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| ELECTRONIC BOOKS | Kindle, Nook, and others now have all of the Nero Wolfe books in electronic format. |
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The stories are narrated by Michael Prichard.
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| Rex Stout on Radio |  Rex Stout on Information, PleaseListen to or download the MP3 file of this 1939 radio quiz show. More episodes coming soon! |
carries fewer titles, but since we are an "affiliate", give them a try using the Amazon link beneath the menus on the left!REX STOUT ON TV  Also see John J. McAleer's article from his Rex Stout Journal regarding Mr. Stout and the Media. |
Omnibus, "The Fine Art of Murder" (ABC) Rex Stout appeared in the December 9, 1956, episode of Omnibus, a cultural anthology series that epitomized the golden age of television. Hosted by Alistair Cooke, "The Fine Art of Murder" was a 40-minute segment described by Time magazine as "a homicide as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe [and] Rex Stout would variously present it."
The author is credited as appearing along with Gene Reynolds (Archie Goodwin), Robert Echols (Nero Wolfe), James Daly (narrator), Jack Sydow and Dennis Hoey (Arthur Conan Doyle). Written by Sidney Carroll and directed by Paul Bogart, "The Fine Art of Murder" is in the collection of the Library of Congress (VBE 2397-2398). Book Beat, An Interview with Rex Stout, CETV
In 1972 Chicago's Educational Television (CETV) (later to become PBS?) aired an interview with Rex Stout.
"First Prize of Murder" (Studio One episode)
Broadcast on September 16, 1957 as an episode of the anthology series Studio One. Based on an idea by John D. MacDonald (of Travis McGee fame, among many other books), adapted by Phil Reisman, Jr.
Starring Darren McGavin, Philip Coolidge, Barbara O'Neil, Ross Martin, Colleen Dewhurst, Jonathan Harris, Larry Hagman and Peter Falk. Featuring (as themselves) mystery writers Rex Stout, Brett Halliday, Frances & Richard Lockridge, Georges Simenon and George Harmon Coxe.
The TV Guide for February 3,1957 describes an "Odyssey"program that aired at 4:00 p.m. on CBS that would interest Sherlockians as well as Wolfeans.
"All of today's show is devoted to Sherlock Holmes. Though most people regard Holmes as a merely fictional detective, the creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Baker Street Irregulars look at things differently. It's a dogma of the Irregulars that Holmes was, in fact is, a real person, that furthermore Dr. Watson was his actual chronicler, and that Conan Doyle simply acted as an agent for Watson. Today's 'Odyssey' program opens with a film of the annual meeting of the Irregulars in New York City last month where Holmes's 103rd birthday was toasted. " TV Guide concluded the entry with the cast. Holmes was played by Michael Clarke Laurence. Wilson by Donald Marye. Harry Gresham portrayed the remaining member of the three-man cast, Hargreave.
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| MISC TV | Lady Against the Odds (NBC)
Stout's 1937 novel The Hand in the Glove was adapted for an NBC TV movie titled Lady Against the Odds, which aired April 20, 1992. Crystal Bernard starred as Dol Bonner; Annabeth Gish co-starred as Sylvia Raffray. Bradford May, who also directed, received an Emmy Award for outstanding individual achievement in cinematography. |
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1977 Pilot (Aired in 1979) for 1981 TV Series  Click here to view a page devoted to the 1981 William Conrad Series |
 In 1977, Thayer David and Tom Mason starred in a made-for-tv movie based on The Doorbell Rang, intended as the pilot episode for a television series. Very soon after the pilot was completed, Thayer David died. The pilot show was telecast in 1979.The 1981 series with William Conrad and Lee Horsley was eventually made rather quickly. |
Edward Arnold as Wolfe in Meet Nero Wolfe  Lionel Stander
as Archie 
William Connolly as Nero Wolfe in League of Frightened Men |
Rex Stout authorized two movies in 1936 and 1937, respectively. He never again sold movie rights to his books. Meet Nero Wolfe (1936) starred Edward Arnold and Lionel Stander and was loosely based on Fer-de-Lance. In 1937, Columbia made a second (and final) Wolfe movie, The League of Frightened Men, starring Walter Connolly as Wolfe and Stander returning as Archie Goodwin. If you ever get a chance to see these movies, it's worth the annoyances. Stander, for instance, has a thick "Brooklyn" accent. He is more "recently" remembered as the gravely-voiced Max in the TV series Hart to Hart with Robert Wagner. In Meet Nero Wolfe, Archie has a "ding-bat"wife, played by Rita Hayworth (but listed in the credits under her birth name) in her first movie. The plots are almost unrecognizable from those of the books. Dick Lochte recounts an interview he conducted with Rex Stout, in which Mr. Stout talked about casting for his books and the two movies made in the 1930s. |
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The President Vanishes (Paramount)
In an interview printed in Royal Decree (1983), Rex Stout's official biographer John McAleer asked the author if there was any chance of Hollywood ever making a good Nero Wolfe movie. "I don't know," Stout replied. "I suppose so. They made a movie of another story I wrote — The President Vanishes. I hate like hell to admit it but it was better than the book, I think." Rex Stout's anonymous 1934 novel was quickly transformed into a feature film by Paramount Pictures. The President Vanishes (1934, British title Strange Conspiracy) was produced by Walter Wanger and directed by William A. Wellman, and featured a cast that includes Arthur Byron, Edward Arnold, Rosalind Russell and Andy Devine. See IMDB for further information. It was premiered, November 1935 and released in January 1936. On February 28, 2012, it was shown as part of the William A. Wellman Film Festival at the NYC Film Forum. |
RADIO  Francis X. Bushman  Mavor Moore and Don Francks |
In 1943, 1946, and 1950-1951 Nero Wolfe was aired on radio. Sidney Greenstreet played Nero Wolfe in the later series. The two earlier series have only one episode each available. A variety of actors played Archie Goodwin. In 1982 CBC radio in Canada broadcast a Nero Wolfe Series. 1943 Series: "THE ADVENTURES OF NERO WOLFE" (one episode)
1946 Series: "THE AMAZING NERO WOLFE" (one episode)
The above are available on a CD in MP3 format ($5.00 for the one CD) from otrcat.com or from otrsite.com on cassette ($6.00 per episode). You can listen free online at this and a number of other sites: http://www.radiolovers.com/pages/nerowolfe.htm. 1982 Canadian Radio Series starring Mavor Moore as Wolfe and Don Francks as Goodwin
There are many online sites where you can either download the MP3 format of the audio for free or purchase a CD/DVD of the shows in MP3 format. Do a Google Search for either "Nero Wolfe OTR free download" or "Nero Wolfe OTR purchase." Be sure to use the quotation marks for best results. |
| Record Album Label | OK -- So it's a 70s/80s bootleg operation for a U2 Rock Concert (audio) using our intrepid sleuth as the label monicker. Here are the front/back of a U2 record album under Nero Wolfe label. The album, "Into the Heart" was apparently created from an illicit recording of a concert at the London Lyceum Theater 12/20/1981. |
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