Dates, runtimes, cast and crew, synopsis and posters. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881 october 1928. Tv shows, and old time radio shows available for free download off the internet. Instead of downloading multiple mp3 files, you can now just listen to the original audio book for free and legally. Librivox recording of boston blackie by jack boyle. In another of his unusual and fascinating capers, boston blackie chester morris, alibi, blind alley, and meet boston blackie gets entangled with a former girlfriend, the murder of her husband, and a possible kidnapextortion plot. Cleverly directed by robert florey and atmospherically lensed by cinematographer franz planer, meet boston blackie was an excellent launching pad for one of columbias most profitable film series. Blackie, just barely on the right side of the law, preferred not to get too involved with the police.
Boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. A close call for boston blackie 1946 is the tenth of fourteen columbia pictures crime films starring chester morris as boston blackie. Reformed criminal boston blackie is outraged when a judge refuses to grant a pardon for a dying friend. Meet boston blackie was the sole venture for character great charles wagenheim as the runt. They create a replica to sell in its place while they keep the original. When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in new york, the trail leads to coney island and a spy ring. He hires norine, his nowdead friends daughter, to get to the judge through his son. Part of our over 12,000 show library of old time radio. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 boston blackie is on the trail of stolen treasure and gets caught up in a crossfire of bullets and women.
Blackie changed his ways and became a private investigator though the local police still suspected him of being a bad guy. Sound quality is very good for the age of the recordings. Maybe it is because of blackies original radio sponsor, rinso. Meet boston blackie 1941 boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. The return of boston blackie full movie strongheart sheltieshangrila. Meet boston blackie became the first film in columbias profitable 14 film series, with chester morris providing an amiable, charming hero in all episodes. 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 meet boston blackie, 1941, directed by robert florey, with chester morris, rochelle hudson, richard lane, at turner classic movies. He started his career as a criminal, a jewel thief, confidence man and and safe cracker. Ive collected 6 espisodes of this series and so far this is the least insteresting of them.
Comedy mystery stories with a charming reformed master burglar. Meet boston blackie 1941 film complet en francais film. A close call for boston blackie free old mystery movies full. Of course, the inspector immediately suspects blackie of being involved. Old time radio shows download for free at zoot radio. 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. In spite of the fact that he was welleducated, charming and. Boston blackie created by jack boyle 18811928 enemy to those who make him an enemy.
Boston blackie film collection mov7dvdbostonblackie. Kenyon to take his place as a guard at a party given by the wealthy mrs. Boston blackie is a fictional character who has been on both sides of the law. Meet boston blackie is the first of fourteen boston blackie films. Jun 10, 2009 while he was featured in a handful of short stories, and a number of largely forgotten silent films of the 1920s, blackie didnt really reach mass popularity until columbia picture reintroduced the character to the public in 1941 with meet boston blackie, starring chester morris. The return of boston blackie full movie strongheart youtube.
Close calls cold cases and the mysteries of medicine read full ebook. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 this is the second movie in the boston blackie series. Boston blackie tangles with mystery, women and murder to smash a foreign spy ring in a coney island freak show. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Stone inherited the role and played it beautifully in all but the final blackie saga, boston blackie s chinese venture 1949where sid tomack is the runt. As originally created by author jack boyle, he was a safecracker a hardened criminal who had served time in a california prison.
While he was featured in a handful of short stories, and a number of largely forgotten silent films of the 1920s, blackie didnt really reach mass popularity until columbia picture reintroduced the character to the public in 1941 with meet boston blackie, starring chester morris. A close call for boston blackie free old mystery movies. Boston blackie listen to free radio stations accuradio. In this first film, blackie finds a corpse, martin vestrick, in his stateroom when the steamer he traveled back to the states on docks. Boston blackie tv series 19511953 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The series evolves blackie from a thief and underworld criminal into a new character that turns out to be very interesting and entertaining. Confessions of boston blackie 1941 boston blackie films columbia pictures revived the boston blackie property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute b feature starring chester morris. Diane parrish sells a family heirloom, a statue of augustus caesar, to a pair of unscrupulous art dealers in order to raise money to treat her brother, who has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. Boston blackie and his sidekick runt go through the standard paces in a strictly by the numbers episode of their series in a close call for boston blackie. Although the running time was brief, columbia gave the picture good production values and an imaginative director robert florey. Boston blackie didnt start out as a private detective, even though that is. Excon turned sleuth boston blackie makes his feature film debut in this fastpaced, funny mystery, the first of a longrunning series. Boston blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him.
