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I'll never tire of the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes series of movies. I'd rather watch these over and over, instead of watching today's movies.
Yeah that's pretty much what I've been doing the past two weeks or so,lol. I dunno what it is. Even the later adaptations of Sherlock,I don't enjoy as much.
I agree though my problem is Nigel Bruce's Watson is a bumbling old fool; he is nothing like the Dr. Watson described in Doyle's stories.
Elementary my dear.................!
Same here. I remember in the '50s the TV version was on in the morning with Ronald Howard. He was good but those episodes were a 1/2 hour, not near long enough to make it really good. Picked up a few of those episodes some years ago.
Same!..the mysteries are so intriguing, and they are short..only an hour plus long..great entertainment!
"Watson, if you ever think of taking up another profession...never even think of becoming an actor!" Great ending line!
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Which is a profound compliment to Nigel Bruce, the actor with the hard job of acting like a bad actor!
What got me was they all took such care in giving them silent clues at the beginning and Watson just blurting it out loud as can be before leaving the restaurant.
Watson's a dope, and surprisingly enough, hasn't killed anyone, being a doctor.
Sherlock Holmes creators produced a most wonderful series.
Mr. Rathbone will not ever be usurped as the quintessential 'Holmes'.
Jeremy Brett is / was a very creditable runner-up for me...
@@theclashcalling_ Jeremy Brett was better, much as I love Rathbone's rendition.
Not usurped....but there certainly is an equal.... Jeremy Brett
My favorite Sherlock was Ronald Howard in the TV series from the 50's.
There was never a bad Basil Rathbone As Sherlock Holmes part... the movies may be dated but he and Nigel Bruce always perfect in their roles. Worth watching.
They do seem a bit dated all 13 film's are worn thin nowaday's,but what I do is put the video on and put headphones on and just listen to it as just an Audio drama which gives a whole new dimension as you notice more in the back ground than you ever have and appreciate the act skill's of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce evenmore as with no picture's the connection as they go through the script is so smoothly play seem less,gentlemen to the end...
@@Mad-Siti-Fan..66. you would probably enjoy The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes old time radio show over 350 episodes.
@@richardhincemon9423 that is great. I agree
Gloria watch a dog.
HE is Sherlock Holmes...!!!
Basil Rathbones acting is hypnotic and flawless
he was a great bloke as well... he and his wife loved to throw lavish parties....think he packed plenty into his life
Don’t miss Rathbone as the tormented wing commander in Dawn Patrol-he was never better. One Errol Flynn’s best performances in the bargain.
And, surprisingly, Nigel Bruce had a very nice singing voice. 👌
He had great timing in ALL of his Movies 🎥
@@BrembeliaA wonderful moment!
If these movies were remade today, I don't think they could find a duo who would compliment each other as these two great actors.
Not even Batman and Robin 🕵️
What about Holmes & Yoyo?🪀
Basil Rathbone’s physicality is perfect for Holmes : Tall, thin, narrow face, high forehead & Grecian nose + deep, highly cultured voice…..PERFECT.
It’s a shame he never played Dracula he had the perfect face for horror of any kind
@@Rosco-P.Coldchain I think the only horror film he made was "Son of Frankenstein".🧟♀️
"Hello Ducky" Watson's reaction 🤣🤣 And yes, Nigel Bruce's singing is a surprising highlight to this good production.
Wonderful voice such a nice surprise 😊
Basil Rathbone is Sherlock Holmes to a T.. He may not know how much we have all learnt from him on so many levels including the lesson on everyday small stuff that appears unimportant. Yet is vital in polite communication with others. I watch them over and over. The best duo ever including all staff who worked behind the scenes. 👏❤️✨✨
In an interview, he said he got burned out playing Holmes. I can understand that, but I wonder how many more he would have done otherwise.🤔🇬🇧
I first started enjoying Sherlock Holmes back in 1965. And I have to admit watching and reading Holmes actually awoke a determination in me at a young age to be hyper aware of my surroundings. It was fun to amaze friends by saying things like how many steps they had in their home leading into their basement. Especially having been in their basement only once months ago. 😊 It is amazing how much we can see and remember by paying just a little bit of attention. Extrapolation can confound people by just taking a little thought. 😁
I watch these over and over. Basil Rathbone is superb as Holmes. Never trie of watching
" never tire"
Same here
Me too. I wonder why the network always shows the same ones. I think there are about 10 and those are the ones I care.
