Murder with Pictures

Murder with Pictures
Murder with Pictures
Directed by	Charles Barton
Written by	George Harmon Coxe (writer); Jack Moffitt (writer); Sidney Salkow (writer)
Produced by	Edward F. Cline (associate producer); A.M. Botsford (producer)[citation needed] (uncredited)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Ted Tetzlaff
Edited by	James E. Smith
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	September 25, 1936;
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Murder with Pictures is a 1936 American crime-mystery film based on a story by George Harmon Coxe. The film was directed by Charles Barton, the screenplay was written by Jack Moffitt and Sidney Salkow. Lew Ayres starred as Kent Murdock, Gail Patrick starred as Meg Archer; Paul Kelly and Benny Baker also appeared in the film. The film was released September 25, 1936.^[1]^[2]

Plot[edit]

After gangster Nate Girard (Onslow Stevens) is acquitted of the murder of Arch Cusick, his lawyer Stanley Redfield (Ernest Cossart) invites the press to a party at his apartment during which he is killed. At the party newspaper photographer Kent Murdock (Lew Ayres) meets Meg Archer (Gail Patrick) who later escapes to Ayres' apartment in the same building after Redfield is killed. The police suspect Archer is responsible for the murder, but are unable to find her, even though she is hiding in Murdock's shower. Later during the police investigation at Redfield's apartment Murdock finds fellow newspaperman's cap which has a photographic plate hidden inside which can identify the murderer.^[1]^[3]

Cast[edit]

Lew Ayres as Kent Murdock
Gail Patrick as Meg Archer
Paul Kelly as I.B. McGoogin
Benny Baker as Phil Doane
Ernest Cossart as Stanley Redfield
Onslow Stevens as Nate Girard
Joyce Compton as Hester Boone
Anthony Nace as Joe Cusick
Joe Sawyer as Inspector Tom Bacon
Don Rowan as Siki
Frank Sheridan as Police Chief
Irving Bacon as Det. Keogh
Purnell Pratt as Editor

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "At the Rialto". The New York Times. New York City, New York, USA. November 21, 1936. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
^ Coffin, Lesley L. (2012). Lew Ayres, Hollywood's Conscientious Objector. Jackson, Mississippi, USA: University Press of Mississippi. p. 218. ISBN 9781617036385.
^ Langman, Larry (2009). The Media in the Movies, A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900-1996 · Volume 9. Jefferson, North Carolina, USA: McFarland Incorporated Publishers. p. 183. ISBN 9780786440917.

External links[edit]

Murder with Pictures at IMDb
Murder With Pictures at the TCM Movie Database
Murder with Pictures at the American Film Institute Catalog
Murder with Pictures at Rotten Tomatoes
Murder with Pictures is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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[rialto-1] "At the Rialto". The New York Times. New York City, New York, USA. November 21, 1936. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

[2] Coffin, Lesley L. (2012). Lew Ayres, Hollywood's Conscientious Objector. Jackson, Mississippi, USA: University Press of Mississippi. p. 218. ISBN 9781617036385.

[3] Langman, Larry (2009). The Media in the Movies, A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900-1996 · Volume 9. Jefferson, North Carolina, USA: McFarland Incorporated Publishers. p. 183. ISBN 9780786440917.

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