The Canary Murder Case

The Canary Murder Case (1929)

Who killed the most beautiful woman on Broadway?

A beautiful showgirl, name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But who killed "the Canary". All the suspects knew and were used by her and everyone had a motive to see her dead. The only witness to the crime has also been 'rubbed out'. Only one man, the keen, fascinating, debonair detective Philo Vance, would be able to figure out who is the killer.

Date of release
1929-02-16
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (29)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Crime, Mystery
Director
Malcolm St. Clair, Frank Tuttle
Collection
Philo Vance Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

The Canary Murder Case is a 1929 American pre-Code crime-mystery film based on the 1927 novel of the same name by S.S. Van Dine. The film was directed by Malcolm St. Clair, with a screenplay by Wright, Albert Shelby LeVino, and Florence Ryerson. William Powell starred in the role of detective Philo Vance, with Louise Brooks co-starring as "The Canary"; Jean Arthur, James Hall, and Charles Lane also co-starred in other principal roles.

Production

The film was initially produced as a silent picture from September 11 to October 12, 1928, with Malcolm St. Clair directing. However, after production wrapped, Paramount looked to convert all of their silent films in the can into "talkies". Rival studio Warner Bros. had debuted the first full-talking picture Lights of New York earlier that year, and it had proved to be extremely profitable for the studio.

Dubbing and reshoots were complete by December 28. The total cost of the picture, plus sound changes, was no more than $200,000.

Louise Brooks completed her contract for Paramount with the film, and declined to renew it after the studio refused her request for a raise. She left to make two films for director G. W. Pabst in Germany. Paramount cabled her in Berlin, demanding that she return to record her lines. Brooks took the position that she no longer had an obligation to Paramount, and refused.

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