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Elementary my dear Edward. UA-cam attempts to restrict which films are easily searched in their catalogue in hopes that you will rent or purchase the view through them.
Greed, it seems, will always be a powerful motive I'm afraid.
Same here, never get tired of it
Basil Rathbone has always been my favorite Sherlock Holmes.
The ONLY Sherlock Holmes, in my very experienced, opinion. Ditto for Bruce's, Watson.
@@rogerrendzak8055 Jeremy Brett!
Basil Rathbone pales in comparison to Jeremy Brett.
@@kingbolo4579WRONG.🌈💏🤮
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I love the fact that Holmes and Watson go on holidays together. So cute!
Maybe as the last line from holmes in the hound of the baskervilles . Watson the needle... is possibly why they go on holiday together
Basil Rathbone was one of my favorites. Never gave a non-perfect performance.
I quite agree Butzi. I'm particularly impressed that you're still enjoying movies, though I imagine that the grave is somewhat cold as a theatre. How are you finding your first decade as a dead man. After all it is nearly a decade since you died. 😁 Kind regards.
@@paulreilly3904 Ha Ha, touché! My nom de guerre for my Porsche channel. Think if I’d chosen Alfredo “Dino” Ferrari how much longer it would have been…
@@butziporsche8646 Ha ha Butzi, I think it's a fine name and a good idea to have a nom de guerre. I'm in Oxford UK and perhaps should choose a famous English name? Meanwhile, good to hear from you and my best wishes.
@@paulreilly3904 Thank you and to you as well.
Basil rathbone and nigel bruce are the perfect holmes and watson, and the scripts are faboulous, you would like to see these movies in winter, but 14 movies are far less than sufficient
The very last lines by Rathbone and Bruce are priceless and humorous, like a cherry atop a delicious cake.
Oooohhh, cake.
You would be a terrible actor ,Holmes said to Watson !!
Basil and Nigel are by far the best Holmes and Watson. I have watched these films countless times and enjoy them more than any other incarnation of the famous duo.
I love these movies of holmes and watson, my favorites, such a classy time. So much respect and innocence.
I love Sherlock Holmes! All the movies, etc. I can watch over again! Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are classic actors!!
Great stuff
“The late Professor Moriarty was a virtuoso on the bassoon.” Priceless
To me, Sherlock Holmes will always be Basil Rathbone.
YES!! I caught that line too. Said with a somewhat dismissive aire.
@@HighHolyOne air
The ill wind that no one blows good
That line always makes my mom crack up.
Who doesn't love shipboard mysteries? These, and train mysteries are top of my list!
Ah, you love the whodunits in confined spaces. Also a sequestered mansion, perhaps.
Perktube1 And then there were none.
There's a few from this era set partially or mostly on airplanes as well. Very similar feel to them, and a fascinating look at what air travel used to be like. None of the cramped cattle cars today's planes have become - but also many times the relative cost and far slower than a modern jet.
Terror by Night is another fantastic Rathbone Holmes set entirely on a train, and considerably better than this one.
@@ghostlightx9005 Don't agree. Watson didn't recognize his own friend? Everyone was doing math to relax? No. Pursuit was/is a masterpiece of masterpieces. It is the creme de la creme. The cream of the crop. And when Nigel Bruce is singing? Need I say more?
Absolutely love these films. Basil is Sherlock to me, no one else can compare.
The first wave of "Lord of the Rings" mania was around 1969. I was in high school. Friends were writing in runes, and I sang my own tunes with guitar to the songs.Basil Rathbone was so strongly my image for Aragorn, I never have been able to get into the whole film series with Viggo Mortensen as substitute. I assume he was great. Oh, well.
"My dear fellow, musical talent is hardly evidence of innocence."
Just as being factually correct is not the same as being morally right.
