Container of (work): Midnight (Motion picture : 1934) Container of (work): Back page (Motion picture : 1934) Container of (work): Woman in the dark (Motion picture : 1934) Container of (work): Crime of Dr. Crespi (Motion picture) Call it murder.
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Call it murder: Humphrey Bogart, Henry Hull, Sidney Fox, O.P. Heggie, Richard Whorf, Lynn Overman, Granville Bates, Cora Witherspoon, Margaret Wycherly, Moffat Johnson, Henry O'Neil, Helen Flint, Katherine Wilson. Back page: Peggy Shannon, Russell Hopton, Claude Gillingwater, Edwin Maxwell, Sterling Holloway. Woman in the dark: Fay Wray, Ralph Bellamy, Melvyn Douglas, Roscoe Ates, Ruth Gillette, Joe King. The crime of Dr. Crespi: Erich von Stroheim, Harriet Russell, Dwight Frye, Paul Guilfoyle, John Bohn, Geraldine Kay, Jean Brooks, Patsy Berlin, Joe Verdi, Dean Raymond. 'Call it murder' adapted from the Theatre Guild Play "Midnight" by Paul and Claire Sifton. 'Woman in the dark' based on a short story by Dashiell Hammett. 'The crime of Dr. Crespi' suggested by Edgar Allan Poe's "The premature burial." Originally released as motion pictures in 1934-1935. 'Call it murder' originally released as 'Midnight.' "Humphrey Bogart had a supporting though key role. The film was re-released as 'Call It Murder' by Screen Guild Productions (Guaranteed Pictures) in 1949 after Bogart became a star; he was given top billing, although he is present in few scenes and was credited eighth in the original release"--Wikipedia, viewed December 17, 2021. "Preserved by the Academy Film Archive and Blackhawk Films with generous funding from the David Shepard Estate." Full screen. Special features: commentary on 'Call it murder' by author and film scholar Leah Aldridge; commentary on 'Back page' by author and film scholar Emily Carman; commentary on 'Woman in the dark' by crime author and film instructor Jake Hinkson; commentary on 'The crime of Dr. Crespi' by film historian and scholar Jan-Christopher Horak. Accompanying booklet (23 pages) includes essay "Poverty Row film studios in the early 1930s" by Jan-Christopher Horak.
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(1934, 65 min.). Back page / a Keith T. Smith, Modern Sound Pictures Incorporated release ; Pyramid Productions Inc. presents ; original story, Harry E. Chandlee, Douglas W. Churchill ; direction, Anton Lorenze (1934, 74 min.) -- Back page / a Keith T. Smith, Modern Sound Pictures Incorporated release ; Pyramid Productions Inc. presents ; original story, Harry E. Chandlee, Douglas W. Churchill ; direction, Anton Lorenze (1934, 65 min.). (1935, 63 min.). The crime of Doctor Crespi / J.H.A. Pictures present ; Liberty Pictures ; a J.H. Auer production ; story, John H. Auer ; adaptation, Lewis Graham, Edwin Olmstead ; directed by John H. Auer (1934, 69 min.) -- The crime of Doctor Crespi / J.H.A. Pictures present ; Liberty Pictures ; a J.H. Auer production ; story, John H. Auer ; adaptation, Lewis Graham, Edwin Olmstead ; directed by John H. Auer (1935, 63 min.).
Summary:
Call it murder: The foreman of a jury asks questions that send a woman to the electric chair for a murder committed in the heat of passion. On the night of the execution, his actions come back to haunt him. Back page: A young reporter leaves her job at a big city newspaper for a position as the editor of a newspaper in a small California town. Political complications ensue as she struggles to keep the paper from being forced out of business. Woman in the dark: John Bradly, recently released from prison, and attempting to live a quiet life has his plans interrupted by a new love interest and a false murder accusation, causing him to flee the authorities. The crime of Dr. Crespi: The story of a respected surgeon, Dr. Andre Crepi, who, when asked to operate on another surgeon that he believes stole the affection of the woman he loved, invents a serum that will induce a catatonic state, in order to bury his enemy alive.
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