You can't beat the old mystery and suspense of these classic films,...no gore or special effects,....just good solid honest acting,...and stories full of sinister plots and intrigue,....an art sadly diminishing from modern filmmaking.....more's the pity.
Agreed...acting & plot are relied upon to carry the story. I pretty much watch British productions as they much more than Hollywood remain true to these principles.
I love these old black and white movies it's raining and nasty so I'm going to read and watch movies all day I like Basil Rathbone has Sherlock Holmes but I also like Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes also ❤
Watson was sadly enough, Hebatudinous as Moriarty had properly concluded, at least the way he was written as portrayed by Nigel Bruce, I would have preferred him 20 years younger and equal in witts to Sherlock Holmes himself. An unkind person would have off-handedly referred to Watson as a doddering, scatty old fool.
I love how Dr. Watson looks up and there's that old sea pirate looking dude there's a couple of them in this movie it always shocks him that's hilarious
They are the worst. Watch Jeremy Brett as Holmes and Edward Hardwicke as Watson and you will see the dramatic difference as these two actors are far superior.
I have always loved these Rathbone / Bruce Sherlock Holmes films .....I feel that this is one of the three best instalments in the 14 - movie series .....along with The Hound Of The Baskervilles , and The Adventures Of Sherlobk Holmes ....so atmospheric .. I remember an episode of The Saint , starring Roger Moore , , seemed to be based on this story ....Give me these old movies , whilst savouring a cup of tea , and a block of chocolate on a cold night....Ah ....HEAVEN ..!
@ Steve Setek. Yes Paul Sawtell did an excellent job as musical director for the Sherlock Holmes film, "The Scarlet Claw". Although a number of the pieces of music in that film were originally composed by Hans J. Salter and Frank B. Skinner for "The Wolfman"(1941) and other Universal Studios' horror films of the 1940's (e.g., the eerie music that is heard as Holmes walks down the hallway on the 2nd floor of the De La Porte Hotel to confront Alistair Ramson after Ramson killed Judge Brisson in the previous scene in the film). Paul Sawtell wrote the great, iconic theme music for the 1966 TV series, "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea". It is interesting that actor Miles Mander's voice as Judge Brisson sounds very much like actor Frederic Worlock's voice as Colonel Cavanaugh in the 12th and last Universal Studios' Rathbone/Bruce Holmes film, "Dressed To Kill"(1946).
When the actor comes in and announces that his wife has been found dead with her throat torn out with as much emotion as if he were announcing that it's raining outside, you can't say much for the director's skill. Please. However the sets and art direction and cinematography are well done here. Rathbone is a delight as always.
Amen to that, particularly regarding Rathbone - and let’s not forget dear old Watson. What grand actors, both - a bygone breed of men and their profession.
I have been a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes as long as I have been able to read and watch TV and Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are also my favorites. There will be young people reading and watching Sherlock Holmes a hundred years from now.
Been watching this again and again for over 44 years! Why do folks moan about adverts....... no adverts on Premium.... worth it to proper appreciate old classics.... stop moaning..... something intoxicating about this genre.
You PAY for premium? When a free ADBLOCKER stops ALL ADS? Bwaaaaa ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I have NEVER seen an Ad. What a goofball comment your is.
@@Thoth_al_Khem I have no problem with you feeling that way; in my line of work it is a tax deductible expense and I never have a problem paying for a service I am pleased with; it a minor and negligible to me. However, I fully understand folks saving money too..... all the best.
I tell you dr. Watson portrays a very wasted person after drinking a bottle of wine it's either really great great acting or he might actually be drunk I mean that's some incredible acting if hes sober and I love the way after he falls into the hole Holmes helps him get out you can clearly see he's walking up a step ladder
I'm a massive fan of the source material and anything to do with Sherlock. This is not my favorite interpretation of Watson by any means,but man he cracks me up sometimes. The stuff he says about his father under his breath in the inn makes me laugh out loud every time I hear it. He goes from saying he hasn't seen his father in years,to saying matter of fact,he's dead lol. There's actually quite a few instances in these films like that. I always kinda wish they didn't make a doctor and soldier so stupid and silly,but his loyalty and other qualities is enough to counteract it most times. I don't think I've seen all the movies in this "series". You can usually only find the same five or six online. I always meant to look for some kind of box set or something,but time and money are always factors in this world,ha.
