ກອງປະຊຸມ Sherlock’ Fatal ຊົ່ວໂມງ (1931)
Also known at The Sleeping Cardinal, ກອງປະຊຸມ Sherlock’ Fatal ຊົ່ວໂມງ (1931) is the first Sherlock Holmes film (affiliate link) starring Arthur Wontner in the title role. ເດຄວາມເປັນຜູ້ຊາຍໄວຫນຸ່ມ, ຜູ້ທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບ cheating ຢູ່ຂົວກັບ regain ຄວາມຮັ່ງມີການສູນເສຍຂອງຕົນ. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Unfortunately for Moriarty, Adair’s sister Kathleen is friends with Dr. John Watson. ທ່ານດຣ. Watson will ensure that his friend Sherlock Holmes intervenes in the case to help the Adairs. Ronald is traveling on a diplomatic mission to Hampstead as a member of Britain’s diplomatic corp. It is on this mission that Moriarty wants Ronald Adair to drop a briefcase for one of Moriarty’s confederates.
Arthur Wontner in Still from The Sleeping Cardinal from the Public Domain
Moriarty tries to warn Holmes off the case with no luck of course. When Ronald Adair is murdered and Kathleen is suspected, Holmes and Watson, played by Ian Fleming (not the James Bond creator), throw their energies into identifying Moriarty and his henchman including Colonel Sebastian Moran.
Arthur Wontner played in five Sherlock Holmes films of which four survive. This film was the first of the five films released between 1931 ແລະ 1937. ອີງຕາມການວິກິພີເດຍ, Arthur Wontner was born January 21, 1875. He lived until July 10, 1960, when he passed away at 85 ປີຂອງອາຍຸສູງສຸດ. ພຣະອົງໄດ້ແມ່ນ 56 years old at the time of this film. Wontner’s IMDB Page lists 53 movies and television shows between 1916 ແລະ 1955.
This series is extremely well done particularly for 1931. Wontner is my favorite ຮູບເງົາ ກອງປະຊຸມ Sherlock. My only criticism of this series is the same as the Basil Rathbone series. Professor Moriarty was a character in one Sherlock Holmes story, The Adventure of the Final Problem. Same for Colonel Moran. He was a character in The Adventure of the Empty House.
Yet when you watch these series, you would think Moriarty and Moran were in every Strand Magazine ເລື່ອງ. I guess the producers felt that without an arch criminal the arch detective would not be as interesting.
ຮູບເງົານີ້ແລ່ນປະມານ 81 ນາທີ. It is definitely a feature film. It can be viewed for free on YouTube or other Public Domain sites.
Which film Sherlock Holmes do you prefer, Arthur Wontner or Basil Rathbone? Why do you like one more than the other?
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