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Archive: October 2020 (2 Posts)

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Rex Stout on the Air

Posted by: Karen Fishman

This blog post was written by Matt Barton, curator of the Recorded Sound Section. Rex Stout (1886-1975) remains well known as the creator of Nero Wolfe, the blunt, erudite and mostly housebound detective with a passion for orchids and fine food. Stout wrote thirty-three novels and forty-one novellas from 1934 to 1975 detailing the exploits …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

This is a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production

Posted by: Karen Fishman

This blog post was written by Andrea Leigh, head of the Moving Image Processing Unit. As popular game show host Bob Barker once quipped, “We play games at home, we play games at parties, we go to clubs and play games. Americans love games.”  Americans began listening to game shows on the radio and that excitement …