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Forgettable are the last two novels, both based on film scripts: The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1938) and The Winter Murder Case (1939). S.S. van Dine was enormously popular between 1926 and 1936, something which is also demonstrated by how quickly Hollywood adapted his novels to the screen with such famous actors as William Powell.
1.37 : 1. Film Length. 8 reels. The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder. Allen's uncle fixes her up with Bill at a company picnic. When the two go out to a nightclub that night, Gracie inadvertently links Bill to the murder of a thug after finding the dead body and...
Allen's uncle fixes her up with Bill at a company picnic. When the two go out to a nightclub that night, Gracie inadvertently links Bill to the murder of a thug after finding the dead body and Bill's cigarette case at the scene of the crime. While being questioned at the club, she meets Vance who's investigating the homicide.
Philo Vance, curiously enough, always liked the Gracie Allen murder case more than any of the others in which he participated. The case was, perhaps, not as serious as some of the others—although, on second thought, I am not so sure that this is strictly true. Indeed, it was fraught with many ominous potentialities; and its basic elements (as ...
Aug 28, 2020. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Detective Philo Vance (Warren William) solves a murder with sketchy clues from a dizzy witness (Gracie Allen).
- Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
The Gracie Allen Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story (Otto Penzler's Classic American Mystery Library) Van Dine, S. S. Published by Otto Penzler Books, 1994. ISBN 10: 1883402093 ISBN 13: 9781883402099. Seller: HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, U.S.A. Seller Rating: Contact seller. Book.
The Scarab Murder Case: Directed by Michael Hankinson. With Wilfrid Hyde-White, Wally Patch, Kathleen Kelly, Henri De Vries. Philo Vance comes to England to investigate the murder of a millionaire.
