertaining and it holds up better than some stuff made today. Not very true to life, but alot of great entertainment isnt. Three or four complete movies on each dvd, complete with menu. Boston blackie is a reformed jewel thief who is never far from trouble. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881. Meet boston blackie by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Boston blackie by jack boyle goodreads meet your next.
The boston blackie franchise began with author jack boyles first story about his modern robin hoodlike character, horatio black, known to friend and foe as boston blackie. Blackie is accused of murdering a man at an art auction. Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b feature starring chester morris. Chester morris, lynn merrick, richard lane this is public domain classic mystery and intrigue movies and tv shows. Blackie and cecelia then run into the freak show and overhear the spies discuss stealing the plans to a navy bomb site. When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he immediately. Sponsored by beneficial finance company and nationwide auto insurance. Boston blackie single episodes old time radio researchers group 4. When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in new. Blackie changed his ways and became a private investigator though the local police still suspected him of being a bad guy. As originally created by author jack boyle, he was a safecracker a hardened criminal who had served time in a california prison.
However, blackie usually ends up helping inspector faraday solve the crime. Blackie, who was created by novelist jack boyle, was originally a jewel thief, safe cracker, and confidence man. Two men played boston blackie on radio, chester morris and richard kollmar. The falcon mystery movie collection, volume 1 3 discs by. The series evolves blackie from a thief and underworld criminal into a new character that turns out to be very interesting and entertaining. Free customizable online radio with unlimited skips. Sound quality is very good for the age of the recordings. Boston blackie tangles with mystery, women and murder to smash a foreign spy ring in a coney island freak show. When a murder takes place, blackie and the runt trail marilyn to coney island. Although the character had been the hero of a number of silent films, this was the first talking picture.
Every thursday night in january, we are featuring the boston blackie film series in chronological order. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881 october 1928. Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie. When faraday refuses blackies plea for time to solve the case, blackie knocks the inspector unconscious, steals his badge and calls the police, claiming that his unconscious friend is boston blackie. All paypal payments will show as being made to blazin games our. 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. Chester morris boston blackie classic movies youtube. Thats boston blackie, safecracker turned crime fighter and a longrunning favorite with fans of straightahead detective fiction in a wide range of media. Meet boston blackie 1941 is the first of fourteen boston blackie films from columbia pictures. Excon turned sleuth boston blackie makes his feature film debut in this fastpaced, funny mystery, the first of a longrunning series. His character is largely made sympathetic by way of his love for mary, his wife, and his fondness for children.
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