The last of William Powell's four Philo Vance movies to hit youtube, I hope this is not infringing on any copyrights. Let me know and I'll remove it. True movie magic.
What a lot of people don't know is that Powell had a long career in stage, and then silents before he ever hit the talkies. He truly honed his craft and it shows. By the time he hit "talking pictures" he well understood how to dominate the screen. He had charisma and presence to spare. Whenever he is in front of the camera you can see how he understands body control - he just takes over the screen, like a dancer - and you can see how he acts with so much more than just dialogue. I think he's my very favorite. This is an earlier picture, but every picture he gets better and better. The Thin Mans are just remarkable.
Yet another great mystery crime thriller from that sleuth, Mr. Vance. These films are able to constantly leave you on the edge of your seat, wondering, until the very end. In their day they must have brought considerable enjoyment at the cinema for only a nickel. Thanks for allowing us to enjoy them still nearly ninety years later.
My favorite of the William Powell Philip Vance movies! I have watched them all again and again but I keep coming back to this one. Such great characters and acting!
Powell had a very distinct voice and knew how to use it. Love Powell and Loy together. They were great friends and it showed with their antics. What a pair.
Aside from William Powell playing Philo Vance, co-star Richard Tucker was one of the founding members of the Screen Actors' Guild's Board of Directors, as well as being the first official member of SAG. His film career spanned 1911-1940. He died in 1942 of a heart attack at only 58 years old. He's shown sitting at the desk at the beginning of the film.
Thanks so much for posting this. William Powell will always be Nick Charles and Philo Vance to me. Memories of my Dad and I watching old murder mysteries and listening to the old radio detective shows on road trips. You made me think of such happy times. Thanks for that - Cheers
I just re-watched "THE THIN MAN" last week. Terrific film, well-made, and the current prints are in excellent shape. But I find I prefer Powell as Philo Vance. Maybe it's the lack of non-stop intoxication... (LOL)
Hey Robert- I betcha you could still get a suit like that. All you'd have to do is pony up some big bucks to a tailor and tell him what you want. Then you'd just need to figure out where it could be worn. ;-) I know what you mean though. Unlike nowadays, folks took pride in their appearance back then.
Nothing stops anyone from dressing the way they want, regardless of how anyone else around is dressing. And anyone can have hand tailored clothes. All you have to do is have the means to pay for it, which generally means having a career that will provide those means.
Robert Jones. As another commenter pointed out, you can get suits like that if you have the money. You'd also need either a tailor or adviser to see that the suits are properly cut & constructed--not easy, especially with styles of this period with bias-cut & fine detailing being prominent. It takes a very good tailor to make any fine suit, & the tailor must know not only the details (breast pockets, button-holes, etc.) but also the fabric weight & weave that determine how the fabric will hang. Even with more expensive brands of clothing today, you seldom find a finely tailored suit that compares to standard suits prior to WWII. Still, if you frequent second-hand clothing shops, you can occasionally find well made suits from the '30s & '40s as well as contemporary bespoke suits. Of course you'd also need the proper shirts, ties, etc, as well as hats, to make the outfit look right. The more expensive clothing from the '30s & '40s was made to last a lifetime. You might sometimes find such clothing at estate sales.
Interesting how the cinematography is so much better in this film compared to the earlier Philo Vance films of 1929, just a year prior. This film shows the devastation of the Stock Market Crash. William Powell is always great.
Great early talkie . And a nice plot to the murder . They were getting the hang of stylish dialogue by 1930 . Give me one of these well crafted movies over a new "Hollywood Blockbuster" any day .
+Steve Rhodes HERE HERE my friend....here here. they REALLY knew how to pull off the whodunit capers back then....hell, classic films period, but The Thin Man was my passage into the world of TCM & murder mysteries. it would be villainy if they stopped. William Powell, Warren Williams & Basil Rathbone are my fav P.I's from this period.
