Warner Archive released "
The Philo Vance Murder Case Collection" on February 5. A six-film boxed set on 2-discs.
Included is
THE CASINO MURDER CASE (1935), starring Paul Lukas and Rosalind Russell, and costarring Ted Healy.
Product description posted at MoviesUnlimited.com...
The Philo Vance "Murder Case" Collection
S.S. Van Dine's urbane sleuth, and the many actors who inhabited the role, are spotlighted in these memorable whodunits. Basil Rathbone must stop a serial killer with a "Mother Goose" motif in "The Bishop Murder Case" (1930). Leila Hyams, Roland Young co-star. A drowning death, and some unearthly footprints, challenge Warren William in "The Dragon Murder Case" (1934). Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette co-star. Paul Lukas must uncover the poisoner stalking a wealthy family in "The Casino Murder Case" (1935). Rosalind Russell, Alison Skipworth co-star. Edmund Lowe has to break the spell of a hypnotist driving his victims to suicide in "The Garden Murder Case" (1936). Virginia Bruce, Gene Lockhart co-star. James Stephenson sheds light on the untimely demise of a suspected trafficker in war plans in "Calling Philo Vance" (1940). Two-disc set also includes "The Kennel Murder Case" (1933), with William Powell as Vance. 7 1/4 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Other upcoming Warner Archive Collection box sets include a 9-film "Wheeler & Woolsey" and 12-film "Bowery Boys Vol. 1." (
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