Programming Alert: The Dragon Murder Case (1934) on TCM at 9:15 am May 27

TCM is airing a half dozen Philo Vance movies today including Warren William in one of his two turns as Vance in The Dragon Murder Case (1934).

I’d mentioned owing this one another viewing the last time it came up, but to be honest  just haven’t gotten to it yet.  That said, I do remember having a good time with Dragon.

Starring alongside William this time we have Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot and the always enjoyable Eugene Pallette (you’ll know him by his froggy voice).

Dragon co-star Lyle Talbot featured here on a 1936 R95 8 X 10 linen textured premium photo. Click the pic to see a gallery of these over on one of my other sites.

The Dragon Murder Case airs at 9:15 eastern time tomorrow morning (May 27).

The complete schedule of Vance movies can be found over on the Examiner.com, along with a slideshow featuring vintage collectibles of the Vance stars–Warren William shows up twice, once for each time he played Vance.

I also did a little bibliography + filmography over on the VintageMeld which lists publication date of each of S.S. Van Dine’s Philo Vance novels along with release date of the corresponding film and the name of the actor playing Vance.

Funny how TCM would go with a Vance marathon on Dashiell Hammett’s birthday.  We would have been covered there anyway with Satan Met a Lady (1936).  Still kind of weird.