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- BASIL RATHBONE AS SHERLOCK HOLMES in Sherlock Holmes and THE PEARL OF DEATH (1944) | When a valuable pearl with a sinister reputation is stolen, Sherlock Holmes must investigate its link to a series of brutal murders.
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I can NEVER get enough of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
I think it says a lot about their friendship in the sense that Basil refused to play Sherlock without Nigel by his side… When Nigel Bruce was to ill to act any more Basil Rathbone refused to work on any more Sherlock films without him. A loyal friend.
The reason that Universal never made any more Sherlock Holmes films after the last one of the 12 in the Universal series, "Dressed To Kill"(1946) was because Rathbone decided that he had had enough of the role of Holmes and felt that he was being typecast by that role and decided to end both his movie and radio contracts simultaneously, which supposedly caused friction in his relationship with Bruce since Bruce wanted the films and radio series to continue with both of them as Holmes and Watson respectively. Bruce's illness occurred in the 1950's when he became too sick to appear with Rathbone on the stage in Rathbone's wife Ouida's revival of the Conan Doyle characters in a theatrical play.
@@michaelbarlow6610 wow! Ok thanks for that bit of information 🙌🏻
I think it’s lovely of him to refuse to do anymore Sherlocks without his dear friend Nigel
@@Louloubee .Interestingly, Nigel Bruce continued to play Watson on radio after Rathbone left the radio series, "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" with two or three other voice actors playing the role of Holmes.
If you have one such loyal friend in life, you are rich indeed. To friends 😌
@@colinstewart1432 I agree 😊
Unfortunately my “friends” are more acquaintances and pick and choose when to be there in dark times
"The Creeper" was played by Rondo Hatton. Born in 1894 (he was 49 years old here), he had a rough go of it. Not only was he exposed to poison gas in World War I, which injured his lungs, he developed acromegaly, which causes deformation of the bones in the head, hands and feet. He was a reporter for the Tampa Tribune and one of his assignments was to write a piece on the filming of "Hell Harbor." While there, his disfigurement caught the eye of the movie's director, Henry King, who offered Hatton a role. He moved to Hollywood and got a few bit parts, almost all uncredited, until he landed this role. After this, Universal had big plans for him in their horror films but, sadly, Hatton had two heart attacks the year after "The Pearl of Death" was released and died in 1946 at 51 years of age.
SallySallySallySally: THANK YOU so much for that info. Never knew his story, never really even thought about him. Like so many other actors in small parts that go unrecognized. Very few will probably read your comments, but for those of us who have we are enlightened.
His first wife divorced him but he remarried and they had a child together.
Thanks for that summation and backstory.
Casualty of war. Sad. Probably many men and maybe women, were affected like that.
He did get his feature film, Universals The Brute Man.
Not a fan of b&w movies, not terribly into Sherlock Holmes... I was born in the 80's, so it's not nostalgia. I've never seen this before, and yet I found it WILDLY entertaining. No blood. No gore. no intense action or fx extravaganzas... And still I was glued to the screen. Thanks for that.
Just goes to show that a truly talented cast can keep you locked to your screen,without the need for big CGI effects.
I was born in the 70s we had colour tvs so its not nostalgia for me but it is what my parents and grandparents would have watched ive always loved sitting witching bnw with them and therefore it is a form of nostalgia and warming of the heart when watching them . After all if it wasnt for these movies we wouldnt have movies now . When you watch the new robert downey jr versions of sherlock homes they are good but full of blasts and fighting . Not how they did it back then .
I was born 1980 and I only watch black n white films, these, Ealing, Gainsborough, etc. Can't stand anything modern or colour.
The old black-and-white horror movies had the best charm and atmosphere
I've been a Holmes fan for over 60yrs .I luckily occasionally stumble across a new '30s, '40s and '50s Holmes movie 🎬 and it makes my day. There are several silent movies from the '20s. Are there any groups out there that are into Holmes?
Delicious! Simple, dramatic, no wild car chases, no nudity, no gross conduct, yet realistic and very credible.
Nothing like these older gems.
>yet realistic and very credible...
lol only if you are feeble minded
@@joeblodontchno5309 you seem to have a problem with people just enjoying old films.
@@shawnsanborn2057 i think you have a very low IQ
"Pearl you mean".....🤫
@@jimmason1072 😂😂😂
'And I don't like the smell of you either, that underground smell, the sick sweetness of decay.' Now thats good writing delivered by a highly talented actor.
