Philo Vance: The Benson Murder Case (1930)

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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.

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  • @sherrillcornett4212
    @sherrillcornett42123 жыл бұрын

    Never saw a William Powell movie that I didn't love! What a genius and talent!

  • @eboracum2012

    @eboracum2012

    Ай бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @libertytree3209
    @libertytree32093 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @gregorypalmer5403

    @gregorypalmer5403

    2 жыл бұрын

    The one w/ hottie Evelyn Brent , and the Russian train heads off into the Chasm......

  • @roderickfernandez5382

    @roderickfernandez5382

    Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @delana2842

    @delana2842

    Жыл бұрын

    @liberty tree, Excellent comment and analysis of a fine legendary actor.

  • @michaeljames9882

    @michaeljames9882

    Жыл бұрын

    He and Myrna Loy…superb!!!🎉🎉🎉. Thin Man’s, Ziegfeld, et. al.

  • @scotnick59

    @scotnick59

    Жыл бұрын

    A very well-loved actor was Bill Powell!

  • @ginnylorenz5265
    @ginnylorenz52657 жыл бұрын

    Anything with William Powell is bound to be good. He's a joy to the eye and ear.

  • @janisfreeman242

    @janisfreeman242

    7 жыл бұрын

    ashford n Simpson

  • @jamescottrell8578

    @jamescottrell8578

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ginny Lorenz My man Godfrey showed how good Powell really was.

  • @mariaschiffer6805

    @mariaschiffer6805

    6 жыл бұрын

    great comment from a "fleur de lys"! W.P. is IT. magical!

  • @janiceluna2099

    @janiceluna2099

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ginny Lorenz o lo öö0

  • @USMC-ParrisIsland
    @USMC-ParrisIsland8 жыл бұрын

    William Powell was the epitome of style and elegance! Unbeknownst to Mr. Powell, he taught me about dress; and how to charm the ladies. My wife of nearly forty four years, approves of this statement! Thank you for this vintage movie.

  • @rebeccatanner2740

    @rebeccatanner2740

    7 жыл бұрын

    June Lewis lovely story😊

  • @USMC-ParrisIsland

    @USMC-ParrisIsland

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @archiewoosung5062

    @archiewoosung5062

    7 жыл бұрын

    I didn't know same-sex marriages were allowed 40 years ago.

  • @bettycallish5632

    @bettycallish5632

    6 жыл бұрын

    It WAS NOT ALLOWED TILL RECENTLY. NO MATTER WHAT THEY PORTRAYED IT WAS NOT ALLOWED AT ALL PERIOD, ZERO, ZIP, NOTTA, NO WAY JOSE.

  • @pravinasings3289

    @pravinasings3289

    6 жыл бұрын

    Archie, June is also used as a man's name, idiot.

  • @djr6876
    @djr68762 жыл бұрын

    “The jury has to depend on circumstantial evidence ,Markham, they cant understand any other kind.” My favorite William Powell line.

  • @ritataylor324
    @ritataylor3242 жыл бұрын

    William Powell was one classly actor. These old movies are fabulous. Want to see more of them. These actors were classly and had talent.

  • @nancyallen628
    @nancyallen6283 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic to be able to see William Powell again!!

  • @denisepovilat235
    @denisepovilat2357 жыл бұрын

    William Powell and mystery movies, no better combination. Such a classy act.

  • @lesahenderson7365

    @lesahenderson7365

    7 жыл бұрын

    Denise Povilat Agreed! Sure wish that we could get some quality mystery movies at least.

  • @lescobrandon3047

    @lescobrandon3047

    4 жыл бұрын

    Denise Povilat - He had a great voice too.

  • @margaretilluminati1600

    @margaretilluminati1600

    3 жыл бұрын

    I love William Powell especially with Myrna loy I'm so happy the relationship was friends and not lovers friendship sometimes last longer

  • @patriciakirby7846

    @patriciakirby7846

    3 жыл бұрын

    Are you making a profit if not don't worry excellent though ...

  • @marisadallavalle393

    @marisadallavalle393

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yup.

  • @marylawson6060
    @marylawson60607 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @dennis7511

    @dennis7511

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great legs, too!

  • @rogerjenkinson7979

    @rogerjenkinson7979

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ditto Loy.

