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