In 1951, boston blackie was brought to television in the adventures of boston blackie starring kent taylor as blackie, lois collier as the love interest, and frank orth as inspector farraday. Boston blackie goes hollywood is a 1942 american crime film, fourth of the fourteen boston blackie films of the 1940s columbias series of b pictures based on. Although the character had been the hero of a number of silent films, this was the first talking picture. Actor chester morris was the bestknown blackie, playing the character in 14. Boston blackie is on the trail of stolen treasure and gets caught up in a crossfire of bullets and women. Boston blackie created by jack boyle 18811928 enemy to those who make him an enemy. The pace is fast, it is a well edited movie, but the script here is just not quite up to the usual high blackie quality. Alias boston blackie has blackie finding himself implicated in the escape of a convict from a prison magic show at a christmas celebration. 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 on suspicion 1945 boston blackie s rendezvous 1945 a close call for boston blackie 1946 the phantom thief 1946 boston blackie and the law 1946. Boston blackie, in the 11th film of the columbia series, indulges in some wittrading with a. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr with.
Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 movie 68 min starring chester morris as boston blackie boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 part 1 of 8 2 of 8 3 of 8 4 of 8 5 of 8 6 of 8 7 of 8 8 of 8. However when the group is completed the girl is included as well as inspector farrady. Shop boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr. Blackies clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. After midnight with boston blackie 1943 this is the fifth movie in the boston blackie series. Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b feature starring chester morris. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 the movie database. A complete history in print, radio, film and television. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr by. Reformed criminal boston blackie and his pal the runt obey the film s title and head for tinseltown. Dates, runtimes, cast and crew, synopsis and posters. Boston blackie and his pal, the runt, are ready to board a train for florida when blackie gets a. Boston blackie films with chester morris show list info. After the radio show ended and there were no more movies, boston blackie was still popular.
As reformed safecracker boston blackie and his sidekick the runt pack their suitcases for a vacation in florida, a stealthy figure slinks up the fire escape and enters blackie s apartment. Boyles stories were collected in the book boston blackie 1919, which was reprinted in 1979 by gregg press. Chester morris and constance worth in boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 richard. Boston blackie arranges a christmas a magic spectacle at the state prison the prisoners. Move over, darling is a 1963 american deluxe color comedy film starring doris day, james garner, and polly bergen and directed by michael gordon. Richard lane, who plays boston s longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie movies. The winner of the outstanding motion picture later. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881 october 1928. One of the clowns in the show is kidnapped and replaced by a con who wants to get even with two expartners. As usual, inspector farraday richard lane thinks blackie has stolen a priceless diamond and is hot on his trail. Boston blackie goes hollywood starring chester morris. She has visited the prison twice in the month, so is not suppose to visit again. Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some.
As always, blackie spends a goodly portion of his time in disguise, assuming the identity of a bearded foreigner. The first film depiction of the excon safecracker and gentleman thief was bert lytell in two pictures in 1918 and 1919. This is the second movie in the boston blackie series. When hes framed for robbery, a reformed thief takes off to find the. 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. Alias boston blackie 1942 blackie tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent. Stone, playing blackie s sidekick, his dimwitted cronie the runt, was not in the first or last film but was in all the others. Didnt get much of a hollywood impression from this film. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 rehabilitated exconvict boston blackie chester morris doesnt crack safes anymore, but singleminded inspector farraday richard lane is determined to link. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. It proved popular enough for columbia pictures to produce a total of 14 b movies. Boston blackie and the law inspector farraday 1946. Performing this good deed, he is accused of theft, but is allowed to proceed to hollywood to help the police find a lost diamond.
Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 directed by michael. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. Start streaming a complimentary selection of shows and movies while you wait for your xfinity tv service to be installed. Despite the title of boston blackie goes hollywood 1942, jack boyles immortal character boston blackie, who first appeared in published stories in 1914, actually went hollywood many years earlier. Boston blackie films with chester morris list challenges. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 when hes framed for robbery, a reformed thief takes off to find the real culprit. Boston blackie goes hollywood turner classic movies. Confessions of boston blackie starring chester morris.
Larry parks before he played jolson in the jolson story is among the supporting players as the escaped convict. Chase movie, crime comedy release date nov 5, 1942 usa unknown run time 68 min. The cinemascope picture was a remake of a 1940 screwball comedy film, my favorite wife, with irene dunne, cary grant and gail patrick. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 rotten tomatoes. The first film depiction of the excon safecracker and gentleman thief. This is the third movie in the boston blackie series. Boston blackie goes hollywood is a 1942 american crime film, fourth of the fourteen boston blackie films of the 1940s columbias series of b pictures based on jack boyles pulpfiction character. The fourth of 14 boston blackie films starring chester morris released by columbia from 1941 to 1949.
