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Philo Vance murder case collection

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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
  • 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
  • The Dragon murder case: A man disappears after diving into a natural pool of water on an estate. When the body is found at the bottom of a very deep crater, it has claw marks on it, consistent with the superstition that a dragon inhabits the pool
  • The Casino murder case: Vance investigates a series of murders with poison within the same family
  • The Garden murder case: Vance suspects a woman is behind a series of murders that were originally thought to be suicides
  • Calling Philo Vance: Vance is on international assignment from the United States government to investigate traffic in wartime aircraft designs
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
3 videodiscs (approximately 430 min.)
Note
Based on the bestselling novels by S.S. Van Dine
Contents
  • disc 1. The Bishop murder case (1930 ; 87 min.) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; adaptation, scenario and dialogue by Lenore J. Coffee ; screen direction, Nick Grindé
  • The Kennel murder case (1933 ; 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 (1934 ; 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 (1935 ; 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 (1936 ; 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 (1940 ; 62 min.) / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. presents ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; screen play by Tom Reed ; directed by William Clemens
Instance
Label
Philo Vance murder case collection
Title
Philo Vance murder case collection
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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
  • 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
  • The Dragon murder case: A man disappears after diving into a natural pool of water on an estate. When the body is found at the bottom of a very deep crater, it has claw marks on it, consistent with the superstition that a dragon inhabits the pool
  • The Casino murder case: Vance investigates a series of murders with poison within the same family
  • The Garden murder case: Vance suspects a woman is behind a series of murders that were originally thought to be suicides
  • Calling Philo Vance: Vance is on international assignment from the United States government to investigate traffic in wartime aircraft designs
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IMF
Characteristic
videorecording
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.P45 2013
PerformerNote
  • The Bishop murder case: Basil Rathbone, Roland Young, Leila Hyams, George F. Marion
  • The Kennel murder case: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette, Helen Vinson, Ralph Morgan, Jack LaRue, Paul Cavanaugh
  • The Dragon murder case: Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Eugene Pallette
  • The Casino murder case: Paul Lukas, Alison Skipworth, Donald Cook, Rosalind Russell
  • The Garden murder case: Edmund Lowe, Virginia Bruce, Benita Hume, Douglas Walton, Nat Pendleton
  • Calling Philo Vance: James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O'Neil, Edward Brophy, Sheila Bromley
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1894-1979
  • 1892-1967
  • 1887-1953
  • 1905-1977
  • 1860-1945
  • 1888-1962
  • 1892-1984
  • 1906-1987
  • 1889-1954
  • 1907-1999
  • 1901-1984
  • 1895-1948
  • 1910-1981
  • 1901-1951
  • 1894-1971
  • 1863-1952
  • 1901-1961
  • 1890-1971
  • 1910-1982
  • 1905-1980
  • 1888-1941
  • 1891-1961
  • 1895-1960
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Grinde, Nick
  • Rathbone, Basil
  • Young, Roland
  • Hyams, Leila
  • Marion, George F.
  • Curtiz, Michael
  • Powell, William
  • Astor, Mary
  • Pallette, Eugene
  • Vinson, Helen
  • Humberstone, H. Bruce
  • William, Warren
  • Lindsay, Margaret
  • Talbot, Lyle
  • Marin, Edwin L.
  • Lukas, Paul
  • Skipworth, Alison
  • Cook, Donald
  • Russell, Rosalind
  • Lowe, Edmund
  • Bruce, Virginia
  • Hume, Benita
  • Clemens, William
  • Stephenson, James
  • Stevenson, Margot
  • O'Neill, Henry
  • Brophy, Edward
  • Van Dine, S. S
  • Van Dine, S. S
  • Van Dine, S. S
  • Van Dine, S. S
  • Van Dine, S. S
Runtime
430
Series statement
WB archive collection
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
Vance, Philo (Fictitious character)
Technique
live action
Label
Philo Vance murder case collection
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Based on the bestselling novels by S.S. Van Dine
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
disc 1. The Bishop murder case (1930 ; 87 min.) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; adaptation, scenario and dialogue by Lenore J. Coffee ; screen direction, Nick Grindé -- The Kennel murder case (1933 ; 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 (1934 ; 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 (1935 ; 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 (1936 ; 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 (1940 ; 62 min.) / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. presents ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; screen play by Tom Reed ; directed by William Clemens
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
3 videodiscs (approximately 430 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Set includes: 3 DVDs.
Other control number
883316648100
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • ocn830868724
  • (OCoLC)830868724
System details
DVD; NTSC; full-screen 4x3, 1.37:1; Dolby Digital mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Philo Vance murder case collection
Publication
Note
Based on the bestselling novels by S.S. Van Dine
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
disc 1. The Bishop murder case (1930 ; 87 min.) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; adaptation, scenario and dialogue by Lenore J. Coffee ; screen direction, Nick Grindé -- The Kennel murder case (1933 ; 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 (1934 ; 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 (1935 ; 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 (1936 ; 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 (1940 ; 62 min.) / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. presents ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; screen play by Tom Reed ; directed by William Clemens
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
3 videodiscs (approximately 430 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Set includes: 3 DVDs.
Other control number
883316648100
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • ocn830868724
  • (OCoLC)830868724
System details
DVD; NTSC; full-screen 4x3, 1.37:1; Dolby Digital mono
Video recording format
DVD

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