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RKO Pictures Penguin Pool Murder Rare RKO LaserDisc Thriller

Penguin Pool Murder Rare RKO LaserDisc Thriller

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Penguin Pool Murder Rare RKO LaserDisc Thriller

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Penguin Pool Murder

RKO Classic Collection

( Catalog Number ID7053TU )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (NTSC)

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Penguin Pool Murder
1932 - 70 min. - Black and White
Genre: Thriller
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Edna May Oliver makes the first of three appearances as Hildegarde Withers, the schoolteacher/sleuth created by mystery writer Stuart Palmer. While conducting her students on a tour of the Battery Park Aquarium, Hildegarde spots a dead body in the penguin pool. Police inspector Piper (James Gleason) believes it's an open-and-shut case when he collars the faithless wife (Mae Clarke) of the victim, but Hildegarde suspects there's more to the case than meets the eye. Detective and teacher mellow  from antagonists to friends in the course of the investigation, the denouement of which isn't revealed until the suspect is put on trial, where she is defended by her attorney-lover (Robert Armstrong). The murderer's identity isn't too surprising, but Penguin Pool Murder takes several unexpected twists all the same, including a neat reversal on the old "reunited lovers" finale. At the end, Hildegarde and Piper are contemplating marriage, but in the subsequent Edna May Oliver/James Gleason "Hildegarde Withers" films (Murder on the Blackboard, Murder on a Honeymoon) they retain their single status. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Cast for Penguin Pool Murder

Edna May Oliver
Robert Armstrong
James Gleason
Mae Clarke
Donald Cook
Edgar Kennedy
Clarence Wilson
James Donlan
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Gustav von Seyffertitz
William Le Maire
Joe Hermano
Guy Usher
Rochelle Hudson
Wilfrid North

Crew for Penguin Pool Murder

Producer Kenneth Macgowan
Producer David O. Selznick
Cinematographer Henry W. Gerrard
Director George Archainbaud
Editor Jack Kitchin
Writer Stuart Palmer
Writer Lowell Brentano
Writer Willis Goldbeck

Feature Details

Title: Penguin Pool Murder
Feature Release Date: 1932
Genre: Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 70 Minutes
Picture: Academy Ratio
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV+CAV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 30 Aug 1991
Catalog Number: ID7053TU
UPC: 014381705362
Manufacturer: Mitsubishi
Collection: RKO Classic Collection
Publisher: Image Entertainment

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: ID7053TU
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Edna May Oliver, James Gleason in...

Penguin Pool Murder

RKO Classic Collection

( Catalog Number ID7053TU )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc

Penguin Pool Murder
1932 - 70 min. - Black and White
Genre: Thriller
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Edna May Oliver makes the first of three appearances as Hildegarde Withers, the schoolteacher/sleuth created by mystery writer Stuart Palmer. While conducting her students on a tour of the Battery Park Aquarium, Hildegarde spots a dead body in the penguin pool. Police inspector Piper (James Gleason) believes it's an open-and-shut case when he collars the faithless wife (Mae Clarke) of the victim, but Hildegarde suspects there's more to the case than meets the eye. Detective and teacher mellow  from antagonists to friends in the course of the investigation, the denouement of which isn't revealed until the suspect is put on trial, where she is defended by her attorney-lover (Robert Armstrong). The murderer's identity isn't too surprising, but Penguin Pool Murder takes several unexpected twists all the same, including a neat reversal on the old "reunited lovers" finale. At the end, Hildegarde and Piper are contemplating marriage, but in the subsequent Edna May Oliver/James Gleason "Hildegarde Withers" films (Murder on the Blackboard, Murder on a Honeymoon) they retain their single status. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Cast for Penguin Pool Murder

Edna May Oliver
Robert Armstrong
James Gleason
Mae Clarke
Donald Cook
Edgar Kennedy
Clarence Wilson
James Donlan
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Gustav von Seyffertitz
William Le Maire
Joe Hermano
Guy Usher
Rochelle Hudson
Wilfrid North

Crew for Penguin Pool Murder

Producer Kenneth Macgowan
Producer David O. Selznick
Cinematographer Henry W. Gerrard
Director George Archainbaud
Editor Jack Kitchin
Writer Stuart Palmer
Writer Lowell Brentano
Writer Willis Goldbeck

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