Mystery Theater. Mark Saber of the Homicide Squad. The Case of the Invisible Death. 1953

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  • @A.LeeMorrisJr
    @A.LeeMorrisJr 2 місяці тому +9

    Amazing how much storyline they could get into 30 min. back then🙂.

  • @nancysanders2398
    @nancysanders2398 2 роки тому +42

    It was good to see Willie Best,who I considered a fine,comedic actor.James Burke was likewise,and reminded me of Lyndon Johnson. Thank you,for posting this on UA-cam.

    • @robg9236
      @robg9236 2 роки тому +3

      Burke is also looks likes Walter Matthau.

    • @MrMenefrego1
      @MrMenefrego1 2 роки тому +2

      @@robg9236 🤣🤣

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 Рік тому +1

      @@robg9236 Indeed ! As I do when I take off my hat, you make a good point !

    • @FlipDahlenburg
      @FlipDahlenburg 8 місяців тому +1

      That WAS Lyndon Baines Johnson!!

    • @Bigbadwhitecracker
      @Bigbadwhitecracker 3 місяці тому +1

      @@robg9236 That's what I was thinking too.

  • @fromthesidelines
    @fromthesidelines 3 роки тому +36

    Originally telecast on December 14, 1951 (and repeated on March 9, 1953), for Sterling Drug {makers of Bayer aspirin, Phillips Milk of Magnesia, Molle Brushless shave cream, Double Danderine shampoo, and other fine products}. Verne Smith is the announcer.

  • @MariaLacsamana-ik3in
    @MariaLacsamana-ik3in 5 місяців тому +7

    Mr.tom conway detective series I love it keep on coming thanks somuch ❤🎉😅

  • @shamrocklotus7245
    @shamrocklotus7245 2 роки тому +12

    Thank you Mr. Best for paving the way 🙏🏾

  • @markhughes7927
    @markhughes7927 3 місяці тому +5

    Thanks Mr Mark Saber - many thanks!

  • @a.m.pietroschek1972
    @a.m.pietroschek1972 2 місяці тому +2

    Some Mark Saber episodes are more creatively done than modern #TrueCrime is!

  • @davesky538
    @davesky538 2 місяці тому +3

    Thanks!

  • @fromthesidelines
    @fromthesidelines 3 роки тому +34

    Willie Best was one of producer Roland Reed's favorite actors. He was also featured on Stu Erwin's "TROUBLE WITH FATHER" and "MY LITTLE MARGIE" (essentially portraying the same character).

    • @robertvarlotta4486
      @robertvarlotta4486 3 роки тому +7

      Always a pleasure to run into you. Your precise dope on these shows is informative and revealing. TY v

    • @fromthesidelines
      @fromthesidelines 3 роки тому +5

      You're VERY welcome, Robert!

    • @michellemiller4909
      @michellemiller4909 2 роки тому

      Liar liar and masks singing at the hate crime on a Fatter her mother. ,he and she did the lies

    • @vampgirl92496
      @vampgirl92496 2 роки тому +5

      wasn't Best also in the Charlie Chan series?

    • @fromthesidelines
      @fromthesidelines 2 роки тому +2

      He did appear in a few of them, in small roles.

  • @AnnacolleenEtters
    @AnnacolleenEtters 3 місяці тому +8

    I hope to see more of these shows. They have all things unnecessary, out. All packed into less than 30 minutes.The woman Marc visits, Is the woman who advertised Folger's coffee, in the 70s-80s and possibly the 90s.

  • @janejames9173
    @janejames9173 2 роки тому +10

    Love this story. Thank you.👍

  • @doreen0
    @doreen0 Місяць тому +2

    This is the first time I watched the entire episode of MYSTERY THEATRE SUBSCRIBE AND THUMBS UP👍🏼🇨🇦

  • @williamschlenger1518
    @williamschlenger1518 Місяць тому +2

    Everyone is typecast, black butler ,Italian day laborer & a scientist sounds like Bella Lugosi. 😊

  • @marbleman52
    @marbleman52 2 роки тому +15

    The suave & debonaire Tom Conway reminds me of George Sanders who also played the suave & debonaire role.

