Chester Morris (1901 - 1970)

American actor, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Alibi (1929). Star in the Boston Blackie series.

* February 16, 1901 New York City, New York, USA
 as John Chester Brooks Morris
 September 11, 1970 New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, July 1929
Photoplay, June 1930
Photoplay, September 1930

Photoplay, October 1930
Photoplay, November 1930
Photoplay, November 1930

Photoplay, January 1931
Photoplay, January 1931
Photoplay, March 1931

Photoplay, October 1931
Photoplay, June 1932
Photoplay, June 1932

Photoplay, July 1932
Photoplay, August 1932
Photoplay, August 1932

Photoplay, August 1932
Photoplay, September 1932
Photoplay, January 1933

Photoplay, March 1936
Photoplay, April 1936
Photoplay, May 1936


Books with substantial mentioning of Chester Morris

Mick LaSalle Dangerous Men Mick LaSalle
Dangerous Men, Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of the Modern Man
2002

James Robert Parish and William T. Leonard
Hollywood Players, The Thirties
New Rochelle, New York, 1976

Books with an entry on Chester Morris

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Martin J. Quigley (ed.) The Motion Picture Almanac Martin J. Quigley (ed.)
The Motion Picture Almanac, Big Stars in Big Pictures
Chicago, Ill., 1929

Books with photograph(s) of Chester Morris

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

Articles on Chester Morris

DeWitt Bodeen, Chester Morris, in: Films in Review, vol. 31, 1980 pp. 395-408, 412