Boston Blackie films
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Boston Blackie, based on the short stories of Jack Boyle, proved to be a popular film character from from 1918 through 1949. Chester Morris is most closely identified with the role . He made 14 films as the reformed "gentleman thief" turned detective for Columbia Pictures. After World War II ended in 1945 Americans became more cynical and the lighter breezy, moralstic style of these films began to lose favor with the public. They were replaced by hard hitting and often unscrupulous detectives like Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade and Mickey Spillane, often in the darker film noir genre. Boston Blackie moved on to television from 1951-1953. Kent Taylor played the lead in 58 episodes.
- See Boston Blackie for an extensive history of print, radio, films and television information on Boston Blackie.
[edit] METRO FILMS
[edit] BOSTON BLACKIE'S LITTLE PAL (1918)
- Silent
- Directed by E. Mason Hopper
- Starring Bert Lytell as BOSTON BLACKIE
- Also Starring
- Rhea Mitchell
Rosemary Theby
Joey Jacobs
Howard Davies
John Burton
Frank Whitson
- Rhea Mitchell
[edit] BLACKIE'S REDEMPTION (1919)
- Silent
- Directed by John Ince
- Starring Bert Lytel as BOSTON BLACKIE
- Also Starring
- Alice Lake
Henry Kolker
Bernard J. Durning
Jack Duffy
William Musgrave
Gertrude Short
Don Bailey
Wilton Taylor
- Alice Lake
[edit] FAMOUS PLAYERS-LASKY CORPORATION FILMS
[edit] MISSING MILLIONS (1922)
- Silent
- Directed by Joseph Henabery
- Starring David Powell as BOSTON BLACKIE
- Also Starring
- Alice Brady
Frank Loose
Riley Hatch
John B. Cooke
William B. Mack
George LeGuere
Alice May
H. Cooper Cliffe
Sydney Deane
Beverly Travers
Sidney Herbert
- Alice Brady
[edit] A FACE IN THE FOG (1922)
- Silent
- Directed by Alan Crosland
- Starring Lionel Barrymore as BOSTON BLACKIE DAWSON
- Also Starring
- Seena Owens
Lowell Sherman
George Nash
Louis Wolheim
Mary McClaren
Macey Harlam
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Joe King
Tom Blake
Marie Burke
Joseph W. Smiley
Martin Faust
Mario Majeroni
- Seena Owens
[edit] UNIVERSAL FILMS
[edit] CROOKED ALLEY (1923)
- Silent
- Directed by Robert F. Hill
- Starring Thomas Carrigan as BOSTON BLACKIE
- Also Starring
- Laura La Plante
Tom Guise
Owen Gorin
Al Hart
- Laura La Plante
[edit] FOX FILMS
[edit] BOSTON BLACKIE (1923)
- Silent
- Directed by Scott R. Dunlap
- Starring William Russell as BOSTON BLACKIE
- Also Starring
- Eva Novak
Frank Brownlee
Otto Matieson
W.C. Robinson
Fred Esmelton
- Eva Novak
[edit] COSMOPOLITAN CORPORATION FILMS
[edit] THROUGH THE DARK(1924)
- Silent
- Directed by George W. Hill
- Starring Forest Stanley as BOSTON BLACKIE
- Also Starring
- Colleen Moore
Margaret Seddon
Hobart Bosworth
George Cooper
Eddie Phillips
Wade Boteler
Tom Bates
Carmelita Geraghty
- Colleen Moore
[edit] CHADWICK PICTURES CORPORATION FILMS
[edit] THE RETURN OF BOSTON BLACKIE (1927)
- Silent
- Directed by Harry O. Hart
- Starring Raymond Glenn/Bob Custer as BOSTON BLACKIE
- Also Starring
- Rosemary Cooper
Coit Albertson
William Worthington
Florence Wix
J.P.Lockney
Violet Palmer
Strongheart the Dog
- Rosemary Cooper
[edit] COLUMBIA FILMS
[edit] MEET BOSTON BLACKIE (1941)
- Directed by Robert Florey
- Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE
- Also starring
- Rochelle Hudson
Richard Lane
Charles Wagenheim
Constance Worth
Jack O'Malley
George MagrillMichael Rand
Walter Sande
- Rochelle Hudson
61 minutes
[edit] CONFESSIONS OF BOSTON BLACKIE (1941)
