Theres an article about jack vance at hologram tales, written by c s barlow. The first victim is the smuggler, jeffrey connor dan seymour, who intended to doublecross his partners, one of which. Philo vances gamble trailer 1947 he finds his greatest adventure with a deathdealing adventuress. Philo vances secret mission 1947 avec alan curtis philo vance. With alan curtis, vivian austin, frank jenks, tala birell.
Philo vances gamble 1947 avec alan curtis philo vance. Starpacked promotional short subject intended to raise funds for the national variety artists tuberculosis sanatorium, produced in association with a cigarette company. Calling philo vance 1940 very loosely based on the kennel murder case with james stephenson as philo vance. Vance, in the original books, is an intellectual so highly refined he seems he might be ghostwritten by p. Calling philo vance is a perfunctory remake of 1933s the kennel murder case, which many aficionados consider the best of the vance films. Renewal updates, spoilers and everything we know so far. Philo vances gamble 1947 with alan curtis as philo vance. Vance returns 1947 with william wright philo vances gamble 1947 with alan curtis philo vances secret mission 1947 with alan curtis. Vances enormous popularity can be gauged by how quickly hollywood beckoned. Philo vances gamble 1947 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. He gives short descriptions of a lot of vances books. Van dine is the second book of the philo vance mystery series set in 1920s new york city.
One of two philo vance mystery movies released by prc. During that time, vance was immensely popular in books, movies, and on the radio. He grabs the plans with archers signature, but is captured by police before he can escape. Detective stories were among the most popular programs during radios golden age. The plot is set in motion when a valuable emerald is smuggled into the u. A member of the wealthy kenting family is kidnapped, and philo vances suspicions lead him to the victims home, the purple house on new yorks 86th street. Joseph crehan list of movies and tv shows tv guide. The second of prcs trio of philo vance mysteries, philo vances gamble stars alan curtis as s. Philo vance returns 1947 avec william wright philo vance. Dapper, mustachioed william powell was the first and best portrayer of vance. Deported he comes back to america and plans to confront archer, but archer is found dead in his locked bedroom with a gun in his hand. While the climax may be a bit of a clunker on this one, william, here as philo vance, plays the part as smart as william powell ever did, with just enough touches of humor to keep his vance human.
As several people have pointed out to me over the years, philo vance was a private eye, and it would be unfair for me to exclude him from this site. Calling philo vance 1940 very loosely based on the kennel murder case avec james stephenson philo vance. Philo is in vienna working for the us government to see if archer coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. The gracie allen murder case 1939 avec warren william philo vance.
Van dine, the tenth of twelve books featuring fictional detective philo vance plot. Beginning in the 1930 and ending only when network dramatic radio itself came to its conclusion in 1962, a wide range of detectives everyone from sherlock holmes to sam spade to ellery queen to johnny dollar were presented, in one fashion or another, to the listening audience. This is a 1947 attempt to use a detective name that was wellknown in its time, but none of the characteristics of philo vance are in this character. The cops consider it suicide, but philo believes otherwise. Philo vance is an intellectual foppish dandy who solves murders by logic. Philo vance is a fictional character featured in 12 crime novels written by s. The adventure of the speckled band 1949 tv episode of nbcs your show. Published in books, serialized for radio, and adapted for film, the mysteries are considered golden age classics.
Philo vance s gamble 1947 with alan curtis as philo vance. Out of all the classic sleuths created by american writers, only charlie chan has appeared in more films than philo vance. Philo vances secret mission 1947, prc, alan curtis. Watch the official philo vances gamble 1947 trailer in hd below or find more philo vances gamble videos on vidimovie. Philo goes after a gang of murderous jewel thieves. The definitive philo vance radio program log with detailed biographies of jackson beck, jose.
This would be the first of warren williams many screen detective appearances. Van dine the pen name of willard huntington wright, published in the 1920s and 1930s. The kidnap murder case is a 1936 murder mystery novel by s. Philo vance s gamble 1947 private detective philo vance alan curtis gets involved with a succession of murders and a mystery concerning the disappearance of an emerald that has been smuggled into the united states. The gracie allen murder case 1939 with warren william as philo vance, billed below gracie allen. Philo vances gamble is a 1947 american mystery film directed by basil wrangell and starring. The definitive philo vance radio log with jackson beck, jose.