German heritage sector applauds increased digitization, preservation funding 19 october 2019. The series evolves blackie from a thief and underworld criminal into a new character that turns out to be very interesting and entertaining. Boston blackies rendezvous quite transcended its bpicture origins, and was easily the best of columbias boston blackie series. Alias boston blackie, chester morris, adele mara, 1942. Richard lane, inspector farraday is always after boston blackie for stealing a pearl and also gets himself running around in circles trying to find something to arrest boston blackie and his sidekick george e. Maybe it is because of blackie s original radio sponsor, rinso. With chester morris, nina foch, steve cochran, richard lane. For example this film has nothing to do with the hour of midnight or what came before or after.
Sponsored by rinso, the series continued until september 15 of. The red network adopted the character and the series as a summer replacement for amos n andy. Blackie hunts for an escaped lunatic on a murder spree. A reformed thief accidentally sells a phony first edition of dickens, which triggers a murder. 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. But just as character favorite iris adrian walked off with boston blackies rendezvous 1945, a close call for boston blackie is the victim of further onscreen larceny with the presence of claire carleton, who plays the runts ditzy blonde girlfriend mamie kerwin. 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 s rendezvous 1945 0705 1945 us crime, drama, mystery 1h 4m. Boston blackie s rendezvous starring chester morris. Dates, runtimes, cast and crew, synopsis and posters. In this final episode of the boston blackie mystery series, our hero and his sidekick find themselves accused of murder after they are seen exiting a chinese laundry where the proprietor is soon. Boston blackies chinese venture 1949 rotten tomatoes. In order to prove his innocence, blackie begins his own investigation. A leading lady of the tall, blonde nina foch rhymes with gosh usually played cool, aloof and often foreign, women of sophisticat. Meet boston blackie, boston blackie goes to hollywood, confessions of boston blackie, alias boston blackie. Msn new zealand latest news, hotmail, outlook, photos. Blackies rendezvous 1945 a close call for boston blackie 1946 the. Chester morris stars as the title character, horatio boston blackie black, as. Boston blackie film collection mov7dvdbostonblackie. In this one, crookturnedsleuth blackie chester morris tries to track down homicidal maniac james cook steve cochran.
A new incarnation of the boston blackie radio series aired april 11, 1945. Sound quality is very good for the age of the recordings. Boston blackies rendezvous by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the. Meet boston blackie 603 words exact match in snippet view article find links to article phantom thief 1946 a close call for boston blackie 1946 boston blackie s rendezvous 1945 boston blackie booked on suspicion 1945 one mysterious. May 17, 2011 blackie dated mary wesley jan miner, and for the first half of the series, his best pal shorty was always on hand. Cook has been committing a number of violent murders while posing as blackie.
Boston blackie s rendezvous quite transcended its bpicture origins, and was easily the best of columbia s boston blackie series. Now it is blackie s job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother. Boston blackies rendezvous, the phantom thief, boston blackie and the law. There is a man who gets murdered and his body is hidden in a statue with a secret door on the back. Chester morris, nina foch, steve cochran, richard lane, george e. Boston blackie s life gets complicated when maniac murderer james cook steve cochran goes on a killing spree while pretending to be boston blackie. Boston blackies life gets complicated when maniac murderer james. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing boston blackie s rendezvous near you. Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on. Boston blackies rendezvous 1945 cast and crew moviefone. Farraday couldnt find his rear end with both hands and a flashlight. Lois collier as mary wesley, blackie s secretary frank orth as inspector faraday. Reformed thief blackie chester morris, amateur sleuth, tracks an escaped strangler steve cochran posing as blackie.
Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree. Part of our over 12,000 show library of old time radio. They did this with warner baxter and the crime doctor series, with warren william and the lone wolf series, and with chester morris and the boston blackie series. Boston blackies rendezvous 1945 plot keywords imdb. Boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. Boston blackie s rendezvous is a 1945 american crime film directed by arthur dreifuss. Sabrina, the curvaceous stage and tv girl, attended a ball at the london lyceum last evening with film star steve cochran as. A close call for boston blackie 1946 radio spirits. With a wellintentioned police officer named inspector faraday richard lane close on his trail, blackie eventually stumbles. Richard lane, who plays boston s longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie movies. The chance of a lifetime, after midnight with boston blackie, one mysterious night, booked on suspicion. Bruce humberstone mistaken identity romantic musical crime donald woods, s. Boston blackie s rendezvous 1945 reformed thief blackie chester morris, amateur sleuth, tracks an escaped strangler steve cochran posing as blackie.
Eddie hall boston blackies rendezvous 1945 youtube. Boston blackie films collection 7 dvdr 14 films 19411949 etsy. The last part of the previous sentence goes a long way toward explaining why boston blackies rendezvous 1945 is one of the weakest entries in columbias successful movie series. Nov 24, 2014 i claim no ownership rights to this clip. That is if blackie can keep from being arrested by moronic inspector farraday, who has the wrong suspect as usual. Boston blackies rendezvous 1945 the movie database. German town reaches out to 5yo kiwi cancer patient after parents kind act newshub.
Not very true to life, but alot of great entertainment isnt. Stone, playing blackie s sidekick, his dimwitted cronie the runt, was not in the first or last film but was in all the others. Overview of boston blackie s rendezvous, 1945, directed by arthur dreifuss, with chester morris, nina foch, steve cochran, at turner classic movies. Read the full synopsis of boston blackies rendezvous, 1945, directed by arthur dreifuss, with chester morris, nina foch, steve cochran, at turner classic movies. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881 october 1928. Boston blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. Shop boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr. Boston blackie s rendezvous quite transcended its bpicture origins, and was easily the best of columbias boston blackie series. Boston blackie s out to stop an escaped maniac on a killing spree. The boston blackie character first appeared in the american magazine in 1914, well before the hard boiled crowd took over the pages of the. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr by. Nov 16, 2014 the boston blackie radio series, also starring chester morris, began june 23, 1944, on nbc as a summer replacement for amos n andy. Boston blackies rendezvous, chester morris, nina foch, steve cochran, 1945. Prowling the underworld as a detective in adaptations for films, radio, and television, the detective boston blackie was an enemy to.
Blackie is a reformed jewel thief and safecrackerbut hes not a murderer, and you would think that farraday would realize this. Steve cochran and chester morris in boston blackie s rendezvous 1945. This is the ninth in the boston blackie series and is considered one of the best. Boston blackies rendezvous is a 1945 american crime film directed by arthur dreifuss. Boston blackies rendezvous 1945 backdrops the movie. Of course, the inspector immediately suspects blackie of being involved. Boston blackie is a fictional character who has been on both sides of the law. He sailed from the port of hamburg, germany, as a steerage passenger on board. They also had a habit of naming the films in almost a random way. Blackie s clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. When a dead body is discovered in blackie s apartment, he immediately becomes the chief murder suspect. In this one, crookturnedsleuth blackie chester morris tries.
At columbia dreifuss made boston blackie s rendezvous 1945, considered one of the best of the popular crime series with a chilling early performance by steve cochran, and eadie was a lady 1945. As originally created by author jack boyle, he was a safecracker a hardened criminal who had served time in a california prison. The humorless farraday was on the receiving end of blackies bad puns and word play. Reluctantly dragooned into helping her man and blackie out of the hot water. Boston blackie is a great way to spend an evening in the theater of the mind. Detectivemystery films are usually considered a subtype of crimegangster films or film noir, or suspense or thriller films that focus on the unsolved crime usually the murder or disappearance of one or more of the characters, or a theft, and on the central character the hardboiled detectivehero, as heshe meets various adventures and challenges in the cold and methodical pursuit of.
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