Penguin Pool Murder
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Penguin Pool Murder

Penguin Pool Murder (1932)

Genres - Comedy, Drama, Mystery-Suspense, Romance  |   Release Date - Dec 9, 1932  |   Run Time - 70 min.  |   Countries - United States of America  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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The Penguin Pool Murder is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy/mystery film starring Edna May Oliver as Hildegarde Withers, a witness in a murder case at the New York Aquarium, with James Gleason as the police inspector in charge of the case, who investigates with her unwanted help, and Robert Armstrong as an attorney representing Mae Clarke, the wife of the victim. Oliver's appearance was the first film appearance of the character of Hildegarde Withers, the schoolteacher and sleuth based on the character from the 1931 novel The Penguin Pool Murder by Stuart Palmer. It is the first in a trilogy including Murder on the Blackboard, and Murder on a Honeymoon, in which Oliver and Gleason team up for the lead roles.

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Themes

Justice

Tags

Amateur Detective, Aquarium, Hildegarde Withers, Justice, Murder, Murder Investigation, Oliver, Penguin

Attributes

Narrative Location: New York City

Part of Collection

Hildegarde Withers

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Alternate Titles

Asesinato en el acuario
ES
Det gåtfulla mordet
SE
Mysteriet i pingvinhuset
DK
The Penguin Pool Murder
, US
The Penguin Pool Mystery
GB
Un meurtre chez les pingouins
FR