MEET NERO WOLFE (1936)
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- First in a series (of two) films based on the Rex Stout character. This one was based on the first book in the series, Fer-de-lance. The second film, The League of Frightened Men, featured Walter Connolly as Wolfe, with Lionel Stander reprising his role as Archie. More info on my blog: davycrockettsa...
Nero describes how in 1936 everything can be brought to your door, food and drink, and to find about the world you read a paper or listen to the radio. We have come full circle.
Yeeeesss
It appears so
Don't I wish. Try finding anybody waiting at home with that much wit and aplomb. Try finding anybody who knows what wit is (and never mind, "aplomb").
I'm hearing winner winner ,chicken dinner ...
That's been true for about a hundred years.
Wow! Long time Nero Wolfe fan, never knew until now that the character was portrayed this long ago and the movie appears to be well written and produced! Thank you very much for this!
Trust me, the A&E tv series with Timothy Hutton was a great deal truer to the written stories.
By 1936, Columbia had managed to shed much of it's C-movie image and began a run of well-made movies. Interesting that BP (Bud) Schulberg, a longtime producer and executive at Paramount, produced this one. Edward Arnold was a well-regarded character actor who gets a lead here.
Excellent observations!
Edward _Arnold_ isn't it?
Did Edward Arnold ever play a role he enjoyed more? Such a good film. Please watch and enjoy. Made the year I was born, 1936. This is November 1st 2020, "lockdown in England" so keep safe and well if you can.
Good health to you also. 🇦🇺😷Covid19 Lockdowns are few and far between now. I enjoy this time of solitude and interesting UA-cam movies.
@@deborahduthie4519 Thank you Deborah. Have survived lockdown, had my 2 jabs and you are quite right. I spent so much time catching up on my reading and, as you, say, enjoying peace and quiet. Did miss my golf though! Kind regards.
Ronald Strange That surprised me. Golf Clubs could have made the greens available, no, maybe not. They exist on the club bar and little costs here and there, with wages going out, so maybe it became easier than all of the precautions that your club would have to motivate. I hope Putting around the home sufficed until you could /canhave a jolly good swing. Just don’t over do that first swing, for your back health. Take care, sanitise and don’t take it for granted that the other person has been diligent with their sanitisation. Good positive attitude, you.👍🏼🇦🇺
@@deborahduthie4519 Very good advice Deborah. Many thanks. Have started golf again but my game has suffered from lack of practice but, as I don't do it for a living, who cares. Am observing the rules regarding covid and the golf club has had very few problems. Kind regards.
💖Take care
Marie was played by Rita Cansino who later became known as Rita Hayworth. Lionel Stander was blacklisted for many years but became well known playing Max on the t.v. show Hart to Hart.
@SuperFromatoz 🙄
First time I've seen this version of Nero Wolfe . Thank you for posting it on your channel
Thank you for this up load= a huge fan of Rex Stout and his Nero Wolfe books. Considering the times a fun interpretation . Loved Lionel Stander as Max in the Hart to Hart series .
Lionel Stander had a long, fruitful career. I watched him in Hart to Hart as a kid.
He certainly told the House Un-American Activities Committee where they could stick it.
lionel yep
As a reader, I get it. Movies and tv rarely ever are better than the book.(PBS's Poldark by Winston Graham is a prime example)But as a classic movie fan, I'll take these plots over most anything after 1970. All these film noirs are fantastic(Philo Vance, The Falcon, The Thin Man, Nero Wolfe, am sure there's more!)
I agree. They're well thought out and loaded with interesting characters (much like in Dicken's novels). As well they are fast-paced and full of witty and enjoyable humor that more than occasionally reveals little gems of wisdom. Nothing is ever dragged out to the point of actually boring (instead of entertaining) the viewer.
Good actors are everywhere, good writers are hard to find. Most American television could be written by a ten year old.
This is a travesty to all things Rex Stout! These characters bear little resemblance to the Wolfe and Goodwin portrayed in his books. Hollywood, once again, takes unnecessary liberties with the written word. Such a shame. The movie could have been that much better.
