Philo Vance murder case collection

Resource Information

The work Philo Vance murder case collection represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Philo Vance murder case collection

Contributor

• Humberstone, H. Bruce, 1901-1984
• Hume, Benita
• Hyams, Leila, 1905-1977
• Lindsay, Margaret, 1910-1981
• Lowe, Edmund, 1890-1971
• Lukas, Paul, 1894-1971
• Marin, Edwin L., 1901-1951
• Marion, George F., 1860-1945
• O'Neill, Henry, 1891-1961
• Pallette, Eugene, 1889-1954
• Powell, William, 1892-1984
• Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967
• Russell, Rosalind
• Skipworth, Alison, 1863-1952
• Stephenson, James, 1888-1941
• Stevenson, Margot
• Talbot, Lyle
• Van Dine, S. S
• Vinson, Helen, 1907-1999
• William, Warren, 1895-1948
• Young, Roland, 1887-1953
• Grinde, Nick, 1894-1979
• Curtiz, Michael, 1888-1962
• Cook, Donald, 1901-1961
• Clemens, William, 1905-1980
• Bruce, Virginia, 1910-1982
• Brophy, Edward, 1895-1960
• Astor, Mary, 1906-1987

Subject

• Feature films
• Vance, Philo (Fictitious character) -- Drama
• Detective and mystery films

Genre

• Feature films
• Detective and mystery films
• Drama

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

Related

• Casino murder case
• Bishop murder case
• Calling Philo Vance
• Kennel murder case
• Garden murder case
• Dragon murder case

Member of

• Archive collection

Cataloging source

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

Runtime

430

Series statement

WB archive collection

Technique

live action