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	Gracie Allen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, into an Irish Catholic show-business family, (her mother was actress Ronnie Burns), Allen was educated at the Star of the Sea Convent School as a girl, and then became a vaudeville performer with her sister Bessie in 1909.
		Gracie was said to be sensitive enough about having one green eye and one blue eye (according to one biographer, anyway) that it prompted her retirement as The Burns and Allen Show completed its seventh season on television, as it supposedly had when colour came to films as well.
		Gracie wasn't allowed to enjoy her retirement undisturbed; she fought a long battle with heart disease, finally succumbing to a heart attack in Hollywood in 1964.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gracie_Allen (1795 words)

	Allen, Gracie
		Gracie Allen transferred her popular fictional persona from vaudeville, film, and radio, to American television in the 1950s.
		Allen had performed with her husband and partner, George Burns, for nearly 30 years when the pair debuted in The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show on CBS in October 1950.
		The onscreen Gracie's reinterpretations of the televisional world proved extremely disruptive to people and events around her, although the disruptions were generally playful rather than serious, and were quickly settled (usually by her husband the straight man) at the end of each episode.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/A/htmlA/allengracie/allengracie.htm (570 words)

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		Allen's harrowing experience was over the moment Heath halted her steps before the still form that had been wheeled out on a slab from its crypt.
		Allen; Heath's appropriation of the cigarette - case and his all - night search for Burns; the interview with the befuddled young man when he was found; and, finally, Heath's decision to hold Burns until Doremus reported.
		Gracie Allen was sitting in Vance's large lounge chair, engulfed in the enormous tufted upholstery.
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	Newport Vintage Books - Mystery Dustjackets - S. S. Van Dine
		It is his pleasant habit after each murder to suggest a false clue in a little nursery rhyme, which, considering the circumstances of the crimes, gives the case a particularly mystifying and fiendish appearance.
		The principal clew [clue] to the murder is a small lapis-lazuli scarab of Intef V, a Pharaoh of the Seventeenth Dynasty.
		In "The Kidnap Murder Case" Philo Vance runs into the gravest personal danger, and it is through the accuracy of his aim, at a crucial moment, that he saves Sergeant Heath's life as well as his own.
	newportvintagebooks.com /store/dustjackets/mysteries/gallery_DJ_VanDine.htm (1745 words)

	Historical Relationships
		At age 14 she dropped out of school to form a vaudeville act with her sisters, but by the time she met George Burns in the early 1920s she had abandoned her stage career and taken work as a stenographer.
		Together, Burns and Allen formed a partnership and were married in 1926.
		Allen also appeared without Burns in The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939), Mr.
	www.romanceopedia.com /H-8.html (956 words)

	S.S. Van Dine
		The Benson Murder Case is somewhat dry and austere as a plot.
		The Greene Murder Case (1928) focuses on a related subject, the murder one by one of the Greene family: "The holocaust that consumed the Greene family", as Van Dine memorably puts it.
		The Locked Room problems in The "Canary" Murder Case and The Kennel Murder Case are less central to their puzzle plots than we are used to in John Dickson Carr.
	members.aol.com /MG4273/vandine.htm (2762 words)

	Thrilling Days of Yesteryear : Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
		Of particular interest to old-time radio fans is the 1939 release The Gracie Allen Murder Case, an amusing comedy-mystery (Gracie refers to the detective as “Fido”) based on a novel Van Dine released a year earlier.
		In “The Flying Murder Case” (2/8/49), pilot Gregory Allen is murdered, and both his co-pilot Johnny Taylor and passenger Millard Crane are on the list of suspects since Allen was apparently cavorting with their women.
		The second show, “The Butler Murder Case” (2/15/49), isn’t much of an improvement—Philo investigates the murder of a prominent dentist who was being flmailed by an extortion specialist.
	blogs.salon.com /0003139/2004/02/23.html (897 words)

	The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Trivia: S.S. Van Dine wrote the Gracie Allen Murder Case in 1938 to introduce his real life friend, Gracie Allen, into a Philo Vance Murder Mystery.
		George Burns made a appearance in the novel as the head perfume-smeller at the In-O-Scent Perfume Corporation, but is not in the movie version of the novel.
		from S. Bound Brook, NJ I've always loved the scatter-brained comedy of Gracie Allen, but she is terribly out of place in this (so-called) "mystery".
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0031389 (267 words)

	MTV.com - Movies - The Gracie Allen Murder Case
		Fortuitously, Gracie Allen was also in the vicinity when the killing took place, but her garbled version of what she witnessed (or thinks she witnessed) is of no help whatsoever to the authorities.
		Philo Vance offers to protect Gracie from the murder and to try to make heads or tails of her "assistance", but even he is driven to distraction by our heroine's relentless stupidity, especially when she insists upon referring to him as Fido Vance.
		After The Gracie Allen Murder Case ran its course in the theaters, S. Van Dine published a novelized version of the story, restoring George Burns to the proceedings and wisely cutting back on Gracie Allen's imbecilities.
	www.mtv.com /movies/movie/60054/plot.jhtml (256 words)