Archie is very sadly misrepresented in this as far as putting up with a whiny woman wanting to get married. He is portrayed most excellent with Tim Hutton, that includes the numerous jobs he does for Nero.
For goodness sakes! This movie was created in 1936. I agree that I love the Timothy Hutton series but in 1936 this movie is quite well done.
@@caroldiff436 Ah I forgot to say I enjoyed the movie, and thanks for posting. Tim Hutton did a lot of directing on the one I mentioned. I see there is a movie on UA-cam Nero Wolfe unsold pilot. Rex Stout is really the one to compliment for the fantastic stories and capturing the essence of the period.
@@shirleysavitts9647 That's Capt. Kirk as Archie in that pilot.
If you read the Rex Stout novels Archie Goodwin is a very competent detective, Wolfe just happens to be a genius.
This Archie Goodwin is a slow witted incompentant.
In novel fer de Lance, I think Archie told about when first hired he was on docks looking for a slice and ended up in hosp due to some dockworkers misunderstanding his errand, and Wolfe got him to keep job by giving him a raise! Always wished that Rex Stout had turned this into a book!
It was genius planning. Wolfe is the sedentary solves everything, Goodwin is the man of action, two detective genres combined.
How many of you recognized a young Rita Hayworth playing Marie at 9:48 ? Yes, that is her, billed under her original name of Rita Cansino. Even in this early attempt you can see she has pretty good acting chops.
Ahhh this is before she dyed her hair .
@@sandrasatterfield4432 Yes, I think she also had a little bit of her "widows peak" at the hairline too. The studio had it removed, her hair dyed and she was given a new name to sort of "Anglicize" her.
The movie’s based on the first Nero Wolfe novel, “Fer-De-Lance”. And Rita Cansino, of course, is Rita Hayworth!
Hey that's Max from Hart to Hart playing Archie have never seen him in anything else but the part of Max thanks for posting
He was in a lot of old movies, including the original "A Star is Born." I think he was blacklisted during the Communist scare, so that's probably why he wasn't seen much after the 1940s.
i either
I thought it was max but wasn’t sure thanks for confirming 🙂
Cul de sac.
It was fun. I don't ask for much higher than that. I think Tim Hutton is the best Archie and Greenstreet is unmatched on the radio series, but this was fun and worth my time.
I loved Lee Horsely. He looks exactly as I imagined him when I was reading Rex Stout...
A missed opportunity. The film’s version of Wolfe was a rough approximation, although apparently the director heard somewhere that fat people are jolly. He laughs absurdly and inappropriately throughout the film. Archie was a real let-down. Instead of a handsome, stylish, quick-thinking and fast-talking PI from Ohio, we get a funny-looking dumb schlub from Brooklyn who couldn’t detect the weather. Fritz they didn’t bother with. Instead we get Olaf, the Swedish Chef, and he might as well be a muppet. Can’t imagine why, unless there was some anti-Swiss sentiment at the time- and who doesn’t like the Swiss? I’m glad I saw it, disappointed as I am. It’s amusing enough if you don’t expect too much from it. Although the constant laughing became creepy.
Timothy Hutton is the only one who has played Archie right. Although William Shatner tried once.
If they were any good at making movies these days, maybe they’d appreciate your thoughts on this. Would be great to see a black and white made now, especially according to your recommendations. B&W has a more dreamlike quality. As it is, we content ourselves with what we have, and that is still somewhat consoling compared to what is made lately.
I like the Archie Goodwin and Fritz spoken about in latter movies but the best Nero was and always Thayer David.
I'd like to thank you for your critique of this mindless waist of celluloid. As I've never red any of the Nero Wolf novels I couldn't imagine that they could all be this bad. So, once again, Thank You for your clarification of the originoal Rex Stout novel.
@@danieldumas7361 The novels are a very satisfying read and enjoyable.
Shatner was not bad. The whole script was meh but he might have done it.
William Shatner portrayed Archie Goodwin in an unsold pilot in 1959. Kurt Kazner was Nero Wolf.
A pilot that should have sold. The story was not based on any of the books.