I 1st heard of Filo Vance was in book form. I was very happy to see that my favorite actor, William Powell. This was before Nick and Nora and The Thin Man movies. This was when movies were great, not special effects and stunts. I have watched 500-1,000 of 1930s films on You Tube
I've looked for this and the other Philo Vance movie for years, having only seen the Kennel Murder Case. I was so happy to find this and the other P.V. movies. Love William Powell and Eugene Pallette. Thank you, tolvis77
OnesMedia has a PHILO VANCE box set with 13 films + an unsold TV pilot! The quality varies; the first 3 Paramounts are in really bad shape, but the 1st MGM (with Rathbone) is a STUNNING, clear print! I'm working my way thru the set 1 film per week. At the moment, they're only missing 3: the Spanish-language version of "Benson", the only one made in England ("Scarab") and the 1937 remake of "Greene", "Night Of Mystery". The English fim is considered "LOST", but "Night Of Mystery" is known to be in the hands of private collectors-- just NOT in circulation. I only learned of the Spanish film TODAY. Carlos Villarias, who starred in the 1931 Spanish "DRACULA", plays D.A. Markham in that one.
His filmography starts in 1922, and this was actually his 3rd Philo Vance film. They even reference the second one when he's talking to the ME - the Greene Murder Case. Unusual bit of cross-film continuity for the era, even for a series.
Paul Lukas -- Adolph Mohler here -- not only went on to portray Philo Vance in "The Casino Murder Case" but won an Academy Award over the likes of Humphrey Bogart and Gary Cooper for his work in "Watch On The Rhine".
I believe Lukas was in another Philo Vance film in which Powell played Vance...was it The Kennel Club Murder? I can't say for sure, off the top of my head.
I used to have the first six Philo Vance novels, hard-cover first editions, that I bought at an estate sale. The first novel was kind of weak (The Kennel Murder Case), and then they turned into bang-up, first-rate murder mysteries. He must have gotten a good editor.
Mary Lawson, I know people dressed up to go uptown in the fifties, I dressed to shop in the sixties but by the seventies it was go as I was, I bet you no longer dress up to shop uptown either.
My mom always watched old movies so I fell in love with a few, one of mine was William Powel. I planned to marry him when I grew up. Oh well....he died long before we watched the movies.
When I heard that he had been war sounded with a limp? And chose a career in Hollywood anyway? Not only elegant and talented? But courageous and determined
Thanks for this. Great to see so many great actors that would play a part in Powell's later films. Eugene Pallette and Misha Auer from 1936's "My Man Godfrey". Natalie Moorhead from "The Thin Man" 1934. A real treat to see an early film appearance by William Boyd, the future Hop A Long Cassidy iconic western star.
This is a different William Boyd who was a star of many silent movies. This one was known as William 'Stage' Boyd. This one's bad behavior and many scandals caused Hoppy much trouble as his pictures were splashed on the front pages of the newspapers during the time. Stage had many arrests for alcohol possession and drug possession. This Boyd died in 1935 from his alcoholism. The other Boyd was just starting to become famous as Hoppy..along with Windy...later Gabby Hayes.
@@DiosprometheusDiosprometheus Thanks for clearing up the confusion. I saw William Boyd and thought it was 'Hoppy.' Also, it might explain why actors can't use the same name... There was Henry Morgan, who I remember being on the TV show, 'I've Got a Secret'... So, Col Potter had to take the name Harry Morgan, when he began his acting career so many years before MASH
I was lucky to find this pre-code detective movie while searching for films starring Natalie Moorhead! 💕 William Powell started his film career mostly as a “Heavy” in silent films of the 1920’s before he would become the distinguished gentleman on screen with the likes of Myrna Loy 💕 and Kay Francis 💕.
Great "closed circle" type mystery and lots of fun. Who among the guests killed the scoundrel? Everyone appears to have a motive. Good thing Philo Vance is on the case!
NOT YET, apparently, but we can always hope someone will tackle the project eventually. At least the first 3 Paramounts (all with Powell) are in serious need of restoration jobs. "Benson" seems in the WORST shape right now (of the ones I've seen so far).
@@Mimi-ex6jo yes, I do! And I am not one of those who prefers all old films to more modern ones, but so much is lost when those are “colorized.” It ruins the camera work and often the director’s intent.
