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The Crime Club
''The Crime Club'' was an imprint of the Doubleday publishing company, which later spawned a 1946-47 anthology radio series, and a 1937-1939 film series. Literature Many classic and popular works of detective and mystery fiction had their first U.S. editions published via the Crime Club, including all 50 books of The Saint by Leslie Charteris (1928-1983). The imprint also published first editions in Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu series. The Crime Club began life in 1928 with the publication of ''The Desert Moon Mystery'' by Kay Cleaver Strahan, and ceased publication in 1991. In the intervening 63 years, The Crime Club published 2,492 titles. Radio Stories from this imprint were first dramatized on ''The Eno Crime Club'', a detective series broadcast on CBS from February 9, 1931 to December 21, 1932, sponsored by Eno Effervescent Salts. The Crime Club novels were not adapted for the later ''Eno Crime Clues'', heard on the Blue Network from January 3, 1933 to June 30. 1936. ''The Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headed For A Hearse
''Headed for a Hearse'' is a murder mystery by Jonathan Latimer, the second in the series to feature Detective Bill Crane. It was first published by Doubleday Doran as part of the Crime Club in 1935. In 1937 it served as the basis for the film, ''The Westland Case''. The novel In his 1990 introduction to the novel, Max Allan Collins locates the book as a typical fiction of the 1930s, but one that straddles genres in a "successful melding of the hardboiled novel and the classic drawing room mystery". It is of its time, the era of the Great Depression in the United States, in its compensatory descriptions of conspicuous consumption, the wealthy lifestyle and lavish dining of the rich. But it also contains an element of exaggerated parody, not just of the tough talking and alcoholic exploits of the American detective team, but also of the tradition of the English detective novel. In place of Sherlock Holmes resorting to his armchair, stimulated to an exercise in pure rationality by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s American Radio Programs
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Publishing Company Imprints
A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physical arrangement is ''codex'' (plural, ''codices''). In the history of hand-held physical supports for extended written compositions or records, the codex replaces its predecessor, the scroll. A single sheet in a codex is a leaf and each side of a leaf is a page. As an intellectual object, a book is prototypically a composition of such great length that it takes a considerable investment of time to compose and still considered as an investment of time to read. In a restricted sense, a book is a self-sufficient section or part of a longer composition, a usage reflecting that, in antiquity, long works had to be written on several scrolls and each scroll had to be identified by the book it contained. Each part of Aristotle's ''Physics'' is called a bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collins Crime Club
Collins Crime Club was an imprint of British book publishers William Collins, Sons and ran from 6 May 1930 to April 1994. Throughout its 64 years the club issued a total of 2,012in "The Hooded Gunman -- An Illustrated History of Collins Crime Club", by John Curran, both in the dust jacket, and in page 388 first editions of crime novels and reached a high standard of quality throughout. In the field of crime book collecting, Collins Crime Club is eagerly sought, particularly pre-war first editions in dustwrappers with their vivid and imaginative images. History Customers registered their name and address with the club and were sent a newsletter every three months which advised them of the latest books which had been or were to be issued. Collins' intention was to publish three new crime books on the first Monday of every month. All three books were supposedly picked by a panel of experts (only one of whom seems to have been named — Cyril Alington) and they chose for each mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Witness Vanishes
''The Witness Vanishes'' is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett and starring Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie, and Bruce Lester. Cast list Production In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with Crime Club, who were published of whodunnits. Over the next few years Universal released several mystery films in the series. ''The Witness Vanishes'' was the last film in the series.The film was inspired by James Ronald's magazine serial ''They Can't Hang Me!'' which was the films working title. Release ''The Witness Vanishes'' was released by Universal Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Ameri ... on September 22, 1939. References Footnotes Sources * External links * * 1939 mystery films American mystery drama films American black-and-white f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of Fear (1939 Film)
''The House of Fear'' is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Joe May and starring William Gargan, Irene Hervey and Dorothy Arnold. After an actor is killed during the middle of a play the theatre is closed. A year later a young producer re-assembles the cast and re-opens the theatre, intending to the stage the same play performed on the night of the murder. Originally set for a filming schedule of 10 days and $10,000, the film went over budget and over schedule. On its release, it received positive reviews from ''Variety'', ''The Hollywood Reporter'' and ''The New York Daily News''. Main cast Production ''The House of Fear'' began production on March 16, 1939, with a budget just over $100,000. The film entered production under the title ''Backstage Phantom'', the title of the source novel by Wadsworth Camp the film was adapted from and was based on the story and play "The Last Warning" by Thomas F. Fallon. The film was part of the Crime Club mystery series. 11 films were m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inside Information (1939 Film)