Never get tired of Rathbone and Bruce and their chemistry acting together: I also listen to the audio CDs of some of their most popular cases : "Well done, Holmes!" :)
Would love some cd's just becauseI iwas born in the late 4o's so these were hot off the movie reels..enjoyed every one ,what a great duo
Basil was asked to do more Holmes films after Nigel Bruce died but declined, saying he couldn't imagine doing it without his old friend and colleague . He and Bruce were great friends off screen.
Basil Rathbone was the Best Sherlock Holmes of all the actors to take on the role, just as Johnny Weismiller was the Best Tarzan & Sean Connery the Best 007.
I agree 100% on all counts except you could replace "best" with "only".
Exactly. And Clayton Moore was the best and only Lone Ranger.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT
Agreed
When men were men. - - I expect this to draw snide comments - won’t change anything.
There's something about old black & white films like this over modern day colour and computer graphics, can't explain it.. It just has a splendour of it's own.
I totally agree. I know the “good old days” were not that good but there is something about those days when going to the movies on Saturday night was special. There are so many things we have now that we’re not available in the golden years of the movies. Sometimes, however, I regret that those days have passed.
@@elizabethsims6353 Sometimes the simpler the better..... maybe? . I agree about the Saturday nights thing, something to look forward to is good for the soul. Nowadays the youth expect to be entertained 24/7 (in 3D, lol).
I know exactly what you mean🤗
@@elizabethsims6353 Agreed, I just saw "call of the wild" I know the Dogs were CGI .... but I'm not even sure Harrison Ford was flesh & blood either.
Also, there is nothing like English mysteries, especially black n white
It doesn't matter who played Homes and Watson before 1944, today, and in the future. There will be no one better in those roles than Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. Nuff said.
Agreed.
Kenyongray. You are right on the money.. these two actors have set the benchmark for Sherlock Holmes.... That said, never try improve on perfection
I think Jeremy Brett equals Basil Rathbone, he lived and breathed Holmes.....
Movies vs. television. Which would make their Sherlock Holmes more memorable? It is a matter of opinion. Let's face it, they both made the character of Holmes proud.@@Andy-wx4wx
While I would agree that Basil is the best Sherlock, I think that Ian Fleming is a much better Watson ( the same person who would later write the 007 character books) and the gentleman who was Sherlock before was the second best Sherlock, I don't remember his name at the moment but he did quite a few Sherlock Holmes movies before Basil became started to play the part, and Basil had a lot more experience in acting.
Arthur Wontner was the other Sherlock, I'm not sure of the spelling,but it can be pretty close.
Nigel Bruce was just lovable as Watson. and Basil Rathbone, will forever be Sherlock Holmes.
What a masterpiece! Rathbone and Bruce are simply incredible as Holmes and Watson. Love everything about these movies. Can't get enough of them. Thanks .
Can't get enough? You're in luck, old boy. They made fourteen of them! All fun and well-cone.
Missed this one along the way but so glad I found it!! Always enjoy these two at their best. Thank you.
Best Sherlock and Watson duo no others come close
Basil Rathbone, 2 times British Army Fencing Champion
Didn't know that. Nice piece of trivia.
One can see what a great fencing champion he was in the movie, "The Mark of Zorro" with Tyrone Powers.
The lines in these SH movies are exceptional! Beautifully written script, first-class acting interjected with humour even way back then. These movies are a delight to see. Can never get enough of this duo...Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. Kudos to the entire crew. Thanks for uploading!
Dr. Watson is such an adorable bumbler! Nigel Bruce played him beautifully!
They are classics. I’ve been watching since I was a teenager when they were on Friday late night tv. I watched them a million times and probably a million times more. It’s like comfort food.
Best thing is you can also eat comfort food while you watch.
ditto.......
Me too!! I remember being frightening after watching Sherlock Holmes movies.
Me also, very good.
@@nikadavise-br9lx Aww
I tune in when I can’t sleep and it works great. I’ve seen them all several times and just find comfort in their accents or something.
Those who have played Sherlock Holmes since 1893:
Charles Brookfield - 1893
William Gillette - 1899-1930 - 1300 Performances over 30 yrs.
