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I just saw Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein for my annual October viewing—definitely my effort A&C effort, still an absolute classic. I wrote some words on it here:

One of our first candidates. :) The vocals are close, yes, but not exact; and several professors and music-historians I’ve e-mailed have informed me that the recording’s almost definitely contemporaneous with the movie (’70s), made to sound like a ’30s recording for whatever reason.

If I were trying to establish an objective “best,” based on fidelity to the source material and acting caliber, I’d have to go with Jeremy Brett. An amazing performance in an amazing show. The pilot episode, adapted from “A Scandal in Bohemia,” is one of my favorite Holmes-related things of all...

Whew, haven’t been here in a while. OK. First of all, thanks for bumping this thread, @Doctor Omega. I appreciate it. Second, while I’ve been reluctant to post this because I have no evidence for it, at IMDb v2.0 we’ve stumbled one the most convincing candidate yet (in my opinion) for the...

Heh, thanks for the bump, @Doctor Omega. It’s been a long time since I’ve chimed in on this board. No real progress, unfortunately, just more of my musings here… Still amazed that no one has come forward and it hasn’t been solved yet…

Well, at the risk of coming back just to add something here, the Feinstein thing was a fluke, sadly: he didn’t know who it was (apparently—he posted it to Facebook but never got back to me), and neither did any of his commenters. Ah, well…

Thank you, Ant-Mac. Much appreciated.

News, folks! I sent an e-mail to Michael Feinstein, and--while he hasn't yet responded to me--he posted the question on his Facebook page. So now we have even more people searching for the singer...!

What are your favorite Charlie Chan films? (I based the choices on a poll of the top choices of Charlie Chan buffs at another forum, but you can pick a different choice, using the "Other" category.) Please post comments, thoughts, observations, analyses, questions, complaints, concerns, rants...

Well... That was my second guess. ;) Seriously, though, it was your reference to that detective character that gave it away. I'm a big fan of that character--I wonder if anyone would be interested in a poll for favorite films of that character? I started one at a different forum. As for your...

Excellent work there, and congratulations! You're very good with these. By the way--mars. Are you French, Nick? That's the only language I know in which mars is the word for the third month. I ask only because I can speak a smattering of French, though I've been trying to pick up some Italian...

That reminds me, Nick, one of these days I'm going to have to write a full-fledged whodunit based on the the Sleuth songs!

I'm a Sondheim fan, mostly because he has some fair talent with plotting and structure but and because I'm generally fond of his compositions. In terms of movies? Well, none of them is exactly "his" film (that is to say, he had nothing to do with the production; the movies were just based on...

CHALLENGE TO THE READER Who is the murderer? How did Geoffrey Lord know? What was the meaning of George Johnson’s dying words?

“That’s right, Geoff,” O’Leary responded, “but I can’t imagine what the other one has to do with anything. It was on Johnson’s desk—must have been working on it when he was shot—but it was just a list of names, the members of the club.” “Do you have it?” They did indeed, and Geoff saw exactly...

“That’s terrible!” cried the innocent Miss Vale. “Geoff, we have to stop it before someone else is killed!” Geoff put his arm around her. “What’s happened so far?” “Four of the members have already kicked the bucket,” Sgt. Mack’s voice grated. “Milton Jackson, Jonathan Adams, and Fred Miller...

It was at that moment that Pop O’Leary entered the ever-bustling 87th St. apartment and shook off his drenched raincoat in the mudroom. “‘Cruelest month,’ indeed,” he muttered. After some customary pleasantries, he sat on the Lordian sofa which had been—er—graced by kings and presidents, come...

“Thirteen at Dinner” A Geoffrey Lord Mystery Unfortunately for the renown of Mr. Geoffrey Lord, the amateur sleuth who solved the mystery with ease, the strange business of the Thirteen Club was rather quickly hushed up, involving as it did a fine lot of some of the most prestigious members of...

Here's another one I wrote: shorn of literary references this time, too! I hope you enjoy it. Again, all clues are contained within the narrative.