    • @hiramfibonik4907
      @hiramfibonik4907 2 роки тому +7

      They were brothers! I forget why they don't have the same last name.

    • @marbleman52
      @marbleman52 2 роки тому +4

      @@hiramfibonik4907 You are right; I had forgotten that. That is why they were so similar...LOL...!! I will have to claim "Senior Moment" for that mind slip...!!

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 Рік тому +1

      Indeed ! Though they were real life brothers, they didn't look much alike. But they certainly had similar voices & the same debonair, urbane & suave manner.

    • @davidcansler3672
      @davidcansler3672 5 місяців тому +3

      ​@@hiramfibonik4907they did have the same name. However when brother Tom came to Hollywood from England not to confuse people they decided that one had to change their name. They flipped s coin and Tom became Tom Conway

  • @davidhull7115
    @davidhull7115 2 роки тому +9

    Lester Dorr, the coroner, had a very long career, starting in 1930, until 1975. I've seen him in 8 movies on UA-cam: (I Wanted Wings (1941), Roar of the Press (1941), Stranger in Town (1943), Destroyer (1943), Roses Are Red(1947), Without Honor (1949), Quicksand (1950), Take the High Ground (1953), and now this TV show (1951). He was one of the original members of SAG, 1933.

  • @fromthesidelines
    @fromthesidelines 3 роки тому +13

    J. Donald Wilson had previously produced {and directed} "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF NERO WOLFE" for NBC Radio in the 1950-'51 season.

  • @rubiconklbrutorowman7577
    @rubiconklbrutorowman7577 2 роки тому +7

    Always interesting n ths 4 uploading this type of movie! USA

  • @nancycrayton2738
    @nancycrayton2738 Рік тому +3

    Thank you for this! I just discovered it.

  • @TheHELEN62
    @TheHELEN62 3 роки тому +18

    Love Virginia! So talented - a true pro!

    • @lamonthamilton667
      @lamonthamilton667 2 роки тому +3

      Truly A Raving Beauty!

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 Рік тому

      Indeed ! A wonderfully talented actress who had a long life & prolific career. Off screen she had a long happy marriage to comedic actor Fritz Feld.

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 Рік тому

      @@lamonthamilton667 She was no Hope Emerson, but the late great Virginia was indeed one fetching lass !

    • @maxb4074
      @maxb4074 Рік тому

      She was a really good actress

  • @scallopohare9431
    @scallopohare9431 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you.

  • @stephaniehand503
    @stephaniehand503 3 роки тому +9

    thanks

  • @ge-20express75
    @ge-20express75 Рік тому +5

    When he took Ilga out for coffee, I hope it was Folgers.

  • @stephaniehand503
    @stephaniehand503 3 роки тому +9

    Thanks

  • @Prof.Tarfeather
    @Prof.Tarfeather 2 роки тому +16

    There are other TV episodes to be found on UA-cam. However, the issue with finding them is in how the person who shares these writes the Title?
    The way the Title appears for the episodes looks like this:
    MYSTER THEATER
    Starring TOM CONWAY
    as Inspector Mark Saber
    HOMICIDE SQUAD
    It was how I found more than one episode after this.
    Also; George Sanders and Tom Conway are brothers. Hollywood studio flipped a coin to see which one would change their name.

    • @gplunk
      @gplunk 2 роки тому +6

      Thank you for that tidbit; I can def. see the resemblance in both appearance and vocal mannerism....

    • @davidhull7115
      @davidhull7115 2 роки тому +3

      According to IMDb, it was they who flipped the coin. Picky, I know.

  • @amcguigan2389
    @amcguigan2389 3 місяці тому +2

    Thank you!

