Does anyone know if the 1942 film- MR. AND MRS. NORTH exists on film? Even though they camped it up, using Gracie Allen (with William Post Jr, Dr. Tobel. from "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" as Gerry North); I would still like to see it, if not own a dvd copy.
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(07/14/08 10:05 PM) |
I don't think the movie is on dvd, but Alpha has released two volumes of the TV show, starring Barbara Britton and 50s icon Richard Denning. Not sure using
Gracie really constitutes camping it up, since the original novels already had strong comedy elements (and began as a humor series in THE NEW YORKER before the
mystery plots were added). Gracie is also (of course) in THE GRACIE ALLEN MURDER CASE, but again you can't say Hollywood was fooling around since it was
actually one of the original Philo Vance novels first. George Burns was in the novel but Paramount left him out.
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(07/15/08 11:33 PM) |
Wasn't the Gracie Allen Murder Case, especially written for her, by S. S. Van Dine (the pen name of Willard Huntington Wright)?
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(07/16/08 2:15 AM) |
You can say he wrote it for her insofar as he was sure that the novel (which came first) would inevitably become a movie (a pretty good gues considering his
track record). He didn't write the screenplay.
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(07/16/08 8:14 AM) |
The NORTH radio show is easy to find, for folks who like them. Also, there's a recording available of Christina Britton Conroy recreating her Mom's
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(07/17/08 6:04 PM) |
email me privately and I will tell you where you can purchase it. fruitflies1@bellsouth.net JERRY |
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(07/17/08 6:34 PM) |
I think GRACIE ALLEN MURDER CASE was the only time Van Dine dropped his superstition of "(Six-Letter Word) Murder Case" titles -- and it might have
been his last!
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939) The Garden Murder Case (1936) The Scarab Murder Case (1936) The Casino Murder Case (1935) The Dragon Murder Case (1934) The Kennel Murder Case (1933) The Benson Murder Case (1930) The Bishop Murder Case (1930) The Greene Murder Case (1929) The Canary Murder Case (1929) |
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LesDaniels |
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(07/17/08 9:53 PM) |
He tried to get back on track with THE WINTER MURDER CASE, but he died before he could finish it!
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(07/18/08 3:44 PM) |
I've seen a number of dollar store and dollar bin DVDs of the MR. AND MRS. NORTH tv series.
Since this thread is called "Couples Solving Crimes," anyone ever see William Powell & Jean Arthur in 1936's THE EX-MRS. BRADFORD? (Between this, the Philo Vance films and the THIN MAN franchise, Powell helped make the streets safe!) |
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Lawrence Nepodahl |
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(07/20/08 1:35 AM) |
I think Powell and Arthur had good chemistry as well.
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(07/21/08 12:02 PM) |
Although not as well-known as some of Powell's other outings, THE EX-MRS. BRADFORD is an entertaining and humorous mystery, and the cast is certainly one of the things that really makes it click. (And I've always had a soft spot for Jean Arthur.) |
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(07/21/08 3:45 PM) |
Another good one was STAR OF MIDNIGHT with Powell and Ginger Rogers.
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(07/21/08 4:57 PM) |
Guess both of those slipped by me! |
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(07/21/08 9:19 PM) |
The Sloanes. They were in 3 movies as a husband and wife team always getting involved in one kind of a murder.
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(07/22/08 9:12 PM) |
Tonight, TMC will show one of the M-G-M films about the Sloanes, FAST AND LOOSE (1939). That's at 3am est, Monday night/Tuesday morning. This is a strange
series, based on characters created by Marco Page, because Joel and Garda Sloane, the rare book dealers who somehow keep getting involved in murder, were
played by different actors in each of the three movies. That's Melvyn Douglas & Florence Rice in FAST COMPANY (1938), Robert Montgomery & Rosalind
Russell in FAST AND LOOSE (1939), and Franchot Tone & Ann Sothern in FAST AND FURIOUS (1939). Even with all the juggling, the studio couldn't duplicate
the success of their Thin Man series.
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(07/22/08 10:13 PM) |
It is a very odd series. Not only did no actor repeat his role from one film to another, all six of the actors who played the two roles were--with the notable
exception of Florence Rice--A or at least A-minus stars. Very strange.
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(07/23/08 5:40 PM) |
I am on vacation, so I stayed up to watch "Fast and Furious." This is an example of no chemistry. Plus, I've never been a big fan of Robert
Montgomery. Now, if you ever want to see a good pairing, catch- "Two O'Clock Courage" with Tom Conway and Ann Rutherford. Or, "The Falcon In
Hollywood", with Conway and Veda Ann Borg.
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