Ever watch a sequel to a good film They seldom if ever measure up Why any one would want a copy or a clon is far too hard for me to understand. Thanks to people who post old films with great stars we can still enjoy both the experience and the thrill that tens of thousands have experience in the days past TY Tolvis 77
@Tolvis77 thank you for posting this fun oldie. I enjoyed it. I wish the sound quality was better, but it is a very old film after all. Good story, good acting, I RoccoMend this movie.
I have never seen a film with William Powell starring that wasn't classy, witty, and extremely well done. The Sergeant's voice is unforgettable and a perfect fit for the quintessential know-it-all detective. a Great film. I didn't notice it before until I read the comments and someone pointed out how much William Powell sounded like Maxwell Smart from "Get Smart" in this film, LOL. I kept thinking about how his voice sounded oddly familiar. Unfortunately, I couldn't find that post again to thank her for sparking that memory.
I can't get over how clear the audio is in these B&W movies. Some of the TV series today, the actors sound like they are talking to their belly buttons, muffled.
Did you notice the timing mistake? They keep referring to the "Greene Murder case" but in that film it was show to happen on and after December 31, 1929, this film is set at the time of the stock market crash of October 1929. i.e. They keep referring to a crime that would happen in the future. A small detail the makers of these movies did not care about.
Ha! That's a good point. They also overlooked the fact that anyone who buys stock on margin is liable to get a margin call to add money to the account. If you don't add the money, they have to start selling your stock and could potentially wipe you out. They had no reason to think Benson had cheated them.
In a matter of a few minutes, the home of Anthony Benson (Richard Tucker) filled up the way, five years later, Driftwood's (Groucho’s) tiny cabin would in the classic stateroom scene in “A Night at the Opera.” I wonder if it was from this story that the Marx Brothers & company got the idea for that now classic "Stateroom Scene," in which 15 people crowded into. Crazier yet, at 34:20 reporter, a reporter asks "Who did this, to which Eugene Pallette, as Sgt. Ernest Heath answers, “The four Marx Brothers.”
Typical class types of the time: English and wealthy eastern usa accents for the upper class women, prep school accents for the upper class good guys,an attempted lower class accent for the gatsby-like hood, a nasal mid-west? working class for the police,the weak gigilo with a continental european accent (hungarian in this case),
In the time of "CORONAVIRUS WORLD WAR - 3" in 2020 when your own life is at the hands of a invisible pandemic it's cinema that breaks all barriers and provides solace and entertainment.Confined to the house classic movies of the "Black & White" era of films is on my movie menu and thankfully stumbled onto this 193o classic , "The Benson Murder Case" .All movies are partly a reflection of the era and generation in which the movie was produced and "Benson Murder case" was produced a year after the Great Depression and Stock market crash of 1929. .As a fan of "Sherlock Holmes" have discovered a new sleuth in Detective Philo .Vance played by actor William.Powell and a peep into film production and sets of the 1930's .Wonder if World leaders Winston.Churchill,Joseph.Stalin, Franklin.Roosevelt or Benito.Mussolini or Adolf .Hitler ever watched this film that thanks to "RUclips" we are watching in 2020 ! .Movies are forever irrespective of era or generation. Ahoy !
Philo Vance trivia: all the "Murder Case" names had 6 letters: the Canary Murder Case, the Greene, Benson, Scarab, Bishop, Kennel, etc. At least up till the "Gracie Allen Murder Case", and then "Gracie" has six letters. It was kind of a gimmick by SS Van Dine. Don't know what it was supposed to mean. He was kind of an oddball character himself, so maybe he was into numerology.
It’s a Paramount film owned by Universal. None of the three early precode Paramount Vance films have received an official release. The WB Philo Vance collection only consists of the films in that library, which are the Warners and MGM Vance films.
Never saw a William Powell movie that I didn't love! What a genius and talent!
Agreed!
What a lot of people don't know is that Powell had a long career in stage, and then silents before he ever hit the talkies. He truly honed his craft and it shows. By the time he hit "talking pictures" he well understood how to dominate the screen. He had charisma and presence to spare. Whenever he is in front of the camera you can see how he understands body control - he just takes over the screen, like a dancer - and you can see how he acts with so much more than just dialogue. I think he's my very favorite.