  • @Prof.Tarfeather
    @Prof.Tarfeather 2 роки тому +23

    Very enjoyable episode! Thanks for sharing.
    I recognized the butler, Willie Best who plays the butler in other movies. I always wondered if he was bothered by being type cast as the bumbling butler?
    Where's the folgers coffee Virginia? Who knew she was going to later be Mrs. Olson? She is so pretty. What a great popular cast. And enjoyable to watch.
    Do you have more episodes of this Series?

    • @garywilloughby6893
      @garywilloughby6893 2 роки тому

      Virginia was very pretty.

    • @arneldobumatay3702
      @arneldobumatay3702 Рік тому

      If you didn't mention it, I would have never made the connection to the Folgers coffee lady. She was attractive in the early years.

    • @kellybrown8638
      @kellybrown8638 Рік тому

      Willie Best was black. To work as an actor he had to play stereotypical roles. Mr. Best was villified by the black community in the 1960s for being an "Uncle Tom"

    • @kellybrown8638
      @kellybrown8638 Рік тому

      She was married to Fritz Feld. He udually played the comic head waiter who popped his mouth

    • @charlynegezze8536
      @charlynegezze8536 10 місяців тому

      @@arneldobumatay3702 I was wondering who she was.

  • @knighttuttrupriprock9733
    @knighttuttrupriprock9733 8 місяців тому +1

    Great channel, subscribed, looking forward to seeing more great videos.

  • @tonirobinson1365
    @tonirobinson1365 7 місяців тому +5

    Love Tom Conway.

  • @juliehoffman6292
    @juliehoffman6292 2 роки тому +5

    I believe the actor that played detective Mark Saber played The Saint, he is the brother of the actor whom played The Saint first,George Sanders. George Sanders was also married to ZaZa Gabor.

    • @michaelmatthewkomaromigabr9588
      @michaelmatthewkomaromigabr9588 Рік тому +1

      HE ALSO PLAYED THE FALCON....

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 Рік тому

      @@michaelmatthewkomaromigabr9588 Yes ! He took over the role of The Falcon from his brother George Sanders at RKO in the 40s when George tired of the role. Though George did portray The Saint, Tom never did on the screen. But in 1951 Mr, Conway did play The Saint on radio, taking over the role from Vincent Price.

  • @Joeblow-ms3cv
    @Joeblow-ms3cv 2 місяці тому +2

    I think I'm in love with Ilga. 😃

  • @ebor1951
    @ebor1951 2 роки тому +14

    Thanks. Do you have anymore Mark Saber?

    • @MoviecraftInc
      @MoviecraftInc  2 роки тому +14

      We are working on it. We have a couple more 16mm Saber's in storage. All we have to do is find them. 😎

    • @hatch1892
      @hatch1892 2 роки тому +2

      @@MoviecraftInc Can't wait!

  • @13699111
    @13699111 Рік тому +2

    Excellent !!!

  • @stargater2892
    @stargater2892 7 місяців тому +1

    Shout out to YTer Neil Sean for introducing me to Mark Saber.
    Thanks for posting.

  • @oletha2929
    @oletha2929 2 місяці тому +2

    Tom Conway and George Sanders were brothers.

  • @leilal8053
    @leilal8053 2 роки тому +9

    I just ❤ LOVE this series! I think he's GORGEOUS...my "Type" as my mother and I would say....the looks I would fall for in movie stars 🌟 from childhood; the "British officer ", "French Foreign Legion officer", and of course.....David Niven! Don't even get me started on his rumbling upper class voice which makes my toes curl! .....you guessed it.....I'm single by choice because the poor guys who proposed just didn't match up.🤷‍♀️
    Ya, ya.....I'm "shallow", but....we can't control who/what we're attracted to, nor should we feel obligated to settle for anything else.

    • @davidhull7115
      @davidhull7115 2 роки тому +2

      Did you that IRL he's the brother of George Sanders?

    • @leilal8053
      @leilal8053 2 роки тому +2

      @@davidhull7115 Didn't know that....

    • @davidhull7115
      @davidhull7115 2 роки тому +1

      @@leilal8053 I only found out by reading his IMDb bio yesterday. He had a fascinating life.