Sherlock Holmes movie Baffled - 1900 Silent/Short -
Max Goldberg
John F. Preston - 1900
Charles Rice - 1904
Karoly Baumann - 1905
Maurice Costello - 1905
Viggo Larsen - 1908
Alwin NeuB - 1908, 1911, 1914
Otto Lagoni - 1910
Holger Rasmussen - 1911
Mack Sennett - 1911-1912
George Treville - 1912
Harry Benham - 1913
James Bragington - 1914
Francis Ford - 1914
H.A. Saintbury - 1916
Hugo Flink - 1917
Sam Robinson - 1918
Eille Norwood - 1921 Silent short movie - The Dying Detective
Burt Lytell - 1921
Dennis Neillson-Terry - 1921
John Barrymore - 1922
Hamilton Deane - 1923-1932
Tod Slaughter - 1928, 1930
Richard Gordon - 1930-1933, 1936
Clive Brook - 1929/1930/1932
Arthur Wontner - 1931- 1937 - Movie Series
Raymond Massey - 1931
Robert Rendel - 1932
Reginald Owen - 1933
Felix Alymer - 1933
Louis Hector - 1934-1935, 1937
Bruno Guttner - 1937, 1939, 1942-1943
Orson Welles - 1938
Basil Rathbone - 1939-1946
Cedric Hardwick - 1945
Tom Conway - 1947
Howard Marion-Crawford - 1948
John Stanley - 1948-1949
Alan Napier - 1949
John Longden - 1951
Laidman Browne - 1951
Carleton Hobbs - 1952-1969
Ronald Howard - 1954 (39 episodes)
Sir John Gielgud - 1954-1955
Christopher Lee - 1962, 1970, 1992
Douglas Wilmer - 1964
Peter Cushing - 1959, 1968, 1984
John Neville - 1965, 1970, 1978
Robert Stephens - 1970
Stewart Granger - 1972
John Cleese - 1973
Larry Hagman - 1974
Robert Powell - 1974
John Wood - 1974-1975
Dinsdale Landen - 1974
Leonard Nimoy - 1976
Kevin McCarthy - 1977
Roger Moore - 1976
Nicol Williamson - 1976
Christopher Plummer - 1977
Peter Cook - 1977
Paxton Whitehead - 1978
Barry Foster - 1978
Geoffrey Whitehead - 1979-1980
Graham Armitage - 1979-1980, 1985
Keith Mitchell - 1979
Charlton Heston - 1980
Frank Langella - 1980
Vasily Livanov - Russian TV - 1979-1981, 1983 & 1986
John Moffatt - 1981
Guy Henry - 1982
Tom Baker - 1982
Ian Richardson - 1983
Peter O’Toole - 1983 (animated TV films - Australian)
Jeremy Brett - 1984-1994
Nicholas Rowe - 1984
Dinsdale Landen - 1987
Guy Rolfe - 1984
Tim Pigott-Smith - 1987
Anthony Higgins - 1987
Michael Pennington - 1987
Roger Rees - 1988
Ron Moody - 1988-1989
Clive Merrison - 1989-1998, 2002, 2004, 2008-2010
Edward Woodward - 1990
Simon Callow - 1990
Richard E. Grant 1992
Robert Powell - 1993
Patrick McNee - 1993
Anthony Higgins - 1993
1998-2019: John Gilbert - Episodes 1-18
Lawrence Albert - Episode 20
John Patrick Lowrie - Episodes 21-65 & 67-until
Dennis Bateman - Episode 66
Jason Gray-Stanford - 1999-2001 - Animation for Kids
Matt Frewer - 2000-2001
Joaquim de Almeida - 2001
Richard Roxburgh - 2002
James D’Arcy - 2002
Andrew Sachs - 2004
Rupert Everett - 2004
Jonathan Pryce - 2007
Javier Marzan - 2007
Roger Llewellyn - 2009
Ben Syder - 2010
Johnny Lee Miller - 2012-2019
Benjamin Lawlor - 2013
Igor Petrenko - Russian TV Series - 2013
Robert Downey Jr. 2009 & 2011
Benedict Cumberbatch - 2010-2016
Nicholas Briggs - 2010-2018
Seamus Dever - 2014
Ian McKellen - 2015
Euan Morton - 2015
Gregory Wooddell - 2015
Paul Andrew Goldsmith - 2015-2016
Ewen Bremner - 2016
Jay Taylor - 2017-2018
Yuko Takeuchi - 2018 (HBO Asia - female ‘Holmes’)
Orlando Wells - 2018
Samuel Tady - 2011, 2014, 2017-2018 (Tady Bros. Productions/on YTube)
Johnny Depp - 2018 (animation)
Will Ferrell - 2018
Nicholas Boulton - 2020
Henry Cavill - 2020
Ethan Bell - 2020 (Fan Film on CZcams)
Ethan Thomas Jung - 2020 Fan Adv.
