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	Newport Vintage Books - Mystery Dustjackets - S. S. Van Dine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Philo Vance is a brilliant, debonair, and cultured young gentleman, whose astonishing methods of crime detection are based on the solid foundation of learning and psychological analysis; and his deductive approach to criminal problems, coupled with his vivid and magnetic personality., constitutes an entirely new and, we believe, better type of detective-mystery fiction.
		Philo Vance, the psycho-sleuth, is invited to aid his friend Markham, the district attorney, and Sergeant Heath of the Homicide Bureau in their efforts to discover the murderer of the Canary, a noted Broadway blonde who is found strangled in her apartment on West 71st Street.
		Philo Vance is immediately called in, and actually witnesses one of the coups of the murderer.
	home.comcast.net /~dustjackets/subjects/mysteries/gallery_DJ_VanDine.htm (1745 words)

	Philo Vance -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Philo Vance was a (additional info and facts about fictional) fictional (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American (A police officer who investigates crimes) detective created by (United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)) S.
		To most modern readers his character would be supercilious and highly irritating.
		He struck some contemporaries that way, as well: At the height of Philo Vance's popularity, comic poet (United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971)) Ogden Nash wrote:
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/ph/philo_vance.htm (358 words)

	Thrilling Days of Yesteryear : Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
		Vance was described in this and subsequent novels as a wealthy connoisseur of the arts who dabbled in amateur detection, often assisting the district attorney in investigating crimes.
		The Vance novels (a total of nine in all) were later adapted successfully for the silver screen, with a number of actors offering their interpretation of the famed sleuth including William Powell (who made the most Vance features, including the classic The Kennel Murder Case), Basil Rathbone, Warren William, and Edmund Lowe.
		Philo Vance resurfaced again July 23, 1946 for a brief ABC West Coast series, the details as to the length of its run and its cast/crew unfortunately remain unknown.
	blogs.salon.com /0003139/2004/02/23.html (897 words)

	The Canary Murder Case - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Philo Vance is able to identify the Canary's killer, but unable of course to bring her or her boyfriend back to life.
		This is the book that made Van Dine famous, becoming an immense best seller; it also started a popular series of films, with William Powell as Philo Vance.
		A differing view suggests that this novel is primarily of interest as a classic puzzle mystery with an interesting mechanical solution that was strikingly original at the time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Canary_Murder_Case (378 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It was Vance who enlightened me. He stood contemplating the huddled body of the dead man, and slowly his eyes shifted to the serene sculpture--a brown limestone carving of a man with a jackal's head, holding a sceptre.
		Vance in the meantime had been bending over Kyle's body with an intentness that puzzled me. Presently his eyes narrowed slightly and he went down on one knee, thrusting his head forward to within a foot of the floor.
		Vance had already drawn up a second chair beside the one on which he had stood during his inspection of the top of the cabinet; and he now made a beckoning gesture to the Egyptian.
	gutenberg.net.au /ebooks02/0200361.txt (21731 words)

	Search Results for "Vance"
		Vance, Cyrus Roberts, 1917-2002, U.S. secretary of state (1977-80), b.
		Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-94, American political leader, Confederate governor of North Carolina (1862-65) in the Civil War, b.
		The Museum of the Cherokee Strip, of which Enid was a part, is in the city.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=Vance (236 words)

	Philo Vance Detective Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Vance was right, of course, but it's absurd that on the basis of this deduction he said "No woman could possibly have committed this crime." There is some nice contrivance of alternate possible solutions.
		Vance, of course, is revealed in this book as knowing how to read Egyptian hieroglyphics among all his other accomplishments ("I'm a little rusty as to the syntax but I can do a rough translation").
		She would have fit in back in the Philo Vance days, so I'm glad to say that there is still an occasional survival of that era in NY.
	www.mysterylist.com /vance.htm (3904 words)

	The Bishop Murder Case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Vance, Markham and Detective Heath interview all the people who knew Robin or may have seen something that morning: Professor Dillard, his niece Belle, Prof.
		Pardee and the servants in the Dillard house.
		Philo Vance has been described as pompous, nonchalant, whimsical, and affectatious: a young aristocrat "who constantly injects his knowledge of the most esoteric subjects, particularly those relating to art, music, religion, and philosophy, into murder investigations."
	basilrathbone.net /films/bishopmurdercase (888 words)

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		Philo Vance is an amateur detective who assists the district attorney with his investigations.
		NBC was the first to bring Vance to the airwaves, airing a Summer series from 07/05/45 to 09/27/45 with Jose Ferrer starring as Vance.
		It wasn't until 1948, after the last Philo Vance movie was made, that Frederick Ziv syndicated a series starring Jackson Beck as Vance with Joan Alexander as his secretary.
	www.old-time.com /otrlogs2/pv_.log.txt (521 words)

