Sherlock Holmes 1940
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Sherlock holmes 1940. A series of fourteen films based on sir arthur conan doyle s sherlock holmes stories was released between 1939 and 1946. Sherlock holmes in washington 1943 photos. Watson has volunteered his services.
Sherlock holmes faces death terror by night the pearl of death sherlock holmes and the secret weapon the house of fear are on the best sherlock holmes movies of the 1940s on flickchart. If you read between the lines of arthur conan doyle s classic stories you can find comic book elements. Basil rathbone and nigel bruce played holmes and doctor watson respectively.
105 videos play all sherlock holmes radio shows basil rathbone nigel bruce sherlock plus la vie parisienne. Sherlock holmes is engaged by the home office to locate a british subject traveling for his law firm to. Hitchcock said of his 1940 film rebecca his first american movie and his only oscar winner that it was a very good film but it is not a hitchcock film.
The first two films in the series were produced by 20th century fox and released in 1939. Basil rathbone gives the definitive portrayal of the sherlock holmes character. The studio stopped making the films after these but universal pictures acquired the rights from the doyle estate and produced a further twelve films.
French chansons from the 1930s 40s edith piaf reinhardt grappelli duration. The british actors basil rathbone and nigel bruce played holmes and dr. Sherlock holmes investigates when young women around london turn up murdered each with a finger severed.
Similarly you can say of guy ritchie s sherlock holmes that it is a very good film but not a sherlock holmes film. The first two films were produced by 20th century fox. A series of fourteen us produced films based on sir arthur conan doyle s sherlock holmes stories were released between 1939 and 1946.
When the fabled star of rhodesia diamond is stolen on a london to edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered sherlock holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible.
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