Summary
The Bishop murder case: Detective Philo Vance must find a murderer who calls himself Bishop and who marks his victims with a note containing a nursery rhyme excerpt.The Kennel murder case: Philo Vance investigates when "one of the Coe brothers is found dead in his bedroom, locked from the inside, and the other brother is found the next morning dead in the downstairs closet. There is also the clue of a wounded Doberman Pinscher, a mysteriously broken piece of priceless Chinese porcelain, and a cast of suspicious family members, servants and associates"--Wikipedia, viewed May 1, 2015.
The Dragon murder case: "Montague disappears after diving into a natural pool of water on an estate. Several people dive in, but there is no trace of him. Philo Vance and the District Attorney come to investigate and decide to drain the pool. They are told that there were craters in the pool, and sure enough Montague's body is found at the bottom of a very deep one. His body has claw marks on it, consistent with the superstition that a dragon inhabits the pool"--Wikipedia, viewed May 1, 2015.
The Casino murder case: Vance investigates a series of murders with poison within the same family.
The Garden murder case: Vance suspects a woman is behind a series of murders that were originally thought to be suicides. He has several candidates who have motives, but is that the direction the investigation should be going?
Calling Philo Vance: "Vance is on international assignment from the United States government to investigate traffic in wartime aircraft designs"--Wikipedia, viewed May 1, 2015.
Contents
disc 1.The Bishop murder case (87 min.) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; adaptation, scenario and dialogue by Lenore J. Coffee ; screen direction, Nick GrindeĢThe Kennel murder case (73 min.) / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & the Vitaphone Corp. present ; directed by Michael Curtiz ; screen play by Robert N. Lee & Peter Milne
disc 2. The Dragon murder case (66 min.) / First National Pictures, Inc. present ; directed by H. Bruce Humberstone ; screen play by F. Hugh Herbert & Robert N. Lee
The Casino murder case (82 min.) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; directed by Edwin L. Marin ; produced by Lucien Hubbard ; screen play by Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf
disc 3. The Garden murder case (61 min.) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; directed by Edwin L. Marin ; produced by Lucien Hubbard and Ned Marin ; screen play by Bertram Millhauser
Calling Philo Vance (62 min.) / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. presents ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; screen play by Tom Reed ; directed by William Clemens.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Vance, Philo (Fictitious character)
-- Drama.
Murder -- Investigation -- Drama. Private investigators -- Drama. Detective and mystery films. Film adaptations. Feature films. Film remakes. Fiction films. |
| Publisher | Burbank, CA :Distributed by Warner Home Video,2013 |
| Edition | Full screen. |
| Other Titles | Bishop murder case (Motion picture) Bishop murder case (Motion picture) Kennel murder case (Motion picture) Dragon murder case (Motion picture) Casino murder case (Motion picture) Garden murder case (Motion picture) Calling Philo Vance (Motion picture) Bishop murder case. Kennel murder case. Dragon murder case. Casino murder case. Garden murder case. |
| Contributors |
Grinde, Nick,
1894-1979, director. Coffee, Lenore, screenwriter. Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967, actor. Young, Roland, 1887-1953, actor. Hyams, Leila, 1905-1977, actor. Marion, George F., 1860-1945, actor. Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962, director. McWade, Robert, 1872-1938, actor. Lee, Robert N. (Robert Nelson), 1890-1964, screenwriter. Milne, Peter, 1896-1968, screenwriter. Powell, William, 1892-1984, actor. Astor, Mary, 1906-1987, actor. Pallette, Eugene, 1889-1954, actor. Humberstone, H. Bruce, 1901-1984, director. Herbert, F. Hugh (Frederick Hugh), 1897-1958, screenwriter. William, Warren, 1895-1948, actor. Lindsay, Margaret, 1910-1981, actor. Talbot, Lyle, actor. Marin, Edwin L., 1901-1951, director. Hubbard, Lucien, 1889-1971, screenwriter. Ryerson, Florence, screenwriter. Woolf, Edgar Allan, screenwriter. Lukas, Paul, 1894-1971, actor. Skipworth, Alison, 1863-1952, actor. Cook, Donald, 1901-1961, actor. Lowe, Edmund, 1890-1971, actor. Russell, Rosalind, actor. Marin, Ned, director. Millhauser, Bertram, 1892-1958, screenwriter. Bruce, Virginia, 1910-1982, actor. Hume, Benita, actor. Walton, Douglas, 1896-1961, actor. Clemens, William, 1905-1980, director. Pendleton, Nat, 1895-1967, actor. Reed, Tom, 1901-1961, screenwriter. Stephenson, James, 1888-1941, actor. Stevenson, Margot, actor. O'Neill, Henry, 1891-1961, actor. Brophy, Edward, 1895-1960, actor. Bromley, Sheila, 1911-2003, actor. Van Dine, S. S. Bishop murder case. Van Dine, S. S. Kennel murder case. Van Dine, S. S. Dragon murder case. Van Dine, S. S. Casino murder case. Van Dine, S. S. Garden murder case. Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979, composer. Axt, William, 1882-1959, composer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, distributor. Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), production company. Vitaphone Corp., production company. First National Pictures, Inc., production company. Warner Home Video (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
The Bishop murder case: Basil Rathbone, Roland Young, Leila Hyams, George F. Marion. The Kennel murder case: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Morgan, Robert McWade. The Dragon murder case: Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Eugene Pallette. The Casino murder case: Paul Lukas, Alison Skipworth, Donald Cook, Rosalind Russell. The Garden murder case: Edmund Lowe, Virginia Bruce, Benita Hume, Douglas Walton, Nat Pendleton. Calling Philo Vance: James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O'Neil, Edward Brophy, Sheila Bromley. |
| Other Contributors |
The Bishop murder case: director of photography, Roy Overbaugh ; editor, William Le Vanway. The Kennel murder case: director of photography, William Reese ; editor, Harold McLernon. The Dragon murder case: director of photography, Tony Gaudio ; editor, Terry Morse. The Casino murder case: director of photography, Charles Clarke ; editor, Conrad A. Nervig ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin. The Garden murder case: director of photography, Charles Clark ; editor, Ben Lewis ; music, William Axt Calling Philo Vance: director of photography, L. Wm. O'Connell ; editors, Benjamin Liss, Louis Lindsay. |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
Six motion pictures originally released between 1930 and 1940. Based on the bestselling novels by S.S. Van Dine. Calling Philo Vance: a remake of the 1933 film The Bishop murder case. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; full-screen 4x3, 1.37:1; Dolby Digital 2.0 remastered from a mono. soundtrack. |
| Description |
3 videodiscs (approximately 430 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |