Murder with Pictures
Directed byCharles Barton
Written byGeorge Harmon Coxe (writer)
Jack Moffitt (writer)
Sidney Salkow (writer)
Produced byEdward F. Cline (associate producer)
A.M. Botsford (producer)[citation needed] (uncredited)
StarringSee below
CinematographyTed Tetzlaff
Edited byJames E. Smith
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • September 25, 1936 (1936-09-25)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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]

Frank Sheridan, Irving Bacon, Lew Ayres & Dan Rowan
Lew Ayres, Joyce Compton and Benny Baker

Plot

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

References

  1. ^ a b "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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