Columbo Meets Frank Sinatra
The Nero Wolfe Movie that Guaranteed There Would be No More Nero Wolfe Movies
This is the first 7 minutes of the last of two Nero Wolfe Films,The League of Frightened Men (1937) which was a sequel to, "Meet Nero Wolfe" and was posted on YouTube by a company selling an out of print DVD.
Rex Stout decided not to allow any more movies to be made based on his books, displeased with Lionel Stander's portrayal of Archie Goodwin. The punchdrunk Archie Goodwin portrayal we see in the clip seems to justify the conclusion..
On both the level of the artist and of business, it's understandable why Stout didn't want to make any more films. If films like this made their way into the cultural bloodstream, it would have turned people off to the books. And these movies came very early in the Wolfe franchise.
People Will Come
James Earl Jones' great baseball speech still sends chills through me. Play ball!
Pat Novak for Hire-Fan Video
There's quite a bit to commend this performance. It's not exactly Webb, but the guy's got the right style. I was just surprised to find it out there. Nicely done.
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