Confessions of boston blackie boston blackie movies. This is the twelveth movie in the boston blackie series. Boston blackie and the lone wolf both first appeared in film in the silent. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 movie 68 min starring chester morris as boston blackie. Chester morris and rochelle hudson star in the first of the boston blacie series from columbia, meet boston blackie.
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A close call for boston blackie full movie chester morris, lynn merrick, richard lane. Boston blackie dawson gets some jewels that belonged to the imperial family of russia. Boston blackie goes hollywood has been ranked 53 times, wins 60. Upon hearing footsteps in his living room, blackie locks the intruder in a windowless room and then calls the police.
Find boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr at. 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. Blackie tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent. Boston blackie goes hollywood inspector farraday 1942. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 michael gordon synopsis. Boston blackie goes hollywood by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who. Find boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr by. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 this is the fourth movie in the boston blackie series. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 cast and crew credits, including. Chester morris, william wright, constance worth, lloyd corrigan. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 michael gordon boston blackie, former safebreaker, and his companion and fellow excrook the runt, are about to leave for florida on a vacation, when they catch a burglar in their own apartment. This is the fourth movie in the boston blackie series.
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 goes hollywood 1942 boston blackie goes. Alias boston blackie 1942 is the third in a series of columbia pictures b movies starring chester morris as boston blackie. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 despite the title of boston blackie goes hollywood 1942, jack boyles immortal character boston blackie, who first appeared in published stories in 1914, actually went hollywood many years earlier. They run into each other aboard a steamship where blackie finds a murdered man in his stateroom. Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some money from his apartment and deliver it to him in california. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 movie moviefone. After midnight with boston blackie 1943 a reformed thief gets himself arrested fetching some jewels for a friend. Overview of alias boston blackie, 1942, directed by lew landers, with chester morris, adele mara, richard lane, at turner classic movies. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr with chester morris. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 directed by michael gordon. Read the full synopsis of alias boston blackie, 1942, directed by lew landers, with chester morris, adele mara, richard lane, at turner classic movies. The return of boston blackie full movie strongheart youtube. Boston blackie goes hollywood boston blackie movies.
Home silent movies 40s movies bio chester morris television radio short stories. Boston blackie is a rather peculiar character to include in this site as he wasnt a p. Reformed criminal boston blackie and his pal the runt obey the films title and head for tinseltown. Inspector farraday richard lane is blackie s old friend. List of feature film series with more than twenty entries. Meet boston blackie 1941 boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 confessions of boston blackie 1941 alias boston blackie 1942 the chance of a lifetime 1943 after midnight with boston blackie 1943 one mysterious night 1944. Lionel barrymore, seena owen, lowell sherman, george nash. Once again, blackie is suspected of committing a crime, in this instance of helping a prisoner escape. Boston blackie and the law starring chester morris.
Stone, constance worth, and william wright in boston blackie goes hollywood 1942. Meet boston blackie is a 1941 crime film starring chester morris as boston blackie, a notorious, but honorable jewel thief. Boston blackie goes hollywood is a film directed by michael gordon with chester morris, william wright, constance worth, lloyd corrigan, year. With chester morris, william wright, constance worth, lloyd corrigan. Boston blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. Stone richard lane 1942 the police nab sleuth blackie chester morris, reformed thief, caught taking cash from a friends safe.
Boston blackie goes hollywood was the fourth in columbias. It was preceded by meet boston blackie, confessions of boston blackie and followed by boston blackie goes hollywood. It is the christmas holidays and reformed thief, boston blackie goes to castle theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are still in prison. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 posters the movie. Blackie 1941 alias boston blackie 1942 boston blackie goes hollywood 1942. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 boaton blackie goes hollywood 1942 close call for boston blackie 1946 boaton blackie chinese venture 1949 back to the boston blackie catalog back to the chester. Ucla film and television archive writers guild of america wga. 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. A reformed thief brings a magic show to a womans prison and gets mixed up in an escape. Rehabilitated exconvict boston blackie chester morris doesnt crack safes anymore, but singleminded inspector farraday richard lane is. Overview of boston blackie goes hollywood, 1942, directed by michael gordon, with chester morris, william wright, constance worth, at turner classic movies. Approved 1h 7min drama, mystery 2 april 1942 usa blackie tracks down a wrongly convicted prisoner who escapes during a christmas magic show. He also appeared in maisie was a lady 1941, a mans world 1942 and boston blackie goes hollywood 1942.
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