This is an earlier picture, but every picture he gets better and better. The Thin Mans are just remarkable.
The one w/ hottie Evelyn Brent , and the Russian train heads off into the Chasm......
He'll have to do some graceful dancing to pull this dog out of the fire. I enjoyed bad movies but this is really stretching a point
@liberty tree, Excellent comment and analysis of a fine legendary actor.
He and Myrna Loy…superb!!!🎉🎉🎉. Thin Man’s, Ziegfeld, et. al.
A very well-loved actor was Bill Powell!
Yet another great mystery crime thriller from that sleuth, Mr. Vance. These films are able to constantly leave you on the edge of your seat, wondering, until the very end. In their day they must have brought considerable enjoyment at the cinema for only a nickel. Thanks for allowing us to enjoy them still nearly ninety years later.
S. S. Van Dine wrote 8 Philo Vance mysteries, the last being the Dragon Murders. They're classics as well.
William Powell was one classly actor. These old movies are fabulous. Want to see more of them. These actors were classly and had talent.
“The jury has to depend on circumstantial evidence ,Markham, they cant understand any other kind.” My favorite William Powell line.
Any film with William Powell is well worthy watching
Pretty much
We totally agree.
I agree with you too on that one.
Yes
I agree. And this cast is prime stuff! " Lucas Pal"!
Great Expressionist opening in the gambling.
My favorite of the William Powell Philip Vance movies! I have watched them all again and again but I keep coming back to this one. Such great characters and acting!
Powell had a very distinct voice and knew how to use it. Love Powell and Loy together. They were great friends and it showed with their antics. What a pair.
Great legs, too!
Ditto Loy.
So much in common since they both played more than their fair share of villains before they moved to the other side of the law.
Love to watch these old movies. William is one of my favorite actors. Love the thin man movies. Excellent actor. He was a very classy man.
There isn't any so called stars today that I would go and see at the cinema.
Tolvis77, please DO NOT remove it. We the late comers deserve to have the pleasure to watch it! Thank you!
Aside from William Powell playing Philo Vance, co-star Richard Tucker was one of the founding members of the Screen Actors' Guild's Board of Directors, as well as being the first official member of SAG. His film career spanned 1911-1940. He died in 1942 of a heart attack at only 58 years old. He's shown sitting at the desk at the beginning of the film.
He lived to be 91 years of age
1892 to 1984 he was 91
Thanks so much for posting this. William Powell will always be Nick Charles and Philo Vance to me. Memories of my Dad and I watching old murder mysteries and listening to the old radio detective shows on road trips. You made me think of such happy times. Thanks for that - Cheers
I just re-watched "THE THIN MAN" last week. Terrific film, well-made, and the current prints are in excellent shape. But I find I prefer Powell as Philo Vance. Maybe it's the lack of non-stop intoxication... (LOL)
Anything with William Powell is bound to be good. He's a joy to the eye and ear.
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Ginny Lorenz My man Godfrey showed how good Powell really was.
great comment from a "fleur de lys"! W.P. is IT. magical!
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Amazing! I have always been a fan of the old time murder mystery’s! I’d watch these any day over all the crap that is out there now.
Mysteries
Ah - stylish film. And so were the suits - I wish you could still get 'em cut like that!
Keep an eye on Etsy..people are making some great stuff with vintage patterns.
Hey Robert- I betcha you could still get a suit like that. All you'd have to do is pony up some big bucks to a tailor and tell him what you want. Then you'd just need to figure out where it could be worn. ;-) I know what you mean though. Unlike nowadays, folks took pride in their appearance back then.
Robert Jones
Nothing stops anyone from dressing the way they want, regardless of how anyone else around is dressing. And anyone can have hand tailored clothes. All you have to do is have the means to pay for it, which generally means having a career that will provide those means.
