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The Penguin Pool Murder is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy/mystery film starring Edna May Oliver as Hildegarde Withers, a witness in a murder case at the New York Aquarium, with James Gleason as the police inspector in charge of the case, who investigates with her unwanted help, and Robert Armstrong as an attorney representing Mae ...
Penguin Pool Murder: Directed by George Archainbaud. With Edna May Oliver, Robert Armstrong, James Gleason, Mae Clarke. Shady stockbroker and abusive husband Gerald Parker is found dead in the penguin pool of a NYC aquarium after being knocked cold by his wife's boyfriend.
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- Comedy, Drama, Mystery
- George Archainbaud
- 1932-12-09
New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium.
May 14, 2013 · On a trip to the New York Aquarium with her third-grade class, a teacher discovers a dead body: “One of the world’s shrewdest and most amusing detectives” (The New York Times). For the third graders at Jefferson School, a field trip is always a treat.
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- Stuart Palmer
New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers (Edna May Oliver) assists a detective (James Gleason) with an aquarium corpse.
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- George Archainbaud
- Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
- Edna May Oliver
Penguin Pool Murder, The - (Original Trailer) A feisty school teacher (Edna May Oliver) sets out to solve a murder in an aquarium in The Penguin Pool Murder (1932).
Shady stockbroker and abusive husband Gerald Parker is found dead in the penguin pool of a NYC aquarium after being knocked cold by his wife's boyfriend. The body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium.
