Boston Blackie Volume 1-Movies 4 1942-1949 Silent Movie 1927+2 Old Time Radio CD

Description: Boston Blackie Collection 4 DVDs - B&W - Brand New - Collectors Choice Bonus-Boston Blackie 2 Mp3 CDs 203 Old Time Radio Shows 1944-1949 THE BOSTON BLACKIE COMPLETE MOVIE SERIES STARRING CHESTER MORRIS The earliest film adaptations were silent, dating from 1918 to 1927. Columbia Pictures revived the property in 1941 with Meet Boston Blackie, a fast, 58-minute "B" feature starring Chester Morris. Although the running time was brief, Columbia gave the picture good production values and an imaginative director (Robert Florey). The film was successful, and a series followed. In the Columbia features, Boston Blackie is a reformed jewel thief who is always suspected when a daring crime is committed. In order to clear himself, he investigates personally and brings the actual culprit to justice, sometimes using disguises. An undercurrent of comedy runs throughout the action/detective series. Chester Morris gave the Blackie character his own personal charm: he could be light and flippant or stern and dangerous, as the situation demanded. His sidekick, "The Runt," was always on hand to help his old friend. George E. Stone played Runt in all but the first and last films. Charles Wagenheim and Sid Tomack, respectively, substituted for Stone when he was not available. Blackie's friendly adversaries were Inspector Farraday of the police (played in all the films by Richard Lane) and his assistant, Sergeant Matthews. Matthews was originally played as a hapless victim of circumstance by Walter Sande; he was replaced by Lyle Latell, who played it dumber, and then by comedian Frank Sully, who played it even dumber. Blackie and Runt were often assisted in their endeavors by their friends: the cheerful but easily flustered millionaire Arthur Manleder (almost always played by Lloyd Corrigan; Harry Hayden and Harrison Greene each played the role once), and the streetwise pawnbroker Jumbo Madigan (played by Cy Kendall or Joseph Crehan). A variety of actresses (including Rochelle Hudson, Harriet Hilliard (Nelson), Adele Mara and Ann Savage) took turns playing various gal-Friday characters. The films are highly typical of Columbia's B product of the 1940s, with an assortment of veteran character actors (including Clarence Muse, Marvin Miller, George Lloyd, Byron Foulger), new faces on the way up (Larry Parks, Dorothy Malone, Nina Foch, Forrest Tucker,Lloyd Bridges) DISK 1 MEET BOSTON BLACKIE 1941 Rochelle Hudson BOSTON BLACKIE GOES HOLLYWOOD 1942 CONFESSIONS OF BOSTON BLACKIE 1941 Joan Woodbury ALIAS BOSTON BLACKIE 1942 Larry Parks DISK 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH BOSTON BLACKIE 1943 THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME 1943 ONE MYSTERIOUS NIGHT 1944 BOSTON BLACKIE BOOKED ON SUSPICION 1945 DISK 3 BOSTON BLACKIE’S RENDEZVOUS 1945 A CLOSE CALL FOR BOSTON BLACKIE 1946 THE PHANTOM THIEF 1946 BOSTON BLACKIE AND THE LAW 1946 DISK 4 TRAPPED BY BOSTON BLACKIE 1948 BOSTON BLACKIE’S CHINESE VENTURE 1949 THE RETURN OF BOSTON BLACKIE 1927 - Silent REGION FREE DVD's Brand New/Shrink wrapped Collection comes in DVD cases with Show Titles on Each Disc - See above Pics The Contents of this collection are from the Public Domain Please keep in mind that these shows are of very good quality for their age, but they are over 70 years old. This is Not HD quality and may not look that great on your large flat screen TV. As per eBay policy, we have added the following information : Thousands of motion pictures are in the Public Domain because they were 1: released without Copyright Notices; 2: were never registered with the Library of Congress, had improper or late registrations; or 3: were not properly renewed under the old requirements for films made before 1964.

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