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Where There's A Will (novel)
''Where There's a Will'' is the eighth Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout. Prior to its publication in 1940 by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., the novel was abridged in the May 1940 issue of ''The American Magazine'', titled "Sisters in Trouble." The story's magazine appearance was "reviewed" by the FBI as part of its surveillance of Stout. ''Where There's a Will'' was the last Wolfe novel published before World War II. Stout did not write any others during the war, resuming the series with ''The Silent Speaker'' in 1946; he did, however, continue to publish shorter works featuring the character. Plot summary The famous Hawthorne sisters — April, May and June — visit Nero Wolfe in a body to ask his help in averting a scandal. After the shock of their brother Noel's death three days before, they have been dealt another shock at learning the terms of his will. May, a college president, insists that Noel had promised to leave $1 million to her school; however, the will leaves each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex Stout
Rex Todhunter Stout (; December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels and 39 novellas between 1934 and 1975. In 1959, Stout received the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award. The Nero Wolfe corpus was nominated Best Mystery Series of the Century at Bouchercon XXXI, the world's largest mystery convention, and Rex Stout was nominated Best Mystery Writer of the Century. In addition to writing fiction, Stout was a prominent public intellectual for decades. Stout was active in the early years of the American Civil Liberties Union and a founder of the Vanguard Press. He served as head of the Writers' War Board during World War II, became a radio celebrity through his numerous broadcasts, and was later active in promoting world federalism. He was the long-time president of the Authors Guild, during which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarlet Street (magazine)
''Scarlet Street'' was an American film magazine that primarily specialized in the genres of horror, mystery and film noir. Its initial concentration was on Sherlock Holmes and related film and television productions, but later its subject matter expanded to include a variety of other genres. The title was chosen to reference several of its chosen fields: mystery and film noir (from the film of the same name), and Sherlock Holmes (from ''A Study in Scarlet).'' History ''Scarlet Street'' spawned from a limited-distribution newsletter created by community-theater actor, playwright and Sherlock Holmes devotee Richard Valley, who was inspired to publish his views on the Granada television series ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes''—in particular, the home video releases of the program, which began distribution by MPI in 1990. His contact with MPI and their enthusiasm regarding Holmsian fandom led to a decision to change the format from newsletter to full-fledged fanzine (years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Penzler
Otto Penzler (born July 8, 1942) is a German-born American editor of mystery fiction, and proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. Biography Born in Germany to a German-American mother and a German father, Penzler moved to The Bronx at age five after the death of his father. Penzler graduated from the University of Michigan, having studied English literature. He is the co-author the "Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection" for which he won an Edgar Award in 1977. He also wrote ''101 Greatest Movies of Mystery and Suspense'' (2000). For ''The New York Sun'', he wrote ''The Crime Scene'', a popular weekly mystery fiction column that ran for five years. He has worked with authors including Elmore Leonard, Nelson DeMille, Joyce Carol Oates, Sue Grafton, Mary Higgins Clark, Stanley Ellin, Robert Crais, Michael Connelly, James Lee Burke and Thomas H. Cook. He founded The Mysterious Press, a publishing house devoted entirely to mystery and crime fiction, in 1975. Amo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Gora
Claudio Gora, '' Emilio Giordana '' (27 July 1913 – 13 March 1998) was an Italian actor and film director. He was particularly prolific, making some 155 appearances in film and television over nearly 60 years (from 1939 to 1997). In the 1950s he did dabble with directing and screenwriting and directed the film Three Strangers in Rome in 1958 which was incidentally the first leading role by Claudia Cardinale. Some of his notable roles includes ''Adua e le compagne'', directed by Antonio Pietrangeli, '' Tutti a casa'' by Luigi Comencini, and Dino Risi's ''A Difficult Life'' and ''Il Sorpasso''. Selected filmography * ''Torna, caro ideal!'' (1939) - Francesco Paolo Tosti * ''Wealth Without a Future'' (1940) - Giovanni Di Cora * ' (1940) - Il fidanzato della segretaria * ''Il Bazar delle idee'' (1940) * ''Love Me, Alfredo!'' (1940) - Il compositore Giacomo Varni * ''Eternal Melodies'' (1940) - L'imperatore Giuseppe * ''Amore imperiale'' (1941) - Alessio Romowski * '' A Woman Has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Pierfederici
Antonio Pierfederici (18 March 1919 – 6 January 1999) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in La Maddalena, Pierfederici graduated in law and then he enrolled at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts. He started his acting career in 1943 and was mainly active on stage, getting his first personal critical success with his performance in Luchino Visconti's ''I parenti terribili''. One of the favorite actors of Visconti, he also worked on stage with Giorgio Strehler and Orazio Costa, among others. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pierfederici, Antonio 1919 births 1999 deaths Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male stage actors People from La Maddalena 20th-century Italian male actors Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esmeralda Ruspoli
''Donna'' Esmeralda Giovanna Amelia Palma Maria dei Principi Ruspoli-Poggio Suasa (24 June 1928 - 1 September 1988) was an Italian actress and noblewoman. A granddaughter of Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa, she was a member of the black nobility in Rome. Ruspoli is known for her portrayals of Mary, Queen of Scots in the 1962 film ''Seven Seas to Calais'' and as Lady Montague in the 1968 film ''Romeo and Juliet''. Biography Ruspoli was born on 24 June 1928 at the Palazzo Volpi in Rome to Carlo Maurizio Giuseppe Edgardo dei Principi Ruspoli-Poggio Suasa, a member of the House of Ruspoli, and Marina dei Conti Volpi di Misurata, a granddaughter of Giuseppe Volpi, 1st Count of Misurata. She was a granddaughter of Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa. Her great-grandparents included Emanuele Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa, Cocuța Conachi, Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, 4th Duke of Dino, 2nd Marquis de Talleyrand, and Elizabeth Beers-Curtis. She attended th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Righetti
