The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (film)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes( released theatrically as Sherlock Holmes in the United Kingdom) is a 1939 mystery- adventure film released by Twentieth Century Fox.
It is a pastiche featuring the characters of the Sherlock Holmes series of books written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The film is an adaptation of the 1899 play" Sherlock Holmes" by William Gillette, though there is little resemblance in the plots.
The picture is the second installment to the series of fourteen" Sherlock Holmes" film series released between 1939 and 1946, the first being" The Hound of the Baskervilles", and the second picture to feature Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. John Watson.
It was the final Holmes film produced by Fox and the last in the Rathbone/ Bruce series to be set in the original Victorian London period.
The further twelve films produced by Universal Pictures and starring Rathbone/ Bruce would take place in contemporaneous times( i.e., the 1940s).
George Zucco stars as Holmes's nemesis, Professor Moriarty.
The picture follows famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Doctor Watson as they attempt to foil their archenemy Professor Moriarty, who targets a wealthy family and plots the theft of the Crown Jewels.
Lupino Lane
Lupino Lane( 16 June 1892 – 10 November 1959) was an English actor and theatre manager, and a member of the famous Lupino family, which eventually included his cousin, the screenwriter/ director/ actress Ida Lupino.
Lane started out as a child performer, known as' Little Nipper', and went on to appear in a wide range of theatrical, music hall and film performances.
Increasingly celebrated for his silent comedy short subjects, he is best known in the United Kingdom for playing Bill Snibson in the play and film" Me and My Girl", which popularized the song and dance routine" The Lambeth Walk".
The Woman in Green
The Woman in Green is a 1945 American film, the eleventh of the fourteen" Sherlock Holmes" films based on the characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Directed by Roy William Neill, it stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, with Hillary Brooke as the woman of the title and Henry Daniell as Professor Moriarty.
The film follows an original premise with material taken from" The Final Problem" and" The Adventure of the Empty House."
This was Hillary Brooke's third of three different roles in the Basil Rathbone" Sherlock Holmes" films, after" Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror"( 1942) and" Sherlock Holmes Faces Death"( 1943).
Series regular Dennis Hoey's Inspector Lestrade was replaced with Matthew Boulton as Inspector Gregson.
This was Henry Daniell's third of three different roles in the Rathbone" Sherlock Holmes" works, following the aforementioned" ... Voice of Terror" and" Sherlock Holmes in Washington"( 1943).
The Innocents of Chicago
The Innocents of Chicago is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Lupino Lane and starring Henry Kendall, Binnie Barnes and Margot Grahame.
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother is a 1975 American musical comedy film with Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Dom DeLuise, Roy Kinnear and Leo McKern.
The film was Wilder's directorial debut, from his own original script.
Douglas Wilmer and Thorley Walters appear as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, respectively.
Wilmer had previously appeared as Sherlock Holmes in the 1960s BBC TV series, and Walters played Watson in three other films:" Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace"( 1962)," The Best House in London"( 1969), and" Silver Blaze"( 1977).
Roger Llewellyn
Roger Llewellyn was a British actor.
He played Sherlock Holmes in 1997, 2007 and 2008 in stage versions of" The Hound of the Baskervilles Sherlock Holmes The Last Act" and" The Death and Life of Sherlock Holmes".
In 2009 he played Sherlock Holmes again in the Big Finish Sherlock Holmes audio series in the stories" The Last Act" and" The Death and Life".
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a 2011 period action mystery film directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, and Dan Lin.
It is the sequel to the 2009 film" Sherlock Holmes", and features the Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The film's screenplay was written by Michele Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney.
Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law reprise their roles as Holmes and Watson, alongside Noomi Rapace as Simza, Stephen Fry as Mycroft Holmes, Jared Harris as Professor Moriarty and Rachel McAdams as Irene Adler.
Although the film follows an original premise, it incorporates elements of Conan Doyle's short stories" The Final Problem" and" The Adventure of the Empty House".
In the film, Holmes and Watson travel across Europe with a Romani adventuress to foil an intricate plot by their cunning nemesis, Professor Moriarty, to instigate a war.
Upon its release, the film received positive reviews from critics, most of whom received the plot and character of Moriarty well.
It was commercially successful, with a worldwide gross of over$ 545 million.
A third film is set for release on December 22, 2021 with Downey and Law set to return.
Douglas Wilmer
Douglas Wilmer( 8 January 1920 – 31 March 2016) was an English actor, best known for playing Sherlock Holmes in the 1965 TV series" Sherlock Holmes".
Guy Ritchie
Guy Stuart Ritchie( born 10 September 1968) is an English film director, film producer, screenwriter, and businessman, known for his British gangster films.
He left his boarding school at age 15 and got entry- level jobs in the film industry in the mid-1980s.
Ritchie eventually went on to direct commercials.
In 1995 he directed his first film," The Hard Case", a 20- minute short that impressed investors who backed his first feature film, the crime comedy" Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"( 1998).
He then directed another cockney crime comedy," Snatch"( 2000).
Ritchie's other crime films include" Revolver"( 2005) and" RocknRolla"( 2008).
His British set gangster films have featured emerging stars, such as Jason Statham, Idris Elba and Tom Hardy.
He then directed" Sherlock Holmes"( 2009), its sequel( 2011) and the live- action adaptation of Disney's" Aladdin"( 2019).
The Innocents (1961 film)
The Innocents is a 1961 British psychological horror film directed and produced by Jack Clayton, and starring Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave, and Megs Jenkins.
Based on the novella" The Turn of the Screw" by the American novelist Henry James, the screenplay was adapted by William Archibald and Truman Capote, who used Archibald's own stage play—also titled" The Innocents" —as a primary source text.
It s plot follows a governess who watches over two children and comes to fear that their large estate is haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
Archibald's original screenplay for" The Innocents" was based on the premise that the paranormal events depicted were legitimate.
Displeased with Archibald's take on the material, director Jack Clayton appointed American writer Truman Capote to rework the script.
Capote's rewrites incorporated psychological themes, resulting in a final work that suggests other alternatives to the plot.
Filming took place partly on location at the Gothic mansion of Sheffield Park in Sussex, with additional shoots occurring at Shepperton Studios in Surrey.
Shot in CinemaScope," The Innocents" incorporated bold minimal lighting as well as deep focus, employed by cinematographer Freddie Francis to achieve a distinctive—and sometimes claustrophobic—atmosphere.
The film also pioneered the use of synthesised electronic sound created by Daphne Oram.
" The Innocents" received international distribution from the American film studio 20th Century Fox, and received its London premiere on 24 November 1961.
It was released in the United States the following month on 15 December in Los Angeles and Christmas Day in New York City.
The psychological underpinnings of the film's screenplay have resulted in it being the subject of numerous critical and scholarly essays, particularly in the area of film theory.
Of the various film adaptations of James's work," The Innocents" has received the most critical debate.
It was selected by" The Guardian" as one of the 25 best horror films ever made.

Question: Do both directors of films Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows and The Innocents Of Chicago have the same nationality?
Answer: yes