Welcome! The lobby of the Deranged L.A. Crimes theater is open! Grab a bucket of popcorn, some Milk Duds and a Coke and find a seat. Before William Powell was Nick Charles in the THIN MAN series, he was Philo Vance. Tonight’s feature is THE GREENE MURDER CASE, starring William Powell, Jean Arthur, and Florence Eldridge.
Wikipedia says:
Greene Murder Case is a 1929 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Frank Tuttle and stars William Powell in his second Philo Vance outing, Florence Eldridge, and Jean Arthur. It is produced and released on August 11, 1929, by Paramount Pictures and based on the novel The Greene Murder Case, by S.S. Van Dine (Willard Huntington Wright). The novel had been published a year before this film was made.
Thanks! that was fun. A dark Jean Arthur and an always great Eugene Pallette, why not? Plus that memorable actress from Temple Drake (had to look it up but, I knew I knew that face).
And that exterior roof set was wild.
Very interesting. Thanks for posting it. I like very much the Pre code films.