tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post5517793191777431890..comments2024-03-29T08:48:03.820-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Holding tight or Letting GoLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-65935575463430283362018-06-08T10:07:42.350-04:002018-06-08T10:07:42.350-04:00I forgot to mention that Steve Hockensmith permitt...I forgot to mention that Steve Hockensmith permitted Jonathan Turner to write (and publish) a story about his characters, the Amlingmeyer brothers. https://lbcrimes.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-case-of-disapppearing-passenger-by.htmlRobert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-86279835628107185392018-06-06T23:41:16.414-04:002018-06-06T23:41:16.414-04:00Thanks for the comments, all. Over on Facebook my...Thanks for the comments, all. Over on Facebook my sister, the novelist Diane Chamberlain, wrote: "I welcome the opportunity to complain about how the powers-that-be change one of my books for the big screen." <br /><br />I thought Larry Block wrote (but apparently not in the interview I quoted above): "It's easy to resist a temptation that no one offers."Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-63934962959061505222018-06-06T21:22:42.891-04:002018-06-06T21:22:42.891-04:00Somewhere I have a copy of an anthology of short-s...Somewhere I have a copy of an anthology of short-stories adapted for Alfred Hitchcock's shows where the authors made comments on the T.V. version. (Somewhere; I have to find it! :)) Me, I think I'd grit my teeth and think of the money! On the other hand, Stephen King has claimed that his story "Children of the Corn" has inspired more bad sequels than anything else he wrote, and has disavowed all of them!Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-39900952860782761452018-06-06T18:36:09.043-04:002018-06-06T18:36:09.043-04:00I would note that the movies made, in the 1930s, b...I would note that the movies made, in the 1930s, based (loosely) on Stout's books, took huge liberties with the books. And are all but unwatchable (in my opinion). <br /><br />"Meet Nero Wolfe" (1936; https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027952/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), with Edward Arnold as Wolfe and Lionel Stander as Goodwin seems totally unrelated to anything Stout wrote, and is awful.<br /><br />"The League of Frightened Men" (1937; with Walter Connolly as Wolfe, and Stander again as Goodwin) is (very slightly) better, but still awful. <br /><br />I'm betting that the checks (for the rights) didn't bounce.<br />Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-82793908311012658142018-06-06T11:17:01.563-04:002018-06-06T11:17:01.563-04:00"Well, Rex Stout lost that battle." Wit..."Well, Rex Stout lost that battle." With the approval of his heirs, I think it important to point out.<br /><br />I met Goldsborough years ago, and liked him a lot...the books, not so much.Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-83489748793118740322018-06-06T10:38:56.357-04:002018-06-06T10:38:56.357-04:00Well, Rex Stout lost that battle. Personally, I&#...Well, Rex Stout lost that battle. Personally, I'm dreaming that someday someone will read one of my Laskin stories and decide that South Dakota would be GREAT for a new TV series... <br />Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-8572722973734428252018-06-06T09:49:48.677-04:002018-06-06T09:49:48.677-04:00Interesting post on how writers dealt with Hollywo...Interesting post on how writers dealt with Hollywood and TV. I used to dream someone would stumble on one of my books or read one of the screenplays I submitted, and want to film it.O'Neil De Nouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142721824657611738noreply@blogger.com