(Vagabond Repertory Theater Company-CZcams)
This list is not exhaustive. however, these are some of the
many actors who have played Sherlock Holmes on stage,
screen, radio and TV adaptations.
Wow that is an impressive list. And you San not comprehensive.
Man i missed these Sherlock Holmes films from when they were on every late Sunday mornings a few years ago. Love the old flicks.
When Holmes says "come along Watson. Our usefulness here has ended" it's a polite way of saying Listrade is too dim to pick up what Holmes is laying down.
Polite and eloquent burn.
Julia this way of illusive innuendo is used by sophisticated and cultured folks to avoid insult and injury.
Basil is STILL my favorite Sherlock.
Rondo Hatton, aka The Creeper, suffered from acromegaly, a pitituary disorder which caused a distortion to hands, feet and facial features. Hatton was 5'9". He passed in 1946 at age 52.
He played the Creeper again in 1946 in "The Brute Man," which was mocked in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Thanks for the information.Cheers.
The classic Sherlock Holmes is more entertaining than New One, Basil Rathbone is awesome.
It may sound like an overused expression, but it is so true that they don't make great movies anymore like the Universal Studios' Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce! Today's theatrical films are all about car chases, explosions, computer-generated special effects, excessive violence and foul language!
I know is an overused cliche, but these films are so wholesome. There is no special effect grandeur, massive sets or anything like that. Just actors acting on a small set. Black and white forced the creative expert use of light and shadows. You can see the influence of stage plays on these early films and why so many actors go back to Royal Shakespeare and Broadway.
True.These films were simple and well-crafted.I also commend their brevity,not a minute wasted.
@ Lee Britnell. Excellent point about the Rathbone/Bruce Sherlock Holmes films not wasting a single minute! Every scene advances the story! That is one of the many reasons why Universal Studios' 1941 film, "The Wolfman" is rightfully regarded as an all-time classic horror film! Not a single moment in that film is wasted!
@@michaelbarlow6610 you're right about The Wolf Man.I think the writers got to the point back then(think how overlong many movies seem to be now).
Lots of propaganda at the End...but I do not mind
I completely agree.. these movies are some of my favorite of all time .. right there with "African queen " and "creature from the black lagoon " ... the love of a good movies will always be my favorite past time...
I remember a classmate of mine printed a picture of Sherlock Holmes with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in the said roles when I was nine years old. Basil Rathbone was in his robe, seated, pondering, while holding his pipe, with Nigel Bruce standing next to him as they talked.
Both Basil Rathbone and Ronald Howard were the ones I remember who brought the man to life in their own ways, therefore, they both have a special place in my heart as Sherlock Holmes.
So many great memories watched these on Friday nights when we were allowed to stay up late. Just wonderful.
Basil Rathbone is Sherlock Holmes in my memory. Watson is played so well and adds that comic relief just when it is needed. Nigel Bruce plays the good Doctor better than anyone. What a pair. Happy Trails
My only contention was that Nigel Bruce portrayed Watson as a sort of dorky bumbler, sort of cute yet somewhat hebatudinous.
I would have preferred the role to be played more seriously.
They were great friends
@@carminemurray6624 There is truth that some brilliant professionals become absent minded. Jimmy Stewart played a role like that but I forgot the name of the movie.
Basil Rathbone is one of the most under rated actors ever... have you ever seen his sword play fighting with Errol Flynn... magnificent! And he was Sherlock in my opinion... incomparable!
@@coinkydink3984 he was twice the British Army fencibg champ....taught Errol Flynn
Nigel Bruce... a style of acting ahead of his time
If you can find Shirley Temple movie "Bluebird ", Nigel is a memorable character in this also.
The last sentences were so true! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle said it all. It will go on till the greed and cruelty are burnt out of every one of them.. It's still going on..😔
Stupid cat.
@@rax816 What's your problem?
@@PumaLyn Ignore the moron, another casualty of their own ego. That last speech blew my mind, imagining the eons that will pass before greed is burnt from the human heart! A great end to a brilliant film.
@@TheDinnermoney Thank you so much, Sir/Ma'am ! I appreciate your kind words greatly.
Indeed it was a great end to yet another brilliant movie based on the novel by (one of) the world's greatest author, Sir Author Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes will go down in history as the best detective ever!
"Elementary, my dear Watson, elementary." ❤️
Goodnight from my little corner of the world, Sir/Ma'am. Thank you once again for rearranging my features into a smile. 🙏🏾😊
@@PumaLyn My pleasure, anything for a fellow Holmes fan!