  • @KeithDec25

    @KeithDec25

    3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @randypurtteman1183
    @randypurtteman11834 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @indy_go_blue6048

    @indy_go_blue6048

    11 ай бұрын

    S. S. Van Dine wrote 8 Philo Vance mysteries, the last being the Dragon Murders. They're classics as well.

  • @jajones-ford2226
    @jajones-ford22267 жыл бұрын

    Any film with William Powell is well worthy watching

  • @nothankyou5524

    @nothankyou5524

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pretty much

  • @papabear5080

    @papabear5080

    3 жыл бұрын

    We totally agree.

  • @hamburgareable

    @hamburgareable

    3 жыл бұрын

    I agree with you too on that one.

  • @jamesross5328

    @jamesross5328

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @gregorypalmer5403

    @gregorypalmer5403

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree. And this cast is prime stuff! " Lucas Pal"! Great Expressionist opening in the gambling.

  • @ritataylor324
    @ritataylor3243 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @keithharvey7230

    @keithharvey7230

    3 жыл бұрын

    There isn't any so called stars today that I would go and see at the cinema.

  • @virginia7191
    @virginia71914 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @johnvonundzu2170
    @johnvonundzu21704 жыл бұрын

    This was released in April 1930 by which time the stock market had rebounded significantly from the crash; not many expected a "Great Depression" yet. There was a second crash, in slow motion, so to speak, between May & August 1930 that really launched the depression..

  • @sharmainhayward927
    @sharmainhayward9273 жыл бұрын

    I so enjoy seeing William Powell playing the role of a detective.

  • @mustafamuhammad5862
    @mustafamuhammad58627 жыл бұрын

    I became a fan of the Philo Vance character when I saw William Powell in the "Kennel Murder Case," in 1997. I enjoyed all the Vance portrayals I found during my cable days, particularly Basil Rathbone and Warren William. I knew of the other william Powell episodes, but didn't locate them until today. I am overjoyed and thankful for Utube and the tablet my children gave me last Christmas.

  • @rebeccatanner2740

    @rebeccatanner2740

    7 жыл бұрын

    Mustafa Muhammad lovely

  • @qhsperson

    @qhsperson

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ah, Warren William. The man who more or less invented the camper van.

  • @richmcgee434

    @richmcgee434

    4 жыл бұрын

    If you enjoy the films, there were three different radio series featuring the character back in the day, which should be floating around various Old Time Radio audio library sites/channels. Also an even dozen novels (one of which was the basis of this film) which are decent reads, although they might not be to everyone's tastes. Vance was a rather divisive character even in his heyday, for ex Raymond Chandler absolutely hated the character and mocked him in several of the Marlowe stories.

  • @Celluloidwatcher
    @Celluloidwatcher7 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @kathleenscott5294

    @kathleenscott5294

    4 күн бұрын

    He lived to be 91 years of age

  • @kathleenscott5294

    @kathleenscott5294

    4 күн бұрын

    1892 to 1984 he was 91

  • @neilangus4401
    @neilangus4401 Жыл бұрын

    It's just fantastic that they can reintroduce these movies with such clarity

  • @mtngrl5859
    @mtngrl58597 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @barbaratimperley3279
    @barbaratimperley32797 жыл бұрын

    I love the dialogue...great film ! :)

  • @mstrsims2
    @mstrsims26 жыл бұрын

    i wish someone would clean up and remaster these first three films (Benson, Canary, Greene). Thanks for posting..

  • @billrobbins890

    @billrobbins890

    2 ай бұрын

    Kino-Lorber is releasing those three in a new Blu-ray collection coming out this May!

  • @steve531109
    @steve5311097 жыл бұрын

    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 .

  • @rebeccatanner2740

    @rebeccatanner2740

    7 жыл бұрын

    Steve Rhodes here here

  • @mustafamuhammad5214

    @mustafamuhammad5214

    7 жыл бұрын

    Steve Rhodes Amen

  • @MARVIA35

    @MARVIA35

    7 жыл бұрын

    +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.

  • @tomromano8903

    @tomromano8903

    5 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @kathyh4804

    @kathyh4804

    4 жыл бұрын

    That’s all I watch 1930-1950s..... movies these days are classless

  • @kenneth7826
    @kenneth78264 жыл бұрын

    The early talkies have the feel of a Broadway play...right up Mr Powell's alley

  • @nothankyou5524
    @nothankyou55243 жыл бұрын

    Great movies like this put you back in the era and provide a short look back in time.

