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Rare - S S Van Dine THE "CANARY" MURDER CASE 1927 First Edition 1st Printing

(Book #2 in the Philo Vance Series)

The Canary of the title is Margaret Odell, once a showgirl in the Ziegfeld Follies, more recently an occasional nightclub singerl. When she is murdered, there are any number of suspects, all of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Format: Hardcover

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The Beautiful but Fatal Canary

S.S. Van Dine's book was The Canary Murder Case was the second in what supposed to be a trilogy. This mystery centers around with the murders of a sexy nightclub singer known as the Canary and her boyfriend.. It was also originally made into a silent movie with Louise Brooks as the Canary, but then the "talkies" came into being and it had to be reshot using sound. This is another example of the early 20's - 30's mystery with its art deco atmosphere. Philo Vance is a upper crust maven of the arts with a hobby of helping the New York police solve mysteries. William Powell was also in the early movie, but it would be wonderful if the movie be could shown just to Louise Brooks as the Canary.
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