This movie was made in 1929 and 36 yr old William Powell was to live for 64 more years creating a stellar Hollywood career of memorable movie roles. One of the Golden Age of Hollywood 's greats.
William Powell and Jean Arthur are two of my favorite actors. Such class. And artistry. I'm so grateful that there are some of us around who still value these old films.
Kristen Esbensen, Boy did you ever state it just right! We too just adore these important classic films. Can you imagine the grand canyon of differences between much of today's violence and sex in TV & MOVIES compared to these meaningful inspiring classic films? I am so lucky to have a wife who is still in her 30's but you'd think by the way she throws around the names of these classic era finest actors that she was living as teenager in the 1930's. I'm in my early 50's and these classic films are everything to us. They have carried us through some tough times in the past, where if not for these classic films and TCM back then, we may not have turned our life around!! Today, these Gem Classic Films (and I mean every film from those early years) delivered us to some of our most quiet, happy, relaxing moments of today. Just like Right now, at this very moment, we are watching a shocker of a different kind of character played by Willam Powell. He portray's a "butler extraordinaire" and his performance is way out there Impeccable! By the way, it goes without saying that "we just Love Jean Arthur too!" Thanks for your inspirational comment! Gordon Welke & Leona Sackaney
William Powell besides being a wonderful actor..an urbane gentleman.....he is also a beautifully dressed man ..he flows so effortlessly....peace...over and out
I cannot thank you enough for having uploaded a film that encapsulates so well the beauty of a glorious era of Western culture that has since faded away. Louise Brooks 's body may now reside in a cemetery, but her legacy shall. be immortalized through the exquisite films she made and I for one will never forget her.
I adore William Powell...The Thin Man series is one of my absolute favorites. If you haven’t watched it yet, The Greene Murder case references this one.
Such a big fan of William Powell; especially him and Myrna Loy together. He seemed like such a gentleman, and a great actor. I plan to collect all his movies.
@@sandydennylives1392 hollywood was then - and more obviously is now - a cesspool of commie-jew subversion and propaganda. don't blame Powell for doing the right thing - even though he was portrayed as doing the wrong thing. "FAKE NEWS" is nothing new.
+Stuart Thompson I know what you mean. It's disgusting the way some people swear and cut each other down in the comments. A lot of times they have noting to do with the videos.
Stuart: I don't think so, the fact is that there are still a lot of us with fine qualities, that are not full of anger and rage like todays society,.most of us still have ....CLASS......
I've just listened to an old recorded interview of my grandad (born 1920, passed away couple of years ago), this was the first talkie he ever saw with his mum in a cinema in stockport uk, he said he was bloody terrified
I just finished reading the novel. The movie made some unnecessary changes (as Hollywood was apt to do), and the story is condensed, but still it's not too bad. William Powell is, of course, superb.
For my money Louise Brooks was the most beautiful actress then and now. She lights up the screen and it is impossible to take your eyes off her. She refused to return to Hollywood to dub her voice when this movie was changed into a talkie. It was a fateful act on her part. The Hollywood producers at the time blackballed her and that ended her career in Hollywood. Miss Brooks had a beautiful speaking voice , unlike the girl they hired to dub her voice in this movie and would have made the transition to talkies easily. It is ashamed because at the time she was the hottest thing in movies and undoubtedly would have gone on to make many great "talkies".
Love these old movies. William Powell was so suave. I’ve never seen Eugene Pallette so thin before. Really enjoy seeing movies from before I was born!!
Finding these here is way so nice. I love the B & W movies, they had to do so much more with the lighting, shots and such. More like reading a book but better. Thank you so much for the time you take to up load. :)
I read where William Powell the Mister Roberts was his last film he made because he had trouble remembering his lines that doesn't seem possible I love this man love him forever and and ever
Thank you so very much for posting this vintage1929 classic movie. I have wanted for many years to see this early movie featuring the wonderful William Powell, Jean Arthur, Louise Brooks and one of the greatest character actors, Eugene Pallette. Postings such as these on UA-cam make the internet an enormously valuable entity indeed.