  • @RobertJonesWightpaint
    @RobertJonesWightpaint8 жыл бұрын

    Ah - stylish film. And so were the suits - I wish you could still get 'em cut like that!

  • @fennario99

    @fennario99

    8 жыл бұрын

    Keep an eye on Etsy..people are making some great stuff with vintage patterns.

  • @mr.sebnup897

    @mr.sebnup897

    7 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @barbararizzo7604

    @barbararizzo7604

    7 жыл бұрын

    Robert Jones

  • @nothankyou5524

    @nothankyou5524

    5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @janegarner9169

    @janegarner9169

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @maggiesjourney3877
    @maggiesjourney38777 жыл бұрын

    Huge Powell fan. I don't know how I missed seeing before. Thank you for sharing.

  • @faithfulsaviour1207
    @faithfulsaviour12074 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing these very old movies, they were written before I was born, my mom used to watch the thinn man. Date. 5/2\20 Saturday Time. 12;14am

  • @jacquelinejanz8466

    @jacquelinejanz8466

    3 жыл бұрын

    That blonde lady was in the original Thin Man. She played “ The Beautiful Julia Wolf”

  • @leahkmlee
    @leahkmlee2 жыл бұрын

    Tolvis77, please DO NOT remove it. We the late comers deserve to have the pleasure to watch it! Thank you!

  • @lisakrueger9031
    @lisakrueger9031 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @sandraelder1101

    @sandraelder1101

    Жыл бұрын

    Mysteries

  • @Bobalicious
    @Bobalicious2 жыл бұрын

    Another classic movie. Thank you for sharing it.

  • @mincentprice1041
    @mincentprice10412 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @henrykujawa4427

    @henrykujawa4427

    2 жыл бұрын

    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)

  • @MsJulian214
    @MsJulian2147 жыл бұрын

    Love William Powell ! Ty so much for the grand old films!

  • @steplumpkin5432

    @steplumpkin5432

    4 жыл бұрын

    GREAT STUFF!!!!!!!

  • @scorpius6667
    @scorpius66673 жыл бұрын

    William Powell was an Actors actor! He made whatever movie he was in come alive! He was Philo Vance....he was Nick Charles ... and the list goes on! Comedy, Drama, Mystery ....if it's a William Powell movie you'll be entertained!🦂

  • @susyfrederick4157

    @susyfrederick4157

    11 ай бұрын

    Even his last " Mr Roberts"

  • @Magnetron33
    @Magnetron337 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @richmcgee434

    @richmcgee434

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Magnetron33

    @Magnetron33

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@richmcgee434 interesting! Thanks!

  • @charlesramos4294
    @charlesramos42943 жыл бұрын

    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 💕.

  • @gisawslonim9716
    @gisawslonim97165 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @functionoflightone
    @functionoflightone8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for much for posting. Love William Powell. Love Philo Vance. Didn't know there was a 4th one.

  • @nmr6988
    @nmr69886 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @henrykujawa4427

    @henrykujawa4427

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @nmr6988

    @nmr6988

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@henrykujawa4427 , it's a pleasure to learn from such a knowledgeable movie fan. Thank you.

  • @qhsperson
    @qhsperson7 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @aj6570
    @aj65705 жыл бұрын

    Have enjoyed Powell and Loy a many a times on Sirius xm, and TCM, and now here on KZread. Excellent movie, and thank you for posting

  • @maitsurt
    @maitsurt8 жыл бұрын

    Thank you tolvis77, for posting this movie. It was great!

  • @Tucan101
    @Tucan1017 жыл бұрын

    by the way... thank you for this movie being here.

  • @pauldriscoll5356
    @pauldriscoll53567 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @footfault

    @footfault

    6 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Diosprometheus

    @Diosprometheus

    6 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @keithharvey7230

    @keithharvey7230

    4 жыл бұрын

    This is William Stage Boyd not Hopalong.

  • @keithharvey7230

    @keithharvey7230

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mid 30s not mid 50s.

  • @moodydon1

    @moodydon1

    9 ай бұрын

    @@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

  • @kathyh4804
    @kathyh48044 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this old gem Love William Powell

  • @eccoshoe1
    @eccoshoe13 жыл бұрын

    Hands down this is the best early date ive watched this , out of hundreds, thanks for uploading...