Robert Jones. As another commenter pointed out, you can get suits like that if you have the money. You'd also need either a tailor or adviser to see that the suits are properly cut & constructed--not easy, especially with styles of this period with bias-cut & fine detailing being prominent. It takes a very good tailor to make any fine suit, & the tailor must know not only the details (breast pockets, button-holes, etc.) but also the fabric weight & weave that determine how the fabric will hang. Even with more expensive brands of clothing today, you seldom find a finely tailored suit that compares to standard suits prior to WWII.
Still, if you frequent second-hand clothing shops, you can occasionally find well made suits from the '30s & '40s as well as contemporary bespoke suits. Of course you'd also need the proper shirts, ties, etc, as well as hats, to make the outfit look right. The more expensive clothing from the '30s & '40s was made to last a lifetime. You might sometimes find such clothing at estate sales.
The early talkies have the feel of a Broadway play...right up Mr Powell's alley
Interesting how the cinematography is so much better in this film compared to the earlier Philo Vance films of 1929, just a year prior. This film shows the devastation of the Stock Market Crash. William Powell is always great.
Great early talkie . And a nice plot to the murder . They were getting the hang of stylish dialogue by 1930 . Give me one of these well crafted movies over a new "Hollywood Blockbuster" any day .
Steve Rhodes here here
Steve Rhodes Amen
+Steve Rhodes HERE HERE my friend....here here. they REALLY knew how to pull off the whodunit capers back then....hell, classic films period, but The Thin Man was my passage into the world of TCM & murder mysteries. it would be villainy if they stopped. William Powell, Warren Williams & Basil Rathbone are my fav P.I's from this period.
I 1st heard of Filo Vance was in book form. I was very happy to see that my favorite actor, William Powell. This was before Nick and Nora and The Thin Man movies. This was when movies were great, not special effects and stunts. I have watched 500-1,000 of 1930s films on You Tube
That’s all I watch 1930-1950s..... movies these days are classless
Thanks for sharing these very old movies, they were written before I was born, my mom used to watch the thinn man.
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That blonde lady was in the original Thin Man. She played “ The Beautiful Julia Wolf”
Huge Powell fan. I don't know how I missed seeing before. Thank you for sharing.
Great movies like this put you back in the era and provide a short look back in time.
It's just fantastic that they can reintroduce these movies with such clarity
Thanks for much for posting. Love William Powell. Love Philo Vance. Didn't know there was a 4th one.
I've looked for this and the other Philo Vance movie for years, having only seen the Kennel Murder Case. I was so happy to find this and the other P.V. movies. Love William Powell and Eugene Pallette. Thank you, tolvis77
OnesMedia has a PHILO VANCE box set with 13 films + an unsold TV pilot! The quality varies; the first 3 Paramounts are in really bad shape, but the 1st MGM (with Rathbone) is a STUNNING, clear print! I'm working my way thru the set 1 film per week.
At the moment, they're only missing 3: the Spanish-language version of "Benson", the only one made in England ("Scarab") and the 1937 remake of "Greene", "Night Of Mystery". The English fim is considered "LOST", but "Night Of Mystery" is known to be in the hands of private collectors-- just NOT in circulation. I only learned of the Spanish film TODAY. Carlos Villarias, who starred in the 1931 Spanish "DRACULA", plays D.A. Markham in that one.
@@henrykujawa4427 , it's a pleasure to learn from such a knowledgeable movie fan. Thank you.
Must be one of Powell's earliest. Doing "Nick Charles" before he did Nick Charles. 4 years before the 1st Thin Man. An epic career!
His filmography starts in 1922, and this was actually his 3rd Philo Vance film. They even reference the second one when he's talking to the ME - the Greene Murder Case. Unusual bit of cross-film continuity for the era, even for a series.
@@richmcgee434 interesting! Thanks!
Paul Lukas -- Adolph Mohler here -- not only went on to portray Philo Vance in "The Casino Murder Case" but won an Academy Award over the likes of Humphrey Bogart and Gary Cooper for his work in "Watch On The Rhine".
I believe Lukas was in another Philo Vance film in which Powell played Vance...was it The Kennel Club Murder? I can't say for sure, off the top of my head.
