- Silver Blaze (film)
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Silver Blaze Directed by Thomas Bentley Produced by Julius Hagen Written by Arthur Conan Doyle (story "Silver Blaze")
H. Fowler Mear (adaptation)
Arthur MacraeStarring Arthur Wontner
Ian FlemingCinematography Sydney Blythe
William LuffEditing by Michael C. Chorlton
Alan SmithRelease date(s) July 1937 Running time 71 minutes
USA: 65 minutes (TCM print)Country United Kingdom Language English Silver Blaze is a 1937 British, black-and-white, crime and mystery, directed by Thomas Bentley, starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, Ian Fleming as Dr. Watson and Ronald Shiner as Simpson the Stable Boy / Jockey (uncredited).[1] It was produced by Twickenham Film Studios Productions.
The film is also known as Murder at the Baskervilles in the USA.
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Synopsis
Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Wontner) takes a holiday by visiting his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville (Lawrence Grossmith). Sherlock's vacation ends when he and Dr. Watson (Ian Fleming) suddenly find themselves in the middle of a double-murder mystery. Now they have got to find Professor Robert Moriarty (Lyn Harding) and the horse, Silver Blaze before the great cup final horse race and bring the criminals to justice.
Differences from novel
Cast
- Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes
- Ian Fleming as Dr. Watson
- Lyn Harding as Professor Moriarty
- John Turnbull as Inspector Lestrade
- Robert Horton as Col. Ross
- Lawrence Grossmith as Sir Henry Baskerville
- Judy Gunn as Diana Baskerville
- Arthur Macrae as Jack Trevor
- Arthur Goullet as Col. Sebastian Moran
- Martin Walker as James Straker
- Eve Gray as Mrs. Mary Straker
- Gilbert Davis as Miles Stanford
- Minnie Rayner as Mrs. Hudson
- D. J. Williams as Silas Brown
- Ralph Truman as Bert Prince
- Ronald Shiner as Simpson the Stable Boy / Jockey (uncredited)
Soundtrack
References
External links
- Silver Blaze (film) at AllRovi
- Silver Blaze (film) at the BFI Film & TV Database
- Silver Blaze (film) at the Internet Movie Database
- Murder at the Baskervilles is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
The films of Thomas Bentley 1910s David Copperfield (1913) • Oliver Twist (1913) • The Old Curiosity Shop (1914) • The Chimes (1914) • Hard Times (1915) • Barnaby Rudge (1915) • Milestones (1916) • Beau Brocade (1916) • The Labour Leader (1917) • Daddy (1917) • Les cloches de Corneville (1917) • The Divine Gift (1918) • Once Upon a Time (1918) • The Lackey and the Lady (1919)1920s General Post (1920) • Beyond the Dreams of Avarice (1920) • The Old Curiosity Shop (1921) • The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick (1921) • A Master of Craft (1922) • Through Fire and Water (1923) • Wanted, a Boy (1924) • Old Bill Through the Ages (1924) • Love and Hate (1924) • Chappy: That's All (1924) • Money Isn't Everything (1925) • A Romance of Mayfair (1925) • White Heat (1926) • The Silver Lining (1927) • Not Quite a Lady (1928) • The American Prisoner (1929)1930s Harmony Heaven (1930) • Young Woodley (1930) • Compromising Daphne (1930) • Keepers of Youth (1931) • Hobson's Choice (1931) • After Office Hours (1932) • Sleepless Nights (1932) • The Love Nest (1933) • Hawley's of High Street (1933) • The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934) • Those Were the Days (1934) • The Great Defender (1934) • The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) • Music Hath Charms (1935) • Royal Cavalcade (1935) • She Knew What She Wanted (1936) • The Last Chance (1937) • The Angelus (1937) • Silver Blaze (1937) • Night Alone (1938) • Marigold (1938) • Me and My Pal (1939) • Lucky to Me (1939)1940s Dead Man's Shoes (1940) • The Middle Watch (1940) • Three Silent Men (1940) • Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)Screen adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories Silent films - Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900)
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (1905)
- Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes (1910)
- A Study in Scarlet (1914)
- Sherlock Holmes (1916)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921)
- Sherlock Holmes (1922)
- The Sign of Four (1923)
Wontner series - The Sleeping Cardinal (1931)
- The Missing Rembrandt (1932)
- The Sign of Four (1932)
- The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
- Silver Blaze (1937)
Rathbone-Bruce
series- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
- Voice of Terror (1942)
- Secret Weapon (1943)
- Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
- Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
- The Spider Woman (1944)
- The Scarlet Claw (1944)
- The Pearl of Death (1944)
- House of Fear (1945)
- The Woman in Green (1945)
- Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
- Terror by Night (1946)
- Dressed to Kill (1946)
Igor Maslennikov
series- Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981)
- The Treasures of Agra (1983)
- The Twentieth Century Approaches (1986)
By actor - The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
- The Masks of Death (1984)
- Silver Blaze (1977)
- Murder by Decree (1979)
- The Sign of Four (1983)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
- The Sign of Four (2001)
- The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002)
- The Royal Scandal (2003)
Ian Hart (as Watson)- Sherlock Holmes (2009)
- A Game of Shadows (2011)
Other films - The Speckled Band (1931)
- Sherlock Holmes (1932)
- A Study in Scarlet (1933)
- A Study in Terror (1965)
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
- Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
- The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
- Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987)
- Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993)
- Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002)
- Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
- Sherlock Holmes (2010)
- Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)
Comedies
and parodies- The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937)
- They Might Be Giants (1971)
- The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
- The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
- The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
- Without a Clue (1988)
- A Samba for Sherlock (2001)
Television series - Sherlock Holmes (1954)
- Sherlock Holmes (1965–1968)
- Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (1982)
- The Baker Street Boys (1983)
- Sherlock Hound (1984–1985)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1994)
- Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (1999–2001)
- Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000)
- Sherlock (2010)
Categories:- 1937 films
- 1930s crime films
- 1930s mystery films
- Black-and-white films
- British films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Thomas Bentley
- Mystery films
- Films produced by Twickenham Film Studios Productions
- British crime films
- British mystery films
- Crime films
- 1930s British film stubs
- Crime film stubs
- Mystery film stubs
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