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The Canary Murder Case is a 1929 American pre-Code crime-mystery film based on the 1927 novel of the same name by S.S. Van Dine (the pseudonym for Willard Huntington Wright).
The beautiful Margaret Odell, famous Broadway beauty and ex-Follies girl known as "The Canary", is found murdered in her apartment. She has a number of men in her life, ranging from high society to gangsters, and more than one man visited her apartment on the night she dies.
- S. S. Van Dine
- 1927
The Canary Murder Case (1929) is a classic mystery film based on the novel by S.S. Van Dine. Watch how detective Philo Vance solves the case of a murdered singer with a long list of suspects. This ...
- 77 min
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Nightclub singer and famed Broadway beauty Margaret Odell, nicknamed “The Canary,” has been found murdered in her apartment, her jewelry stolen. Her death appears to be the result of a robbery gone wrong, and the physical evidence seems to confirm that.
Title: The Canary Murder Case. Summary: 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'.
- 77 min
The Canary Murder Case. By S. S. Van Dine. Table of Contents. Titlepage; Imprint; Epigraph; Introductory; Characters of the Book; The Canary Murder Case. I: The “Canary” II: Footprints in the Snow; III: The Murder; IV: The Print of a Hand; V: The Bolted Door; VI: A Call for Help; VII: A Nameless Visitor; VIII: The Invisible Murderer; IX ...
The Canary Murder Case. Summaries. 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.