This film was initially made as a silent picture, then reworked as a sound film. Louise Brooks' refusal to cooperate in the sound version had a major impact on her career. After filming the silent version, Brooks left for Germany to make two films for director G. W. Pabst. Her option with Paramount Pictures was up, and since the studio would not give her a raise, she saw no reason to remain in Hollywood. Months later, Paramount decided to re-shoot some scenes of Canary with recorded dialogue. The studio cabled Brooks in Berlin, demanding that she return to record her lines. She refused, taking the position that she no longer had an obligation to Paramount. Under the purported threat that she would never work in Hollywood again after such open defiance, she bluntly replied, "Who wants to work in Hollywood?" Paramount spent considerable money[citation needed] to hire actress Margaret Livingston (the "Woman from the City" in F. W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans) to dub the dialogue for Brooks where possible, as well as to re-shoot some scenes, with Livingston seen only in profile or from behind. When Brooks found herself back in Hollywood, she was unable to get good roles. Though her time as a star was over, her battle with studio moguls helped add to her eventual legend.
Its a shame he retired so early considering his life. Much like with Gene Wilder the changing industry and society changed around them and ledt them sadly behind considering their poise, cgaracter andhumility.
This is a REAL early talkie. It's amazing to think that only ten years separates this one from GONE WITH THE WIND. Philo Vance was a well known fictional detective of the day. William Powell and Jean Arthur later went on to better projects.
Excellent! What more can I say that hasn't already been said of this debonair (not sure of spelling) sophisticated, and talented Class Act, William Powell!! The way he spoke and that wonderful tone of his voice is priceless!! Always Loved him with wonderful Myrna Loy and their lovable dog Asta in the Great Thin Man Series!! Would be great to have it uploaded! I would watch it over and over!! They were so crazy and fun together!! What chemistry!! Always Loved Jean Arthur with her unique sounding voice! In this PV movie she was quite young and has yet to come into her own until later and then you could see what a talented actress she was! It's so nice to escape into these wonderful movies especially when one is quarantined. Thank you for these great uploads!! Keep up the good work!! Rest in Peace William Powell and Jean Arthur.🙏You are sorely missed♥️♥️♥️💖💖💖🥰🥰🥰📽🎞
I made a career out of studying the human voice,,,,How to throw the voice/change it etc etc No I was not on the stage etc However.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I did ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,mesmerize large or small groups by my method.,,,,,,,,,,,On the telephone or in person,
Thank you dj for posting a great movie! Philo Vance with one of my very favorites, William Powell! Appreciate your time and efforts and especially with no commercials! I enjoyed it ever so much!
Any of the material showing Louise Brooks is from the original, silent version of the film. Before the film was released it was decided to turn it into a "talking picture". They brought back the cast to shoot new scenes with sound. Louise Brooks declined to re-shoot her scenes as she was no longer under contract to Paramount. It's actually a very interesting story that all leads to her making the films that she is best known for today and helped lead to her rediscovery and current popularity.
great early vehicle for William Powell and Jean Arthur, as well as another of my favorites, Eugene Pallette. thanks for sharing this, all i found earlier of this movie was a small clip.
They had to dub Brook's voice and use a body double (all shot from back) so they could finish the movie. She refused to do it. It was her downfall, she refused Public Enemy and Bride of Frankenstein, which made stars of the actresses Jean Harlow and Elsa Lanchester.
she didn't care. it didn't make a bit of difference. Brooks lived for real life not tinseltown. She got down with big shots not Hollywood clowns. Of course, that might not have helped her get to heaven...or maybe it did, the only thing that counts is YOU getting to heaven, ding bats all.
She made self sabotage attractive. Loved her as Lulu. I really wish she knew french, the dub for Prix de beaute didn't fit her. Her voice was pretty, she had that trans Atlantic cultivated thing so popular at the time. As in God's gift to women.
From reading her book "Lulu in Hollywood" it doesn't seem that she has any regrets. Once her film career was over she did have a rough time but after a time it seems that she was perfectly happy with her life. She had 3 opportunities to keep her film career and she said no to all of them. She was never a fan of Hollywood and didn't seem terribly interested in making movies either. Plus, I imagine that if she had stayed on at Paramount she would not be as well known today.
I appreciate it every minute of that fine movie! I'm always amazed at the rate of progress in such a short period of time since the first talkies. From the original proscenium shots to more sufficated cinematography in such a short period of time amazing! William Powell was one of a kind! If you like this I would recommend the thin Man series.
