Chester Morris (February 16, 1901 – September 11, 1970) was an American stage, film, television and radio actor. He had some prestigious film roles early in his career, and was nominated for an Oscar. But he is best remembered today for portraying Boston Blackie, a criminal-turned-detective, in the modestly budgeted Boston Blackie film series of the 1940s.
Early years
He was born John Chester Brooks Morris in New York City, one of four children of Broadway stage actor William Morris and stage comedian Etta Hawkins. Morris dropped out of school and began his Broadway career at 15 years old opposite Lionel Barrymore's The Copperhead. He made his film debut in the silent comedy-drama film An Amateur Orphan for Thanhouser/Pathé.
After appearing in several more Broadway productions in the early 1920s, Morris joined his parents, sister and two brothers, Gordon and Adrian (who also became a film actor), on the vaudeville circuit. The family's act consisted of a comedy sketch entitled "The Horrors of Home". Morris toured with his family for two years before returning to Broadway with roles in The Home Towners (1926) and Yellow (1927). While appearing in the 1927 play Crime, Morris was spotted by a talent agent and was signed to a film contract.
No Hands on the Clock is a 1941 American film directed by Frank McDonald.
Plot summary
P.I. Humphrey Campbell (Chester Morris) and his pretty new bride (Jean Parker) find their honeymoon interrupted by his scheming boss (George Watts), a gang of bank robbers, and the hunt for a missing man.
The first council had 62 members and was elected as a shadow authority (known as Chester District Council) on 7 June 1973. The council came into its powers on 1 April 1974, on which date a royal charter and letters patent came into force with the authority becoming Chester City Council and the chairman of the council having the title of mayor. An election of the whole council was held again in 1976.
The number of councillors was reduced to 60 at the next council election in 1979. Thereafter the city council elections were "by thirds": with 20 councillors retiring in three out of every four years. In the fourth year, elections to Cheshire County Council took place.
The Chester Transportation Center is a SEPTAbus and train station in Chester, Pennsylvania. The outside portion of the ground level serves SEPTA City Transit Division Route 37, and Suburban Transit Division Routes 109, 113, 114, 117, 118, and 119.
Above the building of the transportation center is the train station. The tracks run over the building. The station is served by the Wilmington/Newark Line. The line offers southbound service to Wilmington and Newark, Delaware and northbound service to Philadelphia. This station is located at 6th and Welsh Streets, Chester, PA 19013.
History
Chester station was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1903. In the 1940s lots of NY-Washington trains stopped there; in 1970 one Philadelphia-Washington train stopped, and in 1978-83 Amtrak's Chesapeake stopped both ways between Philadelphia and Washington. PRR/PC/Conrail local trains to Marcus Hook/Wilmington/Newark continued until SEPTA took them over in 1983.
Chester, on the side of his sire, was a third generation colonial-bred Australian stallion. Chester's sire was the influential stallion Yattendon, who was serving mares while still racing. His dam Lady Chester (GB) was by Stockwell from Austrey by Harkaway. Stockwell was out of the breed-shaping broodmare, Pocahontas.
Racing career
Chester's illustrious racing career began on New Year's Day 1877 in the Sydney Tattersall's Two Year Old Stakes, in which he came a close second to Viscount. After that, Chester won three consecutive races, all in the same week, and was spelled to await his three-year-old season. He was ridden in these three wins by jockey, G.Donnelly. Chester was then sold to James White.
As a flying three-year-old, Chester won seven of his ten starts, setting three race records. He placed short-head second in the AJC Derby. Two starts after the AJC Derby, he started in the VRC Derby, he won, and claimed a track record – 2:43 – a record that held itself until 1897 by Amberite. His next race, just three days after his Derby triumph, was the gruelling two-mile (3,200m) Melbourne Cup over a slippery, muddy track. Chester held on to beat the lightly weighted Savanaka by a half-head in the record time of 3:33½.