Another Amateur
Watch on the Rhine was a brilliant film.
He was in The Lady Vanishes.
Love William Powell ! Ty so much for the grand old films!
GREAT STUFF!!!!!!!
I have the novel and had no idea it had been filmed, along with other Philo Vance novels. A most pleasant surprise and thank you for posting.
Another classic movie. Thank you for sharing it.
I used to have the first six Philo Vance novels, hard-cover first editions, that I bought at an estate sale. The first novel was kind of weak (The Kennel Murder Case), and then they turned into bang-up, first-rate murder mysteries. He must have gotten a good editor.
Have enjoyed Powell and Loy a many a times on Sirius xm, and TCM, and now here on RUclips. Excellent movie, and thank you for posting
William Powell was pure class. Love Thin Man films. Shame people don't have what use to be. Sad. They knew how to dress.
Mary Lawson, I know people dressed up to go uptown in the fifties, I dressed to shop in the sixties but by the seventies it was go as I was, I bet you no longer dress up to shop uptown either.
They also knew how to talk. As you say, pure class.
One reason I 💚💛💜watching old movies🎩👠🧤👔
@@gracieallen8285 Actually I do dress up. I put on a clean t shirt.
@@rrrogster XD! You and me both. Well said.
thank you thank you for this, i love William Powell
Thank you for sharing this old gem
Love William Powell
Thank you tolvis77, for posting this movie. It was great!
My mom always watched old movies so I fell in love with a few, one of mine was William Powel. I planned to marry him when I grew up. Oh well....he died long before we watched the movies.
When I heard that he had been war sounded with a limp? And chose a career in Hollywood anyway? Not only elegant and talented? But courageous and determined
I think you’re thinking of Herbert Marshall. Also suave, but Powell was not in the war.
Thanks for this. Great to see so many great actors that would play a part in Powell's later films. Eugene Pallette and Misha Auer from 1936's "My Man Godfrey". Natalie Moorhead from "The Thin Man" 1934. A real treat to see an early film appearance by William Boyd, the future Hop A Long Cassidy iconic western star.
The William Boyd in this movie was born in 1889, and died in 1935, long before the other William Boyd was
Hoppy in the early-mid 1950s.
This is a different William Boyd who was a star of many silent movies. This one was known as William 'Stage' Boyd. This one's bad behavior and many scandals caused Hoppy much trouble as his pictures were splashed on the front pages of the newspapers during the time. Stage had many arrests for alcohol possession and drug possession. This Boyd died in 1935 from his alcoholism. The other Boyd was just starting to become famous as Hoppy..along with Windy...later Gabby Hayes.
This is William Stage Boyd not Hopalong.
Mid 30s not mid 50s.
@@DiosprometheusDiosprometheus Thanks for clearing up the confusion. I saw William Boyd and thought it was 'Hoppy.'
Also, it might explain why actors can't use the same name... There was Henry Morgan, who I remember being on the TV show, 'I've Got a Secret'... So, Col Potter had to take the name Harry Morgan, when he began his acting career so many years before MASH
I was lucky to find this pre-code detective movie while searching for films starring Natalie Moorhead! 💕 William Powell started his film career mostly as a “Heavy” in silent films of the 1920’s before he would become the distinguished gentleman on screen with the likes of Myrna Loy 💕 and Kay Francis 💕.
Watched it today! Thanks for posting!
by the way... thank you for this movie being here.
Wow - thanks for posting - I've been wanting to see this one!
Thanks for the upload, always a great one to revisit. 😊
Great "closed circle" type mystery and lots of fun. Who among the guests killed the scoundrel? Everyone appears to have a motive. Good thing Philo Vance is on the case!
I've been searching for this one Thank you for this 😊😊😊
This is a jewel! I hope that it's been remastered.
NOT YET, apparently, but we can always hope someone will tackle the project eventually. At least the first 3 Paramounts (all with Powell) are in serious need of restoration jobs. "Benson" seems in the WORST shape right now (of the ones I've seen so far).
William Powell one of the best actors of all times👍❤️👍 WATCH HIS “THE THIN MAN MOVIES”
Some really great film shots here.