In the Greene Murder case they mention not seeing each other since The Canary Murder case. In the Canary Murder Case, they mention not seeing each other since The Greene Murder Case.
Weren't the Philo Vance books all supposed to take place in a span of about a year? Philo stopped dabbling in detective work when his friend Markham was no longer DA. Yes, I read them all, but several years ago.
1929 was a very transient year for movies between silent and talkies.This film is an great example of a movie that was filmed as a silent and later dubbed as a talkie.Watch it with your ears! The sound quality is too good for the picture.
Eugene Pallette, as the police detective, had the most distinctive voice, rather like a bull frog. After a long career in silents, he transitioned quite easily to sound, appearing in such films as THE GHOST GOES WEST and THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, playing opposite Errol Flynn as the rotund Friar Tuck.
As soon as I read this comment, I remembered him as Friar Tuck. Between those eyebrows & his skill with suspicious stares, how could I forget? What's 60 years?😏
It seems the studio wasn't sure which movie would be released first, this one or The Green Murders because there is at least one line in each movie referring to the other movie. In The Canary Murder: Sgt. Heath: Well, hello Mr. Vance Vance: How are you Sgt? Sgt. Heath: Fine, haven't seen you since the Green murders case. In The Green Murders: District Attorney Markham says to Sgt. Heath: It's the first case in which Vance has shown any interest since the Canary murder.
so someone in this movie someone says "I haven't seen you since the Greene murder case"....and in "The Greene Murder Case" someone says "Yes we me during the Canary murder case"..
The extraordinary *Louise Brooks!* I am a collector of antique movie cards; Louise Brooks is second only to Anna May Wong in monetary value, but it's close.
I thought it was interesting how Brooks had higher billing on the title and Jean Arthur in the character credits (always below Powell, of course), but neither lady had a role substantial enough for such billing. I just found all of that very curious..
This is actually a pretty good murder mystery. There are a few problems in that Vance is actually responsible for the second murder - indirectly. HE showed the 'witnesses' at the poker game the True Witness - resulting in that man's death. As for the phonograph record - that's farfetched for anyone. But it works. So not a bad movie or mystery ---and especially for 1929.
while William Powell plays a helper of the detective as Philo Vance, he is not the Thin Man of the movie series. There William Powell played Nick Charles. Whatever he plays it is wonderful.
The producers of the "Thin Man" movies confused everyone with their titles "Shadow of the Thin Man" and the like. The Thin Man was the dead guy in the first movie. A thin man who's body was decomposed by "Quicklime" and buried with a fat man's clothes to hide his identity. The Thin Man was never Nick Charles.
After filming Pandora's Box in Germany (in 1929), Louise Brooks returned to Hollywood when she found out that Paramount had been searching for her to have her voice recorded for her scenes in 'Canary.' She refused to do it because she had already told studio executive B. P, Schulberg to go to hell after he called her into his office and told her that he wasn't going to give her the standard $250 a week salary increase that she had been expecting at the beginning of her new contract. He was wrong in doing what he did (specifically because she was one of the most sought after actresses of that time and was on the verge of becoming a major star), and she was correct in what she did. But it ended up ruining her career in movies in the long run. It would have been nice to hear her voice in this film. Instead, actress Margaret Livingston did the stand-ins and the dubbing with a heavy N.Y.C. accent that didn't fit the lithe image of Louis Brooks on screen.
I'm 72.....I will agree that too many of today's movies rely too much on computer graphics at the expense of better 'stories', but get real...."MOST" of the movies from back-in-the-day were shit as well. This movie is a prime example.....I love William Powell, but the story in this movie sucks, 90% of the dialog sucks, 2/3 of the actors suck and I won't even get into camera angles and other things.
I love all these old movies. You lose yourself for a moment in a different time.
"I called Mister Spottswood a taxi." "And you got away with it?" So many throwaway gags in this film.
Yes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,A lost art in the decaying UsA ! Yes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I reside here.
I love every movie he's done. What a great actor. And one of the gentlemen of Hollywood.
This movie was made in 1929 and 36 yr old William Powell was to live for 64 more years creating a stellar Hollywood career of memorable movie roles. One of the Golden Age of Hollywood 's greats.