People spoke so clearly in those days...
Well my young friend born in the 80's , your critique and appreciation for this form of artwork is noteworthy.... However, keep watching these and you will soon appreciate the depth and lush and richness of the black and white film... You are correct in noting the absence of blood and gore. Doesn't need it when you combine flawless acting, good script writing and actors that appear to love what they do
Absolutely brilliant these films, kept me sane throughout the miserable pandemic. I wish there was more, 14 films is nowhere near enough
Amen brother
You're absolutely right!
Totally agree!!!
@Danny be Gaskill You are 💯% right about that!!
pomp
Cold weather + hot soup + Sherlock Holmes 💜 having a great time today😍💜
Geepers, wish I could have joined ya.🙂
When I were a little lad at Robert Blair School at the back of Caledonian Road in the London Borough of Islington, I had in my possession a gorgeous milky white marble that looked exactly like the Borgia pearl, and it was almost stolen from me on a number of occasions but there were no deaths.
Good show old boy!
The story may be simple, the production values may be old fashioned, but the grammar is perfect.
Undoubtedly the best Sherlock and Watson ever!!!
Agreed
Love Basil Rathbone...he IS Holmes!
@ Catherine Behan. I wholeheartedly agree that Rathbone was the best Sherlock Holmes of them all! I love Nigel Bruce as Watson. He is unfairly criticized for portraying Watson as a bumbler, but Universal Studios and the director of the Holmes films for Universal Studios , Roy William Neill had Bruce play Watson that way to provide a sharper, more entertaining contrast between Watson's personality and Holmes' nearly infallible, deductive, cool and logical personality.
ABSOLUTELY. None better. As l mentioned before, Jeremy Brett and Cumberbatch do rate a well earned second though.
You said it, sister
Best Ever
He's charming and charismatic which is nothing like the Holmes from the books. The Holmes from the books was difficult, unsociable, unlikeable and a drug addict.
"What you need dear is a sedative ." Watson being helpful.
They don't make movies like this anymore. I just love them.
I love the old movies bring back memories of my youth, being that said especially Sherlock Holmes. Can watch them over and over and will do just that. These black and white movies are the bomb. 💖💖😊😊 BACK DOWN MEMORY LANE.
also I love how several actors appear in two or more of the 14 Films....
eg Giles Conniver isJudge Brissom murdered in Scarlet Claw..... and Evelyn Ankers gets herself shot by a Nazi Villain in The Voice Of Terror!!!!!
This is one of the latter movies. made in the 1940's set in the 1940's. Bazil didn't like the plots and he was right, but he put his all into them anyways till he quit.
This was made when actors could film scenes lasting more than 2 seconds...in other words, they were actors. These days, well..oh brother don't get me started.
You started anyway.
@@rax816 Naw not really, if I get started then it never ends;)
You must be a director or some industry man from before and after this change happened?
@@lookbovine I can't imagine directing those old movies..those guys were very talented. Amazing what you get with talent and hard work. I can watch these original Holmes movies dozens of times and still miss some nuances.
A movie is only as good as the script. People read books back then. It gives people things to say
and creates a magical scene. With real sounds not green screens
I really love the point you are making.
Basil Rathbone is my favorite Sherlock holmes
imo Jeremy Brett. And Dr. Watson was given much more credit than in this series. Here he is portaryed as an idiot.
@@koenruysseveldt3848 ... I think 1938 or 1939, was "the hound of the baskervilles". Better movie, more true to the book and characters, Dr. Watson was not an idiot in the books, for some reason they moved him more and more in that direction every movie. Also at the end of that movie is an allusion to a certain predilection of Holmes, if you pay attention, that is not in the other movies. Best regards.
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@@koenruysseveldt3848 I had no problem with the acting skills of Dr. Watson, bit this wooden-Sherlock Holmes, was a bit of a disappointment in my opinion
Brett is Holmes, but these are what I watched with my dad, nostalgic x
There are certain series that I wish they made more of like this one with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce were the best of the Sherlock Holmes Series, I've watched the movies hundreds of times!
There is no doubt no equal to this duo and watching them the most fun, a silver lining for a cloud.
Propaganda about WWII possibly winding down
These old classics are creepier than today's bloody splattered excuses
You are very right
I agree. I've always preferred these well acted classics to today's stuff that relies on CGI.
They only make woke CGI rubbish these days.