This one had to be one of the best SHERLOCK HOLMES! by far!
Love Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson. The best team
that blew each other
Nigel.Bruce is awful.
The truth!!!
Nigel Bruce served as dunderheaded buffoon to Holmes manic-genius - good detective/bad detective.
Tqyq
Dr. Watson singing Loch Lomond is a treasure with beautiful Marjorie Riordan at the piano. At 51.20 min.
Nigel Bruce’s brogue is wonderful.
Amazing!!! I Love Loch Lomond and this rendition was great.
Absolutely Agree, One Of Me Favorites ,,
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Absolutely wonderful rendition, lady sang superbly as well
She was beautiful indeed
Nigel Bruce doesn't sing nearly enough in these films--his voice is amazing!
also 55:51 when the salt spills and Watson throws some over his shoulder--my grandmother used to do that! It's an old superstitious thing.
Oh and "Don't even THINK of becoming an actor!" omg i am die lol
I agree that Basil Rathbone was the ultimate Sherlock Holmes. He looks exactly as I had pictured Holmes when I read the stories as a child. I appreciate Jeremy Brett’s performance and the absolute dedication that production had to Conan Doyle’s stories. But even though some of these movie plots are a bit hokey I never tire of them. I like how Rathbone looks as Holmes. His profile and build are perfect and those languid eyes when he plays the violin. Which he really could and did play. His every gesture and glance is Holmes. Which Jeremy Brett, God love him, over acted at times, and got shrill. Holmes was never shrill. I also, like many others love Rathbone and Bruce together, they seem to have a natural affection for each other or are just great actors. Yes Nigel Bruce plays Watson as a bungler, which he never was in the stories, but some how it works and I love it. Benedict Cumberbatch is a good actor, but that series lost sight of the feel of Holmes, even though they actually stole some bits of their absurd plots from these movies. I have the complete set of these movies and watch them again every few years or so and never tire of them I too grew up watching them in the 60s with my Dad when I was a teenager and I still love them. I even got my daughter addicted to Sherlock Holmes, although to her Jeremy Brett is the ultimate Holmes.
Time for my annual binge of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson and their outrageous adventures. 🎦
Love this one. Really gives Nigel Bruce a chance to shine.
For sure 😎
“Fish and chips? I don’t eat fish and chips. My friend doesn’t eat fish and chips. We LOATHE fish and chips!” Idk why I love these lines, but I do.
@@junior.von.claire we don't eat any stinking fish and chips! LOL
@@richardhincemon9423 😜 “Lovely place you brought me to.”
Oh, man. He was a treasure. 👏🏻🧐
" Green was never a becoming colour for the old trout " classic Holmes 👌
I read the whole volume when i was 13 back in 1963. I still enjoy it at 72.
My older brother gave me the entire volume when I was 13 back in 1963. I still enjoy it at my current age of 72. Priceless.
Snap 😀
Bit older than you but somewhere around here is the complete series.
I have the whole collection of conan Doyle.,Sherlock Holmes inclusive ❤❤❤
This story was not in Arthur Conan Doyle's original collection. This was more of an adoption?
The Actress playing the singer is so lovely and natural.
Marjorie Riordan is her name.
Thank-you.
Very kind of you to reply.
Here I go again. I'll watch this for the 20th time (at least) if for no ther reason than to hear Nigel Bruce sing Loch Lomond. The problem is that, after watching it, every time I see a menu for the next month I'll wind up traipsing up and down dark alleys trying to get to a meeting with a foreign ambassador.
You as well
@@paulwebb6087 Ha ha! You guys are funny!
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I love how Watson always talks like there's no one else in the room. lol He's giving away all the details lol
I suppose he's a bit deaf .🦻
@@gracesemenzato8743 deaf or daft lol j/k.
Loved this one. Watson’s solo was fantastic especially.
Really, I don't think it was Nigel Bruce singing. It was good .
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It was Nigel Bruce singing. I checked the soundtrack list on IMDB.