Directed by Edward Dmytryk Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE Also Starring Harriet Hilliard
Richard Lane
George E. Stone
Lloyd Corrigan
Joan Woodbury
Walter Sande
Ralph Theodore
Kenneth MacDonald
Walter Soderling
William "Billy" Benedict
65 minutes
[edit] ALIAS BOSTON BLACKIE (1942)
Directed by Lew Landers Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE Also starring Adele Mara
Richard Lane
George E. Stone
Lloyd Corrigan
Walter Sande
Larry Parks
Lloyd Bridges
George McKay
Cy Kendall
Paul Fix
Ben Taggart
67 minutes
[edit] BOSTON BLACKIE GOES HOLLYWOOD (1942)
Directed by Michael Gordon Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE Also starring George E. Stone
Richard Lane
Forrest Tucker
Constance Worth
Lloyd Corrigan
William Wright
68 minutes
[edit] AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH BOSTON BLACKIE (1943)
Directed by Lew Landers Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE Also starring Ann Savage
Richard Lane
George E. Stone
Cy Kendall
George McKay
64 minutes

[edit] THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME (1943)
Directed by William Castle Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE Also starring Eric Rolf
Jeanne Bates
Richard Lane
George E. Stone
Lloyd Corrigan
65 minutes
[edit] ONE MYSTERIOUS NIGHT (1944)
Directed by Oscar "Budd" Boetticher Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE Also starring Janis Carter
Richard Lane
William Wright
George E. Stone
Dorothy Malone
Joseph Crehan
61 minutes
[edit] BOSTON BLACKIE BOOKED ON SUSPICION (1945)
Directed by Arthur Dreifuss Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE Also starring Lynn Merrick
Steve Cochran
Richard Lane
Frank Sully
George E. Stone
Lloyd Corrigan
George M. Carleton
George Meader
Douglas Wood
George Lloyd
Robert Williams
Joe Palma
Dan Stowell
Jessie Arnold
66 minutes
[edit] BOSTON BLACKIE'S RENDEZVOUS (1945)
Directed by Arthur Dreifuss Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE Also starring Nina Foch
Steve Cochran
Richard Lane
George E. Stone
Frank Sully
Iris Adrian
64 minutes
[edit] A CLOSE CALL FOR BOSTON BLACKIE (1946)
Directed by Lew Landers Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE Also starring Lynn Merrick
Richard Lane
Frank Sully
George E. Stone
Russell Hicks
60 minutes

[edit] THE PHANTOM THIEF (1946)
Directed by D. Ross Lederman Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE Also starring Jeff Donnell
Richard Lane
Dusty Anderson
George E. Stone
Marvin Miller
Murray Alper
65 minutes
[edit] BOSTON BLACKIE AND THE LAW (1946)
Directed by D. Ross Lederman Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE Also starring Trudy Marshall
Constance Dowling
Richard Lane
George E. Stone
Frank Sully
Warren Ashe
Selmer Jackson
Fred Hecht
Eddie Dunn
Eddie Feterston
Frank O'Conner
Brian O'Hara
66 minutes
[edit] TRAPPED BY BOSTON BLACKIE (1948)
Directed by Seymour Friedman Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE Also starring June Vincent
Patricia White (Barry)
Edward Norris
Richard Lane
George E. Stone
Edward Norris
George E. Stone
Frank Sully
Fay Baker
William Forrest
Sarah Selby
Mary Currier
Pierre Watkin
Ben Welden
Abigail Adams
Ray Harper
67 minutes
[edit] BOSTON BLACKIE'S CHINESE VENTURE (1949)
Directed by Seymour Friedman Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE Also starring Maylia
Richard Lane
Don McGuire
Joan Woodbury
Sidney Tomack
Frank Sully
Charles Arnt
Luis Van Rooten
Philip Ahn
Peter Brocco
Benson Fong
Edgar Dearing
Fred F. Sears
Pat O'Malley
61 minutes