A hundred years old. One of the greatest!
100? And gone to soon !
William Powell died March 5, 1984 and born in 1892. He was 91 not 100. 🦊🖤🐾☕️🚬
I love William Powell Bogart Cagney Stewart, Robinson Bacall White Crawford Davis, Grant.....great movies
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Love William Powell and Myrna Loy movies. I’m so glad most of these old movies have been saved for so many people to enjoy.
William Powell and Jean Arthur are two of my favorite actors. Such class. And artistry. I'm so grateful that there are some of us around who still value these old films.
Kristen Esbensen, Boy did you ever state it just right! We too just adore these important classic films. Can you imagine the grand canyon of differences between much of today's violence and sex in TV & MOVIES compared to these meaningful inspiring classic films? I am so lucky to have a wife who is still in her 30's but you'd think by the way she throws around the names of these classic era finest actors that she was living as teenager in the 1930's. I'm in my early 50's and these classic films are everything to us. They have carried us through some tough times in the past, where if not for these classic films and TCM back then, we may not have turned our life around!! Today, these Gem Classic Films (and I mean every film from those early years) delivered us to some of our most quiet, happy, relaxing moments of today. Just like Right now, at this very moment, we are watching a shocker of a different kind of character played by Willam Powell. He portray's a "butler extraordinaire" and his performance is way out there Impeccable! By the way, it goes without saying that "we just Love Jean Arthur too!" Thanks for your inspirational comment! Gordon Welke & Leona Sackaney
And thank those who salvage them from oblivion! It is a good print and the fuzzy static was minimal, All around, a good flick.
Yes! These are real gems! Hard to imagine this is 90 years old....
I have a 60 inch smart tv and I watch more black and white films than color lol
Kristen: Couldn't agree with you more.
Quite an advanced whodunnit for the second year of actual sound movies - 1929. William Powell is great as Philo Vance. Thanks for posting
what a simple and awesome flick. Jean Arthur has a classic voice that'll never be reclaimed again on the big screen. she was an underrated talent
William Powell besides being a wonderful actor..an urbane gentleman.....he is also a beautifully dressed man ..he flows so effortlessly....peace...over and out
I absolutely fell in love with him in the "Thin Man" movies!
@@cindydott452 WOW!!!!! A big William Powell fan.....he was one of the greatest of the greats......enjoy your day......peace
Thank you for this great old movie with William Powell. He’s so young in this movie.
Love William Powell and old movies. Thanks for the treat!
I cannot thank you enough for having uploaded a film that encapsulates so well the beauty of a glorious era of Western culture that has since faded away. Louise Brooks 's body may now reside in a cemetery, but her legacy shall. be immortalized through the exquisite films she made and I for one will never forget her.
You're easily impressed, eh?
You mean an era when black people were treated as mental deficients?
William Powell is a natural, he makes it look so easy.
thank you for Louise Brooks, Jean Arthur, and William Powell!! what a combo! :-)
I adore William Powell...The Thin Man series is one of my absolute favorites. If you haven’t watched it yet, The Greene Murder case references this one.
I just watched William Powell as philo Vance in three of these movies he is a classy guy. He is Timeless.
Enjoyable film, William Powell had a great screen presence. I'm sure the producers
of the Thin Man series were no doubt aware of this.
You were sure, huh?
Such a big fan of William Powell; especially him and Myrna Loy together. He seemed like such a gentleman, and a great actor. I plan to collect all his movies.
He wasn't quite so nice when he betrayed his friends to the HUAC in 1951 during the McCarthy communist witch hunt in to the movie business.
I am not aware of anything associating William Powell and the activities of the HUAC.
@@sandydennylives1392
hollywood was then - and more obviously is now -
a cesspool of commie-jew subversion and propaganda.
don't blame Powell for doing the right thing -
even though he was portrayed as doing the wrong thing.
"FAKE NEWS" is nothing new.
@Margaret Gust Sorry it was Adolphe Menjou not Powell IIRC.
@@sandydennylives1392 Ronald Reagan was Hollywood chief rat (or liar) for a year, for H.U.A.C. Never liked him after I heard that. Less as prez.