  • @billiewilson5197
    @billiewilson51976 жыл бұрын

    This is a wonderful movie 👏🏾 William Powell was Great. 👍🏾 👍🏾

  • @lynnpurcell7583
    @lynnpurcell75837 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @veenapaulson5864

    @veenapaulson5864

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @lannypanlock

    @lannypanlock

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think you’re thinking of Herbert Marshall. Also suave, but Powell was not in the war.

  • @geoffreydevore9503
    @geoffreydevore95036 жыл бұрын

    I live these old movies. This is a time when actors were real actors without all the modern technology which glosses over bad acting which we see a lot of today.

  • @sueferris3685

    @sueferris3685

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree. I also love how random people can just show up at someone's home, and be allowed to stay over without an invite. Try that at MY house!

  • @653j521

    @653j521

    2 жыл бұрын

    Seems like a play because the cameras were so limited. They made a virtue of necessity. Soon, though, cameras would be far more agile and the movies far more realistic and the limitations of the sound technology no longer required certain ways of speaking so the equipment could make it understandable. No long pauses with no sound, either.

  • @johnbuchinsky3193
    @johnbuchinsky31937 жыл бұрын

    Some really great film shots here.

  • @marylawson6060
    @marylawson60607 жыл бұрын

    William Powell was pure class. Love Thin Man films. Shame people don't have what use to be. Sad. They knew how to dress.

  • @gracieallen8285

    @gracieallen8285

    6 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @elizabethschaeffer9543

    @elizabethschaeffer9543

    4 жыл бұрын

    They also knew how to talk. As you say, pure class.

  • @Mimi-ex6jo

    @Mimi-ex6jo

    3 жыл бұрын

    One reason I 💚💛💜watching old movies🎩👠🧤👔

  • @rrrogster

    @rrrogster

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@gracieallen8285 Actually I do dress up. I put on a clean t shirt.

  • @amandawilcox9638

    @amandawilcox9638

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rrrogster XD! You and me both. Well said.

  • @AnotherAmateur
    @AnotherAmateur7 жыл бұрын

    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".

  • @MrKmanthie

    @MrKmanthie

    6 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @barbaravick5634

    @barbaravick5634

    5 жыл бұрын

    Another Amateur Watch on the Rhine was a brilliant film.

  • @keithharvey7230

    @keithharvey7230

    3 жыл бұрын

    He was in The Lady Vanishes.

  • @zephyrstarsand4373
    @zephyrstarsand43737 жыл бұрын

    thank you thank you for this, i love William Powell

  • @Quasatoad
    @Quasatoad7 жыл бұрын

    Watched it today! Thanks for posting!

  • @lesahenderson7365
    @lesahenderson73657 жыл бұрын

    This is a jewel! I hope that it's been remastered.

  • @henrykujawa4427

    @henrykujawa4427

    2 жыл бұрын

    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).

  • @misskim2058
    @misskim20583 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the upload, always a great one to revisit. 😊

  • @10995
    @109955 жыл бұрын

    What we need is a new william Powell. Somebody that looks and sounds like him, and we also need more black and white films.

  • @Mimi-ex6jo

    @Mimi-ex6jo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Don’t you just hate when they put the old B&W in color

  • @tonibauer2949

    @tonibauer2949

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @anneroy4560

    @anneroy4560

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tonibauer2949 and the great Hitchcock said that black & fine allowed from much finer shadows ... he would know ...

  • @653j521

    @653j521

    2 жыл бұрын

    You want the past. Maybe you should give up cloning humans and duplicating ancient technology and watch the originals.

  • @michealfigueroa6325

    @michealfigueroa6325

    Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @sonofab_tch
    @sonofab_tch3 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @garylandrum9036
    @garylandrum90362 жыл бұрын

    William Powell one of the best actors of all times👍❤️👍 WATCH HIS “THE THIN MAN MOVIES”

  • @table004
    @table0047 жыл бұрын

    Wow - thanks for posting - I've been wanting to see this one!

  • @danswitzer2733
    @danswitzer27338 жыл бұрын

    thank you tolvis77. i really enjoyed the movie.

  • @fuzzyburnette7161
    @fuzzyburnette71616 жыл бұрын

    The Philo Vances with Powell were all good but lacked one thing-Myrna Loy. She & Powell worked so well together they made everything a classic.

