The best known series of the sort is that of the crossstreets in back bay. Meet boston blackie is a 1941 crime film starring chester morris as boston blackie, a notorious, but honorable jewel thief. Rhea mitchell mary and bert lytell boston blackie in boston blackie s little pal 1918, a lost film the earliest boston blackie film adaptations were silent, dating from 1918 to 1927. There was also a boston blackie radio show that aired for five years from 1944 to 1949.
Excon turned sleuth boston blackie makes his feature film debut in this fastpaced, funny mystery, the first of a longrunning series. Boston blackie radio show fifty hunter street case wchester morris old time radio otr. In this first film, blackie finds a corpse, martin vestrick, in his stateroom when the steamer he traveled back to the states on docks. The yarn begins when blackie finds a corpse in his cabin. When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in new. The series was broadcast on nbc, mutual and cbs from 1944 to 1950. Not very true to life, but alot of great entertainment isnt. When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he immediately. Jun 14, 2016 sleuth blackie is framed for murder but manages to catch the culprit. I assumed it was blackie from boston but that doesnt seem to be the case. Ben markson screenplay, paul yawitz story 2 more credits stars. In this first film, blackie finds a corpse when the steamer he traveled on back to the states docks.
Monte smith monte smith is a wellrounded and accomplished fly tyer. Onesmedia offers all fourteen boston blackie films in one nicely packaged set of seven discs with two films per disc in chronological order. Dates, runtimes, cast and crew, synopsis and posters. Boston blackie tangles with mystery, women and murder to smash a foreign spy ring in a coney island freak show.
The first of a series of movies that continued through. Boston blackie trivia before getting the starring role on the boston blackie tv show, kent tayor had starred in more than a dozen b movies from the 1940s. 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. The boston blackie radio series, starring chester morris, began june 23, 1944, on nbc as a summer replacement for the amos n andy show. Part of our over 12,000 show library of old time radio. Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b movie starring chester morris. Blackies three way split boston blackie crime old time. Sound quality is very good for the age of the recordings. Blackout stefan petrucha, kirk van wormer, tim seelig. Notes about meet boston blackie, 1941, directed by robert florey, with chester morris, rochelle hudson, richard lane, available from turner classic movies. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle 18811928. Alias boston blackie by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
The earliest boston blackie film adaptations were silent, dating from 1918 to 1927. Lesley woods appeared as blackie s girlfriend mary wesley. Chester morris is boston blackie, and his first appearance was aptly titled meet boston blackie in 1941. A close call for boston blackie boston blackie movies. Meet boston blackie 1941 directed by robert florey. One of the earliest appearances of boston blackie, as created by jack boyle, was in the american magazine, july 1914, in a.
Meet boston blackie became the first film in columbias profitable 14 film series, with chester morris providing an amiable, charming hero in all episodes. Comedy mystery stories with a charming reformed master burglar. This is the tenth movie in the boston blackie series. It proved popular enough for columbia pictures to produce a total of 14 b movies, all starring morris. Chester morris, lynn merrick, richard lane this is public domain classic mystery and intrigue movies and tv shows. Stone as the runt from imdb enjoyable blackie entry with ample laughs, no big surprises 24. 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. Boston blackie was one of columbias most profitable film series. Sponsored by rinso, the series continued until september 15 of that year. Oldtimers in boston probably will remember the complicated color scheme of boston s trolleys in the old days. Meet boston blackie 1941 confessions of boston blackie 1941 alias. When a dead body is discovered in blackie s apartment, he immediately.
Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881. The boston blackie isnt a common streamer, but it is quite something to look at. A close call for boston blackie 1946 is the tenth of fourteen columbia pictures crime films starring chester morris as boston blackie. The boston blackie syndicated by ziv mutual thursdays 8. A jewel thief and safecracker in boyles stories, blackie became a detective in adaptations for films, radio and television. The definitive boston blackie radio log with chester morris. A close call for boston blackie is a movie starring chester morris. The rainbow coloring effect it gave to boylston street, for instance, is something worth remembering.
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. The film opens as blackie morris and his sidekick the runt. Arlington, berkeley, clarendon, dartmouth, exeter, fairfield, gloucester and hereford. Who killed john davis aired may 12, 1948 the boston blackie radio series, also starring morris, began june 23, 1944, on nbc as a summer replacement for the amos n andy show. Excon turned sleuth boston blackie makes his feature film debut in this fast paced, funny mystery, the first of a longrunning series. Blackie is a new york private detective, who was an enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend. Watch meet boston blackie full movie in hd visit when a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in new york, the trail. Confessions of boston blackie is a 1941 american crime film directed by edward dmytryk and starring chester morris and harriet hilliard. Chester morris who also played the role in the movie series played blackie from 6231944 to 9151944, richard kolmar took over the role until it ended in 1950. Hes meant to be the good guy but usually spends time in jail each episode and has a friendly detective whos aim is to send him to the electric chair. Boston blackie is a great way to spend an evening in the theater of the mind. Chester morris makes his second screen appearance as crookturneddetective boston blackie in this superior series entry.
That street names run in definite series in many parts of the metropolis is an interesting fact about greater boston. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 rotten tomatoes. When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in new york, the trail leads to coney island and a spy ring. Instead of downloading multiple mp3 files, you can now just listen to the original audio book for free and legally. Jul 16, 2012 it looks like this may have been from a private collection. Blackie had received a letter from ann martin, wife of gangster harry martin who had died in prison last year. Meet boston blackie 1941 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A woman consigns a family heirloom to a pair of unscrupulous art dealers in order to raise money to help her sick brother.
Unlike the concurrent films, blackie had a steady romantic interest in the radio show lesley woods appeared as blackie s girlfriend. He also tends to get bashed on the head and to thump various policemen a lot. When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he. Every thursday night in january, we are featuring the boston blackie film series in chronological order. Meet boston blackie 1941 appropriately kicked off the popular movie franchise.
Although the character had been the hero of a number of silent films, this was the first talking picture. Star of the month chester morris as boston blackie youtube. Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie. Ziv and mutuals wor partnered to syndicate boston blackie for 1945 and again from 1947 to 1950. Unlike the concurrent films, blackie had a steady romantic interest in the radio show. Boston blackie, played by kent taylor on television, was originally the hero of more than a dozen 1940s b movies, and the lead protagonist in this memorable tv show that aired in syndication. Although the running time was brief, columbia gave the picture good production values and an imaginative director, robert florey. Meet boston blackie 1941 full movie download full hd youtube. Meet boston blackie by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Morris went on to star in a total of fourteen boston blackie features between 1941 and 1949. Meet boston blackie 1941 boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. With chester morris, rochelle hudson, richard lane, charles wagenheim. Boston blackies bars, pubs, nightlife 405 lake cook rd.
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