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The Canary Murder Case (1929)

Director(s) Malcolm St. Clair, Frank Tuttle
Producer(s)

No producer listed for this movie
Top Genres Crime, Drama, Mystery
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The Canary Murder Case (1929) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and Frank Tuttle .

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THE CANARY MURDER CASE On Blu-ray From Kino

By Dan Day, Jr. on May 25, 2024 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

Kino Lorber has released on a single Blu-ray disc all three of the Philo Vance movies William Powell starred in for Paramount during the early sound era of Hollywood. Today I'll be discussing the first film made and released of the group, 1929's THE CANARY MURDER CASE. THE CANARY MURDER CASE was the... Read full article

The Canary Murder Case (1929) with William Powell and Louise Brooks

By Orson De Welles on Nov 6, 2014 From Classic Film Freak

Share This! Louise Books is one of the actresses were haven’t really touched on in our six years online, but perhaps today is the day to put that onus behind us.  Sadly, we picked one of her weaker pictures, the Philo Vance introducing The Canary Murder Case, in which to do so. The film is on... Read full article

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The Canary Murder Case Quotes:

Charles Spottswoode: What happened backstage? Were you able to see the Canary.
Philo Vance: No luck Charles. She's about as hard to get out of that judging room, as she is in that swing.
Charles Spottswoode: Shall we go over here?
Philo Vance: Why, yes. I'm afraid marriage is quite out of the question Miss O'Dell.
Charles Spottswoode: Oh, you're sure about that, are you?
Philo Vance: I'm positive.
Charles Spottswoode: Well how would you like me to tell the world about Jimmy's embezzling from your bank?
Philo Vance: What?
Charles Spottswoode: You heard me.
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The Canary Murder Case Facts
The story was based on the real-life murder of showgirl Dot King, which was never solved.
Paramount bought the rights to the first 3 S.S. Van Dine mysteries (The Benson Murder Case, The Canary Murder Case and The Greene Murder Case) as a package deal in 1928, filming the second effort first. MGM would outbid the studio for the 4th Philo Vance best-seller, The Bishop Murder Case.
One of the earliest of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by MCA ever since.
Originally shot as a silent in 1928. Louise Brooks refused to return from Germany for the dubbing.
Completed in 1928, Paramount sensed that releasing the S.S. Van Dine (Willard Huntington Wright) Philo Vance whodunit as a silent would be financial disaster. Studio honchos called in Frank Tuttle to rework it as an all-talkie. Margaret Livingston supplied the voice of the uncooperative Louise Brooks (as the Canary), who had left Hollywood for a career in Europe. The film was a big hit despite the high negative cost.
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