  • @leelarson107

    @leelarson107

    2 жыл бұрын

    Myrna Loy as his steady companion would have compromised the Philo Vance character and made it into just another duo.

  • @janemartell6922
    @janemartell69227 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for a gem!

  • @gasparucciox9706
    @gasparucciox97068 жыл бұрын

    fantastic!!!!!

  • @Tisay40
    @Tisay408 жыл бұрын

    I've been searching for this one Thank you for this 😊😊😊

  • @RasslebearNOLA
    @RasslebearNOLA7 жыл бұрын

    Powell and Pallette are great together.

  • @SeanVplayer

    @SeanVplayer

    6 жыл бұрын

    I think they had a great chemistry working off one another. I loved Eugene Pallette in "My Man Godfrey".

  • @rachellee.9389

    @rachellee.9389

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pallette was a huge racist who once threw a fit because he was supposed to sit at a table with a Black man.

  • @nameskhar1510

    @nameskhar1510

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rachellee.9389 There's some interesting stuff on john wayne too ...

  • @andreamerriweather9944
    @andreamerriweather99446 жыл бұрын

    I love this old movie.

  • @bobgreen1272
    @bobgreen12727 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU FOR THIS VID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAVE YOU ANYMORE????

  • @soniasilliker7705
    @soniasilliker77058 жыл бұрын

    Finally got to see it!!!! Awesome!!!

  • @veraathans3099
    @veraathans30995 жыл бұрын

    Love watching oldies :))

  • @dutempsperdus
    @dutempsperdus7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, thank you!

  • @andreamerriweather9944
    @andreamerriweather99446 жыл бұрын

    still enjoying this movie

  • @amybugg001
    @amybugg0014 жыл бұрын

    WOW- what a find, I ❤ Powell !! Thank you from Montréal 🇨🇦

  • @tiberiotavares9698
    @tiberiotavares96985 жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed this film thoroughly! Thank you!

  • @lindarocco9974
    @lindarocco9974 Жыл бұрын

    @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.

  • @pauldriscoll5356
    @pauldriscoll53568 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this....at last!!!

  • @g.h.1472
    @g.h.14727 жыл бұрын

    ill keep looking for more powell movies they come here an there. tcm keeps tight tabs on movies.

  • @jacquelinejanz8466
    @jacquelinejanz84663 жыл бұрын

    “Those crybabies got on my nerves” Great line

  • @leelarson107

    @leelarson107

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nobody likes crybabies or whiners.

  • @vernalc2449
    @vernalc24493 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @misskim2058

    @misskim2058

    3 жыл бұрын

    More like Maxwell Smart sounded like him, he may have modeled himself after William Powell....

  • @lannypanlock

    @lannypanlock

    2 жыл бұрын

    He did. He openly admitted that he based Smart on Powell.

  • @WaterShowsProd

    @WaterShowsProd

    4 ай бұрын

    I heard Mel Brooks say in an interview that Don Adams was purposely imitating William Powell when he played Maxwell Smart.

  • @AstralPixie
    @AstralPixie4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for posting!

  • @jameswebb4593
    @jameswebb45937 жыл бұрын

    When I read the credits at the films beginning and saw the name William Boyd famous as Hopalong Cassidy, I thought it can't be. This guy playing Harry was William " Stage " Boyd later arrested for illicit drinking and drugs offences.

  • @leelarson107

    @leelarson107

    2 жыл бұрын

    'Stage' Boyd was featured in only one film that I can think of where he played a cop. The rest of his career was as the bad guy or at least as someone 'not all that nice'. He fried his liver with drugs and booze and died in 1935 at age 45. Must have ruined his whole day.

  • @catsleuth
    @catsleuth8 жыл бұрын

    finally! thank you!

  • @jerryjohnson8485
    @jerryjohnson84853 жыл бұрын

    William Powell and Ronald Coleman-now there is a movie without equal!

  • @ronpearson998
    @ronpearson9982 жыл бұрын

    Love these old movies, Powel is the best, class. Love the radio shows too.

  • @bruceghent8776
    @bruceghent87763 жыл бұрын

    Lots of forensic references and nice little dialogue add ins.

  • @whitemanriding
    @whitemanriding5 жыл бұрын

    Two great movies in a row.I subscribed.

