| Description |
3 videodiscs (431 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. burning rda |
| Description |
digital optical mono rda |
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Dolby Digital |
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video file rda |
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DVD video |
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Motion pictures. lcgft |
| Series |
WB Archive collection |
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Archive collection.
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| System Details |
DVD-R; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
The bishop murder case: Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young, George F. Marion. |
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The kennel murder case: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Morgan, Robert McWade. |
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The dragon murder case: Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Eugene Pallette. |
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The casino murder case: Paul Lukas, Alison Skipworth, Donald Cook, Rosalind Russell. |
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The garden murder case: Edmund Lowe, Virginia Bruce, Benita Hume, Douglas Walton, Nat Pendleton. |
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Calling Philo Vance: James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O'Neil, Edward Brophy, Sheila Bromley. |
| Credits |
The bishop murder case: photographed by Roy Overbaugh ; film editor, William LeVanway. |
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The kennel murder case: edited by Harold McLernon ; photographed by William Reese. |
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The dragon murder case: edited by Terry Morse ; photography by Tony Gaudio. |
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The casino murder case: photographed by Charles Clarke ; film editor, Conrad A. Nervig. |
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The garden murder case: photographed by Charles Clark ; film editor, Ben Lewis. |
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Calling Philo Vance: director of photography, L. Wm. O'Connell ; film editors, Benjamin Liss, Louis Lindsay. |
| Note |
Six motion pictures originally released between 1930 and 1940. |
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Based on the bestselling novels by S.S. Van Dine. |
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Full screen (1.37:1). |
| Summary |
The bishop murder case: Detective Philo Vance must find a murderer who calls himself Bishop and who marks his victims with a note containing a nursery rhyme excerpt. |
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The kennel murder case: Philo Vance investigates when one of the Coe brothers is found dead in his bedroom, locked from the inside, and the other brother is found the next morning dead in the downstairs closet. There is also the clue of a wounded Doberman Pinscher, a mysteriously broken piece of priceless Chinese porcelain, and a cast of suspicious family members, servants and associates. |
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The dragon murder case: Montague disappears after diving into a natural pool of water on an estate. Several people dive in, but there is no trace of him. Philo Vance and the District Attorney come to investigate and decide to drain the pool. They are told that there were craters in the pool, and sure enough Montague's body is found at the bottom of a very deep one. His body has claw marks on it, consistent with the superstition that a dragon inhabits the pool. |
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The casino murder case: Vance investigates a series of murders with poison within the same family. |
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The garden murder case: Vance suspects a woman is behind a series of murders that were originally thought to be suicides. He has several candidates who have motives, but is that the direction the investigation should be going? |
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Calling Philo Vance: Vance is on international assignment from the United States government to investigate traffic in wartime aircraft designs. |
| Contents |
disc 1. The bishop murder case (87 min.) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; adaptation, scenario and dialogue by Lenore J. Coffee ; screen direction, Nick Grindé ; stage direction by David Burton ; The kennel murder case (73 min.) / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & the Vitaphone Corp. present ; directed by Michael Curtiz ; screen play by Robert N. Lee & Peter Milne -- disc 2. The dragon murder case (66 min.) / First National Pictures, Inc. present ; directed by H. Bruce Humberstone ; screen play by F. Hugh Herbert & Robert N. Lee ; The casino murder case (82 min.) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; directed by Edwin L. Marin ; produced by Lucien Hubbard ; screen play by Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf -- disc 3. The garden murder case (61 min.) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; directed by Edwin L. Marin ; produced by Lucien Hubbard and Ned Marin ; screen play by Bertram Millhauser -- Calling Philo Vance (62 min.) / a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; screen play by Tom Reed ; directed by William Clemens. |
| Subject |
Van Dine, S. S. -- Film adaptations.
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Vance, Philo (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Murder -- Investigation -- Drama.
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Private investigators -- United States -- Drama.
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Van Dine, S. S. (OCoLC)fst00043953
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Murder -- Investigation.
(OCoLC)fst01029788
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Private investigators. (OCoLC)fst01077503
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Vance, Philo (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst01164043
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Police films. (OCoLC)fst01710475
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Detective and mystery films. (OCoLC)fst01710476
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Detective and mystery films.
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Police films.
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| Added Author |
Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967, actor.
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Hyams, Leila, 1905-1977, actor.
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Young, Roland, 1887-1953, actor.
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Marion, George F., 1860-1945, actor.
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Overbaugh, Roy F., 1882-1966, director of photography.
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LeVanway, William, 1896-1957, editor of moving image work.
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Coffee, Lenore, screenwriter.
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Grinde, Nick, 1894-1979, film director.
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Burton, David, 1877-1963, film director.
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Powell, William, 1892-1984, actor.
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Astor, Mary, 1906-1987, actor.
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Pallette, Eugene, 1889-1954, actor.
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Morgan, Ralph, 1883-1956, actor.
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McWade, Robert, 1872-1938, actor.
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McLernon, Harold, editor of moving image work.
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Rees, William, 1906-1961, director of photography.
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Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962, film director.
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Lee, Robert N. (Robert Nelson), 1890-1964, screenwriter.
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Milne, Peter, 1896-1968, screenwriter.
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William, Warren, 1895-1948, actor.
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Lindsay, Margaret, 1910-1981, actor.
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Talbot, Lyle, actor.
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Morse, Terry, 1906-1984, editor of moving image work.
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Gaudio, Tony, 1885-1951, director of photography.
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Humberstone, H. Bruce, 1901-1984, film director.
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Herbert, F. Hugh (Frederick Hugh), 1897-1958, screenwriter.
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Lukas, Paul, 1894-1971, actor.
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Skipworth, Alison, 1863-1952, actor.
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Cook, Donald, 1901-1961, actor.
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Russell, Rosalind, actor.
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Clarke, Charles G., 1899-1983, director of photography.
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Nervig, Conrad A., 1889-1980, editor of moving image work.
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Marin, Edwin L., 1901-1951, film director.
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Hubbard, Lucien, 1889-1971, film producer.
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Ryerson, Florence, screenwriter.
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Woolf, Edgar Allan, screenwriter.
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Lowe, Edmund, 1890-1971, actor.
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Bruce, Virginia, 1910-1982, actor.
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Hume, Benita, actor.
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Walton, Douglas, 1896-1961, actor.
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Pendleton, Nat, 1895-1967, actor.
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Lewis, Ben, editor of moving image work.
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Marin, Ned, film producer.
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Millhauser, Bertram, 1892-1958, screenwriter.
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Stephenson, James, 1888-1941, actor.
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Stevenson, Margot, actor.
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O'Neill, Henry, 1891-1961, actor.
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Brophy, Edward, 1895-1960, actor.
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Bromley, Sheila, 1911-2003, actor.
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O'Connell, L. William, 1890-1985, director of photography.
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Liss, Benjamin, editor of moving image work.
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Lindsay, Louis, 1916-1984, editor of moving image work.
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Reed, Tom, 1901-1961, screenwriter.
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Clemens, William, 1905-1980, film director.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Van Dine, S. S.
Bishop murder case.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Van Dine, S. S.
Kennel murder case.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Van Dine, S. S.
Dragon murder case.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Van Dine, S. S.
Casino murder case.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Van Dine, S. S.
Garden murder case.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company.
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), production company.
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Vitaphone Corp., production company.
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First National Pictures, Inc., production company.
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Warner Home Video (Firm), publisher.
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| Standard No. |
883316648100 |
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