THANK YOU FOR THIS VID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAVE YOU ANYMORE????
Thank you for posting this ,although I have multiple movies of his I don't think I have even seen this one before
thank you tolvis77. i really enjoyed the movie.
William Powell aka Philo Vance aka exceptionally talented aka categorically debonair😉
....✌💖🕯
Thanks for a gem!
What we need is a new william Powell. Somebody that looks and sounds like him, and we also need more black and white films.
Don’t you just hate when they put the old B&W in color
@@Mimi-ex6jo yes, I do! And I am not one of those who prefers all old films to more modern ones, but so much is lost when those are “colorized.” It ruins the camera work and often the director’s intent.
@@tonibauer2949 and the great Hitchcock said that black & fine allowed from much finer shadows ... he would know ...
You want the past. Maybe you should give up cloning humans and duplicating ancient technology and watch the originals.
Ever watch a sequel to a good film They seldom if ever measure up Why any one would want a copy or a clon is far too hard for me to understand. Thanks to people who post old films with great stars we can still enjoy both the experience and the thrill that tens of thousands have experience in the days past TY Tolvis 77
WOW- what a find, I ❤ Powell !!
Thank you from Montréal 🇨🇦
@Tolvis77 thank you for posting this fun oldie. I enjoyed it. I wish the sound quality was better, but it is a very old film after all. Good story, good acting, I RoccoMend this movie.
Thank you, thank you!
Finally got to see it!!!! Awesome!!!
Enjoyed this film thoroughly! Thank you!
Powell and Pallette are great together.
I think they had a great chemistry working off one another. I loved Eugene Pallette in "My Man Godfrey".
Pallette was a huge racist who once threw a fit because he was supposed to sit at a table with a Black man.
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There's some interesting stuff on john wayne too ...
Thank you for this....at last!!!
I have watched all of Williams Powell movies and he is amazing actor. I like him.
finally! thank you!
Thanks for posting!
Love watching oldies :))
Love these old movies, Powel is the best, class. Love the radio shows too.
still enjoying this movie
I have never seen a film with William Powell starring that wasn't classy, witty, and extremely well done. The Sergeant's voice is unforgettable and a perfect fit for the quintessential know-it-all detective. a Great film. I didn't notice it before until I read the comments and someone pointed out how much William Powell sounded like Maxwell Smart from "Get Smart" in this film, LOL. I kept thinking about how his voice sounded oddly familiar. Unfortunately, I couldn't find that post again to thank her for sparking that memory.
More like Maxwell Smart sounded like him, he may have modeled himself after William Powell....
He did. He openly admitted that he based Smart on Powell.
I heard Mel Brooks say in an interview that Don Adams was purposely imitating William Powell when he played Maxwell Smart.
William Powell was a master of class..sophistication......style....I if a young man wants to learn how to be a gentleman...watch William Powell...
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Two great movies in a row.I subscribed.
Paul Lukas and William Boyd were outstanding. Oh, I don't want to leave out Eugene Pallette. Always quite the character.
Paul Lukas is so funny in this movie. Never seen him act as a comedian. like Wm Powell's movie alot.
A BIT HECTIC LIKE THE MARKET
Please don't remove the movie I love this movie thanks
Great movie. Thank you.😊
Love William Powell . Thanks for the movie. I just subscribed
My grandmother Kathleen stock said philo Vance Had come alive when played by William Powell
yeah man, the clothes , the cars and the woman .wow
William Powell and the Philo Vance Murder Mystery Movies, No Better Entertainment could there be.
Plus the Thin Man films...and My Man Godfrey. They made a lot of knock offs of that film, but they all looked stupid and desperate in comparison.
ill keep looking for more powell movies they come here an there. tcm keeps tight tabs on movies.
Smoking was one important part of acting in this story.
Back in those days we had the right to decide for ourselves.
Love it. Thank you.
I can't get over how clear the audio is in these B&W movies.
Some of the TV series today, the actors sound like they are talking to their belly buttons, muffled.
