Thin Man'''s studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, had not produced a Philo Vance film since 1930, and the property was at that time contracted to Warner Bros. MGM regained the rights for 1935's The Casino Murder Case, but Powell did not appear in that film. Vance was also mentioned in The Lady Eve (1941). Radio Three radio drama series were created with Philo Vance as the title character. The first series, broadcast by NBC in 1945, starred José Ferrer. A summer replacement series in 1946 starred John Emery as Vance. The best-known series (and the one of which most episodes survived) ran from 1948 to 1950 in Frederick Ziv syndication and starred Jackson Beck. "Thankfully, the radio series uses only the name, and makes Philo a pretty normal, though very intelligent and extremely courteous gumshoe. ... Joan Alexander is Ellen Deering, Vance's secretary and right-hand woman.” Television An Italian-language TV miniseries from 1974 entitled Philo Vance'' featured Giorgio Albertazzi as Philo Vance. The series was composed of three episodes based on the first three Van Dine novels. The scripts were very faithful to the originals. References External links Bibliography of UK first Editions (audio) Fictional male detectives Male characters in literature Literary characters introduced in 1926 Novel series American detective novels Radio programmes based on novels Philo Vance Philo Vance 1945 radio programme debuts 1948 radio programme endings Philo Vance Philo Vance Philo Vance Detective radio shows