Very true and the new holmes movies are so weird and unrealistic these are the best ever
These classics are great Eisley Hollywood would make movies like these
A good 🎥 in a clear print,Nigel mumbling Bruce as Watson is comical genius😆
His mumbling is soooo classic and funny!
His portray of a naive stumbling fool was simply hilarious.The scene in The House of Fear when he was 'surrounded' and shot at anything that moved and The Hound Of The Baskervilles too when he fell twice in the swamp pits. Just the overal naive stumbling fool made me laugh so much. When i would have watched this on LSD i would have laughed until my lips were blue from a lack of oxygen like when you are having a non controllable laughing kick when you have taken acid(LSD).Doesn't matter what it is then,everything makes you laugh until you can hardly breath anymore.Had it with a friend,we laughed so hard with anything and everything our lips became blue of a lack of oxygen and it even became painful from our abs(the muscles were contracting so much from the laughing,we were both having a mini birth of our own😂).And then the worst moment came when we went into a bakery and there was a client before us and we heard the lady of the shop speak to the client before us(which was an obvious regular) that her husband just died🤦♂️😱 and somehow i ordered our éclaires(i think it was éclaires,i am from Belgium and am 41 now,a long time ago,they are common here in every bakery) without laughing or just a small grin. How i did it i will never know until my record is being read before Allah on Judgement Day. I hope she didn't notice and thought we were laughing because of that,Insjallah(God willing). May Allah(God) forgive me if that was the case.I was 16 back then.It just shot trough my mind the reason i bring this up is because of Sherlock his drug use🤯.
@@koenruysseveldt3848 You ramble on like someone's elderly neighbor.
@@marilynwillett804 ...Yes. Get to the point in two minutes or less than sixty words.
These are awesome movies with what can only be called great acting with amazing actors. Where is this today.?
Basil Rathbone the definitive and BEST Sherlock Holmes.
Many imitations like Howard and Brett but not came remotely close
To Basil Rathbone's portrayal and quick sharp deductive powers of reasoning.
"Electricity, the high priest of false security".
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Very witty dialogue, eh?
Giles Conover!!!...love saying that name. ."Creepah!"..o God I've seen these so many times..I never tire of them..they're like comfort food..Holmes and the old Universal monster movies.
A truly brilliant Sherlock Holmes movie.
I always love a Sherlock Holmes marathon.
When I visualize Sherlock and Watson in my mind ! I always see Basil and Nigel ! Great upload !
@Chris Manzi Agree with you.
I loved Mr Brett ! However I grew up watching the great. Basil Rathbone !
Jeremy Brett was imo the best impersonator there was when it comes to Scherlock. Basil Rathbone second.
@Chris Manzi Can't stand JB! 🤭
Jeremy Brett is the quintessential Holmes. Edward Hardwicke is by the Watson that Doyle wrote. However remember Rathbone and Brett play two different timeframes of Holmes. Rathbone was the modern WWII era Holmes to boost morale while Brett is the classic Victorian Holmes as written by Doyle. Each actor brought their interpretation to the role. We also need to remember each actor was subject to the writers adaptation to the original. Case in point the Rathbone era Holmes never dealt with the cocaine habit of Holmes while Victorian era Brett tackled it with Brett trying to add cocaine to a flawless logical mind. My opinion.
"I have watched these 📽️🎥 films for 65 years, still like it"!
Love these Holmes movies! Anyone binge watching?
I love how Basil Hawthorne was perfection in his disguises. He's the only Sherlock Holmes that I've seen pull it off even 81 yrs later.
The "art" of "Tom Foolery and "concealment" was not his short-coming neither.
Basil who?
Black and white is SO spooky. We used to watch these on a black and white tv in the dark on Sunday nights when we were supposed to be in bed! I’m much older now and Basil and Nigel bring back so many good memories for me. I can’t bear today’s scary movies, I’m likely to have a coronary. These are just my speed and I love them.
Such soothing pleasure even to watch repeatedly after years.
The best Sherlock and only Sherlock and Watson team ever,hands down.
these films remind me of the fun i had reading Tintin as a young girl - same sort of delightful characters and intriguing plot lines - BRAVO!
Tin Tin is one of my favorite movies…
Tintin stories were a favourite of mine growing up, I always got a copy from the school library, fantastic story lines 👍 love these SH films too 😊
The best late night movies ever made.popcorn warm blanket.best Saturday night ever.