Lionel Stander stole the picture as possibly the only milk-drinking detective in movie history. He should have been paired with Nick Charles. Edward Arnold as Wolfe explains that there is no reason to leave your apartment since you have access to the telephone and the radio. If he had only known about the Internet and UA-cam.
Edward Arnold has always been one of my favorite actors. Thanks for this UL!
UL?
@@MichaelGunner123 UL = UpLoad 😉
Thanks for providing this movie! I've been looking for it for years. Edward Arnold gives a good performance as Wolfe, but Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe would never be so inhospitable as to drink beer without offering refreshments to a guest. Too bad the filmmakers decided to turn Archie Goodwin into a clown.
@SuperFromatoz Thanks for the tip! Yes, this show is much more true to the spirit and details of the Rex Stout stories. I wish it had become a series.
This is typical of the time!
@SuperFromatoz Stop being a movie snob!
@SuperFromatoz I can enjoy lots of different movies because of different reasons.
@@marywebb9127 True, this is typical. They usually included some needless comedy in mystery movies, perhaps due to the success of THE THIN MAN (1934). They ruined the Perry Mason movies the same way.
Even if it wasn't allegedly based on "Fer-de-Lance", the first Nero Wolfe nove!, It would have been awful but basing it on that was a travesty. Edward Arnold was a wonderful actor but he played a Wolfe who never existed. Wolfe was a gourmet and gourmand. Fritz was the chef's name and he was as good a chef as at any high priced restaurant. Archie was from Ohio and was nothing like this Archie and Mazie, fortunately never existed. Archie was a ladies man and charming. Wolfe was not mean with money and he worked to afford his orchids and his haute cuisine tastes. Only parts of this related to the book. I even wondered if the murderer would even be the same as in the book. It was.
Yes. Wolfe actually had the opposite problem, he lived above his means.
Oh wow, it's Lionel Stander from Hart to Hart.
Well, that was quite a...different interpretation of Nero Wolfe. Not exactly like the books, but still pretty good, especially for 1936.
1936 was good but 1939 was THE BOMB for films!!!
I really like the Timothy Hutton and cast. I also like the fact that they used the same actors for different roles throughout the two seasons. For example James Tolken (Top Gun,Back to the Future) was in 15 episode and the beautiful Kari Matchett was in 17 episodes where she played many characters including Goodwins love interest Lily Rowen.
I love those Hutton/Chaikin versions. The cast was like a repertoire cast, they were like a well-tuned machine. But every time Tolken appeared on screen, all I could hear was 'Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash'.
Lily is the only thing wrong in the Hutton series. She was a blonde.
Thank you so much. I so like Nero Wolfe and especially Sidney Greenstreet and Maury Chaykin. Rita Hayworth was just the sweetest gal. I wish I could have just sat down with her and said thank you for all the fine movies. Good on ya mate.
Maury Chaykin=#1 !!!!
@@rescuepetsrule6842, Hard for me to pick a best one but I surely liked both Chaykin and Greenstreet.
I also liked William Conrad.
@@lesterparker1636 Conrad directed a few good features himself, some are here on yt.
Did anyone else recognize the lovely Rita Hayworth, billed as Rita Cansino, playing the part of Marie?
Well spotted, you beat me to it. Here, and in 'Charlie Chan in Egypt'.
Wow, I didn't,but I'm glad to know. Thanks
Edward Arnold is 1st rate in the title role. The film also contains a fine supporting cast. But the screenplay is weak. The Archie Goodwin character is a fool & Wolfe would never allow his annoying fiance to hang around the house. As a comic mystery this film is fine. But as a film based on Rex Stout story it is a flop.
Too bad the image quality is so poor, it makes the movie difficult to watch. But it is very pleasant to see Edward Arnolt in a comic role ... beer drinker and collector of orchids.
The funniest thing is his speech on the 20th century which allows to live "without leaving home", thanks, he says, on the telephone, the newspapers, the radio. That long before television, internet, Netflix, Amazon, Uber, etc. ... and containment, of course.
