00:00:14 14 |
FLASHLIGHT BEAM SHINES ON WOODEN SLATS OF VENETIAN BLINDS
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00:00:24 25 |
BLINDS SLOWLY OPEN TO REVEAL INSIDE OF HOUSE WITH ASIAN TREASURES ON TABLE.
|
00:01:27 88 |
DOLLY THROUGH DECO BAR AREA
|
00:01:57 118 |
DECO SIGN FOR "THE LONG ISLAND KENNEL CLUB"
|
00:02:04 124 |
HS OF HIGH SOCIETY GARDEN PARTY
|
00:02:20 140 |
PEOPLE PARADING WITH DOGS ON LEASHES AT DOG SHOW
|
00:02:30 150 |
SCOTTIE DOGS
|
00:02:47 168 |
PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING PICTURE OF WOMAN WITH HER
PRIZE-WINNING DOG. SMALL DOG SITS IN LARGE GOLD TROPHY |
00:03:16 196 |
JUDGING SCOTTISH TERRIERS
|
00:04:08 248 |
PAN OF DOGS IN CAGES. MOSTLY PEKINESE
|
00:04:15 255 |
GROOMER WITH DOGS ON TABLE. COMPARING TWO SCOTTIE
DOGS |
00:05:40 340 |
MAN LOOKING THROUGH BOOKSHELF. TAKES OUT BOOK
"UNSOLVED MURDERS" |
00:06:02 362 |
LOOKS AT WRISTWATCH
|
00:06:07 367 |
HIGH ANGLE BUTLER LETS GUEST INTO ENTRY HALL.
TAKES OFF HIS COAT. GIVES HAT & COAT TO BUTLER |
00:06:18 378 |
BUTLER ANNOUNCES ARRIVAL OF TAXI
|
00:07:12 432 |
BUTLER GIVES MAN HAT, COAT, CANE, & DOCTOR'S BAG
|
00:07:30 450 |
CU CLOCK WITH THE TIME 4:45.
|
00:07:36 456 |
PAN DOWN TO BUSY TRAIN STATION
|
00:07:49 469 |
CU CLOCK READS 7:00
|
00:07:52 472 |
WORKMAN RUSH TO DOOR TO LET IN COUPLE WHO ARE
ELEGANTLY DRESSED. DOG MISSING FROM KENNEL |
00:08:06 486 |
CU MAN REMOVES BROKEN LOCK FROM CAGE
|
00:08:13 493 |
SCOTTISH WATCHMAN DENYS BLAME
|
00:08:19 499 |
MEN RUSH IN WITH LANTERN
|
00:08:33 513 |
PEOPLE WITH LANTERNS SEARCH WET BUSHES AT NIGHT.
FIND DEAD DOG |
00:08:49 529 |
CU DIALING TELEPHONE 2-PIECE WALL TELEPHONE
|
00:09:11 551 |
MAN IN BOWLER HAT ANSWERS TELEPHONE
|
00:09:28 568 |
CU FINGER GOES DOWN LIST OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS IN
PHONE BOOK |
00:09:31 571 |
CU OLD-FASHIONED TELEPHONE RINGING
|
00:09:33 573 |
WOMEN IN GOWN BACKS UP SCREAMING. TELLS MAN TO
LEAVE HER ALONE & GET OUT OF HER APARTMENT |
00:09:48 588 |
DOBERMAN DOG JUMPS UP ON DOOR OF KITCHEN BARKING
|
00:10:00 600 |
HALLWAY OF BUILDING. MAN LEAVES APARTMENT. MET AT
ELEVATOR BY ANOTHER MAN WHO SHOWS HIM TELEGRAM. |
00:10:24 625 |
CU TELEGRAM IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE
|
00:11:01 661 |
MAN LEAVES BUILDING. LOOKS UP
|
00:11:18 678 |
ASIAN MAN TAKES VASE OFF SHELF & LOOKS AT IT
|
00:11:37 698 |
MONTAGE OF CHINESE TREASURES: VASES, STATUES, ETC
|
00:11:55 716 |
MAN INSULTS THE CHINESE RACE
|
00:12:12 732 |
NIGHT SHOT PAN OF BUILDINGS WITH LIGHTS ON IN
WINDOWS |
00:12:18 738 |
CU LIGHTS GO OFF IN ONE WINDOW OF BUILDING
|
00:12:34 755 |
LIGHTS GO ON IN WINDOW
|
00:12:42 763 |
CU SILVER SERVICE TRAY CARRIED BY BUTLER. WALKS UP
STAIRS OF MANSION WITH MASTER'S BREAKFAST |
00:12:52 773 |
KNOCKS ON DOOR & TRIES TO GO IN. DOOR LOCKED
|
00:13:25 805 |
BULTER LEANS OVER TO LOOK IN KEYHOLE. KEYHOLE ZOOM
TO MAN SLUMPED OVER IN CHAIR |
00:13:30 810 |
BUTLER DROPS TRAY IN SURPRISE
|
00:13:54 835 |
BUTLER RUNS DOWN STAIRS & CALLS POLICE ON TELEPHONE
|
00:14:04 844 |
HOMICIDE POLICEMAN ANSWERS 2-PIECE TELEPHONE
|
00:14:13 853 |
G-MEN DETECTIVES PLAYING POKER
|
00:14:54 895 |
COP AT MICROPHONE CALLING ALL CARS.