These movies are very great.... Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are and were the Best individuals for the Sherlock Holmes movies. I watch these movies very frequently, the intelligence and the astuteness of Holmes is always intriguing and adventurous....!
I watched these as a child growing up in the 70s and loved them. I don't remember this one. Great to see a new one.
The man who played The Creeper was Rondo Hatton. He was diagnosed with a rare disease named Acromegaly, which is caused by the enlargement of the Pituitary gland. This enlargement causes excess growth hormones to be sent through the body, which in turn causes the bone and muscle tissue to increase beyond what is considered as normal.
Another recognizable actor struck by this disease was Andre the giant.
Andre passed away at just 46 years of age, while Rondo lived to be only five years older than him at 51.
These films are incredible-- been watching for over 60 yrs
That's a lot of popcorn
OMG! The face on the Creeper is really something unbelievable!! I truly do feel so sorry for Rondo Hatton who played the Creeper, and him having to to through life with a face like that! WOW, it really takes guts, and I'm sure that he is a really nice guy.
YES❤️👍✅
Rondo Hatton was born in my hometown, Hagerstown, MD. Florence McMichael who did movies and TV in the 50s was born here too. Clare Eames, a silent movie star from a prominent local family and Conrad Brooks, of Ed Wood movie fame are both buried here. I met Conrad once or twice and had a nice phone call from him years ago. He lived right across the Potomac River in West Virginia.
David Smith I’m from Hagerstown too. I only recently found out about Rondo Hatton, and read his life story. I felt very sorry for him, and wish he could have enjoyed all his fame when he was alive.
@@marysmith7765 The Herald Mail newspaper did a story on him one time. I believe his family left Hagerstown when he was young. Probably not many details of his life are known.
great story thanx
Poor guy had that terrible disease.
Miles Mander was so superb as Jiles Conover in "The Pearl of Death" and as Judge Brisson in "The Scarlet Claw" What a joy it is to watch his excellent acting in those two Sherlock Holmes films! The way he plays Jiles Conover impersonating Lord Farnsworth's uncle when Conover goes to Holmes and Watson's 221B Baker Street apartment to drop off a hidden knife-throwing mechanism inside a first folio of Dr. Samuel Johnson's dictionary as a "gift" of thanks to Holmes for solving the Lord Farnsworth case is a great scene in the film because of his reactions to Watson's laughable attempts to prove to Conover that Watson has the same deductive capability as Holmes!
Not 100% sure, but I think the man who ran the plaster factory was the sea captain in "Sherlock Holmes Faces Death" the one with the good comrades.
@@badateverything5392 . You're correct that the actor Harry Cording, who played the character who ran the plaster factory in "The Pearl of Death"(1944), played Captain Simpson in "The House of Fear" (1945) - not "Sherlock Holmes Faces Death"(1943) - which was the movie about the "Good Comrades" who faked their own deaths to pull an insurance fraud. "Sherlock Holmes Faces Death"(1943) was the film about the Musgrave Ritual.
@@michaelbarlow6610 OOOOH yeah! Thank you :)
@@badateverything5392 . You're welcome!
I love it in "The Pearl of Death"(1944) when Holmes is looking for the jar of tobacco and instead of asking Watson to hand it to him, walks around the table at which Watson is sitting and unceremoniously yanks it out from under Watson's elbow!😂😂
Nigel Bruce is so funny!! "Lestrade couldn't see the stripes on a zebra"
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And neither could numbleing, bumbleing, stumbleing bubble brained, air head Dr. Watson.
To me this film is the best display of Holmes' affection for Watson.
Rathbone and Bruce..What a wonderful combination..The best when it comes to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. I'm a big fan !!!! Can't get enough of the B&W films !!!
59:12 The cat actually sat and bowed to the monster!🤭 What better way to pass the time during this partial lockdown period. The greatest crime buster and his sidekick! A big thank you to all the frontliners worldwide!🙏☮️
True class Basil and Bruce are timeless i feel sorry for people who only give what there told to watch a chance. god bless youtube and pop culture. sir aurthur c would be proud. peace
Just goes to show how great script, acting & editing make CGI n all such distractions completely unnecessary
Fantastic clear upload, thank you.
I've seen these so many times and never tire.
Basil is my Sherlock....❤
sherlock is Basil!
Thank you for sharing these wonderful basil rathbone/nigel Bruce films, you don't need cgi to make a good film !!
