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Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942)

Movie"WHAT A MOVING PICTURE...when Blackie moves in on this blonde picture! Hollywood gets a new kind of thrill!"
Audience Score
50
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
NR 1 hr 8 minNov 5th, 1942Crime, MysteryBoston Blackie Collection PosterPart of Boston Blackie Collection
Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some money from his apartment and deliver it to him in California. Performing this good deed, he is accused of theft, but is allowed to proceed to Hollywood to help the police find a lost diamond.
StarringChester MorrisAdele MaraRichard Lane
DirectorMichael Gordon

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:November 5th, 1942
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Columbia Pictures
Movie Tags:
diamondboston blackie

Boston Blackie Collection

Jack Boyle's stories first appeared in the early 20th Century. "The Price of Principle" was a short story in the July 1914 issue of The American Magazine. Boyle's character also turned up in Cosmopolitan. In 1917, Redbook published the novelette "Boston Blackie’s Mary," and the magazine brought the character back with "The Heart of the Lily" (February, 1921). Boyle's stories were collected in the book Boston Blackie (1919), which was reprinted in 1979 by Gregg Press. Boyle died in 1928. [edit]Films 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.