  • @janejames9173
    @janejames9173 2 роки тому +3

    Love Mark Saber🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @achecase
    @achecase 3 роки тому +10

    No coffee Ilsa?

  • @LindaH-zm2il
    @LindaH-zm2il 10 місяців тому +1

    I remember Tom Conway when I was a child. I thought this series was British. I guess some were.

  • @davidhull7115
    @davidhull7115 2 роки тому +2

    IMDb has this as series 1, episode 11, December 1951.

  • @nedludd7622
    @nedludd7622 Рік тому +3

    The cop at the beginning was just going to leave a supposed drunk lying on the street. The sidekick himself looks like a drunk. BTW, Conway played Sherlock Holmes on the radio. Quite well.

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 Рік тому

      Indeed ! Tom Conway also played The Saint on radio, taking over the role from Vincent Price in 1951. I too noticed that Tom's sidekick at the start wanted to leave the victim alone, thinking he was a drunk. Not a very caring cop....thank goodness the inspector was more dedicated to his profession !

  • @kendalls.358
    @kendalls.358 2 роки тому +4

    There will be a few more people getting ill as he forgot the one that fell to the floor at 22:25! Just saying, lol.

  • @richmcgee434
    @richmcgee434 2 роки тому +4

    23:00 Cripes, did someone forget to put the breakaway prop chair on the set or something? That looked like it hurt, and conway looks a little startled after he connects himself. Hope the actor on the receiving end got a bonus for that one.

    • @MoviecraftInc
      @MoviecraftInc  2 роки тому +2

      That does look like a big "Ouch"!

    • @scallopohare9431
      @scallopohare9431 2 роки тому +1

      Supposedly, it is the job of the one who gets hit to "sell" the impact.

  • @michaelwertzy9808
    @michaelwertzy9808 2 роки тому +7

    "Good to the last drop"?

    • @Boogaboioringale
      @Boogaboioringale 2 роки тому +3

      Of course it is. Folger’s is mountain grown. That’s the Best kind of coffee.

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 Рік тому

      Actually that's the slogan of Maxwell House coffee. The company originally claimed the slogan goes back to Theodore Roosevelt, who had breakfast at the original Maxwell House hotel/restaurant in Nashville & raved about the coffee there. But later they admitted the slogan was written by a company employee.

  • @bobbythorman7421
    @bobbythorman7421 Рік тому +1

    Strange that the opening indicates 1931 in Roman numerals xxxi as the production year as does the listing of the film.The mention or atomic piles was a giveaway that something had to be wrong..

  • @stephaniehand503
    @stephaniehand503 2 роки тому +3

    love all

  • @kathyflorcruz552
    @kathyflorcruz552 Рік тому +1

    3:46. That's funny. We had purpura in our family & as far as I know none of us had burns from atomic poisoning exposure. 😂 Good grief!

  • @cab5917
    @cab5917 2 роки тому +2

    Ouch!

  • @zekelucente9702
    @zekelucente9702 Рік тому +4

    Tom Conway was George Saunders brother.

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 Рік тому

      Indubitably. It's amazing how similar their voices were. But they didn't look alike. I love how they both had that same charming & suave on-screen charisma.

    • @EYE_GOTCHA
      @EYE_GOTCHA Рік тому

      *Sanders 😉

    • @zekelucente9702
      @zekelucente9702 Рік тому

      @@EYE_GOTCHA right my mistake.

    • @FlipDahlenburg
      @FlipDahlenburg 8 місяців тому

      And Tim Conway isn't related to either of them.

    • @zekelucente9702
      @zekelucente9702 8 місяців тому

      @@FlipDahlenburg Really?

  • @nedludd7622
    @nedludd7622 Рік тому +2

    This is much better than the ridiculous Saber in London series.

    • @happygardener28
      @happygardener28 Рік тому

      The London series was scripted and filmed several years later, I believe by a different writer for a different producer.

