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List Of Comedy-mystery Films
Comedy mystery is a film genre combining elements of comedy and mystery fiction. Though the genre arguably peaked in the 1930s and 1940s, comedy mystery films have been continually produced since. Below is a chronological list of comedy mystery films. 1930s 1930 * '' Ghost Parade'' * '' The Limejuice Mystery or Who Spat in Grandfather's Porridge?'' * '' Raffles'' 1932 * '' The Crooked Circle'' * ''Jewel Robbery'' * ''The Penguin Pool Murder'' * ''Strangers of the Evening'' 1933 *''Whistling in the Dark'' 1934 * '' Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back'' * '' Death on the Diamond'' * ''Murder on the Blackboard'' * ''The Thin Man'' 1935 * ''Murder on a Honeymoon'' * ''One Frightened Night'' * ''Star of Midnight'' * ''Streamline Express'' 1936 * ''The Ex-Mrs. Bradford'' * ''The Mandarin Mystery'' * ''The Princess Comes Across'' * ''Murder on a Bridle Path'' * ''After the Thin Man'' * ''Satan Met a Lady'' 1937 * ''Smart Blonde'' * ''Fly-Away Baby'' * ''The Adventurous Blonde'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Mystery
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film and it is derived from the classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were comedies, as slapstick comedy often relies on visual depictions, without requiring sound. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1930s, comedy films took another swing, as laughter could result from burlesque situations but also dialogue. Comedy, compared with other film genres, puts much more focus on individual stars, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry due to their popularity. In '' The Screenwriters Taxonomy'' (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon a film's atmosphere, character, and story. Therefore the labels "drama" and "comedy" are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder On The Blackboard
''Murder on the Blackboard'' is a 1934 American pre-Code mystery/comedy film starring Edna May Oliver as schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and James Gleason as Police Inspector Oscar Piper. Together, they investigate a murder at Withers' school. It was based on the novel of the same name by Stuart Palmer. It features popular actor Bruce Cabot in one of his first post-''King Kong'' roles, as well as Gertrude Michael, Regis Toomey, and Edgar Kennedy. ''Murder on the Blackboard'' was the second of three films teaming Oliver and Gleason as Withers and Piper, following ''The Penguin Pool Murder'' and preceding '' Murder on a Honeymoon''. Director George Archainbaud also directed the first film in the series.Smith, Richard Harland"Murder on the Blackboard" (article)on TCM.com Plot Miss Withers (Oliver) discovers the dead body of her colleague, music teacher Louise Halloran (Barbara Fritchie), in a schoolroom. She summons her old friend, Inspector Oscar Piper (Gleason), but by the ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satan Met A Lady
''Satan Met a Lady'' is a 1936 American detective film directed by William Dieterle and starring Bette Davis and Warren William. The screenplay by Brown Holmes is a loose adaptation of the 1929 novel '' The Maltese Falcon'' by Dashiell Hammett, (original publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1929) which was previously filmed five years earlier, pre-Code, under its original title directed by Roy Del Ruth and would be remade again five years later by director John Huston with Humphrey Bogart as detective Sam Spade. Plot Private detective Ted Shane returns to work with his former partner Ames, who is not particularly happy about the situation because his wife Astrid dated Ted before they were wed. Valerie Purvis hires the detectives to locate a man called Farrow, and when both Ames and Farrow are found dead, Shane is suspected of both murders. Shane finds his office and apartment have been ransacked and his secretary Miss Murgatroyd has been locked in a closet by Anthony Travers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After The Thin Man
''After the Thin Man'' is a 1936 American murder mystery comedy film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring William Powell, Myrna Loy and James Stewart. A sequel to the 1934 feature ''The Thin Man'', the film presents Powell and Loy as Dashiell Hammett's characters Nick and Nora Charles. The film also features Elissa Landi, Joseph Calleia, Jessie Ralph, Alan Marshal and Penny Singleton (billed under her maiden name as Dorothy McNulty). Plot Nick and Nora Charles return from vacation on New Year's Eve to their home in San Francisco, where Nora's stuffy family expects the couple to join them for a formal dinner. Nick is disliked by Nora's aunt Katherine, the family matriarch, as his immigrant heritage and experience as a "flatfoot" are considered beneath Nora's station. Nora's cousin Selma tells Nora that her husband Robert has been missing for three days. David Graham is Selma's earlier fiancé and an old friend of Nora's family. He offers to pay Robert $25,000 to leave and g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder On A Bridle Path
''Murder on a Bridle Path'' is a 1936 mystery film directed by William Hamilton and Edward Killy, starring James Gleason and Helen Broderick. This film was the fourth production in the Hildegarde Withers series, and the only one in which Broderick played Hildegarde Withers. Plot An apparent accident involving a horse in Central Park leads a police inspector to join forces with a brash amateur detective (Hildegarde Withers, played by Helen Broderick) to solve a woman's death. Cast * James Gleason as Police Inspector Oscar Piper * Helen Broderick as Hildegarde Withers * Sheila Terry as Violet Feverel * Louise Latimer as Barbara Foley, Violet's sister * Owen Davis Jr. as Eddie Fryi * John Arledge as Joey Thomas * John Carroll as Latigo Wells * Leslie Fenton as Don Gregg * Christian Rub as Chris Thomas * Willie Best as High Pockets * John Miltern as Pat Gregg * Spencer Charters as Warden Sylvester Mahoney * James Donlan as Detective Kane * Gustav von Seyffertitz as Doctor Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Princess Comes Across
