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ONEONTA ZONING BOARD TO DECIDE House Where Detective Novel Written May Be Razed For Parking Lot ONEONTA – The Salvation Army will ask the city Zoning & Housing Board of Appeals to allow them to demolish the home at 31 River St. following a public hearing at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24. The home is believed to have been where Willard Huntinton Wright, as S.S. Van Dine, wrote “The Benson Murder Case,” the first of 12 novels starring detective Philo Vance.…
1st Detective ‘Talkie’ Begins Philo Film Series Fr. Kenneth Hunter welcomes viewers to the opening night of the Philo Vance film series at GOHS with a showing of “The Green Murder Case” from 1921. The film features William Powell (of ‘The Thin Man’ fame) during a turning point in his career, as Philo Vance. The film was also the first detective movie to feature audio dialogue as pictures moved away from the silent film era. Paul Jensen, right, a retired…
Oneonta Film Fest To Hail Philo Vance’s Rediscovery By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.ALLOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – This fall, the forgotten detective will come home. “We’re setting up a Philo Vance film series,” said Rev. Kenneth Hunter, rector, St. James Episcopal Church, who found many Philo Vance films are available on amazon.com. A three-film series, each with a speaker and a talk-back following the film are planned Tuesday evenings, Oct. 15, 22 and 29. It’s an extension of a movie group,…
Philo Vance Home Safe For Now Historians Say Literary Mecca Out Of Danger By LIBBY CUDMORE• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The River Street birthplace of detective Philo Vance may still be saved. On Monday, June 10, Bob Brzozowski, Greater Oneonta Historical Society executive director, went through the 31 River St. home where William Huntington Wright – aka S.S. Van Dyne – wrote parts of his debut novel, “A Man of Promise.” Later, while recovering from a cocaine addiction, is believed to…
River Street House Where Fictional Det. ‘Philo Vance’ Was Created Is Endangered Salvation Army Plans To Raze It, But GOHS May Object To Plans By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Hidden behind a row of overgrown trees on River Street is a literary legacy. As S.S. Van Dine, Willard Huntington Wright (1888-1939), wrote 12 novels starring dandy detective Philo Vance – and Bob Brzozowski, Greater Oneonta Historical Society executive director, believes that they were written here. “We…