''Inside Information'' is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Charles Lamont. The film stars Dick Foran, Harry Carey, and June Lang. It was released on June 2, 1939. During production, the working title of the film was ''Metropolitan Police''. Cast * Dick Foran as Danny Blake * Harry Carey as Captain Bill Dugan * June Lang as Kathleen Burke * Mary Carlisle as Crystal * Addison Richards as Banford, aka Max Stockton * Joe Sawyer as Grazzi * Grant Richards as Charles Bixby * Selmer Jackson as Huxley * Paul McVey as Crawford * Frederick Burton as Commissioner Fenton Production In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with Crime Club, who were published of whodunnits. Over the next few years Universal released several mystery films in the series. The film was developed under the title ''Metropolitan Police''. ''Inside Information'' was based on an unpublished novel "47th Precinct" by Burnet Hershey and Martin Mooney. Mooney was a real-life New York City crime reporter who we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery Of The White Room
''Mystery of the White Room'' is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett and starring Bruce Cabot, Helen Mack and Joan Woodbury.Weaver & Brunas p.441 A surgeon is killed during the middle of an operation when the hospital room is thrown into darkness. The police investigate to find out who is behind the murder. Cast * Bruce Cabot as Dr. Bob Clayton * Helen Mack as Carole Dale * Joan Woodbury as Lila Haines * Constance Worth as Ann Stokes * Thomas E. Jackson as Sergeant Macintosh Spencer * Tom Dugan as Hank Manley * Mabel Todd as Dora Stanley * Roland Drew as Dr. Norman Kennedy * Addison Richards as Dr. Finley Morton * Frank Reicher as Dr. Amos Thornton * Frank Puglia as Tony * Don Porter Donald Cecil Porter (September 24, 1912 – February 11, 1997) was an American stage, film and television actor. On television, he played Peter Sands, the boss of Ann Sothern's character on ''Private Secretary'', and Russell Lawrence, the wi ... as Dr. Donald F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Warning (1938 Film)
''The Last Warning'' is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by Edmund Hartmann. It is based on the 1938 novel ''The Dead Don't Care'' by Jonathan Latimer. The film stars Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Kay Linaker, E. E. Clive, Joyce Compton and Frances Robinson. The film was released on January 6, 1939, by Universal Pictures. Plot Detective Bill Crane and his sidekick Doc Williams are hired by John Essex who has been receiving threatening letters, they are sent to his uncle's country estate to investigate and soon enough his sister Linda is kidnapped. Cast Production In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with the Crime Club, who were published of whodunnits A ''whodunit'' or ''whodunnit'' (a colloquial elision of "Who asdone it?") is a complex plot-driven variety of detective fiction in which the puzzle regarding who committed the crime is the main focus. The reader or viewer is provided with the .... Over the next few years Universal re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambling Ship (1938 Film)
''Gambling Ship'' is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Aubrey Scotto and written by Alex Gottlieb. The film stars Robert Wilcox, Helen Mack, Edward Brophy, Irving Pichel, Joe Sawyer and Selmer Jackson. The film was released on December 16, 1938, by Universal Pictures. Plot Gambler helps a debt-ridden orphanage that was started by his late wife. Cast Production Production began on the film in early November 1938. The film was part of the Crime Club mystery series. 11 films were made in the series between 1937 and 1939. Release ''Gambling Ship'' was distributed by Universal Pictures Company, Inc. on December 16, 1938. Reception From contemporary reviews, a reviewer in ''Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...'' described the film as a "dawdling che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Express (film)
''The Last Express'' is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett and written by Edmund Hartmann. It is based on the 1937 novel ''The Last Express'' by Baynard Kendrick. The film stars Kent Taylor, Dorothea Kent, Don Brodie, Paul Hurst, Addison Richards, Greta Granstedt, Robert Emmett Keane and J. Farrell MacDonald. The film was released on October 28, 1938, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast Production In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with the Crime Club, who were publishers of whodunnits. Over the next few years Universal released several mystery films in the series. ''The Last Express'' was one of the entries in the series. Release ''The Last Express'' opened in New York in the week of October 12, 1938. It was released further on October 28, 1938. Reception Archer Winsten of the ''New York Post The ''New York Post'' (''NY Post'') is a conservative daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. The ''Post'' also operates NYPost.com, the cel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