Better than anything on TV today. The only detective series in recent history do I love as much as Holmes is Wallander. Foyle's War was great, too. But Sherlock remains king. Chan not too far behind. (Nicer guy, too! lol)
I agree I love the Basil Rathbone Holmes and Sidney Toler Chan series. Can watch and re-watch endlessly. They're only about an hour or so long so not a big time commitment. Some of the same actors seem to appear in both. Reminds me of the Maltese Falcon or Big Sleep Bogart movies. Good fun entertainment.
Well said.
Girl: hello duckie!
Watson: How about no?
7:48 Basil almost laughed there. Good recovery.
Yeah, when he says “sole” you can hear a little crack in his voice, and it sounds like he’s about to laugh 😂
Nigel Bruce had a magnificent singing voice!
Basil Rathbone as Holmes makes me very happy.😊 Thank you.❤️
Love watching him, he was good in robin hood too as the bad guy
Monica Gomez I think Basil starred with Errol Flynn in Captain Blood too. I remember two pirate captains doing their Swashbuckling routine in a beach on an Island. Basil was the real deal fencer from his youth days in the British Army apparently. Every Saturday afternoon without fail I used to watch the reruns of this series with a beer and Cornish pasty. Girlfriend wanted to go shopping. Fine see you later then.. lmao
He is the best ever.
Monica Gomez welcome
Gina Monroe absolutely
Along with everything else with the Basil/Nigel Holmes movies I've always enjoyed the great tidbits of humor. Bruce was always the perfect foil to Rathbone. "... never even think of becoming an actor"
"... to make yourself as conspicuous as possible." Piece a cake for Watson.
Nigel Brice as Dr. Watson at his best. What a wonderful movie. Now a days, I do not go to movie theaters and spend $17 to watch a movie at the mall ... These classic are simply superb to watch. Basic Rathbone is SherlockHolmes personified.
I must have watched all these films 30 times each one!! I never get tired of them
A Sherlock Holmes fan..same here.
Then you know that there are a few cast members in this that were also in S.H. Faces Death.
Quite a lovely girl playing Sheila, also something of a rocket scientist: Marjorie Riordan was "discovered" in Wisconsin in the early 1940s and became a studio contract player at Warner Brothers. During the 1950s she and another Warner Brothers player, Joyce Reynolds, decided that they found acting intellectually unsatisfying and the two of them returned to graduate school to study speech pathology.
Riordan's focus in graduate school was the psycho-dynamics of stuttering which led her, in turn, to study clinical psychology. Throughout the late fifties and first couple of years of the sixties, she pursued both her careers as a clinical psychologist and as an actress, but then gave up acting altogether.
While in graduate school, she met her husband Allan Schlaff, who was also a clinical psychologist. The two had a son, John Schlaff, who was born in 1959.
Riordan succumbed to breast cancer in 1984.
What a wonderful post! That lady did all she did in a age now accused of holding women back. So many of that generation accomplished feats that made America successful .
@@colinhalliley111 But not with the fame the men got, nor the money. The 1940s were the golden years for American women with the men at war.
I just saw Marjorie Riordan in "Stage Door Canteen." She was radiant in that picture, though this one gives her a better role, and a singing one at that. Her relatively short career in films was Hollywood's loss, but clinical psychology's gain.
The name sounds German? Was he one of the many Nazi rocket scientists who were taken back to the USA..?
That’s a direct copy/paste from her IMDB page.
It surprised me to learn that Nigel Bruce (Watson) was almost 5 years YOUNGER than Basil Rathbone, and a surprisingly tall 6’ 1” - only 2” shorter than Rathbone….
Honestly, hearing Watson sing is the sweetest moment in the whole film!
and Loch Lomand to boot
That was not Doctor Watson's (Nigel Bruce) voice you heard, but a voice over by another singer. Common practice in the movie industry when the actual actor had no musical/singing talent.
@@sharonw2475 Common practice yes, but this is Bruce singing. They post-dubbed singing for recording quality purposes starting in the late 30's, rather than try to get a good take on the sound stages, even with the best singers.
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@@sharonw2475it was obviously his voice.
We remember only the actor Basil Rathbone, and the supporting actor, Dr. Watson, however, there were many people, the production crew, the writers, the director, and a whole team of characters that make up a treasure trove of stimulation we enjoy as viewers.