Stars: Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, Eduardo Ciannelli
Director: Lew Landers
A respected citizen with secret ties to the mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections in order to save two innocents from execution!
published: 24 May 2018
Wrecking Crew (1942) CHESTER MORRIS
Stars: Richard Arlen, Chester Morris, Jean Parker
Director: Frank McDonald
A two-fisted action tale of a demolition crew on a dangerous peril-fraught assignment.
published: 30 Aug 2015
CONFESSIONS OF BOSTON BLACKIE (1941)
Blackie is accused of murdering a man at an art auction, which leads to the uncovering of an art racket.
** Director: Edward Dmytryk
** Stars: Chester Morris, Harriet Nelson, Richard Lane
published: 22 Mar 2022
A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946) Chester Morris, Lynn Merrick, Richard Lane - Mystery
Boston Blackie, a criminal turned detective, must clear his name after he is accused of murder.
A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946) is the tenth of fourteen Columbia Pictures crime films directed by Lew Landers starring Chester Morris as Boston Blackie.
Cast:
Chester Morris as Boston Blackie
Lynn Merrick as Geraldine "Gerry" Peyton
Richard Lane as Inspector Farraday
Frank Sully as Sergeant Matthews
George E. Stone as "The Runt"
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published: 10 Apr 2020
No Hands on the Clock (1941) CHESTER MORRIS
Stars: Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Rose Hobart
Director: Frank McDonald
The first of three Pine-Thomas productions for Chester Morris finds him as wise-cracking private detective Humphrey Campbell who impresses his boss, Oscar Flack, no end by not only finding a missing girl but also marrying her in the process. So Flack sends him to celebrate his honeymoon in the Divorce Capital of the world, Reno, Nevada, to find a missing man. Along the way, in a mixture of big city crime and old-west settings, Humphrey encounters a large assortment of suspicious characters, all of whom are also suspicious of the others. A comedy that also includes some killings along the way.
published: 28 Jun 2013
Double Exposure (1944) CHESTER MORRIS
Stars: Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly, Jane Farrar
Director: William Berke
Chester Morris plays Larry Burke, editor for a weekly photo magazine. Impressed by the work of photojournalist Pat Marvin, Burke hires Marvin sight unseen, only to discover that "he" is a "she" (Nancy Kelly). Having evidently never heard of Margaret Bourke-White, Burke insists that the shutterbug racket is no job for a dame, but Pat intends to prove him wrong. In the process, she becomes the prime suspect in a murder case, forcing Burke to come out from behind his desk and solve the mystery himself
published: 26 Nov 2013
BOSTON BLACKIE'S RENDESVOUS (1945)
Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.
** Director: Arthur Dreifuss
** Stars: Chester Morris, Nina Foch, Steve Cochran
Stars: Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, Eduardo Ciannelli
Director: Lew Landers
A respected citizen with secret ties to the mob is faced with revealing his crimin...
Stars: Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, Eduardo Ciannelli
Director: Lew Landers
A respected citizen with secret ties to the mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections in order to save two innocents from execution!
Stars: Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, Eduardo Ciannelli
Director: Lew Landers
A respected citizen with secret ties to the mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections in order to save two innocents from execution!
Stars: Richard Arlen, Chester Morris, Jean Parker
Director: Frank McDonald
A two-fisted action tale of a demolition crew on a dangerous peril-fraught assignmen...
Stars: Richard Arlen, Chester Morris, Jean Parker
Director: Frank McDonald
A two-fisted action tale of a demolition crew on a dangerous peril-fraught assignment.
Stars: Richard Arlen, Chester Morris, Jean Parker
Director: Frank McDonald
A two-fisted action tale of a demolition crew on a dangerous peril-fraught assignment.
Blackie is accused of murdering a man at an art auction, which leads to the uncovering of an art racket.
** Director: Edward Dmytryk
** Stars: Chester Morris, H...
Blackie is accused of murdering a man at an art auction, which leads to the uncovering of an art racket.