|
00:15:05 905 |
OCEAN LINER AT DOCK WITH LOADING CARGO WITH CRANE.
|
00:15:21 921 |
PEOPLE LISTEN TO LARGE CIRCULAR RADIO
|
00:15:41 941 |
MAN DIALS TELEPHONE ON BOARD SHIP
|
00:15:47 947 |
SPLIT SCREEN TELEPHONE CALL
|
00:16:38 998 |
TELEPHONE CALL DISCONNECTED. "HELLO, HELLO" SOUND
BYTE |
00:16:57 1018 |
TWO MEN IN BACK OF CAR. ONE HOLDS SCOTTIE DOG
|
00:17:51 1071 |
TAXI TURNS CORNER. MET BY DETECTIVES.
|
00:19:17 1157 |
COPS BREAK DOWN DOOR OF BEDROOM. DETECTIVE
INVESTIGATES. |
00:20:08 1208 |
MAN OPENS BLINDS AT WINDOW AS SEEN FROM OUTSIDE
|
00:20:20 1221 |
DEAD MAN HOLDING GUN
|
00:21:04 1264 |
MAN OPENS WOODEN CHEST
|
00:21:13 1273 |
LOOKS IN CLOSET
|
00:21:23 1284 |
OPENS WINDOW & LEANS OUT (AS SEEN FROM OUTSIDE)
|
00:21:56 1317 |
CU MAN'S SHOES NOT ALL THE WAY ON.
|
00:23:05 1385 |
QUESTIONING WOMAN
|
00:23:10 1390 |
MEN TAKE OFF THEIR HATS IN UNISON
|
00:25:14 1514 |
TELEPHONE CONVERSATION. PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR.
|
00:25:31 1531 |
CU WOMAN'S HANDS AS SHE GLUES TICKERTAPE TO
TELEGRAM PAPER. |
00:25:36 1536 |
CU TELEGRAM
|
00:25:43 1543 |
TELEPHONE OPERATOR AT SWITCHBOARD
|
00:28:02 1682 |
CROWD OF REPORTERS OUTSIDE BUILDING CRIME SCENE
TRYING TO GET STATEMENTS |
00:28:27 1707 |
LITTLE DOCTOR MAN COMES TO EXAMINE BODY
|
00:30:30 1831 |
GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKE FLASH PICTURE
|
00:30:49 1850 |
MAN GOES INTO CLOSET & EXAMINES COATS
|
00:32:14 1934 |
LOCOMOTIVE STEAM TRAIN COMES TOWARD & PAST
|
00:32:19 1939 |
CONDUCTORS & PORTER IN TRAIN
|
00:32:25 1945 |
CU TELEGRAM
|
00:32:31 1952 |
QUESTIONING NERVOUS BUTLER
|
00:34:05 2045 |
CU SUITCASE BAG BEING RETRIEVED FROM TRAIN STATION
|
00:34:19 2059 |
CU BAG BEING CARRIED
|
00:34:23 2063 |
MANY HANDS OPEN BAG. TAKE OUT PAPERS & BOOK
|
00:34:43 2084 |
CU PAGE OF BOOK OF "UNSOLVED MURDERS" ABOUT DOOR
BEING LOCKED FROM THE INSIDE |
00:36:03 2163 |
CU DEAD BODY FALL OUT OF CLOSET
|
00:36:09 2169 |
CU WIDE-EYED EXPRESSION OF SURPRISE!
