Nice to see birthday boy #NigelBruce in a role that wasn't Dr Watson in this Hitchcock classic... but what's your fave one from Hitch?
Doctor, Watson Mountain !?
Why, Holmes, of course.
#MountainsNamedAfterCharacters
#HashTagGames #NigelBruce #DoctorWatson #BasilRathbone #SherlockHolmes
I just watched Limelight (1952, Charles Chaplin) and rated it 4/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limelight_%281952_film%29?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastodon #Limelight #CharlieChaplin #ClaireBloom #SydneyChaplin #NigelBruce #NormanLloyd
Dressed to Kill (1946), the last Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes movie. Vital evidence to a robbery is concealed in three music boxes. A lesser entry in the series but reasonably entertaining and it has a fine femme fatale.
My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/03/dressed-to-kill-1946.html
I just watched The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sidney Lanfield, 1939) and rated it 4/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1939_film) #films #cinema #cinemastodon #TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles #SherlockHolmes #BasilRathbone #NigelBruce
I just watched Dressed to Kill (Roy William Neill, 1946) and rated it 6/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dressed_to_Kill_%281946_film%29?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastodon #DressedToKill #SherlockHolmes #BasilRathbone #NigelBruce
I just watched Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (Roy William Neill, 1943) and rated it 4/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_and_the_Secret_Weapon?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastodon #SherlockHolmes #TheSecretWeapon #BasilRathbone #NigelBruce
Today in 1939 — #BasilRathbone and #NigelBruce made their debut as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in #TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles.
They would play the characters in 14 films and a radio series.
84 years ago:
The Hound of the Baskervilles (US)
On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire, and finds that Sherlock Holmes is there to investigate the local belief that his uncle was killed by a monster hound that has roamed the moors since 1650, and is l...
1939-03-24
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/27118
#TheHoundoftheBaskervilles #BasilRathbone #NigelBruce #RichardGreene #20thCenturyFox #Horror
The Woman in Green (1945), the 11th Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes movie and a good, rather dark, film. An original story that borrows elements from several Conan Doyle tales. London is terrorised by Jack the Ripper copycat murders.
My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-woman-in-green-1945.html
#BOTD #IdaLupino, who did a working woman #screwballcomedy FROM PILLOW TO POST. A highly recommended book that features her background in directing is "Nobody's Girl Friday" by J.E. Smythe.
#BOTD #NigelBruce whose entrance in his scene in REBECCA is a breath of fresh comic air.
#BOTD #WalterCatlett "Get your ears up like a rabbit" and wait for his scenes in BRINGING UP BABY. He almost steals scenes from Grant & Hepburn, and that's saying something!
Thunder In the City (1937)
#BOTD #EdwardGRobinson #RalphRichardson #NigelBruce
Edward G was so magnetic I couldn’t turn away. Low budget & slow in parts but with some fave Brits like Nigel Bruce & Ralph Richardson, it was a US-UK merger worth watching. Edward G’s character was especially enjoyable as the “dream the impossible” type salesman who wins over the “dignified” UK public.
Enjoyed it! Uplifting!