  • @janejames9173
    @janejames91737 жыл бұрын

    Great movie. Thank you.😊

  • @jeffduce55
    @jeffduce556 жыл бұрын

    Love William Powell . Thanks for the movie. I just subscribed

  • @janejames9173
    @janejames91734 жыл бұрын

    Love William Powell❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @cesellhall719
    @cesellhall7194 жыл бұрын

    Good show good show !👍👍

  • @carolehuft5843
    @carolehuft58434 жыл бұрын

    My grandmother Kathleen stock said philo Vance Had come alive when played by William Powell

  • @Tucan101
    @Tucan1017 жыл бұрын

    Paul Lukas is so funny in this movie. Never seen him act as a comedian. like Wm Powell's movie alot.

  • @gildamarlowe5110

    @gildamarlowe5110

    7 жыл бұрын

    A BIT HECTIC LIKE THE MARKET

  • @bettyshortsleeve8248
    @bettyshortsleeve82484 жыл бұрын

    Please don't remove the movie I love this movie thanks

  • @stanochocki8984
    @stanochocki89847 жыл бұрын

    This movie is so-on-point with what has happened in the World in the last 10 years! You could re-make this movie, nearly verbatim; excepting to change things to Enron, and Goldman Sachs. The 'Rich and Super-Rich', sucking the juice out of the 'Grapes of Wealth' and when it comes time to pay the 'grocer-banker'; they 'CRY LIKE SPINELESS-WIMPS', and get the Govt. to bail them out, on the backs of the working-poor. A times tale. And yes, the clothes on the Men is Tops.

  • @sparkielyle3679

    @sparkielyle3679

    7 жыл бұрын

    & there u have it !

  • @marylawson6060

    @marylawson6060

    7 жыл бұрын

    They wouldn't be able to have a film made like this. Movies have ALL the words which I don't care to hear.

  • @pravinasings3289

    @pravinasings3289

    6 жыл бұрын

    Wall Street Banksters

  • @nothankyou5524

    @nothankyou5524

    5 жыл бұрын

    The characters in this movie were not the rich and super rich. The rich and super rich do not miss a beat when the market turns, only the pseudo rich do.

  • @misskim2058

    @misskim2058

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, the people bail out the banks, and the banks have the audacity to tell people they still owe on the loans to them.

  • @brettashton66
    @brettashton666 жыл бұрын

    So elegant in those days...............love life style............nary a sneaker in sight!!

  • @ekcentrik

    @ekcentrik

    3 жыл бұрын

    But plenty of slaughtered animals on women's backs.

  • @brettashton66

    @brettashton66

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ekcentrik I agree...........we've evolved but still not enough......for the animals, I am f. ( like me think faux!!)

  • @tonibauer2949

    @tonibauer2949

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, we are talking about the beginning of the depression. This is a movie, and focuses on mainly a narrow group of people who were privileged. Most of the country was still agricultural and heels and furs weren’t a part of their lives. I have no objection to sneakers, just wish people still dressed better for special occasions. And as a woman who was required to wear heels to work in the 60’s, I can only say they helped ruin my feet and I haven’t been able to walk in them at all for about 30 years.

  • @leelarson107

    @leelarson107

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tonibauer2949 My, my, aren't you just the perfect little snowflake!! Your complaining about wearing spike heels when you could have said No is as credible as a Hollywood actress complaining that she has to strip naked in order to have a career. She has a choice, and so do you. But, tell the truth now: everything is really the fault of men, isn't it? Isn't every problem you've ever had in your life the fault of someone else?

  • @iheartscaryclowns
    @iheartscaryclowns6 жыл бұрын

    I swear William Powell sounds like Basil Rathbone. Great film. Thanks for posting.

  • @kenneth7826
    @kenneth78264 жыл бұрын

    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... E

  • @racy3113
    @racy31134 жыл бұрын

    William Powell aka Philo Vance aka exceptionally talented aka categorically debonair😉 ....✌💖🕯

  • @user-fg4jk5ny4g
    @user-fg4jk5ny4g Жыл бұрын

    They got more in to an hour back then - then 2 hours now. Great movies!

  • @randyrysdale852
    @randyrysdale8528 жыл бұрын

    yeah man, the clothes , the cars and the woman .wow

  • @patriciasimpson7054
    @patriciasimpson70544 жыл бұрын

    Love it. Thank you.

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