** Director: Edward Dmytryk
** Stars: Chester Morris, Harriet Nelson, Richard Lane
Blackie is accused of murdering a man at an art auction, which leads to the uncovering of an art racket.
** Director: Edward Dmytryk
** Stars: Chester Morris, Harriet Nelson, Richard Lane
Boston Blackie, a criminal turned detective, must clear his name after he is accused of murder.
A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946) is the tenth of fourteen...
Boston Blackie, a criminal turned detective, must clear his name after he is accused of murder.
A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946) is the tenth of fourteen Columbia Pictures crime films directed by Lew Landers starring Chester Morris as Boston Blackie.
Cast:
Chester Morris as Boston Blackie
Lynn Merrick as Geraldine "Gerry" Peyton
Richard Lane as Inspector Farraday
Frank Sully as Sergeant Matthews
George E. Stone as "The Runt"
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Boston Blackie, a criminal turned detective, must clear his name after he is accused of murder.
A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946) is the tenth of fourteen Columbia Pictures crime films directed by Lew Landers starring Chester Morris as Boston Blackie.
Cast:
Chester Morris as Boston Blackie
Lynn Merrick as Geraldine "Gerry" Peyton
Richard Lane as Inspector Farraday
Frank Sully as Sergeant Matthews
George E. Stone as "The Runt"
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Stars: Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Rose Hobart
Director: Frank McDonald
The first of three Pine-Thomas productions for Chester Morris finds him as wise-crack...
Stars: Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Rose Hobart
Director: Frank McDonald
The first of three Pine-Thomas productions for Chester Morris finds him as wise-cracking private detective Humphrey Campbell who impresses his boss, Oscar Flack, no end by not only finding a missing girl but also marrying her in the process. So Flack sends him to celebrate his honeymoon in the Divorce Capital of the world, Reno, Nevada, to find a missing man. Along the way, in a mixture of big city crime and old-west settings, Humphrey encounters a large assortment of suspicious characters, all of whom are also suspicious of the others. A comedy that also includes some killings along the way.
Stars: Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Rose Hobart
Director: Frank McDonald
The first of three Pine-Thomas productions for Chester Morris finds him as wise-cracking private detective Humphrey Campbell who impresses his boss, Oscar Flack, no end by not only finding a missing girl but also marrying her in the process. So Flack sends him to celebrate his honeymoon in the Divorce Capital of the world, Reno, Nevada, to find a missing man. Along the way, in a mixture of big city crime and old-west settings, Humphrey encounters a large assortment of suspicious characters, all of whom are also suspicious of the others. A comedy that also includes some killings along the way.
Stars: Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly, Jane Farrar
Director: William Berke
Chester Morris plays Larry Burke, editor for a weekly photo magazine. Impressed by the ...
Stars: Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly, Jane Farrar
Director: William Berke
Chester Morris plays Larry Burke, editor for a weekly photo magazine. Impressed by the work of photojournalist Pat Marvin, Burke hires Marvin sight unseen, only to discover that "he" is a "she" (Nancy Kelly). Having evidently never heard of Margaret Bourke-White, Burke insists that the shutterbug racket is no job for a dame, but Pat intends to prove him wrong. In the process, she becomes the prime suspect in a murder case, forcing Burke to come out from behind his desk and solve the mystery himself
Stars: Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly, Jane Farrar
Director: William Berke
Chester Morris plays Larry Burke, editor for a weekly photo magazine. Impressed by the work of photojournalist Pat Marvin, Burke hires Marvin sight unseen, only to discover that "he" is a "she" (Nancy Kelly). Having evidently never heard of Margaret Bourke-White, Burke insists that the shutterbug racket is no job for a dame, but Pat intends to prove him wrong. In the process, she becomes the prime suspect in a murder case, forcing Burke to come out from behind his desk and solve the mystery himself
Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.
** Director: Arthur Dreifuss
** Stars: Chester Morris, Nina Foch, Steve Cochr...
Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.
** Director: Arthur Dreifuss
** Stars: Chester Morris, Nina Foch, Steve Cochran
Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.
