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Hildegarde Withers Mystery Collection

Hildegarde Withers Mystery Collection

Collection
6 Movies1932 - 1937

Adventures of school teacher Hildegarde Wither, an amateur sleuth.

Movies in this Collection

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1
The Penguin Pool Murder
Dec 9, 1932

New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium.

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2
Murder on the Blackboard
Jun 15, 1934

There are plenty of guilty secrets at the school where Hildegarde Withers teaches. When she finds the body of the pretty music teacher, she calls in her old friend Inspector Piper, who promptly arrests the obvious suspect. Clues multiply and everyone looks suspicious as Piper and Miss Withers continue their battle of the sexes.

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3
Murder on a Honeymoon
Feb 22, 1935

An amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane suddenly dies. The third and final film with Edna May Oliver and James Gleason as the astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and the New York Police Inspector Oscar Piper busy solving crimes.

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4
Murder on a Bridle Path
Apr 17, 1936

When the body of Violet Feverel is discovered on the Central Park bridle path, Inspector Oscar Piper presumes her death was accidental, until his friend, amateur detective Hildegarde Withers, locates Violet’s horse and discovers it is streaked with blood.

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5
The Plot Thickens
Dec 11, 1936

A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case.

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6
Forty Naughty Girls
Sep 24, 1937

Hildegarde Withers and Inspector Piper try to solve a murder while attending a popular Broadway show.

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