If you like the movies with Basil Rathbone, you'll like this one also.
The problem is, obtaining a good copy. This public domain movie came on satellite TV and I was able to transfer it to my Mac and author a DVD. The quality is 7-8.
This 1932 Sherlock Holmes is the first Motion Picture done with sound. The acting is excellent. Ernest Torrence plays a very evil Moriarty, and Clive Brook is a convincing Sherlock Holmes. I love the versions of Sherlock Holmes were he is true to the original books. he is arrogant, a bit cocky, likes to be dramatic, and derives a special pleasure from demonstrating his superior intellect. This is a very refreshing "good guy" roll compared to modern heroes that are supposed to be humble and modest all the time.
When I first started watching this movie I would have considered it only "fair". But then, Sherlock Holmes starts to prove that he's one step ahead of the criminals.
A somewhat unique aspect of this particular Sherlock Holmes is the romantic interest in the beautiful Alice Faulkner, (Miriam Jordan) a British stage and film actress. She enjoyed a brief career in Hollywood as a leading lady during the early 1930s. In most other Sherlock Holmes movies he has little interest or time for women.
Is this the best Sherlock Holmes ever? No. But if you like Sherlock Holmes this is certainly a movie you want to have in your your DVD / Blu-ray collection.
This 1932 Sherlock Holmes is the first Motion Picture done with sound. The acting is excellent. Ernest Torrence plays a very evil Moriarty, and Clive Brook is a convincing Sherlock Holmes. I love the versions of Sherlock Holmes were he is true to the original books. he is arrogant, a bit cocky, likes to be dramatic, and derives a special pleasure from demonstrating his superior intellect. This is a very refreshing "good guy" roll compared to modern heroes that are supposed to be humble and modest all the time.
When I first started watching this movie I would have considered it only "fair". But then, Sherlock Holmes starts to prove that he's one step ahead of the criminals.
A somewhat unique aspect of this particular Sherlock Holmes is the romantic interest in the beautiful Alice Faulkner, (Miriam Jordan) a British stage and film actress. She enjoyed a brief career in Hollywood as a leading lady during the early 1930s. In most other Sherlock Holmes movies he has little interest or time for women.
Is this the best Sherlock Holmes ever? No. But if you like Sherlock Holmes this is certainly a movie you want to have in your your DVD / Blu-ray collection.