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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
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When Nazi saboteurs jeeringly predicts to the nation of new depredations
via their radio Voice of Terror, the Intellegence Inner Council summons
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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror is the third film in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes movies. Made in 1942, the film combines elements of the Arthur Conan Doyle story "His Last Bow", to which it is credited as an adaptation, and loosely parallels the real-life activities of Lord Haw-haw. Horror film "scream queen" Evelyn Ankers appears as leading lady.
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Holmes is called into the "Inner Council" of British Intelligence by Sir Evan Barham (Reginald Denny), to assist in stopping Nazi saboteurs operating in Britain, whose activities are announced in advance in radio broadcasts by "The Voice of Terror".
Gavin (Robert Barron), one of Holmes's operatives, is killed with a German dagger in his back. Before he dies, Gavin utters the word "Christopher." Later, Holmes and Watson go to the Limehouse district of London, where they meet with Gavin's wife Kitty (Evelyn Ankers).
Holmes tells the council that, through the use of an oscilloscope to carefully analyze and compare sound wave patterns from radio broadcasts of live vs. pre-recorded voices, he has determined that "The Voice of Terror" is actually recorded on phonograph records in England, but broadcast from Germany. Using a tip from Kitty, Holmes and Watson go to the old Christopher Docks, where they are followed by Sir Anthony Lloyd (Henry Daniell) of the council. The three men are captured by a group of Nazi spies led by a man named Meade (Thomas Gomez), although Meade manages to escape through a trap door to a waiting speedboat.
Kitty pretends to be a thief on the run and joins Meade. She finds out that Meade plans to go to Sir Evan's country estate that night. There Holmes and Sir Evan watch a German plane attempt to land, but gunshots fired by Sir Evan disrupt the Nazi rendezvous; all the while Meade hides in the dark.
After one of Holmes informants traces Meade and Kitty to the south coast of England, Holmes forces the council to go there with him. With the support of British troopers, Holmes captures Meade and a group of German soldiers stationed in an abandoned church.
There he reveals the true identity of "The Voice of Terror" as Sir Evan Barham, who happens to be an impostor. Holmes then reveals that in World War I, the real Barham was a prisoner in a German war camp and had an uncanny resemblance to a Heinrich Von Bock, a member of the German Secret Service; one day the real Barham was taken out and executed; the gentleman who called Holmes into the case was Von Bock himself who had been posing as Barham for 24 years; Holmes then adds that Barham had no immediate family, so his private life was well studied by Von Bock, who also studied at Oxford and had knowledge of the English language and manners. So, with a little help of plastic surgery, not to mention the resemblance to Barham in the first place, the deception was carried out thoroughly. Holmes also concludes that the real Sir Evan Barham carried a scar from childhood, the one Von Bock carried from plastic surgery was approximately 20 years old - the clue that gave away the fact that he was an impostor.
Holmes then informs the spies that the German invasion force has been destroyed. The angry Meade shoots and fatally wounds Kitty, but is killed himself as he attempts to escape. The Council stand around the murdered Kitty and swear that her heroic death will not be in vain.
The film ends with a direct quote from "His Last Bow":
- Watson: It's a lovely morning, Holmes.
- Holmes: There's an east wind coming, Watson.
- Watson: I don't think so. Looks like another warm day.
- Holmes: Good old Watson. The one fixed point in a changing age. There's an east wind coming all the same. Such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it's God's own wind none the less. And a greener, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm is cleared.[1]
Cast
- Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes
- Nigel Bruce as Dr. John H. Watson
- Evelyn Ankers as Kitty
- Henry Daniell as Anthony Lloyd
- Thomas Gomez as R.F. Meade
- Reginald Denny as Sir Evan Barham (alias of Heinrich von Bock)
- Leyland Hodgson as Captain Roland Shore
- Olaf Hytten as Admiral Sir John Prentiss
- Montagu Love as General Jerome Lawford
- Hillary Brooke as Jill Grandis
- Edgar Barrier as Voice of Terror (uncredited)
References
- Davies, David Stuart, Holmes of the Movies (New English Library, 1976) ISBN 0-450-03358-9
External links
- Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror at the Internet Movie Database
- Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror at AllMovie
- Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror at the TCM Movie Database
- Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror on Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce fan site
Friday, June 5, 2015
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When Nazi saboteurs jeeringly predicts to the nation of new depredations
via their radio Voice of Terror, the Intellegence Inner Council summons
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone)to help in the crisis. Holmes and his companion, Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce),
are visited the first night of their investigation;a man falls dying
from a knife wound on their doorstep. His last word leads Holmes into
the slums where he encounters Kitty (Evelyn Ankers), the sweetheart of the slain man. Written by
Les Adams <longhorn1939@sudenlink.net>
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Voice of Terror: [off-screen] Germany broadcasting. Germany broadcasting. People of Britain, greetings from the Third Reich. This is the voice you have learned to fear. This is the Voice of Terror. Again, we bring you disaster: crushing, humiliating disaster. It is folly to stand against the mighty wrath of the Fuhrer. Do you need more testimony of his invincible might to bring you to your knees? Very well. Are you ready, Operative Number 7? This is the Voice of Terror. A secret airplane factory ...