    • @christenasmalls6118
      @christenasmalls6118 Рік тому +2

      I enjoy the Mark Saber in London which was by the Danziger brothers.

    • @LindaH-zm2il
      @LindaH-zm2il 10 місяців тому

      I thought the ones from London were a bit funny.I especially like the policeman on a bike.

  • @bisedwards6985
    @bisedwards6985 2 місяці тому +1

    Overt racism ruins any enjoyment of this.

  • @ThePiratemachine
    @ThePiratemachine 2 роки тому +3

    Always like Virginia Christine - Judgement At Nuremburg - The Killers - first rate actress.

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 Рік тому

      I agree 100 per cent ! Quite a talented actress & classy lady.

  • @PeterPete
    @PeterPete Рік тому +1

    It's hard to accept Tom Conway died penniless. Zsa Zsa Gabor paid for the costs of his final hospitalisation but Conway decided to up and go and return to his girlfriend's place where he became gravely sick in her bed and eventually died. Similar story happened to his brother, George Sanders.

    • @MoviecraftInc
      @MoviecraftInc  Рік тому

      Interesting history on Tom Conway!

    • @PeterPete
      @PeterPete Рік тому

      @@MoviecraftInc wikipedia!!

    • @kathyflorcruz552
      @kathyflorcruz552 Рік тому +2

      He drank it all away. And George committed suicide unfortunately. Unhappy people for life apparently.

  • @RetiredSchoolCook
    @RetiredSchoolCook Рік тому +1

    😃❤👍

  • @geofromnj7377
    @geofromnj7377 2 роки тому +2

    Sergeant Tim Malony seems a little reluctant to do his job. He moans whenever Inspector Saber asks him to do research or chase down leads. Perhaps the Inspector should consider having another sergeant assigned😀.

  • @tengizbirbachadze6138
    @tengizbirbachadze6138 2 роки тому +1

    👍👍

  • @rubiconklbrutorowman7577
    @rubiconklbrutorowman7577 2 роки тому +5

    VERY likely this movie gave excellent idea Russian assessin killed Putin's crtitique in England, UK.

  • @winniepeg9869
    @winniepeg9869 Рік тому +2

    So bad … but so addictive!!

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 Рік тому

      This series in indeed no classic. But I too found it enjoyable. Low budget & generic but fun. Always enjoyed the performances of the late great Tom Conway. And he's supported by a very talented cast.

  • @terrytay1774
    @terrytay1774 2 роки тому +3

    A hot gdlking guy!

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 Рік тому +1

      He was no Huntz Hall, but he was indeed one handsome chap !

  • @EdelweisSusie
    @EdelweisSusie Рік тому +2

    How thick is that detective????

  • @LauderdaleKeith
    @LauderdaleKeith 2 роки тому +1

    Too many ads

  • @dfsengineer
    @dfsengineer 2 місяці тому +1

    19:00 A FOREIGNER?!? Well, case closed right there!

  • @dubliners0999
    @dubliners0999 2 роки тому +1

    Tom Conway looks as though he's trying to be George Sanders.

    • @scotnick59
      @scotnick59 2 роки тому +2

      George Sanders was his brother: no ____!

    • @scallopohare9431
      @scallopohare9431 2 роки тому

      Think of him as Albert King's opposite number.

    • @DD-sr7no
      @DD-sr7no 2 роки тому +1

      I disagree. When younger both had almost the same voice but Tom Conway was unique in his own personality ... and much better looking than Sanders.

  • @joeh5483
    @joeh5483 4 місяці тому +1

    In the rear view mirror, this show is like a satire of the 1950's... it'd be hilarious on Saturday night live...

  • @williamschlenger1518
    @williamschlenger1518 Місяць тому

    Is the butler Stephen Fetchit

  • @jacksugden8190
    @jacksugden8190 7 місяців тому

    Mumjo - jumble with a black man as a slave butler who should have been the ⭐️ of the show.

