Ian Fleming


The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes is based on the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle original story The Valley of Fear.  Filmed in 1935, this movie comes three years before the last one I watched (they’re out of sequence on the DVD) but Dr Watson is played by Ian Fleming again and […]

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)


Tonight I watched another of the old black & white Sherlock Holmes movies from the 30s.  This was the latest movie in the set – filmed in 1938, and it shows.  Sherlock Holmes is again played by Arthur Wontner and he has really got a handle on the character by […]

Silver Blaze / Murder at the Baskervilles (1938)