He was portrayed as a stylish, even foppish dandy, a New Yorkbon vivant possessing a highly intellectual bent. For a few years, Vance was immensely popular in books, movies, and on the radio. 3. Powell originated S.S. Van Dine’s detective on the screen and played Vance in four of the first five Philo Vance movies, the first three at Paramount, the previous entry to Dragon, The Kennel Murder Case (1933), also at Warner Brothers. Directed by William Beaudine. See more ideas about Philo, Murder cases, Classic detective. With William Wright, Vivian Austin, Leon Belasco, Clara Blandick. Apr 16, 2018 - I'm sooo excited, I love old movies and the quality is really good. Vance, in the original books, is an intellectual so highly refined he seems he might be ghostwritten by P. G. Wodehouse. Philo Vance:. Warner Bros. intended to make a new series starring him, but Stephenson died of a heart attack at age 52 in 1941. Philo Vance was a fictional American amateur detective who appeared in twelve novels written by S. S. Van Dine (the pen name of Willard Huntington Wright) in the 1920s and 1930s.
Philo Vance was the detective creation of S. S. Van Dine first published in the mid 1920s.
See more ideas about Old movies, Movies, Youtube. Mar 27, 2019 - Explore bttill's board "Philo Vance" on Pinterest. Despite Larry's record of broken romances and divorces, Virginia decides she will marry him. Calling Philo Vance (1940) - This "B" remake of The Kennel Murder Case is pretty good on its own terms, weaving espionage into the plot and making Vance more action-oriented.Despite the changes, James Stephenson makes a very good Philo Vance. Playboy Larry Blendon (Damian O'Flynn) introduces his grandmother Stella Blendon (Clara Blandick) to his fiancée, radio singer Virginia Berneaux (Ramsay Ames). Philo Vance Murder Case Collection, DVD, Full Frame, Manufactured on Demand, Mono Sound, Mystery / Suspense, 883316648100 Movies tagged as 'Philo vance' by the Listal community Sort by: Tag popularity - Top Rated - Top Rated Popular - Want to watch - Release Date - Recently wanted - Date Added 1. Among the many screen detective series of the 1930s and 1940s, S.S. Van Dine’s Philo Vance stands out because of the sheer number of studios (four) …

In this film based on S.S. Van Dine's detective novel, quick-witted private investigator Philo Vance (Basil Rathbone) is in search of a cryptic killer. The Kennel Murder Case is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film adapted from the 1933 novel of the same name by S. S. Van Dine.Directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Bros., it stars William Powell and Mary Astor.Powell's role as Philo Vance is not the actor's first performance as the aristocratic sleuth; he also portrays the character in three films produced by Paramount in 1929 and 1930.