	Philo Vance OTR MP3 List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Philo Vance was the detective creation of S. Van Dine first published in the mid 1920's.
		Vance, in the original books, is an intellectual so highly refined he's seems he might be ghostwritten by P.
		Philo Vance, the radio series, does pay homage to the original books in that both were, even in their own time, a bit out of date and stilted.
	www.otrcat.com /philovance.htm (397 words)

	The Bishop Murder Case (1930 b 87') (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Detective Philo Vance (Basil Rathbone) investigates the murder of Robin and says that he was not killed by an arrow, though Sergeant Heath (James Donlan) believes that Sperling is guilty.
		Vance questions Miss Drukker (Zelda Sears) about her brother Adolph Drukker (George F. Marion), who says he heard a scream and was in his room.
		Vance notes that Purdee was beaten by a fl bishop in recent chess tournaments.
	www.san.beck.org /MM/1930/BishopMurderCase.html (425 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: The Kennel Murder Case / Nancy Drew, Reporter review
		The first feature is The Kennel Murder Case, which is considered by many the best of the Philo Vance series, and is William Powell's last turn in the role (a year later he would become Nick Charles in "The Thin Man").
		Vance has to untangle an intricate web of conflicting clues to sort out which of Coes' many enemies did the deed.
		With thirteen other films in the Philo Vance series to choose from, the biggest mystery on this disc is why Roan chose to saddle the great Philo Vance with the grim Nancy Drew.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video/kennelmurdercase.htm (704 words)

	PHILO VANCE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Vance appeared to be asking questions, and although I was not close enough to hear their conversation, I caught several words and phrases--"trajectory," "muzzle velocity," "angle of fire," "impetus," "impact," "deflection," and the like--and wondered what on earth had prompted this strange interrogation.
		Vance and I were now left alone in the room with Heath and the district attorney, and, as if by common impulse, we all settled ourselves in chairs, Vance taking one near the dining room door directly facing the chair in which Benson had been murdered.
		Vance had sat through the questioning of McLaughlin with drowsy inattention--I doubt if he even heard more than the first few words of the officer's report--and now, with a stifled yawn, he rose and, sauntering to the center table, picked up one of the cigarette butts that had been found in the fireplace.
	gutenberg.net.au /ebooks02/0200341h.html (20288 words)

	AMCTV.com SHOW - Philo Vance Returns
		Philo Vance - Though several actors took turns playing the title role, William Powell is best remembered as S. Van Dine's refined, sophisticated sleuth, starring in the first three Paramount whodunits (1929's Canary Murder Case; 1929's The Greene Murder Case; and 1930's Bishop Murder Case).
		The body count was often high in the Philo Vance films; in The Greene Murder Case, no fewer than 10 corpses pile up.
		Calling Philo Vance with James Stephenson was the last entry by a major studio.
	www.amctv.com /show/detail?CID=4637-1-1 (171 words)

	S.S. Van Dine
		Vance is a wealthy connoisseur of the arts, and amateur detective who assists the district attorney with his investigations.
		Van Dine's portrait of a reasoning mind in his depiction of Philo Vance's solving the mystery is genuinely impressive, and combined with Vance's rich verbal fluency forms a believable portrait of human Intellect at work.
		Vance is able to identify the Canary's killer, but unable of course to bring her or her boyfriend back to life.
	members.aol.com /MG4273/vandine.htm (2762 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Philo Vance was a hit with the public and Willard was finally a success.
		The second Philo Vance was Basil Rathbone in The Bishop Murder Case (1930).
		By the 1960s both Willard and Philo Vance were pretty much forgotten by the readers of detective fiction.
	members.aol.com /wmtienken/issue127.html (2424 words)

	The Kennel Murder Case (1933 b 73') (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Philo questions Raymond and the cook Liang, who tells what he saw and how he took the poker and the vase fragments.
		Philo explains what the killer did, what Archer did before he died, and how Brisbane shot the dead Archer before locking the room and being killed by the murderer, who returned from next door to finish off Archer.
		Philo incites an argument between Raymond and Tom in which Raymond assaults Tom and reaches for the poker.
	www.san.beck.org /MM/1933/KennelMurderCase.html (428 words)

	The Kennel Murder Case on DVD - MovieWeb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Vance senses foul play at a Long Island kennel club, where two brothers with membership in the club have been killed.
		The ever-adaptable Vance manages to indulge his love for canines while trying to deduce who the killer is before he or she strikes again.
		Powell's Philo Vance is as smooth as vintage cognac, and Curtiz (THE SEA HAWK) flawlessly weaves sophisticated comedy into the thrilling tale of murder and intrigue.
	movieweb.com /dvd/dvd.php?057229970751 (218 words)