All in all this is the best version, and as far as I can tell, the 1st, and a great model for the development of newer versions. Too bad none of them live up to the original. If they had, such as the one attempted with Bill Shatner, who's adept acting could sell a used car to my sister, would have been picked up. But it wasn't. And the 1983 movie version: P U. And this original version doesn't even have any music, which accounts for the faster pace, which I have to tell you, are both the newer versions biggest weakness. Edward Arnold was a great actor. The main character is the most important one and in both the attempted TV Series and movie in the 80's both fail. Neither does the directing stand up to the 1936 original. I definitely would've paid a quarter ($.50 with a date) to go see it in a movie theater. Thanks so much for sharing this movie. It's a delight.
i never saw a movie with Edward Arnold that i did not like :)
Nero Wolfe said "20th century it's a waste of time to go
, out if you want to talk to somebody you'll pick up a telephone if you want to find out what's going on in the world you read a newspaper if you want to listen to fine music you tune in your radio on the symphony concerts if you want sunlight to turn on the ultraviolet ray if it's a hot day and you want to be cool press a button and turn on a fan if you foolish enough to to believe in exercise you can always ride a mechanical horse food meat drinks are brought to your door you can even buy it closed by me the streets are always crowded with people hopping back and forth back and forth tiring themselves rushing to nowhere" and here we are April 2020 and the whole world is on a lock down......mmmmmmhhhhh 😏😏😏😏
Wolfe might enjoy it, until me missed inviting all those suspects in for a grilling.
@@evanlewis1836 are you kidding? Any excuse not to work is good for Wolfe.
Archie's girlfriend is socialite Lily Rowan
Entertaining film with an intricate plot. It kept my attention. Thanks for posting! :-)
Edward Arnold was believable as Wolfe BUT. . .the Archie Goodwin character was all wrong! Timothy Hutton's portrayal was VERY good as Archie and fit Rex Stout's creation perfectly!
I was thinking the opposite. Nero Wolfe was like the character on the British mystery show " Pie in the Sky" with the passion for flowers instead of food. Nero was always serious seldom smiled or laughed. Rather than the way Edward Arnold is portraying him. .I though Archie was a little closer to form.
Where did that fiancee come from?
Hutton and his acting company were just terrific.
BluesImprov I totally agree. Have you seen the unsold pilot starring William Shatner as Archie? It’s here on youtube and Shatner does a great job!
@@oceanbrzzz Tim Hutton was much better, M. Chaykin too. Film adaptations of books/literary characters aren't a simple matter, it requires talent to make it work visually, yet remain faithful to the characters as created in the books.
Archie--- and his girl ---are among the most annoying performances I've seen in any movie
Edward Arnold was one of the best actors of all time
Max the chauffeur from Heart to Heart .. Very distinctive voice
Just a note. On the show their name was spelled Hart.
Rubyredjewel oh yes that looks more familiar .. funny pick up made me smile :-)
I also recognized the voice of Mazie Gray, Archie's fiancée. Dennie Moore. She played the manicurist in "The Women" who spills the beans about who the husband is cheating with.
@@cathy6552 Good. (lol)
"Waistline?". "It's an imaginary line. Like the equator." Gotta love it!
I tried to watch this movie through 1930’s eyes.....not having seen my favorites of Maury Chaykin/Timothy Hutton duo of the early 2000’s. I enjoy Lionel Stander in other things....he was a good character actor but I think he was miscast in this role. Then I thought about the tendency of the 30’s and 40’s sidekicks being a little silly, like stumble bums or the comic relief.....Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes series of the late 30’s/40’s.....I guess there was an effort to add that comic relief through the sidekick.....
Pendragon ...Timothy Hutton
Nigel Bruce is great in HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES and the radio series. They prove that he could be an excellent straight Watson. Even in ADVENTURES, he still has more common sense than Holmes and realizes that Moriarty is running a blind bluff for a bigger prize.
Ernest Brown ...as a matter of fact I’m now listening to a cassette of Holmes/Watson in a radio broadcast from 1945....I do have a tendency to agree with you although the Rathbone/Bruce generation was different....not bad, just different from, say the Cumberbatch/Freeman more modern era. Rathbone/Watson were the characters for their generation as Arthur Wontner was for his generation. I love watching/listening to each “gen’s” approach....a true education in historical character development....shalom.....