Great film. It's also nice to see the civilised comments written here. Perhaps the fans of William Powell have taken on some of his finer qualities.
+Stuart Thompson I know what you mean. It's disgusting the way some people swear and cut each other down in the comments. A lot of times they have noting to do with the videos.
Stuart: I don't think so, the fact is that there are still a lot of us with fine qualities, that are not full of anger and rage like todays society,.most of us still have ....CLASS......
Stuart Thompson n.
the angry vulgar types would never watch this kind of movie
It becomes obvious why William Powell was to play "The Thin Man."
I have the Thin Man on DVD and I've watched it for a long time I enjoy watching these old movies keep up the good work
I've just listened to an old recorded interview of my grandad (born 1920, passed away couple of years ago), this was the first talkie he ever saw with his mum in a cinema in stockport uk, he said he was bloody terrified
Love it. Love Mr. Powell and love him in The Thin Man series which I have seen several times over.
I just finished reading the novel. The movie made some unnecessary changes (as Hollywood was apt to do), and the story is condensed, but still it's not too bad. William Powell is, of course, superb.
Like jazz, during the days of the silver screen they had some writers now they all belong to the ages gone but not forgotten
1929 Love it. No background music. William Powell did the Lux radio programs too, The Thin Man
William Powell and a group of dedicated well trained actors
Really good! I knew someone who knew Powell. Said POWELL WAS A REAL GENTLEMAN OFFSCREEN TOO!
Thank you DJ. Pallette who played the Sergeant also played many a cop in movies, as I seem to remember. Powell was excellent in the movie.
I absolutely love these movies with Powell and Paulette
For my money Louise Brooks was the most beautiful actress then and now. She lights up the screen and it is impossible to take your eyes off her. She refused to return to Hollywood to dub her voice when this movie was changed into a talkie. It was a fateful act on her part. The Hollywood producers at the time blackballed her and that ended her career in Hollywood. Miss Brooks had a beautiful speaking voice , unlike the girl they hired to dub her voice in this movie and would have made the transition to talkies easily. It is ashamed because at the time she was the hottest thing in movies and undoubtedly would have gone on to make many great "talkies".
Quite enjoying these old films ty so much!
Love these old movies. William Powell was so suave. I’ve never seen Eugene Pallette so thin before. Really enjoy seeing movies from before I was born!!
"The Canary Murder Case (1929) an American Pre-Code Drama Thanks for uploading! William Powell ~ Jean Arthur ~ James Hall ~ Louise Brooks etc.
William Powell was great!
Thank-you so much! I love the four main actors, William, James, Louise, and Jean. It's nice to see them all in the same movie!
Finding these here is way so nice. I love the B & W movies, they had to do so much more with the lighting, shots and such. More like reading a book but better. Thank you so much for the time you take to up load. :)
I've read the book of this 4 years ago ... That's why I'm here ...
What a fine collection of these Old Time Favorites. Thanks for sharing them.
Eugene Pallette was a wonderful Friar Tuck in the best version still of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn.
William Powell THE ELLITE OF OF THE ELLITE,simply the best
Loved it, I hadn't seen this one before. Old movies are the best.
William Powell,handsome,debonair and a great actor. Thank you.
Mr Powell was a great actor. i loved his performance as doc in"mister roberts"
I read where William Powell the Mister Roberts was his last film he made because he had trouble remembering his lines that doesn't seem possible I love this man love him forever and and ever
Eugene Pallette excellent character actor. I love him.
Great actor but a totally reprehensible human being.
Thank you so very much for posting this vintage1929 classic movie. I have wanted for many years to see this early movie featuring the wonderful William Powell, Jean Arthur, Louise Brooks and one of the greatest character actors, Eugene Pallette. Postings such as these on UA-cam make the internet an enormously valuable entity indeed.
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Don't wish to disagree but Miss Brooks was a leading actorees.
@@sandy3482 .."actorees"..?
@@robertwalker5521 sorry actress
I keep forgetting Powell plays Philo Vance the detective. He's even younger and more suave. 👍🏾 👍🏾
This film was initially made as a silent picture, then reworked as a sound film. Louise Brooks' refusal to cooperate in the sound version had a major impact on her career.