Like Laurel and Hardy, I prefer these in black and white. 29:49 I, personally find that hilarious when Watson sees and realizes who is now sitting next to him. Little touches like that make all the difference sometimes.
A two minute commercial every 4 minutes if just too much. Like Rathbone and Bruce in these roles but not so much that so many commercials are worth it. Tah, tah ARF.
Maria' is a fine-looking girl A true beauty 😍 I like how Watson went off on the father for strikeing her Good job dr Watson s Holems then says its none of our Business bulshit good old smug sherlock holes
@Deborah B Yes, Thanks. Ian Woolfe sends Spock and McCoy to an ice planet through a portal where they meet Mariette Hartley. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Our_Yesterdays_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)
Lots of complaints in the comments about Watson's inadequacies. A tired theme in old movies. Someone should do a thesis, "Obligatory Ineptitude in Cinematic Investigative Partnerships." Watson, in need of a roommate, teamed with Holmes in 1881 and was not a dottering old fool. Love the films for many reasons; especially the antiquities, sets, architecture, furnishings, etc. Rathbone was 3 yrs older than Bruce.
One of the better Rathbone Sherlocks. An interesting plot, more complicated than usual, and Nigel Bruce isn't as much of a ninny here as in other films.
Does anyone know what is the title of the song that the character Alistair Ramson sings as he is talking to the innkeeper in the Sherlock Holmes film "The Scarlet Claw"?
Wow did I just see Sherlock pounding on a door that finally opens and Sherlock runs in an the person who opened the door immediately runs out behind Sherlock and Sherlock never sees him. C'mon man.
" Watson in the morning get yer self a bacon and fried mushroom bap and inspector lestrade from Scotland yards paying for it. Get me one also and I want one with a fried egg on as well. I want brown sauce on mine."
I can watch these movies over and over and never get tired of them.
Me too😂
Same and I don’t know why
Same here. I love everything about them.
Same here, or... me three. ❤ 🎉
Totally agree, timeless classics !
I watched these films first when I was a child. Great production and direction along with wonderful casting. And i still hunt them down to this day..
These movies are addictive- in a good way. With all the new films on Netflix etc I am repeatedly drawn to Holmes and Watson
There will never be a better Sherlock Holmes . For me Basil Rathbone was the epitome of Sherlock Holmes, as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle meant him to be.
Ho nooo, absolutely not the way that Conan Doyle thought his character, read the books. I like basil rathbone…but it’s not the One for me :)
For me a perfect film that still entertains after 70!! years of viewing
I have been watching these old movies over a and over.
You & I have something in common, my friend.
I’ve watched this one in particular a couple of dozen times & never get tired of it.
I remember when my mom was alive we loved watching Sherlock Holmes movie She gone now and I still watch it because I love it
You can't beat the old mystery and suspense of these classic films,...no gore or special effects,....just good solid honest acting,...and stories full of sinister plots and intrigue,....an art sadly diminishing from modern filmmaking.....more's the pity.
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I don't know. This was unnecessarily violent. Several innocent people(including a child), were mauled to death. This Holmes isn't very clever.
@@ekcentrik I do like the series starring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes,...he plays it with a a snobbish eccentricity and is very good in the role
Agreed...acting & plot are relied upon to carry the story. I pretty much watch British productions as they much more than Hollywood remain true to these principles.
Terrified me to death as a kid...watched it at my grans staying at the weekend...ahhhhh simpler times
I love these old black and white movies it's raining and nasty so I'm going to read and watch movies all day I like Basil Rathbone has Sherlock Holmes but I also like Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes also ❤
Did the same
One of my fav Sherlock movies, never gets old.
Bless Watson's heart, such an adorable and lovable man 😍
Absolutely. I love him!
