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The First Queen of Mystery: Mary Roberts Rinehart Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958) almost wound up dead just like one of her own characters. On the morning of June 21, 1947, a disgruntled cook named Blas Reyes pointed a loaded gun at Rinehart and pulled the trigger. The only thing that saved the famous mystery writer was the age of the bullets; the filthy and ancient cartridges did not fire. The gun dropped to the floor. The household servants rushed to save Rinehart. Her personal maid, Margaret Muckian, and her chauffeur, Ted Falkenstrom, tried to subdue Reyes. They only succeeded after R...

Viewers now appreciate knights in battle, daring heroic stunts, horse riding, swashbuckling and rapier word play with a pinch of sorcery tossed in highlighted by the hilarious knighting of Hubert, his fight against Sir Griswold of MacElwain (Robert Middleton) and an army of midgets in tights storming the castle. Kaye is in rare form with his singing, dancing and prat falling. His impressive supporting cast includes Angela Lansbury as a princess smitten with Hubert (oddly she is never asked to sing a song), Glynis Johns as one of the Fox’s captains and Hubert’s true love and Basil Rathbone...