	MTV.com - Movies - Philo Vance's Secret Mission
		Philo Vance (Alan Curtis) is hired by a magazine publisher, ostensibly as a technical advisor for a crime periodical.
		Vance gets to the bottom of things with the dubious help of his pretty secretary (Sheila Ryan).
		Philo Vance's Secret Mission was the fourteenth and final Hollywood film based on Van Dyne's creation.
	www.mtv.com /movies/movie/70385/plot.jhtml (167 words)

	Calling Philo Vance (1940) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Plot Summary: Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers...
		Calling Philo Vance after a brief prologue updating the story to have Vance working for the State Department investigating the theft of airplane designs, it becomes almost a word for word remake of The Kennel Murder Case.
		Philo Vance would soon fade from the screen.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0032299 (278 words)

	Welcome to the Tucson Citizen
		He's Philo Sanchez from Sunnyside High School and brace yourself: He wants to be an orthodontist.
		Philo ran for 4,843 career yards at Sunnyside, was the most valuable player of the state championship game as a senior and the Tucson Citizen student athlete of the year in 2001.
		Arizona didn't offer Philo a scholarship out of high school, and ASU was lukewarm, so he wound up at NAU.
	www.tucsoncitizen.com /index.php?page=college&story_id=091005c1_alongsat (477 words)

	Philo Vance - TheBestLinks.com - Ogden Nash, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, Manhattan, Stub, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Philo Vance - TheBestLinks.com - Ogden Nash, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, Manhattan, Stub,...
		Philo Vance, Ogden Nash, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, Manhattan, Stub...
		For a few years he was immensely popular in books, movies, and on the radio.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Philo_Vance.html (138 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Kennel Murder Case (1933) (B&W) (REGION 1) (NTSC): DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		S.S. Van Dine's Philo Vance is almost forgotten today but the dapper detective was adapted to film several times.
		Powell's Vance is uptown, cool as a cucumber and fun to watch as he's always one step ahead of everyone else.
		Vance's solution to the mystery is unique, but the best part is the fun we have getting there.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006G8EZ (589 words)

	FunnyStrange.com: more movies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Basil Rathbone plays Philo Vance, a private detective and an obvious knockoff of Sherlock Holmes.
		Vance goes around deducing all kinds of crazy things from the most minute observations, and is always right of course.
		They showed several more Philo Vance movies on TCM, but each one had a different lead, and the star ratings got lower with each movie.
	www.funnystrange.com /diary/archives/003639.php (311 words)

	Whodunit?: a serial of aliasses - page 9 - Influences
		S.S.Van Dine's Philo Vance was once very popular, but his significance for us lies partly in the fact that he drew attention to the American form.
		Ellery Queen is a pseudonym to conceal the real identity of the sleuth as was Philo Vance.
		Vance got access to the crimes through his friend Markham while Ellery's connection to the investigation was given by his father.
	pluto.spaceports.com /~queen/Whodunit_9.html (1052 words)

	Philo Vance, Private Detective : Book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Philo Vance was originally broadcast in 1945 and was syndicated in 1948-1950.
		Philo Vance is a detective melodrama based on the character, Philo Vance, created in the novels written by S.S. Van Dine.
		Enjoy 18 detective stories starring Jackson Beck as Vance, Joan Alexander as Vance´s secretary, Ellen Deering and George Petrie as District Attorney Markham.
	www.yezee.com /an/157019193X.html (133 words)

	S. S. Van Dine
		He created the once immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance, who first appeared in books in the 1920s, then in movies and on the radio.
		Wright took his pseudonym from Van Dyne, an old family name, and the abbreviation of "steamship." He went on to write 11 more mysteries, and his upper-class amateur sleuth, Philo Vance (who shared a love of aesthetics like Wright), was so popular that Wright became wealthy for the first time in his life.
		Wright died April 11, 1939, in New York city, N.Y. In addition to his success as a fiction writer, Wright's lengthy introduction and notes to the anthology The World's Great Detective Stories (1928) are importance in the history of the critical study of detective fiction.
	encycl.opentopia.com /term/S._S._Van_Dine (565 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Philo Vance Returns : Main
		Philo Vance, the infuriatingly brilliant amateur detective created by S. Van Dine, hadn...
		Philo Vance, the infuriatingly brilliant amateur detective created by S. Van Dine, hadn't been seen on screen for seven years when PRC decided to launch a new "Philo V...
		Philo Vance, the infuriatingly brilliant amateur detective created by S. Van Dine, hadn't been seen on screen for seven years when PRC decided to launch a new "Philo Vance" series in 1947.
	www.vh1.com /movies/movie/70383/moviemain.jhtml (149 words)

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