That's Dr. Watson,,,,, :RETIRED" HA ha
Watson was sadly enough, Hebatudinous as Moriarty had properly concluded, at least the way he was written as portrayed by Nigel Bruce, I would have preferred him 20 years younger and equal in witts to Sherlock Holmes himself.
An unkind person would have off-handedly referred to Watson as a doddering, scatty old fool.
I love how
Dr. Watson looks up and there's that old sea pirate looking dude there's a couple of them in this movie it always shocks him that's hilarious
I actually don't watch these, I listen to them.
"The Scarlet Claw" is the best of the 12 Universal Studios' Rathbone and Bruce Sherlock Holmes films!
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are incomparable. No other actors fit the character of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as these two.
I agree with you.
They are the worst. Watch Jeremy Brett as Holmes and Edward Hardwicke as Watson and you will see the dramatic difference as these two actors are far superior.
@@bole4556 You're right, Brett managed to bring out Holmes' humorous and witty demeanour the best.
I have always loved these Rathbone / Bruce Sherlock Holmes films .....I feel that this is one of the three best instalments in the 14 - movie series .....along with The Hound Of The Baskervilles , and The Adventures Of Sherlobk Holmes ....so atmospheric .. I remember an episode of The Saint , starring Roger Moore , , seemed to be based on this story ....Give me these old movies , whilst savouring a cup of tea , and a block of chocolate on a cold night....Ah ....HEAVEN ..!
Gotta love those old fireplaces !!
♥️🇬🇧😀 "Great Scot Holmes. These films are exceptional".
Thankyou,good memories of the old black and white movies.💖👍
What an incredible soundtrack the music is always always on time with what we're seeing on screen just pure genius
@ Steve Setek. Yes Paul Sawtell did an excellent job as musical director for the Sherlock Holmes film, "The Scarlet Claw". Although a number of the pieces of music in that film were originally composed by Hans J. Salter and Frank B. Skinner for "The Wolfman"(1941) and other Universal Studios' horror films of the 1940's (e.g., the eerie music that is heard as Holmes walks down the hallway on the 2nd floor of the De La Porte Hotel to confront Alistair Ramson after Ramson killed Judge Brisson in the previous scene in the film). Paul Sawtell wrote the great, iconic theme music for the 1966 TV series, "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea". It is interesting that actor Miles Mander's voice as Judge Brisson sounds very much like actor Frederic Worlock's voice as Colonel Cavanaugh in the 12th and last Universal Studios' Rathbone/Bruce Holmes film, "Dressed To Kill"(1946).
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Under siege please play
Yes, a few times they borrowed a bit from 'The Wolfman' 1941
Just love the word play between Holmes and Watson. Holmes poking fun at Watson, and Watson taking it all with a grain of salt.
Without Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson there is no Sherlock Holmes. Dr. Watson takes the sharp edge off of Sherlock.for a great series of 14 movies.
You are exactly right
Well observed.
This is one of my favourites and I just love the scooby doo like round up at the end lol..Superb
Of all the actors who played Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce were the best and the memorable.
I’m totally addicted to these! Thanks so much!❤
I like how they sort of had an ensemble cast of actors that rotated playing the secondary roles in these films...
Just fantastic don’t know how many times I’ve watched them
That poor woman tolling the bell for help and everyone in the village is like "Hey, the bell is tolling. Let's sit here and wonder why."
spoiler alert..
Thanks for posting. Enjoy these old Sherlock Holmes films very much 👌
Thank you..for showing this Sherlock movie I haven't seen it before. I am enjoying it very much.
Movies to end the evening with 😌
When the actor comes in and announces that his wife has been found dead with her throat torn out with as much emotion as if he were announcing that it's raining outside, you can't say much for the director's skill. Please. However the sets and art direction and cinematography are well done here. Rathbone is a delight as always.
Amen to that, particularly regarding Rathbone - and let’s not forget dear old Watson. What grand actors, both - a bygone breed of men and their profession.
How about if he was a tormented husband and his wife,o my bad.
Lord Penrose is British. He carries on.
I'm getting addicted to this series 😏
Yes we where all cocerned when DR Watson was waving around that shotgun,,,lol..
iT was a riveting moment.
