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.

Tonight’s feature is one of my favorite crime dramas from the 1930s, THE KENNEL MURDER CASE, based on the S.S. Van Dine novel of the same name . The film was directed by Michael Curtiz and stars William Powell, and Mary Astor.

Enjoy the film!

WIKIPEDIA says:

Many film historians (including William K. Everson, who pronounced it a “masterpiece” in the August 1984 issue of Films in Review) consider it one of the greatest screen adaptations of a Golden Age mystery novel, and rank it with the 1946 film Green for Danger.

TCM says:

When wealthy, heartless Archer Coe is found dead, ace detective Philo Vance joins forces with his nemesis, police sergeant Ernest Heath, to solve the case. What first appears to be suicide turns out to be not only Coe’s murder, but also the killing of his brother Brisbane. There are several suspects, each with a strong motive: Hilda Lake, Coe’s ward, who deeply disliked her guardian and resented his control of her money; Sir Thomas MacDonald, who planned to marry Hilda, and whose outrage when his prize show dog was killed made him threaten Coe with revenge; Raymond Wrede, Coe’s secretary, who was also in love with Hilda and believed that Coe stood between him and happiness; and Doris Delafield, Coe’s mistress, who was about to run away with her art dealer boyfriend, Eduardo Grassi, when Coe caught them together, canceled a big business deal with Grassi and ended his relationship with Doris.