Philo Vance

Posted by semoshorts on May 25, 2014 at 11:54am

The recent posting of the Thin Man collection reminded me of Powell's earlier detective series in which he played Philo Vance - also portrayed by William Warren who in turn also portrayed Perry Mason in at least one film that I'm aware of.  Any and all would be muchly appreciated. Thanks 

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  • Riklaa May 25, 2014 at 9:43pm

    here are 6 Radio shows at the link in Whodunit folder

    Philo Vance OTR Radio Shows

    • Anson (Bob) Roberts > Riklaa May 26, 2014 at 3:33pm

      The nearly complete Philo Vance radio series was presented by the OTRRG.  It's probably still at archive.org

    • semoshorts > Riklaa May 26, 2014 at 5:16am

      Thanks Rick. Its been a while since I've listen to these episodes.

  • Anson (Bob) Roberts May 25, 2014 at 3:14pm

    There are two early Powell Vance movies at archive.org (Kennel Murder Case and Canary Murder Case), as well as one at YouTube (Greene Murder Case).

    There's also a very funny Gracie Allen spoof of the Vance series at YouTube. It's not the usual Gracie-as-sidekick stuff of Burns and Allen. Gracie stars in this one and does well.

    • semoshorts > Anson (Bob) Roberts May 25, 2014 at 4:36pm

      I watched the Gracie Allen film last week.  Some good lines in it especially when she continually refers to Vance as Fido. 

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