''The Princess Comes Across'' is a 1936 mystery/comedy film directed by William K. Howard and starring Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray, the second of the four times they were paired together. Lombard, playing an actress from Brooklyn pretending to be a Swedish princess, does a "film-length takeoff" on MGM's Swedish star Greta Garbo.Gehring, Wes D. ''Carole Lombard: The Hoosier Tornado'' Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 2003. pp.136-137 The film was based on the 1935 novel ''A Halálkabin'' by Louis Lucien Rogger, the pseudonym of Laszlo Aigner and Louis Acze. Plot Wanda Nash ( Carole Lombard), an actress from Brooklyn, decides to masquerade as "Princess Olga" from Sweden in order to land a film contract with a big Hollywood studio. On board the liner ''Mammoth'' bound for New York, she runs into King Mantell ( Fred MacMurray), a concertina-playing band leader with a criminal record in his past. Both are blackmailed by Robert M. Darcy (Porter Hall), and after Darc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mandarin Mystery
''The Mandarin Mystery'' is a 1936 American film directed by Ralph Staub, loosely based on ''The Chinese Orange Mystery'', a novel featuring detective character Ellery Queen. Plot summary Two murders are committed and a $50,000 Chinese Mandarin stamp is stolen, tossed around and eventually recovered as an aggregation of costly-stamp counterfeiters are uncovered through the mastermind investigation by Ellery Queen. Cast *Eddie Quillan as Ellery Queen, a mystery writer and amateur detective * Charlotte Henry as Josephine Temple *Rita La Roy as Martha Kirk *Wade Boteler as Inspector Richard Queen, A police inspector, Ellery's father. *Franklin Pangborn as Mellish, the hotel manager * George Irving as Dr. Alexander Kirk * Kay Hughes as Irene Kirk * William Newell as Detective Guffy *George Walcott as Donald Trent * Edwin Stanley as Howard Bronson *Edgar Allen as Detective *Bert Roach * Richard Beach as Reporter * Monte Vandergrift as Detective * Grace Durkin as Girl on Street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ex-Mrs
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 In Film
The following is an overview of 1936 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1936 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January 9 – Silent screen actor John Gilbert, perhaps best known for his appearances in films such as '' The Merry Widow'' and ''The Big Parade'', dies suddenly of a heart attack at his Bel Air home, aged 38. *February 15 – first Republic serial, ''Darkest Africa'', is released. *May 29 – Fritz Lang's first Hollywood film, '' Fury'', starring Spencer Tracy and Bruce Cabot, is released. *September 14 – Film producer Irving Thalberg, often referred by many as the "Boy Wonder of Hollywood", dies from pneumonia at his home in Santa Monica, aged 37. Academy Awards * Best Picture: ''The Great Ziegfeld'' – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer * Best Director: Frank Capra – ''Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'' * Best Actor: Paul Muni – ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streamline Express
''Streamline Express'' is a 1935 American comedy drama film directed by Leonard Fields, starring Victor Jory, Evelyn Venable and Esther Ralston, distributed by Mascot Pictures. The film is an adaptation of '' Twentieth Century'', released the previous year, in which Ralph Forbes appears in a similar role. Plot Broadway star Patricia Wallace (Evelyn Venable) quits her Broadway show to run off with wealthy Fred Arnold (Ralph Forbes). Her director Jimmy Hart ( Victor Jory) follows them aboard a futuristic super-speed monorail, the ''Streamline Express''. In its non-stop trip from New York City to Los Angeles in 20 hours, the double-decker ''Express'' can reach speeds up to 160 miles per hour. Meanwhile, also aboard is John Bradley (Clay Clement) and his mistress Elaine Vincent ( Esther Ralston), but Bradley's wife Mary ( Erin O'Brien-Moore) ends up on the train as well. When Elaine gives her crooked pal Gilbert Landon (Sidney Blackmer) a diamond pendant given her by Bradley, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Of Midnight
''Star of Midnight'' is a 1935 American mystery comedy film directed by Stephen Roberts. William Powell was loaned out to RKO Pictures from MGM to star with Ginger Rogers. Plot New York lawyer and playboy Clay "Dal" Dalzell (William Powell) is asked by old friend Tim Winthrop (Leslie Fenton) to locate his girlfriend Alice, who mysteriously disappeared in Chicago a year ago. Winthrop cannot stop thinking about her and believes she is in New York. Along with Donna Mantin (Ginger Rogers), who has romantic designs on him, "Dal" attends a hit stage show called "Midnight" that stars a masked actress, Mary Smith (Bess Flowers), who vanishes in mid-performance when Winthrop recognizes her and blurts out the name Alice. Gossip columnist Tommy Tennant (Russell Hopton) claims to have discovered a vital clue to the mystery, but before he can reveal it, he is shot in Dal's suite. Dal is the main suspect, but Inspector Doremus ( J. Farrell MacDonald) does not believe him to be guilty, and g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Frightened Night
''One Frightened Night'' is a 1935 American comedy mystery film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Charley Grapewin, Lucien Littlefield and Mary Carlisle. The film has entered the public domain. Plot Faced with an upcoming inheritance tax, multimillionaire Jasper Whyte summons a group of people to his mansion to announce that he is leaving each of them one million dollars. This changes when he discovers a long lost granddaughter Doris Waverly who comes to his mansion; Jasper decides to leave his total fortune to her. Another Doris Waverly comes to the mansion and a murder is committed. Cast *Charley Grapewin as Jasper Whyte *Lucien Littlefield as Dr. Denham *Mary Carlisle as The Second Doris Waverly *Regis Toomey as Tom Dean *Arthur Hohl as Arthur Proctor *Fred Kelsey as Sheriff Jenks *Evalyn Knapp as The Fake Doris Waverly * Clarence Wilson as Mr. Felix *Wallace Ford as Joe Luvalle * Adrian Morris as Deputy Abner *Hedda Hopper Hedda Hopper (born Elda Furry; May 2, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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