TopBilled Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 8th of april murder she said (1961) with margaret rutherford the mad miss manton (1938) with barbara stanwyck the lady vanishes (1938) with margaret lockwood the penguin pool murder (1932) with edna may oliver nancy drew detective (1938) with bonita granville detective kitty o'day (1944) with jean parker smart blonde (1938) with glenda farrell 9th of april the kennel murder case (1933) with william powell the saint in new york (1938) with louis hayward the gay falcon (1942) with george sanders meet bostonblackie (1941) with chester morris footsteps in the dark (1941) with errol flynn the detective (1954) with alec guinness my favorite brunette (1947) with bob hope 10th of april manhattan murder mystery (1993) with woody allen fast company (1938) with melvyn douglas after the thin man (1936) with william powell the ex-mrs. bradford (1935) with jean arthur having wonderful crime (1945) with carole landis mr. and mrs. north (1941) with grace allen haunted honeymoon (1940) with robert montgomery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 TCM's article: http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1477601|0/Amateur-Sleuths-April-8-10.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt_Markoff Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Its a theme of amateur sleuths featured as part of a series of films or are there also amateur sleuths who appeared in just one-off flicks? EDIT: oy nvm I see you reprinted all the titles above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 30 minutes ago, Sgt_Markoff said: Its a theme of amateur sleuths featured as part of a series of films or are there also amateur sleuths who appeared in just one-off flicks? Both. But most of them are titles from various "B" mystery series the studios made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 Though they don't come out and say it directly in the article, the pattern seems to be: Female amateur sleuths (first night) Male amateur sleuths (second night) Sleuthing couples (all heterosexual) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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