Get ready for a double dose of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, on Saturday, December 28 starting at 7pm. Two of the most acclaimed film adaptations have been restored and will be shown on our giant screen in the 333-seat Eppes Auditorium. There will be a 10-minute intermission between each film.
THE WOMAN IN GREEN (1945) – 68 minutes
The Woman in Green is a 1945 American film. It is the eleventh of fourteen Sherlock Holmes movies starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s characters. Rathbone plays Sherlock Holmes, Bruce plays Dr. Watson, Hillary Brooke plays the titular character, and Henry Daniell plays Professor Moriarty in this Roy William Neill-produced and Neill-directed film. Using elements from “The Final Problem” (1893) and “The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,” the movie is based on a unique idea.
Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes are called in when multiple ladies are killed and their forefingers amputated, but Holmes is first perplexed by the atrocities. Following a passionate evening at Lydia Marlowe’s apartment, widower Sir George Fenwick is duped into thinking he is the culprit. When he awakens from a coma and discovers a woman’s fingertip in his pocket, he is convinced that he is guilty.
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1939) – 80 minutes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1902 Sherlock Holmes story of the same name served as the inspiration for the 1939 American gothic mystery film titled The Hound of the Baskervilles. The picture, which was directed by Sidney Lanfield, features Nigel Bruce as Dr. John Watson and Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. It was the first of fourteen Sherlock Holmes movies starring Rathbone and Bruce that were released by 20th Century Fox between 1939 and 1946.
Dr. James Mortimer visits Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson in 1889 in order to counsel them before to the arrival of Sir Henry Baskerville, the last of the Baskervilles and heir to the Devonshire Baskerville estate. Dr. Mortimer discusses the recent passing of his best friend, Sir Charles Baskerville, Sir Henry’s uncle, and expresses his apprehension about allowing Sir Henry to visit Baskerville Hall.