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This is the third of fourteen films based on Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional consulting detective Sherlock Holmes starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson. It is the first in the series to be taken out of the Victorian age and set in modern times. It is also the first to be produced at Universal Studios. (The previous two films were made at 20th Century Fox.) See more »Goofs
When Holmes and Watson first meet Meade, his name is never stated, yet they know it when they discuss him in a scene shortly thereafter. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Voice of Terror: [off-screen] Germany broadcasting. Germany broadcasting. People of Britain, greetings from the Third Reich. This is the voice you have learned to fear. This is the Voice of Terror. Again, we bring you disaster: crushing, humiliating disaster. It is folly to stand against the mighty wrath of the Fuhrer. Do you need more testimony of his invincible might to bring you to your knees? Very well. Are you ready, Operative Number 7? This is the Voice of Terror. A secret airplane factory ...
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The master sleuth hunts his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, who is planning the crime of the century.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (film)
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| Directed by | Alfred L. Werker |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Written by | Characters: Arthur Conan Doyle Play: William Gillette Screenplay: Edwin Blum[1] William Drake |
| Starring | Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Ida Lupino George Zucco Alan Marshal |
| Music by | Robert Russell Bennett |
| Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
| Edited by | Robert Bischoff |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (released theatrically as Sherlock Holmes in the United Kingdom) is a 1939 mystery-adventure film.[2] It is a pastiche featuring the characters of the Sherlock Holmes series of books written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film is an adaptation of the 1899 play Sherlock Holmes by William Gillette, though there is almost no resemblance in the plots.
The film is the second installment to the Sherlock Holmes film series released between 1939 and 1946. It was the second film to feature Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. John Watson, the final one they would make for 20th Century Fox, and the final one in the Rathbone/Bruce series to be set in the Victorian London period. The further 12 films made by Universal and starring Rathbone/Bruce would take place in contemporary times (i.e. the 1940s). George Zucco stars as Holmes's nemesis Professor Moriarty.
The film follows famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his companion Doctor Watson as they attempt to foil their archenemy Professor Moriarty who targets a wealthy family and plots the theft of the Crown Jewels.
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The film was supposedly based on the stage play by William Gillette, though little of the play's original plot remains aside from the Holmes/Moriarty conflict. The play featured a very young Charlie Chaplin in one of his very first acting roles during its first London production, playing the character of Billy, who, in this movie, is played by Terry Kilburn.Plot
The film begins with Moriarty and Holmes verbally sparring on the steps outside the Old Bailey where Moriarty has just been acquitted on a charge of murder due to lack of evidence. Holmes remarks, "You've a magnificent brain, Moriarty. I admire it. I admire it so much I'd like to present it, pickled in alcohol, to the London Medical Society". "It would make an impressive exhibit", replies Moriarty.Later Holmes and Watson are visited at 221B Baker Street by Ann Brandon (Ida Lupino). She tells him that her brother Lloyd has received a strange note - a drawing of a man with an albatross hanging around his neck - identical to one received by her father just before his brutal murder ten years before. Holmes deduces that the note is a warning and rushes to find Lloyd Brandon. However he is too late, as Lloyd has been murdered by being strangled and having his skull crushed.
Holmes investigates and attends a garden party, disguised as a music-hall entertainer, where he correctly believes an attempt will be made on Ann's life. Hearing her cries from a nearby park he captures her assailant, who turns out to be Gabriel Mateo, out for revenge on the Brandons for the murder of his father by Ann's father in a dispute over ownership of their South American mine. His murder weapon was a bolas. Mateo also reveals that it was Moriarty who urged him to seek revenge. Holmes realises that Moriarty is using the case as a distraction from his real crime, a crime that will stir the British Empire - an attempt to steal the Crown Jewels. Holmes rushes to the Tower of London to prevent the crime, and during a struggle Moriarty falls, presumably to his death. In the end, Ann is married and Holmes tries to shoo a fly by playing his violin, only to have Watson swat it with his newspaper remarking, "Elementary, my dear Holmes, elementary."[3]
Cast
- Basil Rathbone – Sherlock Holmes
- Nigel Bruce – Dr. Watson
- Ida Lupino – Ann Brandon
- George Zucco – Professor Moriarty
- Alan Marshal – Jerrold Hunter
- E. E. Clive – Inspector Bristol of Scotland Yard
- Terry Kilburn – Billy
- Henry Stephenson – Sir Ronald Ramsgate
- Mary Forbes – Lady Conyngham
Influence
The quote "Elementary, my dear Watson" was made popular by this film. Although it was spoken in the 1929 talkie The Return of Sherlock Holmes, starring Clive Brook, it was never featured in a canonical Arthur Conan Doyle story; although once Holmes said, in "The Adventure of the Crooked Man", "Elementary". The quote "Elementary, my dear Watson" was ranked No. 65 in the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes poll.During the scene in which Holmes crashes the garden party dressed as a music hall performer, he sings "I Do Like To be Beside the Seaside". This is an anachronism, since the film is set in 1894, but the song was written in 1907.