	Support Forums: Philo Vance....... ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		It simply could be a case on their part of, 'I have it, and you don't'.
		The Kennel Murder Case is a Warner Bros. film from 1933, so TCM owns it.
		Greene Murder Case is a 1929 Paramount film, thus owned by Universal, which requires leasing it.
	forums.turnerclassicmovies.com /jive/tcm/thread.jsp?forum=149&thread=45533&message=4534067 (828 words)

	Jed - Movie Information at filmsandtv.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		When she is framed for the murder, the scientist's lab assistant, Nadine (Anna Sten), finds her quest for American citizenship, as well as her future, in jeopardy.
		The screenplay for this Philo Vance (Warren William) mystery/comedy was written especially for scatterbrained comedienne Gracie Allen.
		Gracie was witness to a murder and agrees to help Philo Vance by giving her recollections, which are crazy enough to drive Vance to a point of distraction.
	www.filmsandtv.com /SearchMovie.aspx?q=Jed (790 words)

	Golden Age Mysteries - S.S Van Dine
		January 29th, 2002 04:57 AM The Bishop Murder Case was the first Van Dine book I have read.
		After about the first third of the book I had an inkling how the murder was done but I had no idea till the end who the murderer might have been.
		The reason for the second murder is equally weak.
	www.jdcarr.com /forum/printthread.php?t=131 (1604 words)

	AMCTV.com SHOW - The Gracie Allen Murder Case
		Each entry had the plucky gumshoe facing puzzling, often outrageous murders.
		Powell returned in 1933's The Kennel 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.
	www.amctv.com /show/detail?CID=4635-1-1 (179 words)

	The Great Detective Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The fact that he published this under his own name as an established art critic is an indication of how he considered this to be a serious study, along with his books Modern Painting, The Creative Will, What Nietzsche Taught, and Misinforming a Nation, listed in the front matter.
		Poe: "Murders in the Rue Morgue" -- (* murder by an animal)
		the abominable "Gracie Allen Murder Case" -- he was a very cultivated man. I'm sure he was not a priss but could guzzle down illicit gin with the best of us.
	www.mysterylist.com /wright.html (831 words)

	Authors "V" page of ULTIMATE MYSTERY FICTION WEB GUIDE
		Aristide Valentin solved cases by the type of straight-forward logic that the French intellectuals claim as their own.
		He was a somewhat ambiguous character, however, who was willing to murder extra-judicially according to his own sense of justice.
		He was the first writer, for example, to combine a murder mystery with the viewpoint character discovering that he was a clone.
	www.magicdragon.com /UltimateMystery/authorsV.html (1127 words)

	98056 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		I had debated trying to pack lightly enough to avoid the whole issue of baggage claim, but I wanted to take a suit, in case we went to a restaurant that required one--they're pretty rare on the ground in LA, but I suspected the French were different.
		I happen to have two Francophone co-workers (one Parisian, one Canadian), who graciously allowed me to inflict my French on them; they told me that my accent was very good, but naturally with only about a month of study, my vocabulary was pretty limited.
		Apparently Gracie Allen was a real-life friend of Wright's, and she appears as herself, or rather appears as if she were cast in a role in the mystery: a secretary at the In-O-Sense perfume factory named Gracie Allen.
	www.webamused.com /columns/98056.htm (1238 words)

	Detective-Mystery Films
		The detective studies the intriguing reasons and events leading to the crime, and eventually determines the identity of the villain (a murderer, a master spy, an arch fiend, an unseen evil, or a malignant psychological force).
		Another of the best of the late 40s murder mysteries from Britain was director Sidney Gilliat's film Green For Danger (1947), featuring Alistair Sim as Scotland Yard Inspector Cockrill.
		And in the 1970s and 80s, there were a few screen who-dun-its derived from the works of Agatha Christie with all-star casts, featuring Christie's colorful, insufferable, meticulous and fussy Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot.
	www.filmsite.org /mysteryfilms.html (3034 words)

	AmIAnnoying.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Comedian George Burns discovered Gracie in 1922, and immediately saw that she was the funnier of the two, so he became her straight man, while she delivered the punch lines.
		Her comedy was also a simplistic logic, for example, the mailman returns a letter saying it weighed too much and needs an additional stamp, Gracie would say, well that will only make it heavier.
		In her honor, The Gracie Allen Award is given to the American Women in Radio and Television.
	www.amiannoying.com /2002/view.aspx?ID=2217 (232 words)

	Golden Age Mysteries - S. S. Van Dine Collection
		They are The Greene Murder Case, the Gracie Allen Murder Case, the Bishop Murder Case, the Garden Murder Case and the Kidnap Murder Case.
		I have one of each for the Scarab Murder Case, and a whole bunch of the fl ones.
		From the Scarab Murder Case on, they should have the letter "A" on the copyright page.
	www.jdcarr.com /forum/printthread.php?t=330 (751 words)

	At-A-Glance Film Reviews: The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
		The Kennel Murder Case, arguably the most well known of the Philo Vance mystery films, stars William Powell -- the best Philo Vance -- unraveling a murder that seems to be connected to a dog show.
		The thirties were great for murder mysteries: they weren't ashamed to be creative within the bounds of the genre, and the fl and white cinematography adds a great deal to the atmosphere.
		The Kennel Murder Case is a fine example.
	rinkworks.com /movies/m/the.kennel.murder.case.1933.shtml (100 words)