|
00:36:25 2185 |
MAN EATING HIS LUNCH ANSWERS PHONE. TALKS ON
INTERCOM AS HE RUSHES TO FINISH |
00:36:57 2218 |
CROWD OF PHOTOGRAPHERS, POLICE ETC AROUND BODY.
TAKING THINGS FROM HIS POCKETS |
00:37:47 2267 |
CU GLOVED HAND HOLDS STRING WITH SMALL HOOK.
|
00:38:22 2302 |
CU INSPECTS DOOR & LOCK
|
00:38:29 2309 |
MAN HIDES BEHIND DOOR AS CHINESE MAN ENTERS ROOM,
DUSTING WITH FEATHER DUSTER. |
00:38:52 2332 |
MAN PEEKS THROUGH PARTIALLY OPEN DOOR
|
00:39:24 2364 |
MAN TALKS TO SCOTTISH TERRIER IN TAXI
|
00:39:34 2374 |
DOG RUNS OUT OF CAR INTO BUILDING
|
00:39:40 2380 |
CU DOG PUSHES DOOR OPEN
|
00:39:52 2392 |
DEMONSTRATES HOW TO LOCK DOOR FROM OUTSIDE
|
00:40:02 2402 |
ECU STRING ON DOOR LATCH LOCK
|
00:40:06 2406 |
ECU PULLING STRING THROUGH KEY HOLE
|
00:41:31 2492 |
DOG SCRATCHING AT DOOR WANTING TO GET INTO ROOM
|
00:41:39 2500 |
MAN LOOKS DOWN STAIRCASE LANDING
|
00:41:49 2510 |
DOG RUNS UPSTAIRS WHEN MAN CALLS HIM
|
00:41:58 2519 |
DOG LEADS MEN DOWN STAIRS & INTO ROOM
|
00:42:11 2531 |
CU INJURED DOBERMAN DOG LYING ON GROUND
|
00:42:43 2564 |
MAN CARRIES HURT DOG
|
00:42:53 2574 |
QUESTIONING GLAMOROUS WOMAN
|
00:44:02 2642 |
CU ELEGANT DECO TELEPHONE RINGING
|
00:44:08 2648 |
MAN TALKS ON 2-PIECE TELEPHONE
|
00:44:36 2676 |
MAN TALKING ON TELEPHONE AT NIGHTCLUB TABLE.
APPROACHED BY INVESTIGATORS. ARRESTED |
00:45:11 2711 |
NEWSPAPER HEADLINE ABOUT SUICIDE
|
00:45:26 2726 |
CU POLICE FINGERPRINTING
|
00:45:34 2734 |
MONTAGE OF SUSPECT'S FACES AS THEY GET
FINGERPRINTED |
00:46:01 2761 |
MAN WIPES OFF INK HIS FINGERS
|
00:46:06 2766 |
INVESTIGATOR GETS PRINTS & LOOKS AT THEM
|
00:46:19 2779 |
MAN LOOKS AROUND ROOM FOR CLUES
|
00:46:38 2798 |
CU PERSONALIZED LIPSTICK
|
00:47:07 2827 |
FINDS BROKEN CHINA PIECES UNDER CARPET
|
00:47:24 2844 |
LOOKS AT IT CLOSELY UNDER LAMP LIGHT
|
00:47:47 2867 |
POLICEMAN PATROLS AT NIGHT
|
00:47:55 2875 |
MEN MAKING CEMENT CASTS OF FOOTPRINTS
|
00:49:48 2988 |
MAN PEEKS THROUGH OVERHEAD DOOR WINDOW
|
00:49:57 2997 |
COP SLOWLY COMES IN DOOR WITH GUN
|
00:50:00 3000 |
MAN PUTS FINGER TO LIPS IN "SHHH" "QUIET" GESTURE
|
00:50:08 3008 |
ENTERS ROOM & QUESTIONS ASIAN MAN
|
00:50:36 3037 |
LOOKS AT BROKEN VASE
|
00:51:42 3103 |
CHINESE HOUSEBOY WALKS AROUND THE HOUSE LOOKING.
