A Meeting Of The Boston Blackie Book Club
In Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942) Blackie’s hijinks with Inspector Farraday continue. Blackie’s rich friend Arthur has been duped out of his friend’s diamond, and now needs $60,000 to buy it back and return it to his friend. The problem? He’s on the West Coast, and his money’s on the East Coast. So he calls up Blackie to get the money and bring it to him.
The fun begins with Boston breaking into Arthur’s safe while Farraday’s watching, and continues through disguises, twists, and turns. It’s fun, but between a climactic scene to set everything back to rights which is drawn out far too long, and shooting by characters who don’t really seem to have their heart in it, it’s a trifle tiresome. Add the lack of compelling thematic material, and this is little more than fluff.
Watch if you don’t want to think or if you have an admiration for Chester Morris’ jawline.
