Philo Vance
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Philo Vance is a fictional amateur detective originally featured in 12 crime novels by S. S. Van Dine in the 1920s and '30s. During that time, Vance was immensely popular in books, films, and radio. H
E. M. Jackson illustrated the first appearance of The Kennel Murder Case for Cosmopolitan (November 1932 – February 1933)
Poster for The Canary Murder Case (1929), featuring Louise Brooks
Poster for The Benson Murder Case (1930), starring William Powell as Philo Vance
The Scarab Murder Case is a lost 1936 British film directed by Michael Hankinson and starring Wilfrid Hyde-White, Wally Patch and Kathleen Kelly. It was written by Selwyn Jepson based on the 1930 nove
Wally Patch (left) and Wilfrid Hyde-White (right) in the film