Right you are. They were all excellent actors without whom this series would not have been so popular as is.
bonnie banks of loch lomond is so hauntingly beautiful and touches hearts to bring one to tears...👍👍 thank U Dr. Watson!!
Superb
He was a Scot, of course. One of the Bruces of Stenhouse. Yes, THOSE Bruces.....
another wonderful old classic.
These short films are excellent. Not only are the plots riveting, but they resolve quickly.
It says something about the time they were made. For better and worse.
Not too short this one
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce I love them together in Sherlock Holmes thank you for sharing this movie 🎬
This is still one of my FAV Sherlock Holmes films, where in the entire series, Rathbone is unquestionably *The Quintessential* Sir Conan Doyle character, and here, where fabulous Nigel Bruce as Watson "lays down" a few of THE Funniest and _'Perpetually English'_ classic lines throughout the film....!!! 👌
Although in truth, for me, *ALL 14* of the Rathbone-n-Bruce combo movies are "THE Best of The Rest...." ✔
Fully agree
Can you help me out with subtitles for these Classics?
I did had earlier in my liked videos that belong to a different channel but they are deleted now on UA-cam
I cannot find it anywhere
Very astute observations.
The ONLY, pair😊!!
he isn't. far from the original stories. brett was far better.
The shipboard scenes take me straight back to my trips aboard Union Castle ships and the ex Union Castle ship the S.A. Vaal. 14 night trips from Southampton to Capetown. There is something about those older ships. So sturdy and streamlined. The best part for me was dinner and strolling on the deck in the dark. I truly love these films. Thanks for uploading them.
I wish they would write plots like this. Now a days just blood and curse words.
And they don't have an original thought between them.
They were written for an audience that had an average IQ 23+ points lower than today and never came close to even finishing secondary school. It shows. Badly.
oh phooey! There's loads of great stuff out there today - the standard is much much higher than it was in the 1940s
Dude, idk what you're watching but there are tons of great stuff without "blood and curse words", including Sherlock BBC
Everything out of Hollywood is left wing trash. The movie industry is in the gutter
I fell in love with these movies as a young teen over 50 years ago and they never got old. My favorite actors in these parts. I read that once Basil Rathbone informed the movie studio he would no longer make these movies, he received tons of hate mail from his fans and the general public outraged that he quit. They wanted more! Wish they made a few more.
I love that line by a disgruntled Watson when they are in the fish and chip restaurant. " Fish and chips, a nice place you've brought me to". I'm not sure if that was an intended spin on the word 'Plaice'.
Just can't get enough of these SH movies. I'm hopelessly hooked. Can't wait for RDJ & crew's 3rd movie to arrive. Thank you England for your never ending pursuit of good SH's entertainment and may there never be a Rated R SH's movie. PG or even G rated SH's movies and a great mystery to unlock is all we need for pure entertainment...
love the scene at the end, holmes and watson sitting closely together like real friends
58:58 He's sitting right on top of him 🥰 They're cute little pals.
I will NEVER buy a product from any company that interrupts my viewing of the movie.
download the free version of "adblock" and say goodbye to ads
If you can cast the movie to a TV, then all ads are automatically removed. 😊
@@gallente4TW Good to know.
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what's good is you end up doing even your house
Big snow storm on its way, and I'm so ready for some Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie movies..with the fuzzy blanket and hot cocoa. And a lil dab of Irish cream.
Do you have a puddy tat to curl up on your lap?🐱💛
@@scarygary-qq1pj nah..got a big bed hogging dog named Dabz.. I'mma dog chick.
thank you for these classical movies of the GREAT SHERLOCK HOLMES I REMEMBER GROWING UP WATCHING THESE MOVIES AND THERE EXCITING!!! ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE!!!
Likewise, don't get me wrong I love Jeremy Brett in the whole Grenada production deal, but growing up what's this team put an imprint in my heart that I still carry to this day.
I have always been fascinated by history and, to me, this is like glimpsing history in motion.
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Now that I've seen basil rathbone playing shuffle board, it looks very cool.