After filming the silent version, Brooks left for Germany to make two films for director G. W. Pabst. Her option with Paramount Pictures was up, and since the studio would not give her a raise, she saw no reason to remain in Hollywood. Months later, Paramount decided to re-shoot some scenes of Canary with recorded dialogue. The studio cabled Brooks in Berlin, demanding that she return to record her lines. She refused, taking the position that she no longer had an obligation to Paramount. Under the purported threat that she would never work in Hollywood again after such open defiance, she bluntly replied, "Who wants to work in Hollywood?"
Paramount spent considerable money[citation needed] to hire actress Margaret Livingston (the "Woman from the City" in F. W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans) to dub the dialogue for Brooks where possible, as well as to re-shoot some scenes, with Livingston seen only in profile or from behind. When Brooks found herself back in Hollywood, she was unable to get good roles. Though her time as a star was over, her battle with studio moguls helped add to her eventual legend.
Too bad she refused to record her lines. She had a really nice voice. I don't care for the voice that was used to dub her.
@@lincbond442 Agreed.
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You can tell where the seams are, now that you mention it.
Thank you for that information. I thought her voice didn't go with her persona, but now I know I never heard Louise Brooks' voice at all.
William Powell - the Gentleman of the century
Of the "last" century.
Its a shame he retired so early considering his life. Much like with Gene Wilder the changing industry and society changed around them and ledt them sadly behind considering their poise, cgaracter andhumility.
@@kkielley3212 my grandpa was born in 1927 my grandma 1931
@@valentincavazzos4420 not sure why you're telling me this?
Absolutely!!
I fell in love with Louise Brooks and have never fallen out of it. "In my dreams I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance."
It is impossible not to fall in love with Louise, she was gorgeous!!!!
You and me both. Her comment that you quoted is one of my favorites from her. What an interesting life she lived.
This is a REAL early talkie. It's amazing to think that only ten years separates this one from GONE WITH THE WIND. Philo Vance was a well known fictional detective of the day. William Powell and Jean Arthur later went on to better projects.
Ahh Gone with the Wind…great period movie…love all of William Powells movies…
So glad I found this, I love William Powell, and my grandfather was a friend of James Hall so it was a double treat.
Excellent! What more can I say that hasn't already been said of this debonair (not sure of spelling) sophisticated, and talented Class Act, William Powell!! The way he spoke and that wonderful tone of his voice is priceless!! Always Loved him with wonderful Myrna Loy and their lovable dog Asta in the Great Thin Man Series!! Would be great to have it uploaded! I would watch it over and over!! They were so crazy and fun together!! What chemistry!! Always Loved Jean Arthur with her unique sounding voice! In this PV movie she was quite young and has yet to come into her own until later and then you could see what a talented actress she was! It's so nice to escape into these wonderful movies especially when one is quarantined. Thank you for these great uploads!! Keep up the good work!! Rest in Peace William Powell and Jean Arthur.🙏You are sorely missed♥️♥️♥️💖💖💖🥰🥰🥰📽🎞
I made a career out of studying the human voice,,,,How to throw the voice/change it etc etc No I was not on the stage etc However.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I did ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,mesmerize large or small
groups by my method.,,,,,,,,,,,On the telephone or in person,
Thank you dj for posting a great movie! Philo Vance with one of my very favorites, William Powell! Appreciate your time and efforts and especially with no commercials! I enjoyed it ever so much!
William Powell was a real actor,none of those in movies today come anywhere near his level of talent.
I loved him in "My Man Godfrey"
@@cindydott452 ...notice, when the mayor walks in and mentions "marriage"= GODFREY has no lines for the rest of the movie.
Any of the material showing Louise Brooks is from the original, silent version of the film. Before the film was released it was decided to turn it into a "talking picture". They brought back the cast to shoot new scenes with sound. Louise Brooks declined to re-shoot her scenes as she was no longer under contract to Paramount. It's actually a very interesting story that all leads to her making the films that she is best known for today and helped lead to her rediscovery and current popularity.
great early vehicle for William Powell and Jean Arthur, as well as another of my favorites, Eugene Pallette. thanks for sharing this, all i found earlier of this movie was a small clip.
A Good Mystery/Drama w All of the actors doing Well! Thanks4 showing it!
Excellent sound quality for a 91 year old film.