  • @josephlemko3027
    @josephlemko3027 2 роки тому +2

    Good cast: Tom Conway, James Burke. Virginia Christine, & Willie Best gone to waste due to a poor script & wooden direction by the usually reliable Eugene Forde.

  • @PeterPete
    @PeterPete Рік тому +6

    Scriptwriting is terrible!! "Better take a look at him, just another drunk, why bother, I really want to get home". Most people would have raced to the fallen guy to see if he was ok especially a detective of the homicide squad.

    • @paulcaron400
      @paulcaron400 4 місяці тому

      I’m not crazy about this show and yes Tom Conway is an alcoholic don’t be so hard on him, it is a disease.

    • @ClaireWright-fd1vq
      @ClaireWright-fd1vq 4 місяці тому

      K

    • @WilliamHampton-m7y
      @WilliamHampton-m7y 3 місяці тому

      It was a half an hour show from the nineteen fifties. Then don't watch it.

    • @PeterPete
      @PeterPete 3 місяці тому

      @@WilliamHampton-m7y i guess you're happy to watch any cr@p!!

  • @VictorSamuelson-nk5nw
    @VictorSamuelson-nk5nw Рік тому

    Boy did they know about the Russian involvement in killing by radiation these writers did they know or?

  • @williamhagen2792
    @williamhagen2792 2 роки тому +2

    Most Bugs Bunny cartoons have a better plot.

    • @kathleenking47
      @kathleenking47 Рік тому

      Saber in London , is better
      With one armed Daniel Gray
      He drives his car..
      It may have been adjusted

  • @markr.devereux3385
    @markr.devereux3385 Місяць тому +1

    NAZI hunter story line . getting creative with the radioactive angle. excellent digital reztoration

  • @كوخعندالشاطيء
    @كوخعندالشاطيء Рік тому +2

    This is America which Trump would return.

  • @josephposavac3767
    @josephposavac3767 5 місяців тому

    Saber talks like an Englishman. Is he?

  • @geofromnj7377
    @geofromnj7377 2 роки тому +4

    This series predated the Civil Rights movement. The portrayal of the butler as both ignorant and obsequious enraged African Americans and both amused white racists and reinforced their racism.

    • @DD-sr7no
      @DD-sr7no 2 роки тому

      True. It was so natural to diminish and make fun of Afro-Americans . Now things are changing ... for the best.

    • @kathyflorcruz552
      @kathyflorcruz552 Рік тому

      Gosh. I guess they shouldn't have worked at acting at ALL then, as 10s of 1000s of OTHER out if work actors did not because they NEVER GOT THE CHANCE OR WERE ABOVE "ACTING".
      Give me a break!! And STOP TREATING BLACKS LIKE DUMB CHILDREN WHO DONT CHOSE THEIR OWN PATH AND NEED YOU TO HOLD THEIR HAND BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO DUMB TO DO IT THEMSELVES!! Apparently you think this was the ONLY type of role they played. That's Well, that's BECAUSE YOU ARE INDEED THE PREJUDICED ONES. THE VIRTUE SIGNALLERS. Just go away. Oh, and by the way - EVERY RACE has stereotypes for a REASON & every race has characters portrayed in show business as those people. EVERY SINGLE ONE.

    • @kathleenking47
      @kathleenking47 Рік тому +2

      Yes, I'm black, and I still think, gangsta rap is similar to ignorant butler....our best time, was before GANGSTA RAP
      However Bryson Gray, is GREAT
      a decent RAP artist

    • @Bigbadwhitecracker
      @Bigbadwhitecracker 3 місяці тому

      Now that you have grandstanded about how utterly brilliant and perfect you are, are you happy?

  • @derekseven1647
    @derekseven1647 Рік тому +3

    Thumbs down for the stereotypical bumbling Butler.

    • @Bigbadwhitecracker
      @Bigbadwhitecracker 3 місяці тому

      Thumbs up because it's Willie Best. He's just doing a Gracie Allen routine.

  • @adelemol
    @adelemol 2 роки тому +1

    Looking much worse for wear