CLEANS UP BROKEN VASE |
00:52:58 3179 |
CU COP PLAYING WITH HIS HANDCUFFS
|
00:53:02 3182 |
COMPARING MAN'S SHOE WITH PLASTER CAST IMPRINT
|
00:53:10 3190 |
CU TELEGRAM.
|
00:54:50 3291 |
MEN RIDING IN DECO ELEVATOR
|
00:55:04 3304 |
MANUALLY OPEN DOORS & GATE TO ELEVATOR
|
00:55:10 3310 |
WALKING IN BASEMENT HALLWAY
|
00:55:15 3315 |
WALKING UP TO IRON GATE & THROUGH COURTYARD AT
NIGHT |
00:55:32 3332 |
BUTLER QUICKLY LOOKS BUSY CLEANING GLASSES IN
KITCHEN |
00:57:05 3425 |
CU LIPSTICK IN MAN'S HAND
|
00:57:28 3448 |
GROUP HEARS CRIES OF HELP.
|
00:57:30 3450 |
RUSH OVER TO LOOK OUT WINDOW. PAN ALONG BUILDING
TO OTHER SIDE |
00:57:45 3465 |
CHAIR SMASHES OUT OF WIND
|
00:57:49 3469 |
MEN LOOK UP OUT WINDOW
|
00:57:51 3471 |
MAN FALLS DOWN STAIRS
|
00:58:11 3491 |
DETECTIVE INSPECTS KNIFE, LETTER OPENER
|
00:58:21 3501 |
DOCTOR BANDAGES MAN'S ARM AS THE LIES IN BED
|
01:00:29 3630 |
(FROM OUTSIDE) MEN PUSHES BACK CURTAIN & LOOK OUT
WINDOW. POINTS OUT SOMETHING |
01:00:42 3643 |
MAN CLOSES HIS WINDOW FROM ACROSS THE WAY
|
01:00:56 3657 |
ROW OF HOUSES. TURNS OUT TO BE MINIATURE MODELS.
MAN TAKES OFF ROOFS TO RECREATE CRIME & POINT THINGS OUT |
01:01:52 3713 |
HS OF MAN IN ROOM WORKING AT HIS DESK
|
01:01:54 3715 |
CU OVAL DOOR KNOB SLOWLY TURNS
|
01:01:59 3720 |
SHADOW OF MAN CREEPS ACROSS KITCHEN
|
01:02:09 3729 |
DOBERMAN DOG WALKS ACROSS PATIO AT NIGHT & GOES
INTO HOUSE |
01:02:20 3740 |
POV WALKING THROUGH HALLWAY OF HOUSE, ENTER ROOM
WHERE MAN WORKING AT DESK. |
01:02:37 3758 |
STARTLED MAN WITH WIDE-EYE & OPEN MOUTH EXPRESSION
OF SURPRISE. |
01:02:39 3760 |
CU HANDS CLOSE DOUBLE DOORS
|
01:02:46 3767 |
CU HAND GRABS ANDIRONS FROM FIREPLACE
|
01:02:47 3768 |
MAN BACKS UP IN FRIGHT
|
01:02:53 3774 |
MAN HIT IN HEAD WITH ANDIRON
|
01:02:58 3779 |
HAND GRABS FOR GUN FROM DESK
|
01:03:03 3783 |
CU HAND REACHES FOR DAGGER
|
01:03:11 3791 |
MAN FALLS TO GROUND MURDERED
|
01:03:16 3796 |
DOBERMAN DOG PEEKS HIS HEAD AROUND CORNER OF DOOR,
WALKS DOWN HALL OF HOUSE. |
01:03:24 3804 |
HANDS OPEN DOUBLE DOORS OF STUDY
|
01:03:29 3809 |
PICKS ANDIRON OFF OF FLOOR & RAISES IT
|
01:03:34 3814 |
CU VICIOUS DOBERMAN DOG BARKING
|
01:03:36 3817 |
DOG RUNS TOWARDS MAN, JUMPS ON TABLE TO ATTACK.