I must say, I agree with you and never tire of Basil Rathbone. . His depiction of Sherlock Holmes is practically unmeasurable…pure joy.
I watch these movies every day. I never tire of them.
Thank you so much for these wonderful movies, it's like being with old friends again. Thrilled to hear Nigel Bruce singing as well (it is him).
"CORONAVIRUS WORLD WAR- 3 LOCKDOWN " in 2020 has kept people all over the World confined indoors and for me a chance to get back to my film addiction.A a big fan of Sherlock Holmes having even visited the " SHERLOCK HOLMES MUSEUM" in London in 2010 never knew that films were produced on Arthur Conan Doyle Novels way back in 1940;s during World War-2 .Stumbled onto this excellent 1945 film and as usual didn't disappoint either in suspense or authenticity of locale on a sea voyage and life on a passenger ship.As long as the sea exists, ships and shipping will exist for eternity and as a former "Marine Engineer" sailor on Merchant ships could identify with the locales..Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. John Watson have set the method of acting for future generation of actors playing the role.A excellent film that could be relevant in any era or generation as MONEY makes the cruise comfortable.. Ahoy !
Thanks for Sharing my grandmother loved these movies. I always watched with her She was born in 1903.and. now I'm 63 and I will always love the old movies. Especially. Love the old Antiques.
Enjoy this movie so much. Watch and re-watch it all the time. Love the music. The humor. The ambience. I know it's just a movie.... but as I watch it I wonder why the Prime Minister of Ravinia didn't just have the Crown Prince transported back home on a British or American destroyer or other warship....????
Nigel Bruce is my favorite of the duo. He plays the fool brilliantly and he certainly was anything but. He could have been a model when he was young. He got machine gunned in the legs when in the trenches of WW1 and even after being medically discharged due to his wounds he reenlisted as a trainer for the rest of the war. Some people have incredibly colorful lives his was certainly one of them.
Dear Feature Film,
This is by far the best Rathbone Holmes I have seen, better even than The Hound. Steady pacing, the sub plot of the jewels and the girl, the tension and stupefying twist at the end. You could have knocked me over with a feather at that final twist, as they might have said.
And Watson's singing! But Nigel Bruce was very much a part of showbiz in those days - they all had to be able to act, sing and dance. And the girl had a truly fabulous voice.
Can't tell you how much I enjoyed this. Didn't have any popcorn at hand but went through two packets of crisps.
Thank you so very much!
I’ve really enjoyed other portrayals of Sherlock Holmes, especially those by Jeremy Brett and Benedict Cumberbatch but the one I find totally believable, is Basil Rathbone’s. It’s great to be able to watch these films. Thank you !
i agree, but i very much enjoyed Mr.Cumberbatch
oops Cumberbach
It's the profile, prominent men have prominent noses.
I like Cumberbatch as an actor, and he fit the part well. But the shows, past the first season got violent and unpleasant. As for Robert Downey's Sherlock, it had nothing to do with Conan Doyle's stories. Basically a vulgar martial arts movie aimed at a Chinese audience. Rathbone's Sherlock fits the stories better than anyone else. He was perfect for the role.
@@steveneardley7541 I absolutely agree with all of that.
Out of all the moments from the history of Sherlock, nothing gets me like a compliment from Holmes to Watson. Especially in the Rathbone series. He's so short tempered and condescending to him any other time. Bossy. The few times he compliments him or makes it obvious he cares has stuck with me more than almost anything. Him saying the guy that helped saved Watson deserved the reward at the end of In the House of Fear is the best example. And then the compliment here where you get the little giggle from Watson.
Holmes can't stand near anyone. But he spends hours upon hours with Watson. You know he has to care,it's just really something when you see it. I've felt that way about many different Holmes and Watson duos honestly. I would say this is my least favorite Watson,if he wasn't so charming. He works so well playing off him,the stupidity comes off as endearing. And he has his moments where it's plain he's not a punk or an idiot either. This man is a wounded veteran and a doctor. I never understood why so many played him the way they did. This would be a highly educated man. He wouldn't have the deduction skills of Holmes, because they are unrealistic to begin with...but he wouldn't be an outright cartoon either.
