The Canary Murder Case (1929)
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.
Directors:
Malcolm St. Clair, Frank Tuttle.
Writer:
Florence Ryerson
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William Powell as Philo Vance |
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James Hall as Jimmie Spottswoode |
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Louise Brooks as The Canary |
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Jean Arthur as Alice LaFosse |
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Charles Lane as Charles Spottswoode |
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Lawrence Grant as John Cleaver |
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Gustav von Seyffertitz as Dr. Ambrose Lindquist |
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E.H. Calvert as District Attorney Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert) |
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Eugene Pallette as Sergeant Heath |
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Ned Sparks as Tony Skeel |
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Louis John Bartels as Louis Mannix |
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Tim Adair as George Y. Harvey (uncredited) |
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Margaret Livingston as Body Double for Louise Brooks (uncredited) |
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Oscar Smith as Stuttering Hallboy (uncredited) |
| Directing | Malcolm St. Clair | Director |
| Directing | Frank Tuttle | Director |
| Writing | Albert S. Le Vino | Adaptation |
| Writing | Florence Ryerson | Screenplay |
| Production | Louis D. Lighton | Associate Producer |
| Writing | S.S. Van Dine | Novel |
| Editing | William Shea | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Travis Banton | Costume Design |
| Camera | Cliff Blackstone | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Harry Fischbeck | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Karl Hajos | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | S.S. Van Dine | Dialogue |
| Crew | Herman J. Mankiewicz | Additional Writing |