Aloha! Sir Basil is the dearest,coolest man ever!
Why do you call him Sir Basil? He was never knighted. He was plain Mr Rathbone to his dying day.
Ian Wolfe who played Drake the butler was in the Star Trek episode "All Our Yesterdays" as Mr. Atoz the librarian.
Played Hirsch (the butler) in WKRP in Cincinnati 81 to 82
Everywhere that man goes there's mist. I'm starting to think he carries it about with him
😂😂😂😂lol
Well it is a Sherlock Holmes MISTery :D
Nice
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Your all wrong, Holmes and Watson were both major pot heads. Gotta calm them cocaine nerves somehow...
Good old classics
Not bad cussing. Just good videos
The Speckled Band is one of my favorites.
Pro tip: don't read this one to your young kids at bedtime!
"You're an OPtimist, Mr. Holmes."
I have been a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes as long as I have been able to read and watch TV and Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are also my favorites. There will be young people reading and watching Sherlock Holmes a hundred years from now.
I love this Holmes and Dr Watson the best. Thanx for sharing.
I agree. No one but Basil Rathbone can be Sherlock Holmes.
Classic film
All of Basil Rathbone's pictures are good!
Interesting that Watson mentioned the Father Brown character, who has become famous from the PBS a series.
Here's to Crime bigger and better crime I love that what a character
"We've been retained by a corpse." Watson!
10:55 .. Holmes said this to Watson.
@@redshiftexperiment .
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Better get the retainer up front , Watson !
best line ever!
Wonderful. Thank you
Old school classic.
Well, I recognize some familiar actors of other Holmes' films.
Been watching this again and again for over 44 years!
Why do folks moan about adverts....... no adverts on Premium.... worth it to proper appreciate old classics.... stop moaning..... something intoxicating about this genre.
You PAY for premium? When a free ADBLOCKER stops ALL ADS? Bwaaaaa ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
I have NEVER seen an Ad. What a goofball comment your is.
@@Thoth_al_Khem I have no problem with you feeling that way; in my line of work it is a tax deductible expense and I never have a problem paying for a service I am pleased with; it a minor and negligible to me.
However, I fully understand folks saving money too..... all the best.
Great Sunday with this movie. Thanks.
Sherlock Holmes: “you can’t take the law into your own hands”
Also Sherlock Holmes: shoots repeatedly at suspect in the woods
I must be different a 42 year old widow whom finds comfort in the strangest of places. A Alabama woman for sure
I tell you dr. Watson portrays a very wasted person after drinking a bottle of wine it's either really great great acting or he might actually be drunk I mean that's some incredible acting if hes sober and I love the way after he falls into the hole Holmes helps him get out you can clearly see he's walking up a step ladder
My heroes basil as Sherlock Holmes and Roy as Roy rogers
My introduction to Basil Rathbone was as the bad guy opposite Errol Flynn in Robin Hood, so I always thought he was a baddie. Lol.
I'm a massive fan of the source material and anything to do with Sherlock. This is not my favorite interpretation of Watson by any means,but man he cracks me up sometimes. The stuff he says about his father under his breath in the inn makes me laugh out loud every time I hear it. He goes from saying he hasn't seen his father in years,to saying matter of fact,he's dead lol. There's actually quite a few instances in these films like that. I always kinda wish they didn't make a doctor and soldier so stupid and silly,but his loyalty and other qualities is enough to counteract it most times. I don't think I've seen all the movies in this "series". You can usually only find the same five or six online. I always meant to look for some kind of box set or something,but time and money are always factors in this world,ha.
Like Laurel and Hardy, I prefer these in black and white. 29:49 I, personally find that hilarious when Watson sees and realizes who is now sitting next to him. Little touches like that make all the difference sometimes.
Per Wikipedia, "Consulting Detective" Watson appeared in "A Study in Scarlet" and exited in "His Last Bow."
Brilliant!
My favorite of the Basil Rathbone episodes in the S.Holmes series..
Great Movie--TY
Made in 1944...