I do enjoy when they get close to the books but make something a bit different. The Sherlock series and some of the games,the Jeremy Brett series,etc. They are such good characters they can be interpreted a number of ways and still be instantly recognizable. They've made him everything from a complete leech and a drug addict,to kinder than Sir Arthur could have ever wanted. And a lot of it is right there in the material. Just depends on the person who sees it.
I was happy to look through the comments and see other big fans. Especially when they are younger or older. I like seeing the ones that say they saw them when they were little,and the ones that said their grandparents just made them watch them or whatever else. Not only Holmes,but the actors and ACD himself are immortal. It's crazy when you think about it. He created a character (really I should say characters) that is still loved like 125 years later. There's not many people or companies that can say that besides Disney/Marvel...and even that's not as old. I always wonder what these creators would think. Conan Doyle and Tom Clancy are ones I wonder about all the time. I always hope they would be proud,but one has to wonder.
So what exactly are you trying to say?
I love Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, fantastically innovative take on the roles and yet believable and entertaining
Nigel Bruce, such an excellent actor, his singing voice not bad either..
Watson got some pipes on him! Who knew?
Watson certainly and obviously was not singing--another voice was dubbed in
@@richardprior5139 I can reveal it was... Marni Nixon!
Excellent? Your standards must be low.
@@dinerouk And your manners are 'low'.
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Really, Watson, I've never
thought of myself as handsome,
but that's the first time in my life that a woman has run away at the sight of me.
😲💩
Here is the only way to defeat the great Sherlock Holmes - apparently his magnificent observing powers fail as soon as he looks into a mirror. XD
awkward
Absolutely fabulous. Most thrilling, all his movies are fantastic. Thank you for sharing.
The big silent bad guy was Wee Willie Davis - American wrestler.
Was he really mute?
Basil was the best Sherlock Holmes ever,he was a great actor and this character suited him so much!
The best Sherlock ever..and the Dr Watson character is outstanding
Thanks
I also liked Jeremy Brett. Ronald Howard was one of the most recent Holmes and one of the most handsome of that era. ❤❤
Martin Kosleck was the knife-throwing villain - so good!!
He was always cast as a Nazi.
I love listening to Basil speaking in his flawless and gramatically correct Queen's English. To hear how "English" is spoken now is very sad...sloppy and incorrect and careless. This Shakespearean actor was so brilliant in everything he did. I think Americans in particular love this series because it shows the world as it was, with its history, culture and a sense of right and wrong. America has been sliced and diced and history rewritten. We are now just a bunch of savages so we long to watch these old movies to take us back to the world when it was normal..a world gone away..but we still have these great Sherlock Holmes films.
The world in the 1940's was not normal though. But yeah Basil's way of speaking is flawless
The world for us here in the USA worked. Everything was orderly. Now we have some world leaders working overtime to create their "order out of chaos" new world order. Take me back to those days. I was just a baby in the late forties but growing up then through the mid sixties was the best any human could hope for. The word NORMAL will never be again. Nothing is normal now.
Couldn't agree more - The Founders' vision for America has been perverted so as to be unrecognizable by the insatiable greed, power lust and unconscionable forever wars of which Holmes despaired.
2024, well spoken and yes love the clear English being spoken.
Sherlock Holmes is about the only show i can watch 10 times over the years lol. Espec. Basil Rathbone. I even love the radio programs. I also look forward to well written new ones. Australia does a great radio Sherlock series btw❤
The end was great!
Brilliant twist at the end I didn't see coming. Watson singing was brilliant. The more of these films I watch the more Watson's bumbling idiotic character grows on me. Basil Rathbone is fantastic as well of course. They certainly don't make them like this any more!
I love Bruce's portrayal of Watson. The best lol
You didn't see it coming?
Fish and chips? My friend doesn't like fish and chips! We loathe fish and chips! We don't have to eat any stinking fish and chips!!! LOL
@@richardhincemon9423 I love those lines; had to scroll back and listen to them again. Then as they head through the door, Watson mumbles, "....should've brought the cat....".