The scene in which Holmes experiments with the flies in the glass while playing the violin is recreated in the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes, in which Holmes is played by Robert Downey, Jr..
In the last episode of the 2012 series of Sherlock, "The Reichenbach Fall" Moriarty gets into the Tower of London and gains access to the Crown Jewels while stating two other crimes simultaneously as a distraction. He is arrested for this, as he planned, tried and acquitted. There is a likely connection, as Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat cited the Rathbone-Bruce series as a spiritual influence.
References
- Davies, David Stuart, Holmes of the Movies (New English Library, 1976) ISBN 0-450-03358-9
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Saturday, May 9, 2015
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death --- Movie
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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death is the sixth film in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films. Made in 1943, it is a loose adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes story "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual." Its three immediate predecessors in the film series were World War II spy adventures with Holmes and Watson as characters, but this one marks a return to the pure mystery form. Though several characters are military men and there are frequent mentions of the war, it is not the focus of the story.
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Dr. Watson is serving as resident doctor at Musgrave Hall in Northumberland, a stately home which is also used as a hospital for a number of servicemen suffering from shell shock.[1]When Sally Musgrave displays her feelings for one of the wounded American fighter pilots, Captain Pat Vickery, who is currently recovering at the family estate, her brothers Geoffrey and Phillip are quick to show their dismay.
Then one of the physicians working at the estate, Dr. Sexton, is assaulted by an unknown assailant when out on a walk. Dr. John Watson, who is in charge of the medical facility, goes to fetch his dear friend Sherlock Holmes to bring some clarity to the case of the attack.
Upon his arrival to the estate, Sherlock Holmes discovers a dead body belonging to one of the brothers, Geoffrey. Inspector Lestrade of the Scotland Yard is put on the case to solve the murder, and immediately arrests the captain as a suspect.
Holmes is of another opinion about the flyer's guilt and continues to investigate on his own. Phillip is formally made the new head of the estate the next day with the aid of his sister. But only one day of ruling the estate, Phillip too is found murdered, lying in the trunk of the car.
Lestrade arrests the family butler, Alfred Brunton for the murder, while Holmes and Watson look into the special "Musgrave Ritual" that the family uses to appoint the new head of the family. They find the words used in the ritual hidden in Sally's room, and try to copy the ritual, which involves replaying a giant chess game on the checkered floor of the house main hall. As pieces in the game they use the household staff.
The game gives them clues to the family's secret burial crypt underneath the house, and there they find Brunton murdered. Holmes pretends to go down into the crypt to examine the body for clues, but the real reason for him going down there is to wait for the murderer to reappear. Before long, Dr. Sexton appears and is captured by Holmes.
Holmes suggests that Sexton had discovered an old document that said the estate was worth millions of pounds, and then killed both brothers, hoping to marry Sally who would inherit the estate. He also tried to frame the captain so that he could not marry Sally. The doctor manages to overpower Holmes and takes his revolver. Then he confesses that he indeed is the one responsible for the murders. When he tries to shoot Holmes he discovers that the bullets are blanks.
Lestrade and Watson come to the rescue and overpower and arrest Sexton. Holmes and Watson go back to London together. Sally destroys the document, claiming to not want to be rich on the cost of others' lives.[2]
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- Basil Rathbone – Sherlock Holmes
- Nigel Bruce – Dr. Watson
- Dennis Hoey – Inspector Lestrade
- Arthur Margetson – Dr. Bob Sexton
- Hillary Brooke – Sally Musgrave
- Halliwell Hobbes – Alfred Brunton
- Minna Phillips – Mrs. Howells
- Milburn Stone – Captain Vickary
- Gavin Muir – Phillip Musgrave
- Gerald Hamer – Major Langford
- Charles Coleman – Constable Kray
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There's no Moriarty on hand this time, as Holmes and Watson (played, of course, by Nigel Bruce) join Britain in battling the Nazis. It's all a little awkward, but there is some fine atmosphere, especially in a scene in which Holmes and Watson visit a seedy pub in search of information. The cast is good, with Thomas Gomez as a very effective villain, Evelyn Ankers as the proverbial bad girl with a heart of gold, and, as a diplomat, the wickedly suave Henry Daniell who would return to play Professor Moriarty in "The Woman in Green." Best of all is Rathbone, who is razor sharp despite a very peculiar hairstyle that looks like it belongs in a gladiator flick.
The series improved considerably once Roy William Neill took over as director with the second film, and later entries that did not emphasize the "modern" concept, like "Spider Woman" and, most particularly, "The Scarlet Claw," are far superior, but "Voice of Terror" is still an entertaining show, perfect viewing on a rainy, fog shrouded night.