The Warner Archive Collection has been mining the mysteries series in its vast library so aggressively — MGM’s Nick Carter and the delightful ersatz-Thin Man “Fast and” series recently joined Philo ...

Also lending a nostalgic view of an earlier New York, here the 1930s and featuring a schoolmarm sleuth, is Stuart Palmer's Hildegarde Withers: Uncollected Riddles, another entry in Crippen & Landru's ...

Most of the 15 tales in this superb collection feature Palmer’s best-known creation, Hildegarde Withers, a New York City public school teacher whose acumen rivals Miss Marple’s. In the clever “The ...

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 ...

Meet the talented cast and crew behind 'Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)' on Moviefone. Explore detailed bios, filmographies, and the creative team's insights. Dive into the heart of this movie through ...

The body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium. Naturally, suspicion falls on his wife and her boyfriend, who were present. Inspector Piper ...

A homicide inspector is joined by his girlfriend, a crime-solving schoolteacher, in the investigation of backstage murders at a Broadway revue. The final entry in the Hildegarde Withers mystery series ...

Penguin Pool Murder (1932): Edna Mae Oliver is always a scream to watch, and never more than when she’s playing the meddlesome but effective teacher-turned-detective, Hildegarde Withers. Oliver is a ...