HIT WITH POKER |
01:03:39 3820 |
DOG LIES ON FLOOR INJURED
|
01:03:42 3823 |
TAKING VASE OFF SHELF, BREAKS IT WITH DAGGER.
PICKS DAGGER UP OFF FLOOR AMONG BROKEN PIECES OF CHINA |
01:03:52 3833 |
SHADOW LURKS IN HOUSE
|
01:03:55 3836 |
HS MAN STRUGGLES UP OFF FLOOR. STAGGERS UP TO HIS
ROOM. |
01:04:31 3871 |
OPENS SHADES & BLINDS OF WINDOW. OPENS WINDOW AS
SEEN FROM NEIGHBOR ACROSS ALLEY |
01:04:43 3884 |
ZOOM INTO MAN'S CONFUSED FACE AS HE OPENS WINDOW
|
01:04:53 3894 |
STAGGERS FROM WINDOW OVER TO EASY CHAIR TO SIT DOWN
ABOUT TO TAKE SHOES OFF, PASSES OUT IN CHAIR |
01:05:34 3934 |
MAN ENTERS STUDY, TURNS ON LIGHT, GETS GUN OUT OF
DESK DRAWER. PUTS GUN IN HIS POCKET |
01:06:10 3970 |
POINTS GUN AT MAN, ABOUT TO SHOOT HIM
|
01:06:14 3974 |
DOOR KNOB TURNS & DOOR OPENS
|
01:06:25 3985 |
MAN SHUTS WINDOW & SHADES & BLINDS
|
01:06:33 3993 |
PUTS GUN INTO DEAD MAN'S HAND
|
01:06:55 4015 |
CU LOCK & DOOR KNOB WITH STRING PULLING LOCK
|
01:07:10 4030 |
SHADOWS & HAND RAISING DAGGER TO STAB MAN. FALLS
DEAD ON FLOOR |
01:07:15 4035 |
DEAD MAN DRAGGED AWAY.
|
01:08:11 4091 |
MAN THINKS AS HE PETS HIS SCOTTIE DOG
|
01:10:05 4205 |
CHECKING POCKETWATCH
|
01:10:14 4214 |
CU TELEPHONE BEING DIALED. WOMAN HELPS MAN DIAL
PHONE, ARM IN SLING |
01:10:24 4225 |
"THE MODERN DOG-CAT HOSPITAL" AMBULANCE TURNS
CORNER. STOPS IN FRONT OF IRON GATE FENCE. ANIMAL HOSPITAL |
01:10:35 4236 |
MEN RUSH OUT & GET DOBERMAN FROM TRUCK.
|
01:11:20 4280 |
ONE-ARMED MAN PUNCHES OTHER MAN SO HARD HE FLIES
ACROSS ROOM |
01:11:23 4284 |
DOBERMAN HELD BY COLLAR BARKING, TRYING TO GET
AWAY. |
01:11:25 4286 |
SURPRISED MAN GETS UP OFF FLOOR & GRABS METAL POKER
ABOUT TO ATTACK. |
01:11:35 4296 |
BARKING DOG RELEASED. JUMPS INTO AIR & ATTACKS MAN
|
01:11:39 4300 |
WOMAN WITH LOOK OF FEAR SCREAMS AS DOG BITES MAN
|
01:12:04 4324 |
PULLING DOG OFF OF MAN
|
Description: MYSTERY. WITH WILLIAM POWELL AS PHILO VANCE, MARY ASTOR, EUGENE PALLETE, RALPH MORGAN, ROBERT MCWADE, BERT BARRAT, FRANK CONROY, BENNE GIRARDOT, JAMES LEE, CAVANAUGH, ELLEN VINSON, JACK LA RUE. THE DEBONAIRE DETECTIVE, PHILO VANCE, BELIEVES AN APPARENT SUICIDE MAY BE MURDER. WITH THE HELP OF HIS CANINE COMPANION, HE SOLVES A DOUBLE MURDER AT A LONG ISLAND KENNEL CLUB. murder, crime, criminal, photography, dogs, materials
Keywords: whodunit
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