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Philo Vance day on Turner Classic Movies - TCM May 27
It's Philo Vance day on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) with 6 different Vance's available for viewing.
In all there were 15 Vance films: An even dozen based on the writing of Vance creator S.S. Van Dine, which were made between 1929-40. Another 3 were written by others especially for the screen and they were all released in 1947.
Today's schedule follows, but don't forget to scroll down below for a slideshow of vintage collectibles featuring several of the various Vances.
6:30 am "The Bishop Murder Case" (1930) Basil Rathbone
8:00 am "The Kennel Murder Case" (1933) William Powell
9:15 am "The Dragon Murder Case" (1934) Warren William
10:30 am "The Casino Murder Case" (1935) Paul Lukas
12:00 pm "The Garden Murder Case" (1936) Edmund Lowe
1:15 pm "Calling Philo Vance" (1939) James Stephenson
Mainly an author of critical books about the various arts, William Huntington Wright created Vance after a convalescene spent intensively studying crime and detection. Under his penname S.S. Van Dine he published the first of the Vance mysteries, "The Benson Murder Case," in Scribner's Magazine with the title soon published in book form in 1926.
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