The actor who played the role of Sgt. Bleeker in the Sherlock Holmes film, "The Pearl of Death" was probably the same actor who played Sgt. Bleeker in the Holmes film, "House of Fear". Interesting twist at the end of "Pearl of Death" in which Holmes briefly loses control of the situation when Jiles Conover cleverly dislodged the electrical cord knocking out the light in the room in the doctor's house and wrestled Holmes' gun away from Holmes and then Holmes had to bluff the Creeper into believing that Naomi Drake killed Dr.Watson in order to get the Creeper to attack Jiles Conover. Great Sherlock Holmes film! One of the best in the series of 12 Universal Studios' Sherlock Holmes films.
Masterpiece. Writers. Hands down. The. Best. Mysteries.
Really enjoyed this film once again always looking forward to the next adventures of Sherlock Homes and Dr Watson. The actors are the best ever to portray Holmes and Watson no other actors come close to ever bringing the characters to life.
That was Ian Wolfe as the proprietor of the art shop, who also played an art dealer in "Sherlock Holmes in Washington." He is probably best remembered today as Mr. Atoz and Septimus, from the Star Trek episodes "All Our Yesterdays" and "Bread and Circuses," respectively.
I remember Ian Wolfe from the Star Trek episode. Couldn't remember its name but knew it was the library.
"The doctor won't allow me to smoke cigarettes" .
Pulls out a massive cigar lol
Most don't inhale them like a cigarette.
"Cigarette?" "No thanks doctor won't allow it ..... but ... may I smoke this massive cabinet-sized Bolivar ?" .... Dr Watson "errrrr - of course!!" 😁
"I'm as stiff as a varnished eel" lol
Basil is the one and only Sherlock Holmes. If Conan Doyle wrote a screenplay, Basil Rathbone would have been cast. He IS Sherlock Holmes.
Best movies were in 30's/40's. Best acting. Best everything.
Holmes' closing lines, so pertinent
Great films. Nigel Bruce is a hoot and Basil Rathbone is Sherlock. A magnificent on screen pairing.
Basil and Nigel are the best!
Rondo Hatton played the Creeper again in 1946 in the movie "The Brute Man," which was mocked on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. It was his last film, and he died before it was released, due to a heart attack brought on by acromegaly, the glandular disorder that gave him his unusual appearance.
"There there, my dear. What you need is a sedative."(41:22)---The almighty sedative solves all. Nonetheless, I love the Sherlock Holmes, Rathbone/Bruce duo episodes.
Let's be honest, it can't hurt.
"sedative' is a very vague term/word. A drink after work or a 30 minutes nap or a massage can be a sedative.
The scene where the pearl was removed and the windows locking down reminded me of the Thomas Crown Affair
Grew up on the old movies still luv them
Gotta love these old Sherlock Holmes films. Thank you for sharing.
These are classics they don’t make good movies today like this thank goodness for these great classics
As a child, I enjoyed Basil and Nigel often, along with Raymond Burr.
BASIL RATHBONE IS SERLOCK HOLMES!, ..ELIMENTARY MY DEAR WATSON.
Wonderful old classic. Watching these films during this pandemic makes time fly!
"..... isn't worth a brass farthing". ".... or I'm a Dutchman".
Loved the message written on the plate! "Kippers... I'm as hungry as a bee on a flower". "Couldn't even see the stripes on a zebra." "Eureka!"
The closing scene with Holmes and Watson is moving... Nigel Bruce´s expression is remarkably sober and yet fully of empathy as he listens and looks intently at Holmes, whilst Holmes final words are chillingly as relevant today as they were in 1944. Brilliant acting.
God knows who appointed Lestrade as an inspector ..
I know. He is utter useless.
But he's fun. Lol
Like inspector Japp on the (David Suchet) Poirot series.
Only Japp always got along great with Poirot, came to him for help, and they were actually friends, and Japp always defended Poirot , even calling him the world's greatest detective....unlike Lestrade, who I always wanted to see bested. Lol
They made him a moron in order to make Holmes appear more intelligent to the viewer.
Lestrade actually has some solid character development in the stories. He was very tenacious if unimaginative and skeptical, but he soon came round to accepting Holmes' line of thinking.
@@hrishikeshnair586 I agree, for all of Lestrade’s and unimaginative thinking and skeptical detective skills, he is still clearly a good man who respects and even admires Holmes and more often then not listens to his wise council, for his part, I think Sherlock clearly likes him as well and sees him as a member of the force he can trust, the unique trio of Holmes, Watson and Lestrade is always a joy to watch in these movies, beneath all the jabs at one another, their is a real sense of friendship and brotherhood between them.