Meet Nero Wolfe, released 16 July 1936 (USA). Edward Arnold as Nero Wolfe, Lionel Stander as Archie Goodwin, Dennie Moore as Mazie Gray, Victor Jory as Claude Roberts, Nana Bryant as Sarah Barstow, Joan Perry as Ellen Barstow, Russell Hardie as Manuel Kimball, Walter Kingsford as Emanuel Jeremiah (E.J.) Kimball, Boyd Irwin (as Boyd Irwin Sr.) as Prof. Edgar Barstow, John Qualen as Olaf, Gene Morgan as Det. Lt. O'Grady, Rita Hayworth (as Rita Cansino) as Maria (Marie) Maringola, Frank Conroy as Dr. Nathaniel Bradford, Juan Torena as Carlo Maringola, Martha Tibbetts, Apartment House Maid, Eddy Waller, Golf Starter, George Offerman Jr. as Mike - E.J.'s Caddy, William 'Billy' Benedict as Johnny - Barstow's Caddy, Raymond Borzage as Tommy - Roberts' Caddy, William Anderson as Bill - Manuel's Caddy, Eric Wilton as Kimball's Butler, Roy Bliss, Delivery Boy, David Worth, Kimball's Chauffeur, Allen Mathews, Attendant, Arthur Stuart Hull, Minor Role, Jay Owen, Minor Role, Arthur Rankin, Minor Role, Henry Roquemore, Minor Role.
Monoply was only a year old when the movie was made. Still the best board game ever.
I like this as a comedy thriller but as a Nero Wolfe mystery as the great man said Pfui.
@SuperFromatoz You need to get out more and stop trolling about how much you hate this!
@SuperFromatoz I just getting tied of you attacking people because they dare to enjoy the film and you don't. All you had to do is explain you did not like the movie in a intelligent way and move on.
That's "Phooey!"
@@JS-ob4oh In the book Four To Go it's spelled Pfui how it's pronounced is a different matter.
@SuperFromatoz You are a sad little man!
I've listen and watched many of the Nero Wolf shows and I must say I like this version
Did you read any of the books?
I have not read any of the books but now is time
@SuperFromatoz No surprise there!
You have every right to like this version!
Thank you for this upload . Makes me appreciate the Timothy Hutton and Maury Chaykin interpretations even more. This was slap stick comedy, not a fave of mine.
Really people 🙄
That series is amazing. :)
Oh me too. They've really spoiled me to any other live performances. I love the Sydney Greenstreet radio version the best for audio.
Super thriller of the old school plus lots of wisecracks. Well recommended.
Maybe not the greatest portrayal of Nero Wolfe, but great fun. Loved the snappy dialogue! Dennie Moore as Mazie was especially good.
Isnt this the original Nero Wolfe, If so, then this is the best portrayal. I am sure in the 1030's this was the best portrayal
A quite different play.
Wolfe is unusually extrovert, and Archie is not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
I believe that the Conrad - Horsley is a lot closer to the books.
But the Chaykin - Hutton is my favourite.
I really loved the books.
Wolfes character was too jolly. Archie is awful! The story was interesting. With different characters it would have been passable.
max
Would Nero Wolfe really drink his beer straight out of the bottle?Surely he would have considered such a practise infra dig.
Read Rex Stout books, been long time, so I can't precisely recall, but think he did at times! Wish Orson Welles had played Wolf tho, he would have been perfect!
@@delmaplain6823 I have read quite a lot of Nero Wolfe novels and am currently reading "Three For The Chair"and the only times he appears to drink beer is in his office and always from a glass.I think the worst part of that scene is where he spits the beer out into one of his beloved orchid pots!
It does not really matter as they change things when books are adapted for films.Thank you for your reply.
Best Wishes.
Problem with Lionel Stander is I keep hearing Max (from Hart to Hart) no matter who he plays. :-)
Especially in Cul de Sac, one of his best films.
Nero: "I believe I'll go downstairs, I'm hungry."
Archie: "But, you just ate a whole turkey!"
Nero: "Yeah, but it was a SMALL one."
Classic. Great film.
Thank you for uploading this 👍 It was not true to the books but I still enjoyed it.