I just looked up a clip with Louise Brooks real voice. So much nicer than the dubbed voice they used.
Thats for sure !!!!!!!
My favorite kind of films,...
They had to dub Brook's voice and use a body double (all shot from back) so they could finish the movie. She refused to do it. It was her downfall, she refused Public Enemy and Bride of Frankenstein, which made stars of the actresses Jean Harlow and Elsa Lanchester.
she didn't care. it didn't make a bit of difference. Brooks lived for real life not tinseltown. She got down with big shots not Hollywood clowns. Of course, that might not have helped her get to heaven...or maybe it did, the only thing that counts is YOU getting to heaven, ding bats all.
Her then-boyfriend refused it for her. Didn't even tell her about it.
the Hollywood big shots black balled her
She made self sabotage attractive. Loved her as Lulu. I really wish she knew french, the dub for Prix de beaute didn't fit her.
Her voice was pretty, she had that trans Atlantic cultivated thing so popular at the time. As in God's gift to women.
From reading her book "Lulu in Hollywood" it doesn't seem that she has any regrets. Once her film career was over she did have a rough time but after a time it seems that she was perfectly happy with her life. She had 3 opportunities to keep her film career and she said no to all of them. She was never a fan of Hollywood and didn't seem terribly interested in making movies either. Plus, I imagine that if she had stayed on at Paramount she would not be as well known today.
Ahhhh, the old Victrola No. 54 trick! Powell was definitely head and shoulders above all the others.
The Canary Murder Case was shot as a silent. This was dubbed later,but Louise Brooks refused to do it.
So,you still haven't heard her!
She had a lovely voice that can be heard in "God's Gift to Women", "Empty Saddles", and "Overland Stage Raiders".
William Powell and Jean Arthur , two for the ages !
Isn't that interesting
Thank you for that information. That explains the abnormal frame rate, especially in long shots.
She did talk in her last movie when she tried to make a come back in the US after Germany. I'm sure it was a small part in a John Wayne B
western.
I appreciate it every minute of that fine movie! I'm always amazed at the rate of progress in such a short period of time since the first talkies. From the original proscenium shots to more sufficated cinematography in such a short period of time amazing! William Powell was one of a kind! If you like this I would recommend the thin Man series.
this is a public service showing us this film thank you for posting this
In the Greene Murder case they mention not seeing each other since The Canary Murder case. In the Canary Murder Case, they mention not seeing each other since The Greene Murder Case.
Weren't the Philo Vance books all supposed to take place in a span of about a year? Philo stopped dabbling in detective work when his friend Markham was no longer DA. Yes, I read them all, but several years ago.
@@cindydott452 Great observations! 👍🏼
They are all Philo Vance mysteries. I wonder if they did that to push the film series or book series
Lol
As for me, I’m always keen to grab any bit of Jean Arthur that I can find . . .
She was one of the best, no doubt about it!
1929 was a very transient year for movies between silent and talkies.This film is an great example of a movie that was filmed as a silent and later dubbed as a talkie.Watch it with your ears! The sound quality is too good for the picture.
Eugene Pallette, as the police detective, had the most distinctive voice, rather like a bull frog. After a long career in silents, he transitioned quite easily to sound, appearing in such films as THE GHOST GOES WEST and THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, playing opposite Errol Flynn as the rotund Friar Tuck.
As soon as I read this comment, I remembered him as Friar Tuck. Between those eyebrows & his skill with suspicious stares, how could I forget? What's 60 years?😏
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When I was a kid and heard him on TV I called him, "Froggy".
He died of throat cancer.
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It seems the studio wasn't sure which movie would be released first, this one or The Green Murders because there is at least one line in each movie referring to the other movie.
In The Canary Murder:
Sgt. Heath: Well, hello Mr. Vance
Vance: How are you Sgt?
Sgt. Heath: Fine, haven't seen you since the Green murders case.
In The Green Murders:
District Attorney Markham says to Sgt. Heath: It's the first case in which Vance has shown any interest since the Canary murder.
And, yet, Jimmy should still go to jail for embezzlement from his bank.
Good movie ,...good actors,...good plot.
I loved the use of "cutting edge" technology towards the end!
excellent plot thank you we need more Good Movies thanks for sharing
so someone in this movie someone says "I haven't seen you since the Greene murder case"....and in "The Greene Murder Case" someone says "Yes we me during the Canary murder case"..