Another one that cracks me up is in "The Scarlet Claw", at 9:12, as they enter a hotel, and Watson mentions getting something to eat. Holmes asks rudely, "Don't you ever think of anything but your stomach?" To which Watson replies, without turning a hair, "No, not often." I watch these for the humor with Nigel Bruce more than for a serious Sherlock Holmes story!
He’s not idiotic!!! He’s just a little less detail oriented than Sherlock and is more distractible lol, and lacks imagination. But that doesn’t make him idiotic!! After all he’s a doctor!
Loving all the Sherlock Holmes movies and tv series. Didn’t know so many would be available. I visited the Sherlock museum in London way back in 1999 so I love checking out furniture etc.
Jeremy Brett was the best Sherlock Holmes though. I have watched the episodes over and over.
That must have been quite an experience! Did not know London had a museum for Holmes. Thank you, stay safe and GOD bless.
@@jmp01a24 very few would agree with you.
@@tomgardner8825 I remember the old imdb forum, before they deleted it and belive me I am with the majority on this. Did you see the DVD remaster of the 80s and early 90s version?
@@jmp01a24 It's all a matter of taste, isn't it? Brett and Rathbone were both terrific.
Started watching these during confinement and love them
That 'confinement' was Covid, and not Sing Sing, right? ;)
I just get mesmerized by basil rathbone always..... What to do
The golden era of cinema when the movies made were entertaining and had a moral at the end.
These were allied propoganda films
@@Nimish204 Hat do you mean by “these” ? This movie has nothing to do with WWll so it’s not an allied propaganda film.
Cant remember the last time I sat at a dinner table like that. miss the whole idea, maybe someday.
I think the person that is playing Holmes on here is Handsom
Fantastic movie of Sherlock Holmes.Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce pair is perfect pair as Sherlock and Dr. Watson.
That Sherlock Holmes is one of the best detectives in the world
Basil Rathbone is the only Sherlock Holmes to me.
Ditto Nigel Bruce as Dr Watson - full marks to the 'casting' department!
@@theclashcalling_ All I can say is you must have never read the books! Rathbone is good but Bruce is terrible. I am sure Conan Doyle would have despised Nigel Bruce as Watson! He wrote him as an intelligent foil to holmes, not the idiotic moron Bruce plays him as! I cannot stand it!
Now I have a yearning for some fish and chips.🍴🍟🍋
Kipper and crackers , old sport .
Them repeatedly calling that gun a “revolver” drove me bonkers lol. Still love these old classics.
My top fave in this series. Funny thing.......the first time I saw this movie, I did not win me over. But now I can't get enough of it.
This movie is special in many ways. But the two things I like best about it are:
- It's surprising and unexpected ending; and,
- The fact that the Firesign Theater in 1974 made an album called, "The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra." Now, this title was taken directly from the movie wherein Dr. Watson relates a Sherlock Holmes adventure to guests at a dinner party.
In all these years, I never thought that the Firesign Theater album's title was taken from an actual Sherlock Holmes movie!
Firesign Theater may have taken their album title from this movie, or they may have taken the phrase "giant rat of Sumatra" from the same place that this movie did: Arthur Conan Doyle.
The giant rat of Sumatra is mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes story 'The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire'. The story of the rat is not told, but other authors have taken that evocative phrase and made their own works on the subject, pastiches, etc.
It's unknown whether Doyle knew it or not, but there ARE giant rats in Sumatra. One species called the Large Sumatran Bamboo Rat can weight as much as 8.8 lbs, And in 2015 a fossil was found there of a rat estimated to have weighed about 11 lbs in life, or the size of a small dog.
That's one of the most hysterical things they ever did. Have you heard the earlier stage version, "By The Light of the Silvery", where their roots in the Goon Show are much more apparent? It's on Pink Hotel Burns Down and you can find it on youtube
Love Nigel Bruce as Watson, his bumbling and silliness are just too darn cute.
I never tire from the Rathbone-Bruce series. I laugh at the same places each time!
Thank you to upload this beautiful SH film.
I enjoyed all the time to see the actors..and the story