The taxi driver is an exconvict, who blackie once sent to jail. Reformed criminal boston blackie and his pal the runt obey the films title and head for tinseltown. 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. 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. Confessions of boston blackie boston blackie movies. Rehabilitated exconvict boston blackie chester morris doesnt crack safes anymore, but singleminded inspector farraday richard lane is. Alias boston blackie 1942 reformed thief boston blackie chester morris organizes a christmas show for inmates at a prison. Boston blackie goes hollywood arthur manleder 1942. After a car chase the robber gets away, leaving the taxi driver with a bullet in his arm. Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some. Chester morris, hollywood, silver gelatin by edward steichen he also. Alias boston blackie 1942 is the third in a series of columbia pictures b movies starring chester morris as boston blackie. Stone as a cast member, but he was not seen in the film.
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. Stone, constance worth, and william wright in boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 richard lane, chester morris, george e. This is the twelveth movie in the boston blackie series. With chester morris, william wright, constance worth, lloyd corrigan. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 boston blackie goes. 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. Chester morris and constance worth in boston blackie goes hollywood 1942. Blondie meets the boss film complet vf, blondie meets the boss streaming. Boston blackie goes hollywood starring chester morris. Originally a jewel thief and safecracker in boyles novels, he became a detective in adaptations for films. Meet boston blackie is a 1941 crime film starring chester morris as boston blackie, a notorious, but honorable jewel thief. The fourth of 14 boston blackie films starring chester morris released by. A reformed thief brings a magic show to a womans prison and gets mixed up in an escape.
Boston blackie is on the trail of stolen treasure and gets caught up in a crossfire of bullets and women. She has visited the prison twice in the month, so is not suppose to visit again. This is the third movie in the boston blackie series. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 rotten tomatoes. Boston blackie and the law starring chester morris. Boston blackie blackie goes to jail 12346 old time radiocrimedetective by antiqueradios. Stone, playing blackies sidekick, his dimwitted cronie the runt, was not in the first or last film but was in all the others.
Blackie tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 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. Performing this good deed, he is accused of theft, but is allowed to proceed to hollywood to help the police find a lost diamond. Although the character had been the hero of a number of silent films, this was the first talking picture. Stone, constance worth, and william wright in boston blackie goes hollywood 1942. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 alias boston blackie 1942. Boston blackie goes hollywood by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who.
When hes framed for robbery, a reformed thief takes off to find the real culprit. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881 october 1928. In this film, harriet hillard is the wife of ozzie nelson who made famous their favorite tv show. This is the eleventh movie in the boston blackie series. A woman consigns a family heirloom to a pair of unscrupulous art dealers in order to raise money to help her sick brother.
Read the full synopsis of alias boston blackie, 1942, directed by lew landers, with chester morris, adele mara, richard lane, at turner classic movies. Every movie hitting ondemand early due to coronavirus. 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. The first film depiction of the excon safecracker and gentleman thief was bert lytell in two pictures in 1918 and 1919. Chester morris list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Boston blackie and his pal, the runt, are ready to board a train for florida when. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 movie moviefone. Stone replaced charles wagenheim as the runt in later films in the series. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. This is the second movie in the boston blackie series. Boston blackie radio show fifty hunter street case wchester morris old time radio otr. Ignoring inspector farradays richard lane friendly advice to stop helping women, boston blackie goes to the rescue of a female being attacked by two men.
However when the group is completed the girl is included as well as inspector farrady. Richard lane, who plays bostons longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie movies. 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. Overview of boston blackie goes hollywood, 1942, directed by michael gordon, with chester morris, william wright, constance worth, at turner classic movies. She turns out to be geraldine gerry peyton lynn merrick. Confessions of boston blackie starring chester morris. Dates, runtimes, cast and crew, synopsis and posters. However, the purchaser discovers that the book is a fake and demands his money back. Boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr by. Confessions of boston blackie is a 1941 american crime film directed by edward dmytryk and starring chester morris and harriet hilliard. Towards the end of the film, the action takes place at the jane drake theatre, where jane drake is appearing a play called bedtime story, written by lucius drake. Boston blackie chester morris attends a christmas show in a prison where joe.
John chester brooks morris february 16, 1901 september 11, 1970 was an american stage, film, television, and radio actor. Boston blackie booked on suspicion at the american film institute catalog. Lloyd nolan goes to work for a millionaire and his daughter. Blackie out to help his pal, runt, recover some jewels. Boston blackies chinese venture boston blackie 1949. He had some prestigious film roles early in his career, and was nominated for an academy award.
Very clever and involving plot for such a short film. Murder, stolen jewels, sinister seances, ghostly apparitions and blackie trying to stop a murderous blackmailer. In while the boston blackie series of films were still giving an extra fillip. It was preceded by meet boston blackie, confessions of boston blackie and followed by boston blackie goes hollywood. Alias boston blackie approved 1h 7min drama, mystery 2 april 1942 usa blackie tracks down a wrongly convicted prisoner who escapes during a christmas magic show. Richard lane, chester morris, and constance worth in boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 richard lane, chester morris, and constance worth in boston blackie goes hollywood 1942. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle born before 1880.
Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 release info imdb. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. A hollywood reporter production chart listed george e. As usual, inspector farraday richard lane thinks blackie has stolen a. 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. Chester morris and constance worth in boston blackie goes hollywood. Chester morris is best remembered today for portraying boston blackie, a criminalturneddetective, in the modestly budgeted boston blackie film series of the 1940s. Boston blackie goes hollywood was the fourth in columbias. A film of its time, there are only white people in it, and the special effects see the car. Lloyd corrigan list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Meet boston blackie 1941 confessions of boston blackie 1941 alias boston blackie 1942 boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 after. Boston blackie films with chester morris list challenges. Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Boston blackie goes hollywood 1942 posters the movie. Home silent movies 40s movies bio chester morris television radio short stories. As always, blackie spends a goodly portion of his time in disguise, assuming the identity of a bearded foreigner. Third film in columbias boston blackie series has blackie chester morris tracking down a prison escapee who escaped during one of blackies shows. Boston blackie goes hollywood boston blackie movies. Boston blackie films with chester morris show list info.
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