Mario Righetti (born c. 1590) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born at Bologna. He became a pupil of Lucio Massari. In Bologna, he painted an ''Archangel Michael'' for the church of San Guglielmo; a ''Christ appearing to the Magdalen'' for San Giacomo Maggiore The Basilica of San Giacomo Maggiore is an historic Roman Catholic church in Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy, serving a monastery of Augustinian friars. It was built starting in 1267 and houses, among the rest, the Bentivoglio Chapel, f ...; an ''Adoration of the Magi'' for the church of Sant'Agnese; and a ''Nativity'' that once adorned the church of Santa Lucia (now deconsecrated). References * 1590s births 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Bologna Italian Baroque painters Year of death unknown {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renzo Palmer
Renzo Palmer (20 December 1929 – 4 June 1988) was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1957 and 1988. Life and career Born in Milan as Lorenzo Bigatti, Palmer was the adopted son of the stage actress Kiki Palmer (from which, born Giulia Fogliata, he inherited his stage name). After leaving his law studies, he debuted in 1955 on radio, after being spotted at an audition for singers, and then worked for two years in the Company of Prose of "Radio Roma". In 1957 Palmer made his television debut with ''L'avaro'', directed by Vittorio Cottafavi; the same year he also made his theatrical debut at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, in the revue ''I pallinisti''. From then, even continuing to appear in prestigious stage works it was the television that assured him popularity and professional satisfaction, thanks to the numerous successful television films and TV series in which he starred. Palmer was also a versatile film character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Ferrari (actor)
Paolo Ferrari (26 February 1929 – 6 May 2018) was an Italian actor, voice actor and television presenter. Biography Ferrari was born in Brussels as his father was at the time the Italian consul in the Belgian Congo, and was in Belgium for a diplomatic mission. His mother, Giulietta, was a concert pianist. He made his acting debut at 9 years old, in Alessandro Blasetti's ''Ettore Fieramosca'' and he appeared in over 45 films between 1938 and 2018. He became first known as "the balilla Paolo", a character he played in numerous radio programs for children and teenagers during the fascist era. After the war he studied at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts. Ferrari died in Rome on 6 May 2018, at the age of 89. Selected filmography * '' Kean'' (1940) * ''Odessa in Flames'' (1942) * '' Toto Seeks Peace'' (1954) * ''Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!'' (1954) * ''Susanna Whipped Cream'' (1957) * '' Legs of Gold'' (1958) * ''Le signore'' (1960) * '' Akiko'' (1961) * ''I Don Giova ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tino Buazzelli
Agostino "Tino" Buazzelli (13 September 1922 – 20 October 1980) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. He appeared in 46 films between 1948 and 1978. After a diploma of education, Buazzelli enrolled the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, graduating in 1946. He made his debut the following year, in the stage company Maltagliati-Gassman. He made his film debut in 1948, in Riccardo Freda's '' Il cavaliere misterioso''. Buazzelli's major successes relates to theatre, notably several stage works played in Piccolo Teatro in Milan between fifties and sixties, and his interpretation of Brecht's ''Life of Galileo'' (1963) referred as the peak of his career. Buazzelli had also a significant television success as Nero Wolfe in a series of television films starred between 1969 and 1971. Partial filmography * '' The Mysterious Cavalier'' (1948) - Josef, il servo del conte Ipatieff (uncredited) * '' Guarany'' (1948) * ''The Flame That Will Not Die'' (1949) * ''Vivere a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writers' War Board
The Writers' War Board was the main domestic propaganda organization in the United States during World War II. Privately organized and run, it coordinated American writers with government and quasi-government agencies that needed written work to help win the war. It was established in 1942 by author Rex Stout at the request of the United States Department of the Treasury. Background Due to the public skepticism of propaganda due to the heavy-handed efforts of the Committee on Public Information in the US during World War I, and the fascist regimes' propaganda machinery, the U.S. had adopted a "strategy of truth" whereby they would disseminate information but not try to influence the public directly through propaganda.William L. O'Neill, ''A Democracy At War: America's Fight At Home and Abroad in World War II'', However, seeing the value and need of propaganda, ways were found to circumvent official policy.Thomas Howell, The Writers' War Board: U.S. Domestic Propaganda in World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Mitgang
Herbert Mitgang (January 20, 1920 – November 21, 2013) was an American author, editor, journalist, playwright, and producer of television news documentaries. Life Born in Manhattan, he graduated with a law degree from what is now St. John's University. While a student he wrote sports articles for The Brooklyn Eagle. During World War II, he served as an intelligence officer and Army journalist. Work During World War II Mitgang served as an army correspondent and became the managing editor of the Oran-Casablanca and Sicily editions of '' Stars and Stripes'', earning six battle stars. After the war he joined ''The New York Times''. During a 47-year career at the newspaper, he served as supervising editor of the drama section of the Sunday edition, was a member of the editorial board for twelve years, was the first deputy editor of the OP Ed page that he helped create, and was the paper's publishing correspondent and a daily book critic until his retirement in 1995. From 1964 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