I liked this one. I like the actors. I'm a an old movies buff.
I don't understand how they could mess it up so bad. Everything was wrong.
I agree with the other comments. The rendition of Goodwin is HORRIBLE (not the actors fault - they wrote him as a goof, and the actor gave them a goof), and while I generally like Edward Arnold, the character as written is wrong and annoying - Wolfe isn't a pinch-penny. The Timothy Hutton version was much better, and although I felt Hutton's delivery was not ideal (I think Goodwin is a bit more of an edgy smart-ass and a little less of a clown), overall the series was excellent - in particular, the show had a really good supporting cast and an excellent set designer. My ideal for a Nero Wolfe movie was Orson Welles as Wolfe, and a young Paul Newman as Goodwin.
First of 2 Columbia Nereo Wolfe films that I did not know before. Walter Connolly plays Wolfe in The League of Frightened Men 1938
I miss dialing phone numbers. I like chicken nuggets
Such a horrible adaptation of the books. Even Rex Stout HATED it.
This was great thanks for the upload!
Dreadful. I have read all the books, and now I can see why Stout was reluctant to have his books made into movies. Wow!
AS I haven't read the books, I have nothing to compare it to, so i found the film quite fun. A clever parody of Sherlock Holmes type whodunnits with some witty lines. Edward Arnold was a great actor. It's nice to see him laughing, I've only seen him playing grouches before.
Books are books and movies are movies - no comparison what so ever. Great that you enjoyed the books and let us know they exist, might take some time for me and have a read 😉
@@splitpitch he hd a great laugh. even when being a mean man. excellent character actor
@SuperFromatoz To tell the truth, I haven't been out much lately as our country has been in lockdown for 6 weeks. perhaps you live in one of those places that encourage people to go out and about during a pandemic.
@@splitpitch I've seen Arnold play stoic characters. I love him in whatever he did.
Just love Edward Arnold in anything - even if this Nero Wolfe isn't as it should be.
He was a great actor. Check out the film Eyes in the Night in which he plays a blind detective.
This item begs for Murray Chaykin and Tim Hutton. When the early-2000s TV Wolfe was announced, i thought, "Oh, RIGHT. Let's see anything that comes even a beer-bottle's throw from radio's Sydney Greenstreet Wolfe, and Elliot Lewis's Archie. The Chaykin-Hutton team qualified separately as having nailed their character; their performances were synergy; i can't myself believe i am not full-fathom-faithful to Greenstreet, especially, but that magnificent mammoth handed his pinball crown to Chaykin: Murray Chaykin IS (or, sadly, "WAS") THE Nero Wolfe. And Hutton, Archie Goodwin.
And so, my impossible dream wishes i could see those latest, Chaykin and Hutton, treat this. Not a remarkable script but one that does hold together, and in the hands of masters i'll bet this coulda been a contendah in the newer age.
I liked the 2000 version except for Archie's hat. He kept it on all the time. No man, gentleman or not would have kept it on inside or in the presence of a lady without causing negative comments.
Maysie sounds like Archie Bunkers wife.
1 thing wrong. All the beer he never pisses.
Great actor nice guy
Love this Wolfe ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Enjoyed! Thanks!
Was this the first product placement (Monopoly at 49:20)? Oh, and the "Dinner is ruined, sir" from the butler is gold.
Whimsical story, but with one fatal flaw (pun intended). The fer-de-lance is not native to Argentina and its venom, though a deadly hemotoxin, is not particularly fast acting. The poison spreads through cells and blood vessels, causing swelling and blisters, and destroying tissue as it moves. If not countered quickly with antivenom, it may require amputation or else lead to death. Depending upon the amount of venom injected whether or not it enters directly into the blood stream, death can occur within hours, days, or weeks.
After watching the 2002 Nero Wolfe series, this video makes my hair tingle. Not even close to my idea of the Wolfe household that I am accustomed to.
Touche!! Maury Chaykin is great as 2002 Nero!! Etc.
Ile de France : after ww2 my Godmother's husband was engineer on her (but it is due to prohibition that she became very famous)
Nero Wolfe would never allow that annoying woman to hang around in his house.
