Meet boston blackie 1941 cast and crew boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. Always suspicious, farraday was constantly trying to arrest blackie for something. Boston blackie online using any of the 3 radio players below. Morris went on to star in a total of fourteen boston blackie features between 1941 and 1949. Meet boston blackie 1941 02201941 us crime, drama 1h user score. The boston blackie radio series, starring chester morris, began june 23, 1944, on nbc as a summer replacement for the amos n andy show. This time, blackie gets into trouble when he attends an art auction with. Dates, runtimes, cast and crew, synopsis and posters.
Boston blackie listen to free radio stations accuradio. Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b feature starring chester morris. Boston blackie and the law by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Chester morris makes his second screen appearance as crookturneddetective boston blackie in this superior series entry. 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. Most of the films in the series worked on a twelve day schedule. When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in new. This was the first in a series of boston blackie films starring chester morris and was sufficiently popular to. Boston blackie was one of columbias most profitable film series.
Boyles stories were collected in the book boston blackie 1919, which was reprinted in 1979 by gregg press. In april of 1945, boston blackie was added to the radio line up permanently and was on the air until 1950. This was the first in a series of boston blackie films starring chester morris and was sufficiently popular to spawn more hourlong pictures released by columbia from 1941 to 1949. A former safecracker and confidence man, blackie eventually reformed and became an enemy to those who make him an enemy, a friend to those who have no friend.
In order to prove his innocence, blackie begins his own investigation. We offer 3 different ways for you to listen to our old time radio shows so that no matter what device you are using pc, laptop, android phone, iphone, ipad, kindle, tablet, etc. Sponsored by rinso, the series continued until september 15 of that year. The boston blackie character first appeared in the american magazine in 1914, well before the hard boiled crowd took over the pages of the.
Part of our over 12,000 show library of old time radio. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Boston blackie created by jack boyle 18811928 enemy to those who make him an enemy. Star of the month chester morris as boston blackie youtube. Free customizable online radio with unlimited skips. Confessions of boston blackie is a 1941 american crime film directed by edward dmytryk and starring chester morris and harriet hilliard. One of the earliest appearances of boston blackie, as created by jack boyle, was in the american magazine, july 1914, in a. Two men played boston blackie on radio, chester morris and richard kollmar. The definitive boston blackie radio log with chester. Boston buddies april 16, 2018, 26,948 runners huddled up in the little town of hopkinton massachusetts 26.
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. Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie. Confessions of boston blackie full movie online 1941. When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in new york, the trail leads to coney island and a spy ring. It was preceded by meet boston blackie 1941 and followed by alias boston blackie 1942. Theres no murder mystery at the heart of confessions of boston blackie 1941. One of the earliest appearances of boston blackie, as created by jack boyle, was in. It proved popular enough for columbia pictures to produce a total of 14 b movies, all starring morris. 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 full movie download full hd youtube. Meet boston blackie 1941 confessions of boston blackie 1941 alias boston blackie 1942 boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 all on one dvd. The red network adopted the character and the series as a summer replacement for amos n andy. Ziv and mutuals wor partnered to syndicate boston blackie for 1945 and again from 1947 to 1950.
The yarn begins when blackie finds a corpse in his cabin. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 rotten tomatoes. Boston blackie spawned 14 feature films between 1941 and 1949 and a radio series that ran from 1945 to 1950, with more than 300 broadcast dates. Meet boston blackie 1941 is the first of fourteen boston blackie films from columbia pictures. When the radio show was added to the mutual line up in 1945, kollmar took over the. Blackie is accused of murdering a man at an art auction, which leads to the uncovering of an art racket. Nov 11, 2017 meet boston blackie 1941 film complet en francais a 20171111t19. Jun 16, 20 starring strongheart the german shepherd. However, blackie usually ends up helping inspector faraday solve the crime. Boston blackie is a rather peculiar character to include in this site as he wasnt a p. Chester morris boston blackie classic movies youtube. 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. Meet boston blackie became the first film in columbias profitable 14 film series, with chester morris providing an amiable, charming hero in all episodes. Mar 26, 2016 meet boston blackie 1941 is the first of fourteen boston blackie films from columbia pictures.
Meet boston blackie 1941 boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. 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. The weather forecast called for 38degree temperatures, two inches of rain, a sustained 15 to 25 miles. Boston blackie tangles with mystery, women and murder to smash a. This film is the second in the series of 14 columbia pictures boston blackie films, all starring morris as the reformed crook. When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he immediately. I find this series of movies to be quite entertaining and it holds up better than some stuff made today. Unlike the concurrent films, blackie had a steady romantic interest in the radio show lesley woods appeared as blackie s girlfriend.
