Sherlock Holmes (1932 film)

Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
Directed by	William K. Howard
Written by	Bertram Millhauser
Based on	Sherlock Holmes; by William Gillette
Produced by	William K. Howard
Starring	Clive Brook; Reginald Owen; Miriam Jordan; Ernest Torrence
Cinematography	George Barnes
Music by	Hugo Friedhofer
Production; company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	November 6, 1932;
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Sherlock Holmes (a.k.a. Conan Doyle's Master Detective Sherlock Holmes^[1]^[2]) is a 1932 American pre-Code film starring Clive Brook as the eponymous London detective.^[1] The movie is based on the successful stage play Sherlock Holmes by William Gillette, in turn based on the stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, and is directed by William K. Howard for the Fox Film Corporation. Brook had played Holmes previously in The Return of Sherlock Holmes and the "Murder Will Out" segment of Paramount on Parade.^[3]

Reginald Owen plays Dr. Watson, and Ernest Torrence is Holmes's arch-rival, Professor Moriarty. Reginald Owen played Sherlock Holmes the following year in A Study in Scarlet.^[2] Owen is one of a small number of actors to play both Holmes and Watson. Examples of other such actors include Jeremy Brett, who played Watson on stage in the United States and, most famously, Holmes on British television,^[4] Carleton Hobbs, who played both roles in British radio adaptations,^[5] and Patrick Macnee, who played both roles in US television movies.^[6]

Cast

Clive Brook as Sherlock Holmes
Miriam Jordan as Alice Faulkner
Ernest Torrence as Moriarty
Herbert Mundin as George
Reginald Owen as Dr. Watson
Howard Leeds as Little Billy
Alan Mowbray as Colonel Gore-King
C. Montague Shaw as Judge
Frank Atkinson as Man in Bar
Ivan F. Simpson as Faulkner
Stanley Fields asTony Ardetti

Uncredited:

Ted Billings as Carnival Thug
Roy D'Arcy as Manuel Lopez
Edward Dillon as Al
John George as Bird Shop Thug
Robert Graves as Gaston Roux
Lew Hicks as Prison Guard
Brandon Hurst as Secretary to Erskine
Claude King as Sir Albert Hastings
Arnold Lucy as Chaplain
Lucien Prival as Hans Dreiaugen

References

^ ^a ^b Alan Barnes (2002). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. pp. 36–39. ISBN 1-903111-04-8.
^ ^a ^b Bunson, Matthew (1994). Encyclopedia Sherlockiana: an A-to-Z guide to the world of the great detective. Macmillan. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-671-79826-0.
^ Bunson, Matthew (1994). Encyclopedia Sherlockiana: an A-to-Z guide to the world of the great detective. Macmillan. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-671-79826-0.
^ Barnes, Alan (2002). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Reynolds & Hearn. p. 39. ISBN 1-903111-04-8.
^ Eyles, Allen (1986). Sherlock Holmes: A Centenary Celebration. Harper & Row. p. 86. ISBN 0-06-015620-1.
^ Barnes, Alan (2011). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Titan Books. p. 224. ISBN 9780857687760.

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[barnes-1] Alan Barnes (2002). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. pp. 36–39. ISBN 1-903111-04-8.

[bunson-2] Bunson, Matthew (1994). Encyclopedia Sherlockiana: an A-to-Z guide to the world of the great detective. Macmillan. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-671-79826-0.

[3] Bunson, Matthew (1994). Encyclopedia Sherlockiana: an A-to-Z guide to the world of the great detective. Macmillan. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-671-79826-0.

[4] Barnes, Alan (2002). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Reynolds & Hearn. p. 39. ISBN 1-903111-04-8.

[5] Eyles, Allen (1986). Sherlock Holmes: A Centenary Celebration. Harper & Row. p. 86. ISBN 0-06-015620-1.

[6] Barnes, Alan (2011). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Titan Books. p. 224. ISBN 9780857687760.

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