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Release Date: 1929

Cast: Louise Brooks, William Powell, Jean Arthur

Categories: Movies, Thriller, Detective fiction, Detective, Black-and-white, Mystery, Crime Thriller

The Canary Murder Case (1929) is a crime/mystery film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Malcolm St. Clair and Frank Tuttle. The screenplay was written by Willard Huntington Wright (as S.S. Van Dine), Albert S. Le Vino and Florence Ryerson, based on novel The Canary Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine. It was the first film in the series of Philo Vance films adapted from the novels, starring William Powell as Philo Vance, Louise Brooks as the Canary and Jean Arthur. This film became notorious as the film where Brooks—having left for Germany to make two films for director G. W. Pabst --... MORE

The Canary Murder Case (1929) is a crime/mystery film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Malcolm St. Clair and Frank Tuttle. The screenplay was written by Willard Huntington Wright (as S.S. Van Dine), Albert S. Le Vino and Florence Ryerson, based on novel The Canary Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine. It was the first film in the series of Philo Vance films adapted from the novels, starring William Powell as Philo Vance, Louise Brooks as the Canary and Jean Arthur. This film became notorious as the film where Brooks—having left for Germany to make two films for director G. W. Pabst -- refused to return to the U.S. to dub her dialogue for the sound version. Paramount Pictures had already tried to strong-arm Brooks after the film was made, because her option was up as they weren't going to give her a pay raise and offered her to stay on at the studio for the same weekly salary, which she refused. So in effect, the contract was mutually terminated. When leaving the USA, she was under no contractual obligation to her former employer. Months later with the phenomenon of sound coming into vogue, Paramount decided to re-shoot some scenes with dialogue to compete with other studios LESS