The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

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Movie
German title The adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Original title The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1939
length 76 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Alfred L. Worker
script Edwin Blum ,
William Drake
production Darryl F. Zanuck
music Cyril J. Mockridge
camera Leon Shamroy
cut Robert Bischoff
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
The Hound of Baskerville

Successor  →
The Voice of Terror

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a 1939 American film . It is not based on the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , but on a play by William Gillette with Doyle's characters. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson was cast with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce , who previously played these roles in a film adaptation of The Hound of Baskerville . The film was produced by 20th Century Fox and premiered on September 1, 1939, but the German version was not made until 1996.

The well-known Holmes phrase "Elementary, my dear Watson" (Elementary, my dear Watson) came mainly from the movie, in the stories of Doyle it is never used.

action

Master detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend and partner Dr. John H. Watson welcomed young Ann Brandon at her apartment at 221b Baker Street. Your brother received a drawing with the date of today. Meanwhile, Miss Brandon says that her murdered father got an identical message ten years ago. During the conversation, Brandon's fiancé Gerald Hunter rushes into the house and tries to prevent Holmes from helping her. He is the family's lawyer and doesn't believe Brandon's brother is in mortal danger. Meanwhile, Professor Moriarty , Holmes' greatest archenemy, is plotting a crime of the century. He believes he can only do that if he can distract Holmes with another, more fascinating case. That's why Moriarty stages the case of Ann Brandon, about which she knows nothing.

Holmes takes on the Brandon case, and when Watson is later to go to Mr. Hunter's on behalf of Holmes, he sees Moriarty come out of Hunter's office and leave. Watson reports this discovery to his partner Holmes, who already had an inkling that Moriarty might be involved in the case. Meanwhile, Ann's brother Lloyd tells Hunter that he really believes someone is trying to murder him. When Lloyd goes home while Hunter is following him with a revolver, he is actually murdered. The Scotland Yard detectives only trust the prima facie and believe they have found Ann's brother's murderer in Hunter, but Holmes convinces Inspector Bristol of Hunter's innocence. When Ann Brandon finally receives a drawing, the final showdown begins.

Sir Ronald Ramsgate comes to Holmes during the Brandon case and asks Holmes a favor. “The Star of Delhi” is a green and valuable emerald and is to be brought to the Tower of London . But Ramsgate received an anonymous letter, which implies that the jewel should be stolen. Holmes is asked to attend the transfer of the jewel, but since he is busy with the Brandon case, he sends Dr. Watson to the tower instead. The jewel is transferred, but suddenly it becomes dark at the location of the crown jewels and the “Star of Delhi” is stolen. When Watson chases after the thieves, they drop the jewel. Ramsgate closes the jewel among the crown jewels and praises Watson for a job well done. But what nobody suspects is that Moriarty disguised himself as a police officer and allowed himself to be locked in with the crown jewels in the hustle and bustle in order to steal all the crown jewels including the emerald.

Ann Brandon is attacked by a man with a bola and can only survive through Sherlocks intervening. Sherlock found out about the South American through a chinchilla paw; the paw is said to be as lucky in South America as a hare's paw in Europe.

After Watson confronts the murderer of Lloyd Brandon, Ann Brandon's murdered brother, he says that Moriarty hired him. Holmes finds out after a search of Moriarty's apartment, and in the Tower of London the finale takes place, with Moriarty falling from the Tower.

Reviews

"A classic detective film, tightly written, witty in dialogue, nuanced in the drawing of the main character."

Background information

See also

DVD release

  • The adventures of Sherlock Holmes . On: The Sherlock Holmes Collection. Part 1 . Special Edition (4 DVD set). Koch Media 2006

Soundtrack

  • Cyril Mockridge : The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. (Suite) . On: Sherlock Holmes. Classic Themes from 221B Baker Street . Varèse Sarabande / Colosseum, Nuremberg 1996, sound carrier no. VSD-5692 - digital re-recording of excerpts from the film music under the direction of Lanny Meyers

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 4, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used