** Director: Arthur Dreifuss
** Stars: Chester Morris, Nina Foch, Steve Cochran
Stars: Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, Eduardo Ciannelli
Director: Lew Landers
A respected citizen with secret ties to the mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections in order to save two innocents from execution!
Stars: Richard Arlen, Chester Morris, Jean Parker
Director: Frank McDonald
A two-fisted action tale of a demolition crew on a dangerous peril-fraught assignment.
Blackie is accused of murdering a man at an art auction, which leads to the uncovering of an art racket.
** Director: Edward Dmytryk
** Stars: Chester Morris, Harriet Nelson, Richard Lane
Boston Blackie, a criminal turned detective, must clear his name after he is accused of murder.
A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946) is the tenth of fourteen Columbia Pictures crime films directed by Lew Landers starring Chester Morris as Boston Blackie.
Cast:
Chester Morris as Boston Blackie
Lynn Merrick as Geraldine "Gerry" Peyton
Richard Lane as Inspector Farraday
Frank Sully as Sergeant Matthews
George E. Stone as "The Runt"
Get the DVD here: https://amzn.to/3Ktyua4
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Stars: Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Rose Hobart
Director: Frank McDonald
The first of three Pine-Thomas productions for Chester Morris finds him as wise-cracking private detective Humphrey Campbell who impresses his boss, Oscar Flack, no end by not only finding a missing girl but also marrying her in the process. So Flack sends him to celebrate his honeymoon in the Divorce Capital of the world, Reno, Nevada, to find a missing man. Along the way, in a mixture of big city crime and old-west settings, Humphrey encounters a large assortment of suspicious characters, all of whom are also suspicious of the others. A comedy that also includes some killings along the way.
Stars: Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly, Jane Farrar
Director: William Berke
Chester Morris plays Larry Burke, editor for a weekly photo magazine. Impressed by the work of photojournalist Pat Marvin, Burke hires Marvin sight unseen, only to discover that "he" is a "she" (Nancy Kelly). Having evidently never heard of Margaret Bourke-White, Burke insists that the shutterbug racket is no job for a dame, but Pat intends to prove him wrong. In the process, she becomes the prime suspect in a murder case, forcing Burke to come out from behind his desk and solve the mystery himself
Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.
** Director: Arthur Dreifuss
** Stars: Chester Morris, Nina Foch, Steve Cochran
Chester Morris (February 16, 1901 – September 11, 1970) was an American stage, film, television and radio actor. He had some prestigious film roles early in his career, and was nominated for an Oscar. But he is best remembered today for portraying Boston Blackie, a criminal-turned-detective, in the modestly budgeted Boston Blackie film series of the 1940s.
Early years
He was born John Chester Brooks Morris in New York City, one of four children of Broadway stage actor William Morris and stage comedian Etta Hawkins. Morris dropped out of school and began his Broadway career at 15 years old opposite Lionel Barrymore's The Copperhead. He made his film debut in the silent comedy-drama film An Amateur Orphan for Thanhouser/Pathé.
After appearing in several more Broadway productions in the early 1920s, Morris joined his parents, sister and two brothers, Gordon and Adrian (who also became a film actor), on the vaudeville circuit. The family's act consisted of a comedy sketch entitled "The Horrors of Home". Morris toured with his family for two years before returning to Broadway with roles in The Home Towners (1926) and Yellow (1927). While appearing in the 1927 play Crime, Morris was spotted by a talent agent and was signed to a film contract.
I looked at the face of the clock on the wall. And it doesn't tell me nothing at all. That face of the clock just stares at me. It knows I'm lonely and always will be. I want to cry my heart out. Want my baby back with me. Got nothing but time to step out. But time means nothing to me. If you hear me, please come back real soon. 'Cause the clock and I are so lonely in this room. Instrumental break I want to cry my heart out. Want my baby back to me. Got nothing but time to step out. But time means nothing to me. If you hear me, please come back real soon.