Nero Wolfe would never allow any woman to hang around. Unless he got paid for it. Even then, Archie usually had a strong hand in it.
Poor Archie! If your fiancée already looks like a wife, get the hell out!
" You are a disturbing element in this house . Go . "
That's a great way of putting it .
Each version of the Nero Wolfe Mysteries has its benefits .
This one is quicker in its developments and accordingly suspense is higher , beside being funnier .
The other one gives the Archie Goodwin role more space and charme , which is also very entertaining .
Archie , in the second version , also was a lady's man and never got married as far as i remember .
On the other hand , the role of Olaf , the bodyguard , in this version is replaced in the other version
by Fritz the swiss cook/bodyguard to expand on Nero Wolfe's culinary/gourmet side .
Thanx for the intel - characters developing in a new sphere 🤔
This Nero Wolfe actor, Edward Arnold, is certainly an excellent choice but with just a little too much chuckling. A marriage of Edward Arnold and Maurey Chaykin would be an ideal combination with Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin. Just right.
That Nero Wolfe sure does guzzle a lot of beer.
@SuperFromatoz Yeah. Look how drinking beer affected his mind and ability to reason and solve crimes.
Sydney Greenstreet is the best Nero Wolfe on old-time radio.
he was the best at whatever he did
Yes they were great 👍
After being a fan of the A&E version, I couldn't get past the 10 minute mark- I've been spoiled by the best, so this is insufferable. Although, if I had seen this first I probably would have loved it, so I have nothing negative to say. Enjoy!
That guy from Hart to Hart fame...my new x-mas movie
I thought this version was funny but the Archie and Nero characters in this no way reflect the Archie and Nero as depicted in Rex Stout's stories.
Edward Albert is no Maury Chaykin
Very good movie and the video quality was good, too. Thanks for sharing.
Love Nero wolf I can't believe the man servant did hart to hart 🥰
what a wonderful introduction to Nero Wolf movies! thnak-you
Very interesting curiosity for a big Wolfe fan. Thanks
A lot of people in the comments didn't like this version of Nero Wolfe, but I don't think Archie Goodwin (Lionel Stander) was all that much of a clown. The interaction between the two was great and Nero Wolfe was well played by Edward Arnold.
Perhaps worst rendition of Nero Wolfe. ever made.
@Paul Interics The late '70s TV movie w/Thayer David
I really enjoy the speech in the scene from 30:03 on. If only Nero Wolfe saw the comforts we have in this day and age.
At the same time, it is puzzling how a man this smart would forget that in order to live his lifestyle, someone has to be willing to bring the food and drink, and the orchestra or band has to come together to make music.
best of all ages for the opportunity to watch again for the opportunity to watch again this year and the Mermaid is a good film 1for
Everything about this movie is grating whether you know Nero Wolfe from the books or not. "When are we gonna get married?" Nero does something cheap. Nero laughs. Again and again and again and again! Ugh! Even in the 30s they should've known not to go back to the same joke 100 times.
The shot at the :45 sec mark, of the golf facility, looks like Rivera CC in LA.
Love Walter Conolly! Thanks for posting.
Walter Connolly was also an excellent actor and closer to the Nero Wolfe of the novels.
Thank you for uploading this film. I never heard of Nero Wolfe until now. I enjoyed the story. Very amusing.
There was another Nero Wolfe a year or two later with the same Archie but a different Wolfe.
Thanks upload this film...great fun watching
Excellent. Thank you.
Imagine if studios has some intelligence and switched Nigel Bruce into the role of Wolfe. He could play straight roles as well. Still waiting for the release of Murder in Trinidad where he plays Bertram Lynch
But what will mazzie say when are we going to get married great timing by Edward Arnold lol
What a classic 1930's B-movie. Perfect example of a good one.
Nice to see a different version. I guess adding in comedy was a thing of this time. This was oldest movie that showed Monopoly game being played almost like a ad. I wonder if it was a fad that year as any other time it would have been a card or chess game.
favorite lockdown movies, thanks for the uploads💖💖💖💖💖 ( where can one watch "The Last Warning" of Bill Crane series ..the link provided in your blog is not working..)