Carter, who owns one of the worlds most expensive pearl necklaces. When boston blackie s private detective friend joe kenyon is killed in an auto crash under suspicious circumstances, blackie makes an offer to mrs. Confessions of boston blackie is a 1941 american crime film directed by edward dmytryk and starring chester morris and harriet hilliard. The first of a series of movies that continued through. Zoot radio, free boston blackie old time radio show downloads, over 390 episodes. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of meet boston blackie with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at.
When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he. Feb 17, 2019 meet chester morris as boston blackie. Cast chester morris as boston blackie lynn merrick as geraldine gerry peyton richard lane as inspector farraday frank sully as sergeant matthews george e. A jewel thief and safecracker in boyles stories, blackie became a detective in adaptations for films, radio and television. Boston blackie, starring chester morris free classic radio. Im thrilled to know that there are more folks out here on the net who care about this classic mystery character. Meet boston blackie is the first of fourteen boston blackie films that began. Meet boston blackie is a 1941 crime film starring chester morris as boston blackie, a notorious, but honorable jewel thief. Boston blackie is the novelization of a group of pulp short stories by jack boyle 18811928. Free customizable online radio with unlimited skips. Listen to and download boston blackie, the rockwell.
Meet boston blackie is the first of fourteen boston blackie films that began the new adventures of boston blackie. Nov 11, 2017 meet boston blackie 1941 film complet en francais a 20171111t19. Kent taylor starred in the zivproduced halfhour tv series the adventures of boston blackie. The red network adopted the character and the series as a summer replacement for amos n andy. When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he immediately. A close call for boston blackie 1946free classic detective film. He reprised the role of boston blackie for the radio series in 1944. Meet boston blackie 1941 this is the first movie in the boston blackie series. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle 18811928. 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 character had been the hero of a number of silent films, this was the first talking picture. Boston blackie is a great way to spend an evening in the theater of the mind. A close call for boston blackie free old mystery movies full length. Listen to and download boston blackie, the star of the. Before long, our hero and heroine are mixed up with a gang of foreign spies operating out of a funhouse. Morris appeared in a total of 14 boston blackie films for columbia pictures, beginning with meet boston blackie.
Blackie, who was created by novelist jack boyle, was originally a jewel thief, safe cracker, and confidence man. Chester morris is boston blackie, and his first appearance was aptly titled meet boston blackie in 1941. Meet boston blackie in the beginning, boston blackie whose real name is horatio black was not the charming rogue we all like. Now it is blackies job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother. In a bit role as a dimwitted flatfoot who mistakes. Meet boston blackie is a 1941 crime film starring chester morris as boston blackie, a notorious. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881. Its planned for release in 2014 the 100th anniversary of the first appearance of boston blackie, and will contain a lengthy essay examining the evolution of boston blackie in much greater detail. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. Jack boyle boston blackie audio free download of audio. Boston blackie started in silent movies, then a series of at best b movies, starting with meet boston blackie in 1941, from there he moved to radio in 1944, and then onto television. Chester morris boston blackie classic movies youtube.
When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he immediately becomes the chief murder suspect. Boston blackie is a rather peculiar character to include in this site as he wasnt a p. It is an excellent name for a bad guy turned good guy. The yarn begins when blackie finds a corpse in his cabin. Not very true to life, but alot of great entertainment isnt. 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 character first appeared in the american magazine in 1914, well before the hard boiled crowd took over the pages of the. Columbia pictures revived the property in 1941 with meet boston blackie, a fast, 58minute.
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