Unlike the concurrent films, blackie had a steady romantic interest in the radio show lesley woods appeared as blackies girlfriend. Excon turned sleuth boston blackie makes his feature film debut in this fast paced, funny mystery, the first of a longrunning series. Although the running time was brief, columbia gave the picture good production values and an imaginative director, robert florey. I suspect that this was done in order to run the book in serial form in magazines such as the saturday evening post which was commonly done at. Watch a close call for boston blackie film gorillas on dailymotion.
Although the character had been the hero of a number of silent films, this was the first talking picture. Boston blackie, the suave crookturneddetective created by pulp writer jack boyle, had been popping up sporadically in films for nearly two decades by the time columbia launched its boston blackie series in 1941. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881. In a bit role as a dimwitted flatfoot who mistakes. Maybe it is because of blackies original radio sponsor, rinso. The bulk of the movies 65minute running time finds blackie staying one step ahead of farraday as he attempts to locate allisons corpse which the murderer has stashed inside the fake statue in. Meet boston blackie is a 1941 crime film starring chester morris as boston blackie, a notorious, but honorable jewel thief. The old time radio show was originally a summer replacement for amos and andy in 1944. Heterogeneous catalysis and solid catalysts kit itcp.
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. With a wellintentioned police officer named inspector faraday richard lane close on his trail, blackie eventually stumbles. When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he immediately becomes the chief murder suspect. When a dead body is discovered in blackie s apartment, he immediately becomes the chief murder suspect. Inspector faraday, played by richard lane, is both flustered and relieved to have blackies help. Moved to chicago in 1962 and joined the band sweetman and the sugar boys, which included 3 of his brothers.
Cast chester morris as boston blackie lynn merrick as geraldine gerry peyton richard lane as inspector farraday frank sully as sergeant matthews george e. Every thursday night in january, we are featuring the boston blackie film series in chronological order. In this first film, blackie finds a corpse when the steamer he traveled on back to the states docks. Meet boston blackie is a film directed by robert florey with chester morris, rochelle hudson, richard lane, charles wagenheim, year. Presentations include the fur trade and the tv poisoning, two short mysteries featuring boston blackie, a former jewel thief and safecracker turned good guy. The definitive boston blackie radio log with chester morris. Stone inherited the role and played it beautifully in all but the final blackie saga, boston blackies chinese venture 1949where sid tomack is the runt.
American chicago blues guitarist, singer, and bandleader, known by his stage name of boston blackie. The earliest boston blackie film adaptations were silent, dating from 1918 to 1927. Boston blackie is a highly respected member of that group and recognized as its titular head. Meet boston blackie 1941 directed by robert florey. When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he. Boston blackie tangles with mystery, women and murder to smash a foreign spy ring in a coney island freak show. Watch meet boston blackie full movie in hd visit when a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in new york, the trail.
Stage name based on fictional pulp noir hero boston blackie. When a dead body is discovered in blackie s apartment, he immediately. Meet boston blackie 1941 film complet en francais film. Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b movie starring chester morris. Meet boston blackie 1941 confessions of boston blackie 1941 alias boston blackie 1942 boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 after midnight with boston blackie 1943 the chance of a lifetime 1943 one mysterious night 1944 boston blackie booked. A woman consigns a family heirloom to a pair of unscrupulous art dealers in order to raise money to help her sick brother. When the radio show was added to the mutual line up in 1945, kollmar took over the radio role while morris continued playing blackie in films. Chester morris is boston blackie, and his first appearance was aptly titled meet boston blackie in 1941. With chester morris, harriet nelson, richard lane, george e.
With chester morris, rochelle hudson, richard lane, charles wagenheim. Chester morris plays boston blackie, a suspected jewel thief. Meet boston blackie 1941 confessions of boston blackie 1941 alias. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881 october 1928.
Morris was blackie for the original week radio run and he was the blackie of record in the 1940s films. Read the full synopsis of meet boston blackie, 1941, directed by robert florey, with chester morris, rochelle hudson, richard lane, at turner classic movies. Onesmedia offers all fourteen boston blackie films in one nicely packaged set of seven discs with two films per disc in chronological order. Excon turned sleuth boston blackie makes his feature film debut in this fastpaced, funny mystery, the first of a longrunning series. Meet boston blackie 1941 film complet en francais a 20171111t19. 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. The return of boston blackie full movie strongheart youtube. Blackie is accused of murdering a man at an art auction, which leads. I confess, im a sucker for crime dramas, so tonights feature is meet boston blackie starring chester morris and rochelle hudson. Meet boston blackie was the sole venture for character great charles wagenheim as the runt. But by 1941, when columbia pictures released meet boston blackie starring chester morris, blackie had given up a life of crime to become a sort of freelance adventurerdetective although still not calling himself one, working for the good guys, although he preferred to not get too involved with the police. There are several different story lines in the book almost as if it were a collection of short stories. 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. Meet boston blackie 1941 0220 1941 us crime, drama 1h user score.
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