RIP Basil Rathbone, the greatest Sherlock ever 🍻
A two minute commercial every 4 minutes if just too much. Like Rathbone and Bruce in these roles but not so much that so many commercials are worth it. Tah, tah ARF.
great shows.
some of the old ones are THE BEST
Maria' is a fine-looking girl
A true beauty 😍 I like how Watson went off on the father for strikeing her
Good job dr Watson s
Holems then says its none of our
Business bulshit good old smug sherlock holes
@ Steve Setek. Not to be picky, but Journet's daughter in "The Scarlet Claw" is named Marie not Maria.
04:55 The Butler is Ian Wolfe, in Star Trek and other movies/TV roles.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Wolfe
@Deborah B Yes, Thanks. Ian Woolfe sends Spock and McCoy to an ice planet through a portal where they meet Mariette Hartley. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Our_Yesterdays_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)
Star trek do you know how this movie is
He must be very very old in startreck
@@stevesetek8861 pretty good!
Thank you 🤩🤩🤩💖💖
Watson why can't you mind your own business.
That was fun....I couldn't help laughing at the 'English' reserve of Holmes...but he got his man in the end.
Buenísimo...Soy argentino
25:22 Foster Brooks, ladies and gentlemen...
LOLOL-I wonder how many people will know who you are speaking of.
Foster Brooks what is that about what do you mean
@@stevesetek8861 Drunk. Google him, Steve.
No
thanks for sharing
Good movie
Lots of complaints in the comments about Watson's inadequacies. A tired theme in old movies. Someone should do a thesis, "Obligatory Ineptitude in Cinematic Investigative Partnerships." Watson, in need of a roommate, teamed with Holmes in 1881 and was not a dottering old fool. Love the films for many reasons; especially the antiquities, sets, architecture, furnishings, etc. Rathbone was 3 yrs older than Bruce.
No estan subtitulados o mejor en español nopuedo verlos .
One of the better Rathbone Sherlocks. An interesting plot, more complicated than usual, and Nigel Bruce isn't as much of a ninny here as in other films.
Dangerous claw
I keep my 5 prong garden weeder locked up in my gun safe when not in use ,as intended !
Welcome Joe
Watson is pertrayed as being little more than a buffoon in these films when, infact, he was an very intelligent and able colleague
Does anyone know what is the title of the song that the character Alistair Ramson sings as he is talking to the innkeeper in the Sherlock Holmes film "The Scarlet Claw"?
The British Grenadiers, ca. 18th Century
Yeah I don't understand what he was singing when he walks into the hotel with the mail
Yes I can't understand what he is singing g
Good old Watson
Ah, Hemlock Stones and dr Flotsom. Ha ha, the games a foot!
The Butler did it, the jaffa cake stain on his sleeve proved he was in it up to his neck...elementary.
How can you enjoy a movie with commercials every couple of mins…I’ve tried several times to watch this & just get Discouraged
Wow did I just see Sherlock pounding on a door that finally opens and Sherlock runs in an the person who opened the door immediately runs out behind Sherlock and Sherlock never sees him. C'mon man.
Oh Sherlock you not in Canada anymore 😕
At 42:34 it seems the judge forgot his lines looking directly at his hand as if he wrote them on his palm. 😂
Nigel Bruce at his best and Quebec is French
Solo decir que el papel de los Holmes es mejor que el de los ppujols je je je je je je je gracias
BIG thanks going out to Corporate Adverts/Adverts .... thanks for ruining youtube...wonderful job.
Chris, you are welcome....and now we pause for this this message.....
You can avoid all the adverts by scrolling to almost the end of the film, watch the last 10 seconds and then press replay. All the ads will be gone.
You just can't get away from this corporate control of our lives.
Sherlock never moves with a gun......
Great movie but Adverts every 6mins no thank you!
" Watson in the morning get yer self a bacon and fried mushroom bap and inspector lestrade from Scotland yards paying for it. Get me one also and I want one with a fried egg on as well. I want brown sauce on mine."
Great movie but plagued by adverts every ten minutes .
ARF is BARF 😆
A short synopsis would be appreciated!!