Oh to wind the clock back.......
Thank You for posting , sadly most of these aren’t on dvd yet.
Nice to see a very young Jean Arthur here!
love her.
some whine about her voice - but i find it very cute.
The extraordinary *Louise Brooks!* I am a collector of antique movie cards; Louise Brooks is second only to Anna May Wong in monetary value, but it's close.
I thought it was interesting how Brooks had higher billing on the title and Jean Arthur in the character credits (always below Powell, of course), but neither lady had a role substantial enough for such billing. I just found all of that very curious..
wonderful movie,:) it's almost rare to find a talkie this old :)
Has come a long way since Foreman Wells!
Thank you, djoi.
+Deaglán Ó Gráinne Nice reference! :-D
i could watch louise brooks .....ALWAYS......too bad such a small role.thanks for posting.
but hard to watch w that awful dubbed voice. she had a lovely voice.
William Powell is always welcome in any movie and Louise Brooks still photographs better than almost anyone. But that is not her voice unfortunately.
Thank you so much.
These old movies have such class. Better than the movies of today, no graphic violence, sex or bad language.
This is actually a pretty good murder mystery. There are a few problems in that Vance is actually responsible for the second murder - indirectly. HE showed the 'witnesses' at the poker game the True Witness - resulting in that man's death. As for the phonograph record - that's farfetched for anyone. But it works. So not a bad movie or mystery ---and especially for 1929.
Pretty good? It is flawless
Good story. Thank you for posting!
while William Powell plays a helper of the detective as Philo Vance, he is not the Thin Man of the movie series. There William Powell played Nick Charles. Whatever he plays it is wonderful.
The producers of the "Thin Man" movies confused everyone with their titles "Shadow of the Thin Man" and the like. The Thin Man was the dead guy in the first movie. A thin man who's body was decomposed by "Quicklime" and buried with a fat man's clothes to hide his identity. The Thin Man was never Nick Charles.
You can see from this film script how writing for films have changed. Immensely.
Louise Brooks is dubbed in this by Margaret Livingston, who most notably played The Woman from the City in Murnau's silent classic "Sunrise."
Thank for the info
Why?
@@Khultan She was asked to do some re-takes voice-wise and refused. This snotty attitude ruined her career in Hollywood.
@@scotnick59 Thank you. I didn't know that. But, I have more sympathy for the actors and actresses than for the movie industry.
After filming Pandora's Box in Germany (in 1929), Louise Brooks returned to Hollywood when she found out that Paramount had been searching for her to have her voice recorded for her scenes in 'Canary.' She refused to do it because she had already told studio executive B. P, Schulberg to go to hell after he called her into his office and told her that he wasn't going to give her the standard $250 a week salary increase that she had been expecting at the beginning of her new contract. He was wrong in doing what he did (specifically because she was one of the most sought after actresses of that time and was on the verge of becoming a major star), and she was correct in what she did. But it ended up ruining her career in movies in the long run. It would have been nice to hear her voice in this film. Instead, actress Margaret Livingston did the stand-ins and the dubbing with a heavy N.Y.C. accent that didn't fit the lithe image of Louis Brooks on screen.
It's noticable, now that you mention it.
Thanks for sharing your expertise. An interesting story.
Does anyone know if this was Ned Sparks's first "talkie". That incredible voice rocketed his career to nearly a hundred films.
Thanks for sharing!!
ugh, that voiceover for Louise Brookes is murder.
It *completely* takes away from Louise as we know her and the movie itself.
Love William Powell ❤
Vance investigates the murder of a scheming showgirl who had many enemies before her death.
In a lot of ways better than today's computerized films mostly for kids - we don't have stars or drama much in today's world - too bad.
I'm 72.....I will agree that too many of today's movies rely too much on computer graphics at the expense of better 'stories', but get real...."MOST" of the movies from back-in-the-day were shit as well. This movie is a prime example.....I love William Powell, but the story in this movie sucks, 90% of the dialog sucks, 2/3 of the actors suck and I won't even get into camera angles and other things.
Not her voice, I hate the squeaky voice they used to dub in LOUISE BROOKS