The Canary Murder Case (1929)





A beautiful showgirl, nicknamed 'the Canary', is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and soon ends up dead. But who killed 'the Canary'. All the suspects who knew her had been used by her. The only witness to the crime was also killed. Only one man, debonair detective, Philo Vance, might be able to figure out who silenced 'the Canary'.


Vintage magazines

Photoplay , August 1928
Photoplay , September 1928
Photoplay , January 1929

Photoplay , February 1929
Photoplay , February 1929
Photoplay , February 1929

Photoplay , April 1929

Books with substantial mentioning of The Canary Murder Case

James Robert Parish and Michael R. Pitts
The Great Detective Pictures
Metuchen, N.J. & London, 1990

Books with an entry on The Canary Murder Case

Larry Langman and Daniel Finn
A Guide to American Crime Films of the Thirties
Westport, Connecticut - London, 1995



Year: 1929
Country: United States
 
IMDb: 0019745