Delivering some of those lines, William Powell sounds just like Maxwell Smart.
That's because Don Adams used his voice as inspiration for Max.
+edlaprade actually Don Adams' inspiration was Ronald Colman. Both Powell and Colman had wonderful voices, smooth, mellifluous and melliferous.
That's funny...and completely untrue.
Terrence Appleby Don Adams did intentionally copy William Powell 's voice. He just exaggerated it.
Don Adams was a Ronald Colman fan, and often impersonated him, but he based Maxwell Smart on Powell- in fact, particularly on Powell as Nick Charles.
Thank you!❤
This was the third time that Powell played Philo Vance.He made the Kennel murder case in 1933.
Nice nostalgic film on William Powell before his Thin Man series.
This was NOT the last. This was made in 1930, the Kennel Murders was made in 1933.
The last "to be posted to You Tube".
what a collection of repulsive characters under one roof.
That's what I say about my ex-wife's whole family.
Fun movie ❤ sad the quality of the video is not the best.
Still appreciate the upload though.
Oh that Vance, he's one helluva detective!! 6/10. 24 Apr 2024
Did you notice the timing mistake? They keep referring to the "Greene Murder case" but in that film it was show to happen on and after December 31, 1929, this film is set at the time of the stock market crash of October 1929. i.e. They keep referring to a crime that would happen in the future. A small detail the makers of these movies did not care about.
Ha! That's a good point. They also overlooked the fact that anyone who buys stock on margin is liable to get a margin call to add money to the account. If you don't add the money, they have to start selling your stock and could potentially wipe you out. They had no reason to think Benson had cheated them.
I read the book amazing 😉 thanks
In a matter of a few minutes, the home of Anthony Benson (Richard Tucker) filled up the way, five years later, Driftwood's (Groucho’s) tiny cabin would in the classic stateroom scene in “A Night at the Opera.” I wonder if it was from this story that the Marx Brothers & company got the idea for that now classic "Stateroom Scene," in which 15 people crowded into. Crazier yet, at 34:20 reporter, a reporter asks "Who did this, to which Eugene Pallette, as Sgt. Ernest Heath answers, “The four Marx Brothers.”
Typical class types of the time: English and wealthy eastern usa accents for the upper class women, prep school accents for the upper class good guys,an attempted lower class accent for the gatsby-like hood, a nasal mid-west? working class for the police,the weak gigilo with a continental european accent (hungarian in this case),
Great movie. Thanks!
In the time of "CORONAVIRUS WORLD WAR - 3" in 2020 when your own life is at the hands of a invisible pandemic it's cinema that breaks all barriers and provides solace and entertainment.Confined to the house classic movies of the "Black & White" era of films is on my movie menu and thankfully stumbled onto this 193o classic , "The Benson Murder Case" .All movies are partly a reflection of the era and generation in which the movie was produced and "Benson Murder case" was produced a year after the Great Depression and Stock market crash of 1929. .As a fan of "Sherlock Holmes" have discovered a new sleuth in Detective Philo .Vance played by actor William.Powell and a peep into film production and sets of the 1930's .Wonder if World leaders Winston.Churchill,Joseph.Stalin, Franklin.Roosevelt or Benito.Mussolini or Adolf .Hitler ever watched this film that thanks to "RUclips" we are watching in 2020 ! .Movies are forever irrespective of era or generation. Ahoy !
Thank you so much.
Excellent ☺
Philo Vance trivia: all the "Murder Case" names had 6 letters: the Canary Murder Case, the Greene, Benson, Scarab, Bishop, Kennel, etc. At least up till the "Gracie Allen Murder Case", and then "Gracie" has six letters. It was kind of a gimmick by SS Van Dine. Don't know what it was supposed to mean. He was kind of an oddball character himself, so maybe he was into numerology.
totally kicks ass! so good.
Thanks for posting this -- it's not in the collection of Vance films I have. Wonder why it didn't get an official release!
It’s a Paramount film owned by Universal. None of the three early precode Paramount Vance films have received an official release. The WB Philo Vance collection only consists of the films in that library, which are the Warners and MGM Vance films.