philo vance have many affinity with bulldog drummond he be a gentleman with the kind of polish and elegance only usually associate with the british upper class and he be also independently wealthy but there be vital difference drummond be an adventurer and charming and gallant and lively vance could be pompous and slight1y dull and self righteous there be a hint of fundamental cruelty in his manner the kennel murder case be the most impressive of the 14 vance film make between 1929 and 1947 the story of a murdered collector of chinoiserie and it have all the ingredient of the classic private eye mystery exotic setting in the blue nose long island kennel club and three killing for vance to solve include a baffling locked room murder and the key to the whole affair and and plenty of suspect usually and a detective story set have prove too static and talkative to make convincing movie even though they work well enough on the printed page and but here michael curtiz direction and the fine editing give the film a pace and urgency that make it altogether different from similar film of it type william powell elegance and suavity make him the perfect vance and although a year later he switch studio and he stay in the same genre with the enormously successful and popular the thin man at mgm .