	Alibris: Philo
		As part of his convalescence he wrote The Benson Murder Case, in which he created the character of Philo Vance, a master sleuth.
		So that the book would not be compared to his other works he adopted the pseudonym S.S. Van Dine.
		Eight lectures preached before the University of Oxford in the year 1886 on the foundation of the late Rev. John Bampton, Canon of Salisbury.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Philo (675 words)

	Greatest Film Star Roles (and Filmographies)
		In some cases, some actors/actresses - over a long, prolific career - have had more than one exemplary or essential example of their acting portrayed in films.
		The 25 Greatest Men and 25 Greatest Women Screen Legends in the First Century of American Film, according to the AFI polling of June 1999, are found in a separate section.
		George Burns and Gracie Allen in A Damsel in Distress (1937)
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		Apr 29, 1943 Thu "The Case OF The Cellini Cup" yes May 06, 1943 Thu "The Mystery Of The Missing Cat" yes..
		Aug 09, 1945 Thu "The Case of Strange Music" yes...
		Oct 04, 1949 Tue 65 "The Black Gold Murder Case" yes Oct 11, 1949 Tue 66 "The Tea Cup Murder Case" yes Oct 18, 1949 Tue 67 "The Necktie Murder Case" yes "The Meeker Murder Case" yes Oct 25, 1949 Tue 68 "The Deathless Murder Case" yes Nov 01, 1949 Tue 69...
	www.old-time.com /otrlogs2/pv_.log.txt (521 words)

	The Necrobabe Murder Case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The Necrobabe Murder Case is dedicated to Pearl White, Marion Davies, Thelma Todd, Joan Blondell, Ann Sothern, Betty Hutton, Lucille Ball, Goldie Hawn, Sandra Bullock, and every other actress who has shown us all how to be beautiful, sexy, funny, and sometimes in jeopardy all at the same time.
		Also, I want to make special mention of Gracie Allen, whose movie The Gracie Allen Murder Case suggested the title of this novelette.
		I want to acknowledge a debt to every mystery writer I've ever read, but especially to Harry Kemelman, creator of the character Rabbi David Small and author of The Nine Mile Walk which inspired the odd crime-solving methodology used in the present story.
	www.necrobabes.org /cardnthan/103/nbmc00.htm (359 words)

	Detective Fiction Books Wanted A (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		THE MURDER OF GERALDINE FOSTER, THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY, THE MURDER OF THE NIGHT CLUB LADY, THE MURDER OF THE CIRCUS QUEEN, MURDER OF A STARTLED LADY, MURDER OF A MAN AFRAID OF WOMEN, MURDER AT BUZZARD'S BAY, DEADLY SECRET, Collins Crime Club.
		MURDER REHEARSAL, CANDIDATE FOR LILLIES, THE BELL IS ANSWERED, TWENTY-FIVE SANITARY INSPECTORS, DETECTIVES IN GUM BOOTS.
		IN AT THE DEATH, THE MURDER OF AN OLD MAN, THE HAMMERSMITH MURDERS, THE MURDER ON THE SIXTH HOLE, THE BY-PASS MURDER, Mr.
	www.classiccrimefiction.com /dfwanted.htm (1803 words)

	Moviefone: The Gracie Allen Murder Case Movie: MAIN
		Starring: Gracie Allen, Warren William, Ellen Drew, Kent Taylor, more credits
		Synopsis: A longtime fan of comedians George Burns and Gracie Allen, "Philo Vance" creator S. Van Dyne wrote a tailor-made screenplay for the team, which emerged on-screen as The Gracie Allen Murder Case.
		The NY Times review of The Gracie Allen Murder Case, a Alfred E. Green film starring Gracie Allen and Warren William.
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	Gracie Allen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		She and her husband-to-be became the comedy team of Burns & Allen in 1922...
		Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for Gracie Allen
		Find where Gracie Allen is credited alongside another name
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	Gracie Allen Murder Case Posters: "Gracie Allen Murder Case (Style A)" movie poster
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	Box Office Prophets: The Case of the Swapped Sleuths
		It's likely that Powell's performances as Vance were noted by the talent scouts at MGM, who wooed the actor from the grittier confines of Warner Bros. shortly after The Kennel Murder Case in 1933.
		Warner needed a replacement for the Vance series, and found one in-house in the person of the equally-talented and long-forgotten Warren William.
		William had played Perry Mason for the Bros. in The Case of the Howling Dog, and immediately moved over to the Vance role for The Dragon Murder Case.
	www.boxofficeprophets.com /trager/sleuths.asp (1268 words)

	Gracie Allen Murder Case movie posters and memorabilia at MovieGoods
		The next time you have her over for dinner, please don’t serve
		Cast: Gracie Allen, Warren William, Ellen Drew, Kent Taylor, Jed Prouty, Jerome Cowan,
		MovieGoods: the web's largest selection of movie posters and memorabilia, including Gracie Allen Murder Case posters.
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